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Question : 31 [SSC SO 2001]
Which one of the following has the highest wind velocity?
a) Hurricane
b) Typhoon
c) Tornado
d) Cyclone
Answer »Answer: (c)
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as twisters or cyclones, although the word cyclone is used in meteorology, in a wider sense, to name any closed low-pressure circulation.
Tornadoes come in many shapes and sizes, but they are typically in the form of a visible condensation funnel, whose narrow end touches the earth and is often encircled by a cloud of debris and dust.
Most tornadoes have wind speeds less than 110 miles per hour (177 km/h), are about 250 feet (76 m) across, and travel a few miles (several kilometres) before dissipating.
The most extreme tornadoes can attain wind speeds of more than 300 miles per hour (483 km/h), stretch more than two miles (3.2 km) across, and stay on the ground for dozens of miles (more than 100 km).
Question : 32 [PSC (Pre) 2018]
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List I | List II |
a. Australia | 1. Hurricanes |
b. China | 2. Willy-Willy |
c. India | 3. Typhoons |
d. U.S.A. | 4. Cyclones |
a) 2 3 4 1
b) 1 2 3 4
c) 4 3 2 1
d) 3 2 1 4
Answer »Answer: (a)
Question : 33
The annual range of temperature in the interior of the continents is high as compared to coastal areas. What is/ are the reason/reasons?
- Thermal difference between land and water
- Variation in altitude between continents and oceans
- Presence of strong winds in the interior
- Heavy rains in the interior as compared to coasts.
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 1 only
c) 1, 2, 3 and 4
d) 2 and 3 only
Answer »Answer: (b)
The first statement is correct as we all know. One major factor affecting the distribution of the temperature of Earth is the distribution of Land and Oceans.
Since there is more land in Northern Hemisphere and more waters in the Southern hemisphere and there is a big difference between the specific heat of land and water; the loss of heat from the continents is bigger than the oceans.
The continents get heated faster and get cooled faster in comparison to the Oceans. This is the reason that the temperatures of the Oceans are moderate while that of continents is extreme.
The moderating effect on the temperature of the land due to the proximity of the seas is called Maritime influence. The increasing effect on the temperature of the land in the interior of the continents is called Continental Influence.
Question : 34
The mistral is experienced in
a) Iran and Iraq
b) Southern France
c) Northern Adriatic coast
d) California
Answer »Answer: (b)
Mistral is a cold and dry strong wind that blows down from the north along the lower Rhone River valley toward the Mediterranean Sea in southern region of France.
Question : 35 [CDS 2016-II]
Which one of the following statements about the atmosphere is correct?
a) The atmosphere has no definite upper limits but gradually thins until it becomes imperceptible.
b) The atmosphere has definite upper limits but gradually thins until it becomes imperceptible.
c) The atmosphere has no definite upper limits but gradually thickens until it becomes imperceptible.
d) The atmosphere has definite upper limits but gradually thickens until it becomes imperceptible.
Answer »Answer: (a)
Our atmosphere has five layers- Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere and Exosphere. The exosphere is the outermost layer of the atmosphere showing altitude about from 700 km to 10000 km above sea level.
This layer gradually and gradually merges in outer space having no atmosphere.
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» Nature & Scope of Geography
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