Question : Which one of the following pairs of oceans and currents is not correctly matched?
A. Indian Ocean : Agulhas current
B. South Atlantic Ocean : Falkland current
C. Eastern Pacific Ocean : Kuroshio current
D. North Atlantic Ocean : Canaries current
Question Listed : Pacific Ocean, Kuroshio Current, Climate, Weather,
Question : Which one of the following is the example of planetary winds?
A. Chinook
B. Land and sea breezes
C. Trade wind
D. Monsoon
Question Listed : Trade Wind, Climate, Weather,
Question : Which one of the following is a low cloud?
A. Nimbostratus
B. Altocumulus
C. Cirrostratus
D. Cirrocumulus
Question Listed : Climate, Weather,
Question : Which from the following can cause a tsunami?
A. Earthquake
B. Tornado
C. Avalanche
D. Volcano
Question Listed : Earthquake, Climate, Weather,
Question : What kind of deserts are the Atacama desert and Gobi desert?
A. monsoon deserts
B. rainshadow deserts
C. subtropical deserts
D. trade wind deserts
Question Listed : Rainshadow Desert, Climate, Weather, Monsoon Desert,
Question : What is a tornado?
A. A planetary wind
B. A very high ocean wave
C. A very low pressure centre
D. A very high pressure centre
Question Listed : Climate, Weather,
Question : Threat of global warming is increasing due to increasing concentration of
A. Carbon dioxide
B. Sulphur dioxide
C. Ozone
D. Nitrous oxide
Question Listed : Carbon Dioxide, Climate, Weather,
Question : The standard sea level in millibars is
A. 990 mb
B. 960 mb
C. 1060 mb
D. 1013 mb
Question Listed : Climate, Weather,
Question : The snow on the mountains does NOT melt all at once when it is heated by the sun because
A. It has a high latent heat of fusion
B. It has a low specific heat capacity
C. It reflects most of the heat from the sun
D. It becomes very hard
Question Listed : Fusion, Climate, Weather,
Question : The main cause of global climatic change is
A. Changes in plant cover
B. Adding of dust
C. Emissions of industrial gases
D. Increase in the content of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
Question Listed : Carbon Dioxide, Climate, Weather,
Question : The fraction of solar energy reflected from Earth into space is known as
A. heat loss
B. irradiation
C. albedo
D. insolation
Question Listed : Albedo, Climate, Weather,
Question : The earth revolves round the sun. This causes
A. Differences in longitude and time
B. Change of seasons
C. Deflection of winds and currents
D. Formation of day and night
Question Listed : Climate, Weather,
Question : The direction to which wind blows is known as -
A. None of these
B. Eleaving side
C. Leeward
D. Windward
Question Listed : Climate, Weather,
Question : The dew point is the temperature at which -
A. hailstones are formed
B. water vapour condenses to a liquid
C. the dew begins to evaporate
D. water in the liquid state changes to vapour
Question Listed : Water Vapour, Climate, Weather,
Question : Name the continent where Tundra type of climate is not found
A. North America
B. Africa
C. Asia
D. Europe
Question Listed : Africa, Climate, Weather,