ATMOSPHERE MCQS SET 14

ATMOSPHERE MCQS SET 14

131) At low elevation which among the following clouds are to be found?
A) Cirrus
B) Nimbus
C) Cumulus
D) Stratus

Answer: Nimbus
   
132) Which of the following cloud types do not indicate fair or fine weather?
A) Cirrus
B) Cumulus
C) Altocumulus
D) Cumulonimbus

Answer: Cumulonimbus
   
133) Which one among the following is a high cloud?
A) Cirrus
B) Cumulonimbus
C) Nimbostratus
D) Stratus

Answer: Cirrus
   
134) What is the correct sequence of the given clouds from low to high altitudes?
A) Stratus, Cumulonimbus, Cirrostratus, Cirrus
B) Stratus, Cirrostratus, Cumulonimbus, Cirrus
C) Cumulonimbus, Stratus, Cirrus, Cirrostratus
D) Cumulonimbus, Stratus, Cirrostratus, Cirrus

Answer: Cumulonimbus, Stratus, Cirrostratus, Cirrus
   
135) Match the following:
List I      List II
A. Cirrus clouds       1. Real rain clouds
B. Stratus clouds      2. Rainless clouds
C. Cumulus clouds      3. Cause drizzle
D. Nimbus clouds      4. Thunder clouds

A B C D
A) 2 3 4 1
B) 1 4 3 2
C) 3 2 1 4
D) 4 1 2 3

Answer: 2 3 4 1

136) In the northern hemisphere, currents are deflected to their right due to:
A) centrifugal force
B) coriolis force
C) cyclonic storms
D) none of these

Answer: coriolis force
    
137) Which one of the following is a type of planetary wind?
A) Monsoons
B) Loo
C) Westerlies
D) Tornadoes

Answer: Westerlies
   
138) What would happen to types of rainfall if the earth's surface becomes all plain?
A) No cyclonic rainfall
B) No convectional rainfall
C) No orographic rainfall
D) No frontal rainfall

Answer: No convectional rainfall
   
139) The maximum risk to air travel is from:
A) Clouds
B) Rainfall
C) Fogs
D) Strong winds

Answer: Fogs
   
140) In the northern hemisphere, the wind blowing from the Horse latitudes to the Doldrums is called:
A) Westerly wind
B) Trade wind
C) Polar Easterly
D) Jet Stream

Answer: Trade wind