ATMOSPHERE MCQS SET 16

ATMOSPHERE MCQS SET 16

151) The hot and dry winds that help in the ripening of grapes in the Alps region is:
A) Foehn
B) Chi nook
C) Mistral
D) Roaring Forties

Answer: Foehn
   
152) Pampero' is:
A) a low pressure area in Equator
B) a cold wind which prevails in Argentina and Uruguay
C) a moisture laden wind which brings rainfall to the west coast of Panama
D) a high pressure area which develops first and then leads to the formation of an anticyclone

Answer: a cold wind which prevails in Argentina and Uruguay
   
153) Which of the following winds is incorrectly paired with the area in which it prevails?
A) Berg wind South eastern Africa
B) Karaburan - Tarim basin of Sinkiang
C) Southerly Burster - New South Wales
D) Hurricanes - New Zealand

Answer: Hurricanes - New Zealand
   
154) Match the following:
List I      List II
A. Bora       1. Warm winds which melt the ice in Switzerland in springs
B. Foehn       2. Cold winds which blow along the Adriatic coast
C. Mistral       3. Hot, dry, dusty winds which originate in Sahara desert and blow towards Europe
D. Sirocco       4. Cold violent winds which lower temperature in Rhone Valley

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

Answer: 2 1 4 3
   
155) The tropical cyclones-Hurricanes and Typhoons-develop and mature:
A) at the same place
B) over the land masses only
C) over the water bodies only
D) anywhere in the tropical zone

Answer: anywhere in the tropical zone  

156) Which of the following is a cold wind?
A) Buran
B) Foehn
C) Chinook
D) Sirocco

Answer: Buran
   
157) The portion of the atmosphere which extends from the earth's surface upto 6-8 miles and experiences decrease in temperature at constant rate is:
A) stratosphere
B) tropopause
C) troposphere
D) ionosphere

Answer: troposphere
   
158) Consider the following statements:
1. Mistral is a cold wind blowing in North America.
2. Sirocco is a hot dry wind blowing across the North African coast.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
A) 1 only
B) 2 only
C) Both 1 and 2
D) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: 2 only
   
159) Local thunderstorms 'Nor westers' are prominent in:
A) Maharashtra
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Tamil Nadu
D) West Bengal

Answer: West Bengal
   
160) When the relative humidity is 50 percent and air temperature is 30∘C
, a cooling of air mass:
A) raises the absolute humidity
B) produces no change in relative humidity
C) decreases the relative humidity
D) increases the relative humidity

Answer: decreases the relative humidity