atmosphere & climatology section 2 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 16

Which one of the areas marked as A, B, C and D in the given figure of the cyclone, witnesses heavy torrential short duration rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms?

a) B

b) A

c) D

d) C

Question : 17 [UPPCS (Mains) 2016]

Which of the following scales is used to measure the damage by a hurricane?

a) Mercalli Scale

b) Safir-Simpson Scale

c) Richter scale

d) Fujita Scale

Question : 18 [UPPCS (Pre) 2005]

Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

a) Sirocco - Sicily

b) Chinook - U.S.A.

c) Norwesters – India

d) Blizzard - Chile

Question : 19

Due to ................., the stars seem to be higher in the sky than they actually are.

a) Scattering of light

b) Atmospheric refraction

c) Atmospheric reflection

d) Tyndall Effect

Question : 20 [NDA 2017-I]

Ozone holes are more pronounced at the

a) Tropic of Cancer

b) Equator

c) Poles

d) Tropic of Capricorn