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A type of climate after Koppen which is characterised by an almost uniform distribution of precipitation throughout the year with the precipitation for the driest month more than 6 cms and a very low daily range of temperature is devoted by :

• Aw

• Af

• Am

• As

Which one of the following is a local cold wind ?

• Chinook

• Bora

• Foelin

• Khainsin

At which of the following altitudinal ranges ozone is found in concentrated form ?

• 10 - 25 km 

• 15 - 35 km

• 35 - 50 km

• 50 - 65 km 

Identify the correct normally occuring life cycle of frontal depressions from the following :

• 1 - 2 days

• 2 - 3 days

• 3 - 4 days 

• 4 - 5 days

Which of the following activities does not come under the scope of Drought Prone Areas Programme ?

• Development and management of irrigation resources 

• Soil and moisture conservation and afforestation

• Restructuring of cropping pattern and pasture development 

• Flood control and soil erosion

According to single - cell circulation model proposed by George Hadley the most important factor causing the global atmospheric circulation is : 

• The rotation of the Earth

• The jet stream

• Subsidence at the equator`

• Temperature contrast between equator and pole

The westerlies and trade winds are examples of "____________" winds.

• Mesoscale

• Toposcale

• Macroscale

• Microscale

When water evaporates the energy that was used to evaporate the wateer ?

• heats up the surrounding air as evaporation takes place

• will never be available again

• is stored as latent heat in the evaporated water molecule

• is destroyed

Meteorologists group tropical cyclones into three main categories according to :

• Barometric pressure in the eye of storm

• Precipitation

• Diameter of the storm

• Wind velocity

A given volume of air holds 20 grams of water vapour. At that temperature , the air would be saturated with 80 grams of water vapour. What is the relative humidity ?

• 40%

• 100%

• 25%

• 80%