ATMOSPHERE MCQS SET 15

ATMOSPHERE MCQS SET 15

141) Warm dry winds blowing down the east slopes of Rockeies are known as:
A) Mistral
B) Nor westers
C) Foehn
D) Chinook

Answer: Chinook
   
142) The monsoon has well-developed cycle in:
A) South and South East Asia
B) North Australia
C) East United States
D) Africa

Answer: South and South East Asia
   
143) What is true with regard to Jet Streams?
1. High velocity winds
2. Blow from west to east
3. Blow in upper troposphere near the tropopause
4. Blow in the mesosphere
A) 2 and 3
B) 2 and 4
C) 1, 2 and 3
D) 1, 2 and 4

Answer: 1, 2 and 3
   
144) In the earth's atmosphere, the atmospheric pressure:
A) increases with height
B) decreases with height
C) remains constant with height
D) first increases and then decreases with height

Answer: decreases with height
   
145) Which of the following statements about Stratosphere is incorrect?
A) It is the region in the atmosphere above tropopause
B) It contains ozone layer which prevents ultraviolet radiations of sun from reaching to the earth
C) It provides ideal flying conditions
D) It is not free from the violent weather changes occurring on the earth

Answer: It is not free from the violent weather changes occurring on the earth

146) The term used for the zone at low pressure and light and variable winds in the oceanic equatorial regions is:
A) depression
B) doldrums
C) inter-tropical convergence
D) horse-latitudes

Answer: depression
   
147) The phenomenon of Aurora Borealis, the display of red and green lights in northern hemisphere is due to radiations from:
A) troposphere
B) ionosphere
C) mesosphere
D) stratosphere

Answer: ionosphere
   
148) 'Temperate lows' are:
A) low pressure areas in cyclones
B) equatorial low pressure belt
C) sub-polar low pressure belts
D) polar regions which have very low temperatures

Answer: sub-polar low pressure belts
   
149) Which of the following statements is wrong?
A) Roughly circular isobar system with a high pressure at the centre represents an anticyclone
B) Roughly V-shaped isobar system with a low pressure at the centre represents a wedge
C) Roughly circular isobar system with a low pressure at the centre represents a cyclone
D) Roughly V-sheped isobar system with a low pressure at the centre represents a trough

Answer: Roughly V-shaped isobar system with a low pressure at the centre represents a wedge
   
150) Countries favourably influenced by Westerlies are:
A) Western Europe, British Columbia and East of U.S.A.
B) South-West Africa and South Chile
C) New Zealand
D) All of these is.

Answer: All of these is.