The idealised global pattern of surface wind from the equator to pole is

• doldrums-trade winds-westerlies-easterlies

• dolfrums-westerlies-trade winds-easterlies

• doldrums-easterlies-trade winds-westerlies

• doldrums-trade winds-easterlies-westerlies

The marine influence upon climate results into

• increase in annual rainfall

• increase in aridity

• increase in annual temperature range

• decrease in annual temperature range

ASSERTION (A) : Water temperature over the ocean decrease with depth.

REASON (R) : The decrease in temperature is well marked from 370m to 730m.

• 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.

Acid rain is caused by

• Excess CO₂ in the atmosphere 

• Washout of Sulfuric acid by precipitation

• Excess in greenhouse gases emission from tropical forests

• Abnormal variations in composition of gases in the atmposphere.

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ASSERTION (A) : The river valleys are usually narrow shaped in the youthful stage.

REASON (R) : Pothole drilling is a dominant erosional process responsible for down cutting of river valleys.

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

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

• (A) is true but (R) is false

• (A) is false but (R) is true.

Which of the following types of clouds occupy the lowest layer 

• Stratus

• Cumulus

• Cumulonimbus

• Cirrus

Potection plume is the result of

• A regional wind caused by a pressure gradient

• Unequal distribution of temperature

• Abnormalities caused by latent heat of condensation

• Interaction among different types of air masses

Polar frontal theory is associated with

• Origin of trade wind tract

• Origin of tropical cyclones

• Origin of tornadoes

• Origin of Jet Stream

The origin of Monsoon in the Indian sub-continent is largely linked with

• El Nino and ENSO events

• Loacalised weather perturbations

• Shape of the Indian Sub-continent

• Sea surface temperature variation in the Indian ocean

Heat Budget refers to

• Solar radiation

• Balance between incoming and outgoing radiation

• Temperature distribution over the continents

• Heat distribution over land and sea