Practice Question Paper

36. Artange the foUowing gases of the
atmosphere in increasing order of volume.
I. Nitrogen
II. Oxygen
III. Carbon dioxide.
IV. Argon .
(a) I, II, III, IV (b) I, II, IV, III (c) III, IV, II, I (d) IV, III, II, I
37. The supersonic aircraft finds it
most cQnvenient to fly in the
(a) troposphere. (b) stratosphere. (c) mesosphere. (d) ionosphere.
38. Atmospheric pressure depends on I. 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
39. Freely moving bodies are .
(a) deflected to their right in the
northern hemisphere
(b) deflected to the right in the
southern hemisphere
(c) deflected upwards at the equa­
tor
(d) unaffected by the earth's move­
ments
40. Monsoon winds are best devel­
oped over
I. South-East Asia
II. China
III. Japan
(a) I only (b) I and II
(c) I, II and III (d) I and III
41. Which of the following statements
is not true of Trade Winds?
(a) They blow from the Horse
Latitudes to the Doldrums.
(b) They are deflected to the right
to become South-East Trades
in the southern hemisphere.
(c) They are constant in strength
and direction.
(d) They sometimes contain in­
tense depression.
. 42. Which of the following is specially
true of anti-cyclones in the south­
ern hemisphere?
(a) The air moves in a circular
manner
(b) Pressure increases from the
outside to the centre
(c) They often form over conti­
nents
(d) The air moves in an anti-clock­
wise direction
43. Which of the following is a hot
wind?
(a) Mistral (b) Pampero
(c) Buran (d) Zonda
. 44. Which 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
45. Which of the. following
characterises the Fohn?
I. It is warm
II. It is humid
III. It is common in the valleys of
the northern Alps
IV. It blows in winter
(a) I, II and IV
(b) I, II and III
(c) I, III and IV
(d) I, II, III and IV
46. The velocity of winds is governed
by
(a) rotation of earth.
(b) pressure gradient.
(c) Farrel's law.
(d) insolation.
47. Perpendicular rays are usually more heating than oblique rays. Therefore, south-facing slopes are warmer than north-facing slopes in the summer'
(a) in the northern hemisphere. (b) in the southern hemisphere. (c) everywhere.
(d) nowhere.
48. Match the following:
I II
A. Doldrums 1. 5° N to 5° S
B. Horse 2. 30° N to
Latitudes 30° S
C. Torrid Zone 3. 40° Nand
50° S
D. Roaring 4. 231ho N and
Forties 231hO S
(a) A-I, B-2, C-3, D-4 (b) A-I, B-2, C-4, D-3 (c) A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4 (d) A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3
49. The water content in the atmo­
sphere
(a) is independent of temperature.
(b) increases as temperature in­
creases.
(c) decreases as temperature in­
creases.
(d) either increases or decreases
with temperature increase.
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50. An upper air wind system with very high velocities in certain parts of the atmosphere is called
(a) a cyclone.
(b) an anticyclone.
(c) jet stream.
(d) a tsunami.
51. Which of the following is/are
wrongly matched?
1. Typhoon : China Sea
2. Tornado: Mid-Western
United States
3. Hurricane: West Indies
4. Willy-Willies: Canada
(a) 2 and 4 (b) 1, 2 and 4
(c) 2 and 3 (d) 4 only
52. 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 sheltet:ed from rain bearing winds by a hill-rain shadow area
53. For the formation of frost, there
should be
1. a clear sky.
2. little or no wind.
3. low relative humidity.
4. air temperature at or below
0° C.
(a) 1, 2 and 4 (b) 1, 2 and 3 (c) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (d) 1, 3 and 4
54. Which of the following cloud types
do not indicate fair or fine weather? (a) Cirrus
(b) Cumulus
(c) Altocumulus (d) Cumulonimbus
55. Some large lake!? in temperate lati­tudes have a moderating influence upon the climate of adjacent land surfaces. Such an influence may develop when
(a) the water is shallow
(b) the lake is high above sea level (c) prevailing outblowing winds
cross the lake in winter
(d) the lake is a basin of inland
drainage
56. When water freezes in the polar seas the salts