More Questions on Atmosphere
- Q. The cold and dense air blowing down the mountain slope during the night is known as ________
A)Katabatic wind
B)Anabatic wind
C)Khamsin
D)Harmattan
Answer: Katabatic wind
- Q. Which one of the following is not a correct example of tropical cyclone?
A)Hurricanes
B)Tornadoes
C)Typhoons
D)Nor westers
Answer: Nor westers
- Q. Consider the following statements: 1. Either of the two belts over the oceans at about 30° to 35° N and S Latitudes is known as Horse Latitude. 2. Horse latitudes are low pressure belts. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A)Both 1 and 2
B)1 only
C)2 only
D)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: 1 only
- Q. Which of the following is produced by the rapid ascent of moist air?
A)Hail
B)Frost
C)Fog
D)Snow
Answer: Hail
- Q. Wind in the Southern hemisphere is deflected towards left due to ________
A)Difference in pressure
B)Temperature variations
C)Rotation of the earth
D)Difference in water content
Answer: Rotation of the earth
- Q. Which one among the following statements relating to an anticyclone is correct?
A)The contribution of an anticyclone towards determining weather of an area is quite significant
B)Anticyclone is a wind system with a high pressure centre
C)In anticyclone the movement of wind is inward
D)The movement of wind is clockwise in an anticyclone of southern hemisphere
Answer: Anticyclone is a wind system with a high pressure centre
- Q. Excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere due to pollution will cause
A)No change in earth's temperature
B)Earth's temperature to rise
C)Earth's temperature to fall
D)Increase in ultra-violet radiation reaching the earth
Answer: Earth's temperature to rise
- Q. The form of precipitation in which the raindrops get frozen into ice on coming in contact with a cold layer of air near the earth’s surface is called ________
A)Sleet
B)Fog
C)Hail
D)Snowfall
Answer: Sleet
- Q. Which of these statements are correct regarding the atmosphere of the earth: 1. It is enveloping the earth because of gravity. 2. Its density decreases with increasing height from the surface of the earth. 3. Its characteristic composition is same throughout its height. 4. Amount of pressure it exerts on earth’s surface at sea level is called one atm sphere.
A)2, 3 and 4
B)1 and 4
C)2 and 4
D)1, 2 and 4
Answer: 1, 2 and 4
- Q. The Sea breeze blows during ________
A)Night from land to sea
B)Day from land to sea
C)Day from sea to land
D)Night from sea to land
Answer: Day from sea to land
- Q. Evening sun is not a shot as the mid-day sun. What is the reason?
A)Ozone in atmosphere absorbs more light in the evening
B)In the evening, radiations travel slowly
C)In the evening, the temperature of the sun decreases
D)In the evening, radiations travel larger distance through atmosphere
Answer: In the evening, radiations travel larger distance through atmosphere
- Q. Troposphere is the most warm part of the atmosphere because
A)It gets warm from the heat of the surface of the Earth
B)It is closer to the Sun
C)It contains charged particles
D)It produces heat
Answer: It gets warm from the heat of the surface of the Earth
- Q. Temperature generally decreases towards the poles because ________
A)Cold surfaces do not absorb solar energy as readily as warm surfaces
B)Air movement is generally towards the. equator
C)Cold polar air masses prevent surface heating of the land
D)Progressively lesser solar energy per unit area falls on the earth's surface as we move to polar regions
Answer: Progressively lesser solar energy per unit area falls on the earth's surface as we move to polar regions
- Q. Arrange the following gases of the atmosphere in increasing order by volume: I. Nitrogen II. Oxygen III. Carbon dioxide IV. Argon
A)III, IV, II, I
B)I, II, III, IV
C)I, II, IV, III
D)IV, III, II, I
Answer: III, IV, II, I
- Q. Choose the incorrect statement ________
A)Absolute humidity is expressed in grams per cubic metre of air
B)Capacity of air to hold moisture decreases with a rise in temperature of the air
C)The air pressure decreases with an increase in temperature
D)With an ascent of every 165 metres, the temperature is reduced by 1°C
Answer: Absolute humidity is expressed in grams per cubic metre of air
- Q. Which of the following statements is wrong?
A)Roughly V-shaped isobar system with a low pressure at the centre represents a trough
B)Roughly circular isobar system with a high pressure at the centre represents an anticyclone
C)Roughly circular isobar system with a low pressure at the centre represents a cyclone
D)Roughly V-shaped isobar system with a low pressure at the centre represents a hurricanes
Answer: Roughly V-shaped isobar system with a low pressure at the centre represents a hurricanes
- Q. A temperature inversion is most likely to occur under which of the following conditions?
A)Calm, cloudy and humid night
B)Mountain top in late evening
C)Windy but cloudy night
D)Calm, clear and cool winter night
Answer: Calm, clear and cool winter night
- Q. Consider the following statements: 1. The annual range of temperature is greater in the Pacific Ocean than that in the Atlantic Ocean. 2. The annual range of temperature is greater in the Northern Hemisphere than that in the Southern Hemisphere. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A)Both 1and 2
B)1 only
C)2 only
D)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: 2 only
- Q. The study of the processes of atmosphere is called as
A)Seismology
B)Astrology
C)Meteorology
D)Astronomy
Answer: Meteorology
- Q. Which one among the following is a high cloud?
A)Nimbostratus
B)Cirrus
C)Cumulonimbus
D)Stratus
Answer: Cirrus
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