Top 150+ Solved Atmosphere MCQ Questions Answer
Q. 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 equator
d. unaffected by the earth's movements
Q. 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 intense depressions
Q. Which of the following is specially true of anticyclones in the southern hemisphere?
a. The air moves in a circular manner
b. Pressure increases from the outside to the centre
c. They often form over continents
d. The air moves in an anti-clockwise direction
Q. Which of the following is/are characteristic of a depression in the southern hemisphere? 1. It is a mass of air whose isobars form an oval or circular shape 2. Pressure is high in the centre and decreases towards the outside 3. Air moves anti-clockwise
a. I only
b. II only
c. I and III
d. All three
Q. Which of the following are true with regard to temperature control of the atmosphereof a given place? 1. The major temperature contrasts on earth's surface are between land masses and oceans 2. During night, the water surface cools more rapidly than the land surface 3. Temperature generally decreases with latitude on either side of the equator 4. Temperature rises to a maximum during summer and falls to a minimum during winter
a. I, III and IV
b. II, III and IV
c. I and II
d. II and IV
Q. At low elevation which among the following clouds are to be found ?
a. Cirrus
b. Nimbus
c. Cumulus
d. Stratus
Q. Which of the following colour types do not indicate fair or fine weather?
a. Cirrus
b. Cumulus
c. Altocumulus
d. Cumulonimbus
Q. Which one among the following is a high cloud? [NDA 2003]
a. Cirrus
b. Cumulonimbus
c. Nimbostratus
d. Stratus
Q. What is the correct sequence of the given clouds from low to high altitudes? [CDS 2001]
a. Stratus, Cumulonimbus, Cirrostratus, Cirrus
b. Stratus, Cirrostratus, Cumulonimbus, Cirrus
c. Cumulonimbus, Stratus, Cirrus, Cirrostratus
d. Cumulonimbus, Stratus, Cirrostratus, Cirrus
Q. In the northern hemisphere, currents are deflected to their right due to :
a. centrifugal force
b. coriolis force
c. cyclonic storms
d. none of these
Q. Which one of the following is a type of planetary wind?
a. Monsoons
b. Loo
c. Westerlies
d. Tornadoes
Q. In the northern hemisphere, the wind blowing from the Horse latitudes to the Doldrumsis called: [NDA 1994]
a. Westerly wind
b. Trade wind
c. Polar Easterly
d. Jet Stream
Q. Warm dry winds blowing down the east slopes of Rockies are known as : [NDA 1992]
a. Mistral
b. Nor' westers
c. Foehn
d. Chinook
Q. The monsoon has well-developed cycle in: [CDS 1992]
a. South and South East Asia
b. North Australia
c. East United States
d. Africa
Q. What is true with regard to Jet Streams? 1. High velocity winds 2. Blow from west to east 3. Blow in upper troposphere near the tropopause 4. Blow in the mesosphere
a. 2 and 3
b. 2 and 4
c. 1, 2 and 3
d. 1, 2 and 4