Q.1
Which of the following sequences of clouds in ascending order would one meet 500 metres and above the mean sea level?
Q.2
A sudden fall in the barometric reading indicates ________
Q.3
Which of the following colour types do not indicate fair or fine weather?
Q.4
The amount of actual water vapour of air is known as ________
Q.5
Precipitation takes place when ________
Q.6
Temperate cyclones bring along with them ________
Q.7
Which of the following is/are correct in matching the layer of atmosphere and its characteristic ?
I. Troposphere : weather phenomena
II. Stratosphere : ozone layer
III. Ionosphere : radio waves reflected to earth's surface
IV. Mesosphere : Aurorae
Q.8
What is true with regard to Jet Streams?
1. High velocity winds
2. Blow from west to east
3. Blow in upper troposphere near the tropopause
4. Blow in the mesosphere
Q.9
The dry wind 'Santa Ana' blows in ________
Q.10
Which one among the following statements relating to a cyclone is not correct?
Q.11
Where do all meteorological incidents occur?
Q.12
Which one of the following is a type of planetary wind?
Q.13
What is approximately the quantum of the pressure exerted by the atmosphere at sea level?
Q.14
What is the percentage of Nitrogen in atmosphere of the Earth?
Q.15
At low elevation which among the following clouds are to be found ?
Q.16
The jet aircrafts fly very easily and smoothly in the lower stratosphere. What could be the appropriate explanation?
1. There are no clouds or water vapour in the lower stratosphere.
2. There are no vertical winds in the lower stratosphere.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct in this context?
Q.17
The most important factor in thunderstorms development is ________
Q.18
The intensity of insolation depends on
Q.19
The inner-most layer of the Earth is known as
Q.20
Which of the following statements is incorrect?
Q.21
Evening sun is not a shot as the mid-day sun. What is the reason?
Q.22
The water content in the atmosphere ________
Q.23
Agents of fog formation do not include ________
Q.24
Which one among the following forces is most powerful in determining movement of wind including its velocity ?
Q.25
Atmospheric humidity is measured by ________
Q.26
Which is the warmest layer of the atmosphere?
Q.27
Which of the following statements is not true of Trade Winds?
Q.28
Which of the following is wrongly matched?
Q.29
What is the correct sequence of the given clouds from low to high altitudes?
Q.30
Pampero is ________
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