Multiple Choice QuestionsWhich one of the following coastal areas of India was affected by "Hudhud cyclone " ?
Chennai coast
Kerala coast
Andhra Pradesh coast
Bengal coast
The only truely continuous pressure belts on the earth is :
Southern Hemisphere subtropical high
Northern hemisphere subtropical high
Equatorial low
Southern hemisphere sub polar low
Which two global winds originate from the subtropical high ?
Polar easterlies and westerlies
Trade winds and polar easterlies
Trade winds and westerlies
Chinook and Foehn
An aircraft is flying at an altitude of 10 km. At that altitude the temperature is -40C. What is the ambient temperature on the ground ?
24° C
25° C
30° C
20° C
Which one of the following is not a necessary condition for condensation ?
Saturation
Surface
High Altitude
Water Vapour
ASSERTION (A) : Land surface is heated more quickly and to a greater extent than the water surface when subject to an equal amount of insolation.
REASON (R) : The specific heat of land is more than that heat of water.
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 true , but (R) is false.
(A) is false , but (R) is true.
Which of the following does not enhance the instability of air ?
radiation cooling of earth's surface after sunset.
radiation cooling from cloud top.
heating an air mass from below as it passes over a warm surface.
intense soalr heating in the lowermost atmosphere.
Which one of the following is not a factor to affect the atmospheric pressure ?
Altitude
Presence of water vapour
Temperature
Rainfall
What is the major wind related phenomenon responsible for summer drought in Mediterranean type of region ?
Shifting of trade winds polewards in summers.
Shifting of trade winds equatorwards in summers
Blowing of westerlies from the continents in summers
Blowing South-Westerly
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