ATMOSPHERE MCQS SET 18

ATMOSPHERE MCQS SET 18

171) Which are of the following is wrongly characterised?
A) Chinook - Canada - winter - warm
B) Khamsin - Egypt - spring - hot
C) Sirocco - Sahara - spring - hot
D) Mistral - Rhone Valley - summer - cold

Answer: Mistral - Rhone Valley - summer - cold
   
172) Which of the following is wrongly matched?
A) Rainfall caused by mountain standing in the way of moisture - laden winds - relief rainfall
B) Rain caused by vertical circulation of air currents - orographic rainfall
C) Rain caused by a warm moist air mass moving upward over cold air mass - cyclonic rainfall
D) An area sheltered from rain bearing winds by a hill - rain shadow area

Answer: Rain caused by vertical circulation of air currents - orographic rainfall
   
173) The absence of which among the following causes the temperature of the atmosphere to decrease with ascent along with decreasing density of air?
I. Vegetation II. Water III. Carbon dioxide IV. Oxygen V. Nitrogen
A) l and ll
B) Ill and IV
C) II and Ill
D) II and V

Answer: II and Ill
   
174) Atmospheric pressure depends on:
1. altitude 2. temperature 3. earth rotation 4. moon's pull
A) 1, 2 and 3
B) 2 and 3
C) 1 and 2
D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
 
Answer: 1 and 2
   
175) Which one of the following is not a form of precipitation?
A) Hail
B) Snowfall
C) Rainfall
D) Fog

Answer: Fog

176) Which of the following is a hot wind?
A) Zonda
B) Mistral
C) Pampero
D) Buran

Answer: Zonda
   
177) The hydrological cycle is a conceptual model that describes:
A) the storage of water between biosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and lithosphere
B) the movement of water between biosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere and hydrosphere
C) both (a) and (b)
D) None of the above

Answer: both (a) and (b)
   
178) Match the following:
List I      List II
A. South China Sea       1. Cyclone
B. Arafura Sea      2. Tornado
C. Gulf of Mexico      3. Typhoon
D. Bay of Bengal      4. Willy-Willy

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

Answer: 3 4 2 1
   
179) Match the following:
Local wind       Country
A. Chill      1. Russia
B. Brickflelder      2. Australia
C. Khamsin      3. Tunisia
D. Purga      4. Egypt

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

Answer: 3 2 4 1
   
180) Consider the following statements with reference to tornadoes:
1. Tornadoes are smaller and more intense than hurricanes.
2. Tornadoes are most abundant along the eastern coast of India.
3. The average tornado lasts for less than one hour.
4. Tornadoes are most common in the afternoons in the early summer.
Which of these statements are correct?
A) 1, 3 and 4
B) 2, 3 and 4
C) 1, 2 and 4
D) 1, 2 and 3

Answer: 1, 3 and 4