Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) and Answers on Climate of The World
Question 1: The intensity of isolation depends on
a) altitude
b) nature of terrain
c) wind
d) latitude
Answer: (d)
Question 2: Rain shadow effect is associated with
a) cyclonic rainfall
b) orographic rainfall
c) frontal rainfall
d) convectional rainfall
Answer: (b)
Question 3: Which one of the following is the largest temperate desert of the world?
a) Patagonian desert
b) Taklamakan desert
c) Iranian desert
d) Turkmen desert
Answer: (a)
Question 4: The phenomenon of ‘trade winds’ takes place due to
a) conduction of heat
b) convection of heat
c) radiation
d) None of the above
Answer: (d)
Question 5: The permanent wind that blows from the horse latitude to the equatorial region is known as
a) westerly
b) trade wind
c) doldrum
d) easterly
Answer: (b)
Question 6: Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a) Cyclone is a low pressure system.
b) The wind movement is clockwise in the cyclone of Northern hemisphere.
c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
d) None of the above
Answer: (a)
Question 7: Which one of the following statements relating to an anticyclone is correct?
a) Anticyclone is wind system with a high pressure centre.
b) In anticyclone the movement of the wind is inward.
c) The contribution of an anticyclone towards determining weather of an area is quite significant.
d) The movement of wind is clockwise in an anticyclone of Southern hemisphere.
Answer: (a)
Question 8: Logically, what does a continually rising air pressure indicate?
a) Advent of unsettled and cloudy weather
b) Advent of a cyclone
c) Fine and settled weather
d) Fine and unsettled weather
Answer: (c)
Question 9: Jet streams are usually found in the
a) ozonosphere
b) mesosphere
c) troposphere
d) ionosphere
Answer: (c)
Question 10: Which one of the following clouds has the greatest vertical extent which brings convectional rain accompanied by thunder lightning and thunder?
a) Altocumulus
b) Cirrocumulus
c) Cirrostratus
d) Cumulonimbus
Answer: (d)
Question 11: Which one of the following is the pattern of circulation around a low pressure area in the Northern hemisphere?
a) Counter-clockwise and away from the centre
b) Clockwise and away from the centre
c) Counter-clockwise and towards the centre
d) Clockwise and towards the centre
Answer: (c)
Question 12: What is the reason for the major hot deserts of the world lying in the western part of the tropical latitude?
a) They are influenced by trade winds
b) They lie in the rain-shadow area of the mountains
c) They are influenced by monsoon winds
d) They are influenced by dry winds
Answer: (d)
Question 13: The mass of water vapour per unit volume of air is known as
a) Relative humidity
b) Specific humidity
c) Absolute humidity
d) Variable humidity
Answer: (c)
Question 14: What is the term used to denote the critical temperature at which the air becomes saturated with vapour and below which the condensation is likely to begin?
a) Condensation Point
b) Evaporation Point
c) Dew Point
d) Point of critical temperature
Answer: (c)
Question 15: ‘El Nino’ associated with the formation of the south-west monsoon of India is
a) an abnormally warm ocean-current
b) a periodic warm air-mass
c) a periodic warm wind
d) a periodic low pressure centre
Answer: (a)
Question 16: The thermal equator is found
a) at the equator
b) South of the geographical equator
c) North of the geographical equator
d) at the tropic of cancer
Answer: (c)
Question 17: The warm and dry winds that blow down the steep valleys in Japan are called
a) Zonda
b) Yamo
c) Tramontane
d) Santa Ana
Answer: (b)
Question 18: Which one of the following sets are the low clouds?
a) Altostratus, Altocumulus and Nimbostratus
b) Cirrus, Cirrostratus and Cirrocumulus
c) Stratus, Nimbus and Cumulus
d) Cirrus, Cirrostratus and Altostratus
Answer: (c)
Question 19: Climate change resulting in the rise of temperature may benefit which of the countries/regions?
a) South Africa
b) East Indies Islands comprising of Java, Sumatra and Borneo
c) The western coast of South America
d) Russia and Northern Europe
Answer: (d)
Question 20: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Chinook : Rocky mountain slopes of USA
b) Foehn : Rocky mountain slopes of USA
c) Sirocco : North African desert
d) Mistral : Southern slopes of Alps
Answer: (b)
Question 21: In which one of the following areas is monsoon climate found?
a) Pacific coast of Colombia
b) South-Eastern US
c) Southern parts of South Africa
d) Central California
Answer: (a)
Question 22: Which one among the following is not an important factor of climate of an area?
a) Latitude
b) Longitude
c) Altitude
d) Distance from sea
Answer: (b)
Question 23: What could be the main reason/reasons for the formation of African and Eurasian desert belt?
a) It is located in the sub-tropical high pressure cells.
b) It is under the influence of warm ocean currents.
c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
d) None of the above
Answer: (a)
Question 24: The Planetary winds that blow from the sub-tropical high pressure belts to the equator are known as
a) westerlies
b) trade winds
c) doldrums
d) polar winds
Answer: (b)
Question 25: Mist is a result of which one of the following?
a) Condensation
b) Evaporation
c) Sublimation
d) Saturation
Answer: (a)
Question 26: Which one of the following towns does not lie in the Mediterranean region?
a) Algiers
b) Barcelona
c) Sofia
d) Rome
Answer: (c)
Question 27: Which one of the following basins experiences the convectional rainfall?
a) Amazon
b) Ganga
c) Hwang Ho
d) Mississippi
Answer: (a)
Question 28: In the South Atlantic and South Eastern Pacific regions in tropical latitudes, cyclone does not originate. What is the reason?
a) Sea surface temperatures are low
b) Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone seldom occurs
c) Coriolis force is too weak
d) Absence of land in those regions
Answer: (a)
Question 29: If the Earth did not have an atmosphere, temperature extremes between day and night would
a) increase
b) decrease
c) stay the same
d) fluctuate rapidly
Answer: (a)
Question 30: Which one of the following ones of the atmosphere is rich in ozone gas?
a) stratosphere
b) mesosphere
c) troposphere
d) ionosphere
Answer: (a)
Question 31: At high altitudes, pressure cooker is preferable for cooking, because the boiling point of water
a) reduces, due to higher atmospheric pressure
b) reduces, due to lower atmospheric pressure
c) increases, due to reduced gravitational force
d) reduces, due to increased ozone content in the atmosphere
Answer: (b)
Question 32: Which one of the following is the correct sequence of increasing velocity of wind?
a) Light breeze-Fresh breeze-Gale-Hurricane
b) Fresh breeze-Light breeze-Hurricane-Gale
c) Hurricane-Gale-Fresh breeze-Light breeze
d) Gale-Fresh breeze-Light breeze-Hurricane
Answer: (a)
Question 33: Which one among the following is the idealised global pattern of surface wind from the equator to the pole?
a) Doldrums-Westerlies-Trade winds-Easterlies
b) Westerlies-Easterlies-Doldrums-Trade winds
c) Doldrums-Trade winds-Westerlies-Easterlies
d) Easterlies-Doldrums-Trade winds-Westerlies
Answer: (c)
Question 34: What is the convergence of North-East and South-East Trade winds near equator known as?
a) Doldrums
b) Jet Stream
c) Inter-tropical convergence zone
d) None of the above
Answer: (c)
Question 35: Wind is often found to blow in a hot summer day due to
a) conduction of heat between air and soil on the Earth
b) radiation from the soil
c) convection current of air
d) None of the above
Answer: (a)
Question 36: The seasonal reversal of winds is the typical characteristic of
a) Equatorial climate
b) Mediterranean climate
c) Monsoon climate
d) None of the above
Answer: (c)
Question 37: Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a) A hurricane acquires its spin from the Coriolis effect.
b) The diameter of a hurricane is never below 150 Km.
c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
d) None of the above
Answer: (c)
Question 38: The horizontal wind circulation near the Earth’s surface is due to the
a) pressure gradient
b) frictional force
c) coriolis force
d) None of the above
Answer: (a)
Question 39: Which one among the following statements is correct?
a) In summer season, the duration of day is more in Northern hemisphere
b) In summer season, the duration of day is less in Northern hemisphere
c) In winter season, the duration of day is more in Northern hemisphere
d) In winter season, the duration of day is more in Southern hemisphere
Answer: (a)
Question 40: The jet aircrafts fly very easily and smoothly in the lower stratosphere. What could be the appropriate explanation?
a) There are no clouds or water-vapour in the lower stratosphere
b) There are no vertical winds in the lower stratosphere
c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
d) None of the above
Answer: (c)
Question 41: Westerlies in Southern hemisphere are stronger and persistent than in Northern hemisphere. Why?
a) Southern hemisphere has less landmass as compared to Northern hemisphere
b) Coriolis force is higher in Southern hemisphere as compared to Northern hemisphere
c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
d) None of the above
Answer: (a)
Question 42: Cloudy nights are warmer compared to clear cloudless nights, because clouds
a) prevent cold waves from the sky from descending on Earth
b) reflect back the heat given off by Earth
c) produce heat and radiate it towards Earth
d) absorb heat from the atmosphere and send it towards Earth
Answer: (b)
Question 43: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Fohn : Alps
b) Sarmun : Kurdistan
c) Santa Ana : California
d) Zonda : Alps
Answer: (d)
Question 44: Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a) In China type climate, rainfall occurs throughout the year.
b) Tropical highlands exhibit vertical zonation of different climates.
c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
d) None of the above
Answer: (c)
Question 45: Which among the following statements characterise EL Nino?
a) It occurs at irregular intervals
b) It carries warmer water
c) It carries less saline water
d) All of the above
Answer: (d)
Question 46: Injurious UV-radiations are mostly prevented from reaching the land surface as these are absorbed mostly by which one of the following?
a) stratosphere
b) mesosphere
c) troposphere
d) ionosphere
Answer: (a)
Question 47: Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a) All cyclones develop an eye at the centre.
b) The temperature inside the eye is nearly 10 degree centigrade lesser than that of the surrounding.
c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
d) None of the above
Answer: (a)
Question 48: Which of the following statements characterise the anticyclones?
a) They are characterised by divergent wind circulation.
b) They are indicative of dry weather conditions
c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
d) None of the above
Answer: (c)
Question 49: What is the correct sequence of occurrence of the following cities in South-East Asia as one proceeds from South to North?
a) Jakarta-Singapore-Bangkok-Hanoi
b) Singapore-Bangkok-Hanoi-Jakarta
c) Singapore-Bangkok-Jakarta-Hanoi
d) Bangkok-Hanoi-Jakarta-Singapore
Answer: (a)
Question 50: Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a) Coriolis effect is zero at the equator.
b) Coriolis effect is more towards the pole.
c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
d) None of the above
Answer: (c)