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Atmosphere MCQs | Atmosphere Objective Type Questions and Answers

(21) Which layer of the atmosphere is responsible for aurora formation?
[A] Ozone layer
[B] Stratosphere
[C] Exosphere
[D] Ionosphere
Answer: Ionosphere
(22) By international convention, which line marks the outermost boundary of the Earth’s atmosphere?
[A] Space line
[B] Boundary line
[C] Karman line
[D] Astronaut line
Answer: Karman line

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(23) What is known the cold and dense air blowing down from the mountain slope during the night?
[A] Anabatic Wind
[B] Katabatic wind
[C] Lue Wind
[D] Khamsin wind
Answer: Katabatic wind
(24) Due to the rotation of earth, wind get deflected in a particular direction, – is known as –
[A] Geostropic Wind
[B] Tornedo
[C] Polar wind
[D] Nor westers
Answer: Geostropic Wind
(25) Choose the correct from the following options that a temperate cyclones bring along with them.
[A] Mild rainfall
[B] Acid rain
[C] Thunder Strom
[D] Harmattan
Answer: Mild rainfall
(26) What is doldrums?
[A] Equatorial zone with low pressure
[B] Equatorial zone with high pressure
[C] Polar region with snow fall
[D] Horse latitudes
Answer: Equatorial region with pressure
(27) When sea breeze blows?
[A] At day time from land to sea
[B] At day time from sea to land
[C] At night-time from sea to mountain
[D] At night-time from mountain to sea
Answer: At day time from land to sea
(28) ________ an ascent of 300 feet is known as lapse rate?
[A] Wind speed
[B] Humidity
[C] temperature
[D] Pressure
Answer: temperature
(29) Why the trade wind blows?
[A] Due to rotation of earth
[B] Due to heating effects on the earth surface
[C] movement of air along earth’s surface to ward equator
[D] Due to atmospheric pressure
Answer: movement of air along earth’s surface to ward equator
(30) Why temperature decreases towards to pole?
[A] Air moves towards the equator
[B] Cold heavy air prevent to reach sun’s heat to ground
[C] Cold surface do not absorb solar energy
[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
31 Which gas is second maximum by volume in the earth atmosphere?
[A] Nitrogen
[B] Oxygen
[C] Carbon Dioxide
[D] Argon
Answer: Oxygen

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