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1. Who identified a close relationship between the distribution of vegetation and climate?
  1. Hoyle
  2. Henry Hess
  3. Laplace
  4. Koeppen

Answer: Koeppen

2. The contact of two air masses differing sharply in humidity originates :
  1. stratospheric instability
  2. tropical cyclones
  3. inter tropical convergence
  4. temperate cyclones

Answer: temperate cyclones

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3. The deflection of the winds to the right in the northern hemisphere is caused by :
  1. revolution of the earth
  2. rotation of the earth
  3. uneven heating of the earth
  4. All the above

Answer: rotation of the earth

4. Daily weather changes in the atmosphere are associated with :
  1. Troposphere
  2. Mesosphere
  3. Ionosphere
  4. Stratosphere

Answer: Troposphere

5. Convectional Rainfall occurs in :
  1. Equatorial region
  2. Temperate region
  3. Tropical region
  4. Polar region

Answer: Equatorial region

6. Imaginary lines joining places with same temperature are called
  1. Isobar
  2. Isotherms
  3. Isohalines
  4. Isohyets

Answer: Isotherms

7. Subtropical high pressure belts are otherwise called
  1. Roaring forties
  2. Screeching sixties
  3. Furious fifties
  4. Horse latitudes

Answer: Horse latitudes

8. What does the letter code BW in the Koeppen’s climate classification refer to?
  1. Tropical monsoon
  2. Steppe Climate
  3. Desert Climate
  4. Tropical Savannah

Answer: Desert Climate

9. Who provided the classification of climatic regions?
  1. Hoyle
  2. Henry Hess
  3. Stamp
  4. Alfred Wegener

Answer: Stamp

10. Which one of the following is not a form of precipitation ?
  1. Hall
  2. Fog
  3. Snowfall
  4. Rainfall

Answer: Fog

11. Where does most of the weather phenomena take place ?
  1. Ionosphere
  2. Troposphere
  3. Stratosphere
  4. Thermosphere

Answer: Troposphere

12. Mediterranean type of climate is characterized by :
  1. dry summer and wet winter
  2. wet summer and dry winter
  3. dry summer and dry winter
  4. wet summer and wet winter

Answer: dry summer and wet winter

13. In which region does rainfall occur throughout the year ?
  1. Mediterranean
  2. Tropical
  3. Equatorial
  4. Temperate

Answer: Equatorial

14. The atmospheric layer farthest from the Earth’s surface is known as
  1. Stratosphere
  2. Ionosphere
  3. Exosphere
  4. Mesosphere

Answer: Exosphere

15. "Eskimos" are associated with which geographical region?
  1. Arid Region
  2. Polar Region
  3. Savanna Grassland
  4. Tropical Rainforest Region

Answer: Polar Region

16. Which instrument is used to measure the relative humidity in air ?
  1. Hydrometer
  2. Hygrometer
  3. Hygrograph
  4. Barometer

Answer: Hygrometer

17. Atmospheric pressure exerted on earth is due to :
  1. rotation of earth
  2. revolution of earth
  3. gravitational pull
  4. uneven heating of earth

Answer: gravitational pull

18. Frontal Rain is caused by
  1. Convection current
  2. Winds from sea
  3. Cyclonic activity
  4. Condensation of water evaporated from mountains

Answer: Cyclonic activity

19. Smog is a combination of :
  1. air and water Vapor
  2. fire and water
  3. water and smoke
  4. smoke and fog

Answer: smoke and fog

20. Psychrometer is an instrument used to measure :
  1. relative humidity of air
  2. atmospheric pressure
  3. relative density of liquids
  4. amount of actual evapotranspiration

Answer: relative humidity of air

21. Which of the following winds is called anti-trade wind ?
  1. Chinook
  2. Cyclone
  3. Typhoon
  4. Westerlies

Answer: Westerlies

22. Density of the earth’s atmosphere is highest in the :
  1. Troposphere
  2. Stratosphere
  3. Mesosphere
  4. ionosphere

Answer: Troposphere

23. The layer of the atmosphere in which Radio Waves are reflected back is called
  1. Ionosphere
  2. Troposphere
  3. Stratosphere
  4. Exosphere

Answer: Ionosphere

24. Which of the following climate type is found under the cold climates?
  1. Humid subtropical
  2. Highland
  3. Tundra
  4. None of the above

Answer: Tundra

25. In which climatic condition, thorny bushes are formed?
  1. Cold Polar climate
  2. Humid Tropical climate
  3. Cold Tropical climate
  4. Dry Desertic climate

Answer: Dry Desertic climate

26. Shadow effect is associated with which one of the following rainfall ?
  1. Cyclonic rainfall
  2. Orographic rainfall
  3. Convectional rainfall
  4. Frontal rainfall

Answer: Orographic rainfall

27. Tropical storm in Chinese Sea is known as :
  1. Wave
  2. Tornado
  3. Typhoon
  4. Cyclone

Answer: Typhoon

28. Katrina is the name given to :
  1. Satellite
  2. Star
  3. Heat wave
  4. Hurricane

Answer: Hurricane

29. Which of the following phenomena is supposedly associated with global warming ?
  1. E1 Nino Modoki
  2. La Nino
  3. E1 Nino
  4. Southern Oscillations

Answer: E1 Nino Modoki

30. Atmospheric temperature increasing at the higher altitudes is called
  1. Inversion
  2. Radiation
  3. Conduction
  4. Convection

Answer: Inversion

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