Climatology 125 MCQS Mock Test 3 FOR NTA UGC NET

Q.51.  The position of thermal equator is normally at

(A) Equator

(B) 5° N

(C) 5° S

(D) 10° N

Q.52. The sky looks blue because of

(A) Absorption of blue light in the atmosphere

(B) Reflection of blue colour of the oceans

(C) Selective abortion of radiation by the atmosphere

(D) Selective scattering of solar radiation by dust particles

Q.53. A band of wind called 'Jet Stream' is found in

(A) Lower Troposphere

(B) Upper Troposphere

(C) Middle Troposphere

(D) Whole Troposphere

Q.54. The wavy Jet Stream was first time observed by

(A) P, Koteswarm

(B) Carl Gustav Rossby

(C) Halley

(D) Flohn

Q.55. The unit of Beaufort scale is

(A) Hertz

(B) Decibel

(C) Horse Power

(D) Knot

Q.56. Low pressure is also called

(A) Anti Cyclone

(B) Cyclone

(C) Monsoon

(D) Front

Q.57. Cloud Burst is

(A) Heavy Downpour

(B) Light Downpour

(C) Bursting of Clouds

(D) Heavy Thunderstorms

Q.58. The process of conversion of water vapour into liquid and solid form is called

(A) Evaporation

(B) Precipitation

(C) Convection

(D) Condensation

Q.59. Which term is used to describe the conversion of a solid directly to a gas without passing through the liquid state?

(A) Evaporation

(B) Condensation

(C) Sublimation

(D) Freezing

Q.60. What is ‘Heat Island’?

(A) The higher temperature during day time in the sea coast.

(B) The higher temperature during the islands region.

(C) The higher temperature in the CBD or the city centre.

(D) The higher temperature in the rural area during summer.

Q.61. The rain-fed and rain-shadow areas are the characteristics of the

(A) Cyclonic Rainfall

(B) Convectional Rainfall

(C) Thermal Rainfall

(D) Orographic Rainfall

Q.62. Which humidity is generally expressed as percentage?

(A) Absolute Humidity

(B) Specific Humidity

(C) Relative Humidity

(D) Mixing Ratio

Q.63. The highest diurnal range of temperature is recorded in the

(A) Equatorial Region

(B) Savana Grasslands

(C) Mediterranean Region

(D) Hot Desert

Q.64. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer given below

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Q.65. Match List-I with List-II using the code given below

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Q.66. International Geophysical Year (1957-62) is known for

(A) The ozone hole depletion founded by J. Farman in this decade

(B) Important discoveries were made about the atmosphere and many new facts came to light.

(C) Polar Front Theory was discovered

(D) The wavy jet streams discovered during this year

Q.67. The term Anticyclone was used for the first time by

(A) Sir Francis Milton

(B) Sir Francis Galton

(C) V. Bjerknes

(D) C.G. Rossby

Q.68. The total annual isolation is greatest at

(A) Pole

(B) Tropic of Cancer

(C) Equator

(D) Artic

Q.69. Sirocco is

(A) An Islands

(B) A Bird

(C) A Local Wind

(D) A Volcano

Q.70. The type of rainfall occurring in the equatorial region

(A) Conventional

(B) Frontal

(C) Cyclonic

(D) Advectional

Q.71. Air mass concept was developed by

(A) V. Bjerknes

(B) Abercromby

(C) Shaw and Lempfert

(D) Picardy

Q.72. The last great ice age existed in

(A) Pliocene Period

(B) Pleistocene Period

(C) Miocene Period

(D) Triassic Period

Q.73. Match List-I with List-II and using the code given below

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Q.74. The collision coalescence theory was profounded to explain

(A) Tornado

(B) Precipitation

(C) Clouds

(D) Cyclones

Q.75. The term Frontogenesis refers to

(A) The Decay of a front

(B) The creation of a front

(C) The origin of Clouds

(D) Occlusion