ASSERTION (A) : Evaporation from water bodies is greater than that of land surfaces.

REASON (R) : Energy is not required to evaporate water.

• Both (A) and (R) are true , but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

• Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

• (A) is true , but (R) is false.

• (A) is true , but (R) is false.

ASSERTION (A) : Low moisture content in air leads to the formation of towering storm clouds.

REASON (R) : The energy transfer from equator to poles takes place through evaporation and condensation. 

• (A) is false , but (R) is true.

• (A) is true , but (R) is false.

• Both (A) and (R) are true  and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

• Both (A) and (R) are true , but (R) is not correct explanation of (A).

ASSERTION (A) : The most stable conditions occur during a temperature inversion , when the temperature actually increase with height.

REASON (R) : Temperature inversion leads to greater vertical air movement.

• (A) is true , but (R) is false.

• (A) is false , but (R) is true.

• Both (A) and (R) are true , but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

• Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Which part of the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) causes human skin cancer ?

• Gamma rays

• Microwaves

• Ultraviolet radiation 

• Radio Waves

Which one of the following is responsible for Global Change in the sea-level ?

• Isostatic

• Climatic

• Eustatic

• Diastrophic

Identity the correct sequence of cloud formation in ascending order.

• Cumulus , Stratus , Altocumulus , Cirrostratus  

• Altocumulus , Stratus , Cumulus , Cirrostratus

• Cumulus , Stratus , Cirrostratus , Altocumulus

• Stratus , Cumulus , Altocumulus , Cirrostratus

• (a)-(i) , (b)-(ii) , (c)-(iv) , (d)-(iii)

• (a)-(iii) , (b)-(ii) , (c)-(iv) , (d)-(iii)

• (a)-(ii) , (b)-(i) , (c)-(iii) , (d)-(iv)

   

• (a)-(ii) , (b)-(i) , (c)-(iv) , (d)-(iii)

ASSERTION (A) : Mid-latitudes cyclones are low-pressure syatem travelling from east to west scross the middle latitudes in both hemispheres.

REASON (R) : Most of the mid-0latitudes cyclones have a cold front and warm front.

• (A) is true , but (R) is false.

• Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

• Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

• (A) is false , but (R) is true.

Which one of the following is required calories of heat to increase temperature by 100ºC for 1 gram of water ?

• 5 calories

• 32 calories

• 10 calories

• 1 calorie 

20.

ASSERTION (A) : Wind is the result of only the vertical differences in atmospheric pressure.

REASON (R) : Wind is nature's attempt to balance inequalities in air pressure.

• Both (A) and (R) are true and (A) is the correct explanation of (A).

• (A) is true , but (R) is false.

• (A) is false but (R) is true

• Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).