GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 167

GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 167

1661) Each day is more or less the same, the morning is clear and bright with a sea breeze; as the Sun climbs high in the sky, heat mounts up, dark clouds form, then rain comes with thunder and lightning, But rain is soon over. Which of the following regions is described in the above passage?
A) Savannah
B) Equatorial
C) Monsoon
D) Mediterranean

Answer: Mediterranean
   
1662) The atsmorpheric air is held to the Earth by
A) gravity
B) Winds
C) clouds
D) rotation of the Earth

Answer: gravity
   
1663) The phenomenon of trade winds takes place due to
A) conduction of heat
B) conviction of heat
C) radiation
D) All of these

Answer: All of these
   
1664) What causes wind to deflect toward left in the Southern hemisphere?
A) Temperature
B) Magnetic field
C) Rotation of the Earth
D) Pressure

Answer: Rotation of the Earth
   
1665) November  
Month      Temperature (°C)    Rainfall (cm)
January      3.9                             4.7
February      4.4                           5.7
March      8.3                               8.2
April      14.4                               9.2
May      20.0                                9.2
June      23.3                              17.7
July      27.8                                14.5
August      27.8                           14.0
September      22.3                        12.7
October      18.3    7.0               12.2    5.0

These are most likely to be found in the natural regions of
A) China type
B) Equatorial type
C) Hot desert type
D) Monsoon type

Answer: China type
1666) Rain bearing clouds look black because
A) all light is scattered by them
B) the large number of water droplets in them absorb all the sunlight
C) they reflect the sunlight back into the atmosphere
D) there is a lot of dust condensed on the water vapour in such clouds

Answer: all light is scattered by them
   
1667) In which one of the following areas is monsoon climate found?
A) Pacific coast of Columbia
B) South Eastern United States
C) Southern part of South Africa
D) Central California

Answer: South Eastern United States
   
1668) Assertion (A) Anticyclone, which is a high pressure wind system, does not bring about significant change in weather condition.
Reason (R) The outward movement of wind from the high pressure centre keeps limited scope for disturbance.
The above question consist of two statements, Assertion and Reason. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answer to these questions using the codes given below.
A) Both A are R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
C) A is true, but R is false
D) A is false, but R is true.

Answer: Both A are R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
   
1669) Consider the following statements
1. In tropical grassland regions, rainfall mainly occurs in the short summer season with a long dry season.
2. In Mediterranean region, the writer rainfall is caused by the passage of cyclones in the westerly wind belt which lies over this area.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Both 1 and 2
D) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: Both 1 and 2
   
1670) Which one of the following is a planetary wind
A) Monsoon
B) Trade
C) Chinook
D) Mistral

Answer: Trade