Multiple Choice QuestionsWhich is the following instrument is used for the determination of degree of stability or instability of an air parcel ?
Viscometer
Radiosondes
SONAR
pH meter
Given below are the two statements, one labelled as Assertion(A)and the other labelled as Reason(R). Select your answer from the code given below :
ASSERTION(A) : Antarctica is constantly snow-covered but receives less than 8cm annual precipitation.
REASON(R) : Constant speedy wind blow in Antarctica.
Code A : Both (A) & (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Code B : Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
Code C : (A) is true, but (R) is false.
Code D : (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Whihc of the following latitudes is known as the "Calms of Cancer" ?
66 1/2 degree S
66 1/2 degree N
25 degree N
25 degree S
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LIST I (Thornthwait's Temperature Provinces) |
LIST II (T/E Index values)
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| (a) Mesothermal | (i) 16 - 31 |
| (b) Microthermal | (ii) 1 - 15 |
| (c) Taiga | (iii) 64 - 127 |
| (d) Tundra | (iv) 32 - 63 |
(a)-(iv) , (b)-(iii) , (c)-(ii) , (d)-(i)
(a)-(i) , (b)-(ii) , (c)-(iii) , (d)-(iv)
(a)-(iii) , (b)-(iv) , (c)-(i) , (d)-(ii)
(a)-(ii) , (b)-(i) , (c)-(iv) , (d)-(iii)
The American climatologist C.W. Thornthwaite revise the scheme of the classification of world climates in which one of the following years ?
1931
1934
1941
1948
D.
1948
C.N.Thornthwaite, an American climatologist, presented his first scheme of classification of North American in 1931. He extended his full scheme of world climate classification for world climates & presented his full scheme of 1933. He modified & revised second scheme of classification of world climates in 1948. His scheme is complex & empirical in nature.
ASSERTION(A) : The monsoon of the southern and eastern Asia driven by the location and size of the Asian landmass and its proximity to the Indian Ocean.
REASON(R) : The wind and pressure patterns in the upper air ciculation are associated with the generation of monsoonal flows.
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not a correct explanation of (A)
(A) is true , but (R) is false.
(A) is false , but (R) is true.
Which one of the followings is the main source for a vast reservoir of relatively inert nitrogen in the atmosphere?
Volcanic activities
Fossil fuel burning
Acid rain
Global warming
ASSERTION (A) : Energy flow shifts from production to respiration in the entrophic stage, with oxygen demand exceeding oxygen availability.
REASON (R) : Stratosphere ozone layer depletion causes skin diseases.
Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(A) is true but (R) is false.
(A) is false but (R) is true.
Which one of the following dates is correct for the normal withdrawl of the south-west monsoon from Indian Territory ?
September 1
September 5
September 10
September 15
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