Basic Science - Geography (Atmosphere) MCQ's




All Questions are from Year - 2018 or older

Question 151 :
Which of the following is produced by the rapid ascent of moist air?

  1. Frost
  2. Fog
  3. Hail
  4. Snow
  

Question 152 :
Which type of rainfall leads to the formation of the windward and the leeward side?

  1. Cyclonic
  2. Convectional
  3. Orographic
  4. All of these
  

Question 153 :
The water content in the atmosphere:

  1. is independent of temperature
  2. increases as temperature increases
  3. decreases as temperature increases
  4. either increases or decreases with temperature increase
  

Question 154 :
A sudden fall in the barometric reading indicates:

  1. rain
  2. storm
  3. fine weather
  4. extreme cold
  

Question 155 :
Which of the following colour types do not indicate fair or fine weather?

  1. Cirrus
  2. Cumulus
  3. Altocumulus
  4. Cumulonimbus
  

Question 156 :
Troposphere is the hottest part of the atmosphere because [SSC Grad 2011]

  1. it is closest to the Sun
  2. there are charged particles in it
  3. it is heated by the Earth's surface
  4. heat is generated in it
  

Question 157 :
‘Cloud burst’ means:

  1. abnormally heavy downpour of rain, associated with a thunderstorm
  2. formation of artificial rain
  3. presence of scattered flakes of cloud in the sky
  4. sowing of seeds of a crop in a cloudy weather
  

Question 158 :
When the relative humidity is 50 percent and air temperature is 30°C, a cooling of air mass: [NDA 1990]

  1. raises the absolute humidity
  2. produces no change in relative humidity
  3. decreases the relative humidity
  4. increases the relative humidity
  

Question 159 :
Cyclone is a system of wind blowing: [CBI 1991]

  1. spirally outwards from a high pressure region
  2. spirally towards low pressure region
  3. in a straight line from high to low pressure region
  4. from Ball of Bengal towards Bangladesh annually
  

Question 160 :
Heat gain through insolation and heat loss through terrestrial radiation are equal approximately at which latitude?

  1. 22° W North and South
  2. 40° North and South
  3. 90° North and South
  4. 66° W North and South
  

Question 161 :
Which of the following sequences of clouds in ascending order would one meet 500 metres and above the mean sea level? [IAS 2009]

  1. Stratus, Nimbus, Cirrostratus, Cirrus
  2. Nimbus, Cirrostratus, Cirrocumulus, Stratus
  3. Cirrostratus, Stratus, Cumulo-nimbus
  4. Stratus, Cirrostratus, Cumulo-numbus, Cirrocumulus
  

Question 162 :
Which one among the following local winds is not characteristically hot and dry? [Asstt Commdt 2011]

  1. Sirocco
  2. Mistral
  3. Khamsin
  4. Chinook
  

Question 163 :
Which of the following is specially true of anticyclones in the southern hemisphere?

  1. The air moves in a circular manner
  2. Pressure increases from the outside to the centre
  3. They often form over continents
  4. The air moves in an anti-clockwise direction
  

Question 164 :
Which of the following statements characterize the anticyclones? 1. Anticyclones are low pressure systems. 2. They are characterized by divergent wind circulation. 3. They are indicative of dry weather conditions. Select the correct answer using the codes given below: [NDA 2008]

  1. 2 and 3
  2. 1 and 3
  3. 1, 2 and 3
  4. 1 only
  

Question 165 :
Temperature generally decreases towards the poles because: [IAS 2004]

  1. Air movement is generally towards the. equator
  2. Cold polar air masses prevent surface heating of the land
  3. Cold surfaces do not absorb solar energy as readily as warm surfaces
  4. Progressively lesser solar energy per unit area falls on the earth's surface as we move to polar regions
  

Question 166 :
The absence of which among the following causes the temperature of the atmosphere to decrease with ascent along with decreasing density of air? 1. Vegetation 2. Water 3. Carbon dioxide 4. Oxygen 5. Nitrogen

  1. I and II
  2. III and IV
  3. II and III
  4. II and V
  
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