Top 150+ Solved Atmosphere MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Anticyclones are caused by:
a. violent winds
b. heavy rainfall
c. winds that blow spirally outwards from the centre
d. winds that blow spirally inwards
Q. In the earth's atmosphere, the atmospheric pressure: [NDA 1991]
a. increases with height
b. decreases with height
c. remains constant with height
d. first increases and then decreases with height
Q. Which of the following statements about Stratosphere is incorrect?
a. It is the region in the atmosphere above tropopause
b. It contains ozone layer which prevents ultraviolet radiations of sun from reaching to the earth
c. It is not free from the violent weather changes occurring on the earth
d. It provides ideal flying conditions
Q. The term used for the zone at low pressure and light and variable winds in the oceanic equatorial regions is :
a. depression
b. doldrums
c. horse-latitudes
d. inter-tropical convergence
Q. The phenomenon of Aurora Borealis, the display of red and green lights in northern hemisphere is due to radiations from:
a. troposphere
b. mesosphere
c. stratosphere
d. ionosphere
Q. ‘Temperate lows’ are:
a. low pressure areas in cyclones
b. equatorial low pressure belt
c. polar regions which have very low temperatures
d. sub-polar low pressure belts
Q. Which of the following statements is wrong?
a. Roughly circular isobar system with a high pressure at the centre represents an anticyclone
b. Roughly circular isobar system with a low pressure at the centre represents a cyclone
c. Roughly V-sheped isobar system with a low pressure at the centre represents a trough
d. Roughly V-shaped isobar system with a low pressure at the centre represents a wedge
Q. Countries favourably influenced by Westerlies are:
a. Western Europe, British Columbia and East of U.S.A.
b. South-West Africa and South Chile
c. New Zealand
d. All of these
Q. The hot and dry winds that help in the ripening of grapes in the Alps region is :
a. Chi nook
b. Foehn
c. Mistral
d. Roaring Forties
Q. 'Pampero' is :
a. a cold wind which prevails in Argentina and Uruguay
b. a low pressure area in Equator
c. a moisture laden wind which brings rainfall to the west coast of Panama
d. a high pressure area which develops first and then leads to the formation of an anticyclone
Q. Which of the following winds is incorrectly paired with the area in which it prevails?
a. Berg wind - South eastern Africa
b. Karaburan - Tarim basin of Sinkiang
c. Southerly Burster - New South Wales
d. Hurricanes - New Zealand
Q. The tropical cyclones-Hurricanes and Typhoons-develop and mature:
a. at the same place
b. over the land masses only
c. over the water bodies only
d. anywhere in the tropical zone
Q. The portion of the atmosphere which extends from the earth's surface upto 6-8 miles and experiences decrease in temperature at constant rate is : [NDA 1990]
a. stratosphere
b. tropopause
c. troposphere
d. ionosphere