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Question 341. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

  1. Cyclone is a low-pressure system.

  2. The wind movement is clockwise in the cyclone of the northern hemisphere.


Select the correct answer using the code given below:
  1.    2 only
  2.    1 only
  3.    Neither 1 nor 2
  4.    Both 1 and 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 1 only
Answer: (b)
Cyclones are moving bodies of air in an enclosed area rotating in the same direction as the earth. The air inside the cyclone moves anticlockwise in the Northern Hemisphere.
Question 342. The jet aircraft 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?
  1.    2 only
  2.    1 only
  3.    Neither 1 nor 2
  4.    Both 1 and 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 2 only
Answer: (a)
The idea is to optimize fuel burn reason is the low air density that reduces parasitic drag on the airframe. It also allows them to stay above any hard weather (extreme turbulence).
Airflow in the stratosphere is much lesser turbulent than in the troposphere and this is the reason that jet aircraft like to cruise at stratospheric altitudes for, the flight is less “bumpy.” So statement 2 is correct. The majority of clouds form in the Earth’s troposphere, but there are occasions where clouds in the stratosphere and mesosphere are formed and have been observed.
Statement 1 which says that there are no clouds or water vapour in the lower stratosphere, is not a correct statement, to the extent that it does not explain the flight of jets in the lower stratosphere.
Question 343. Which one of the following is not related to production of precipitation?
  1.    Adiabatic process
  2.    Diabatic process
  3.    Convergence of air
  4.    Ascent of Air
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Diabatic process
Answer: (b)
Question 344. Which layer of atmosphere is responsible for Aurora Borealis?
  1.    Thermosphere
  2.    Troposphere
  3.    Exosphere
  4.    Ionosphere
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Thermosphere
Answer: (a)Auro Borealis mostly occur in the Thermosphere.
Question 345. What is the general direction of cyclones formed in the Bay of Bengal?
  1.    West to East
  2.    East to West
  3.    North to South
  4.    West to South
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> East to West
Answer: (b) Bay of Bengal is the largest bay in the world. It finds a triangle in a shape and its bordered mostly by the eastern coast of India, Southern west of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to the west and Burma and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to the east.
Question 346. Which among the following represents the correct sequence in increasing height, of different types of cloud formation?
  1.    Stratus, cumulus, cirrus, cumulonimbus
  2.    Cirrus, cumulonimbus, stratus, cumulus
  3.    Cirrus, cumulus, cumulonimbus, stratus
  4.    Cumulonimbus, cumulus, stratus, cirrus
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Cumulonimbus, cumulus, stratus, cirrus
Answer: (d)
Question 347. In which of the following countries of Africa, dense, hot and humid forest are found?
  1.    Kenya
  2.    Ivory Coast
  3.    South Africa
  4.    Zimbabwe
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Ivory Coast
Answer: (b)
Question 348. Which one of the following characteristics is NOT found in the Mediterranean climate?
  1.    Off-shore trade winds blow in the summer
  2.    Temperatures range from 21º C in summer to l0ºCl or below in the winter
  3.    The annual rainfall ranges from 1500 mm to 2000 mm
  4.    On-shore westerly winds blow in the winter bringing cyclonic rain
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> The annual rainfall ranges from 1500 mm to 2000 mm
Answer: (c)
Option (c) is incorrect.
The annual rainfall ranges from 400-600 mm. not 1500-2000 mm.
Question 349. Which one among the following is not a factor that affects direction of wind?
  1.    Friction
  2.    Pressure gradient
  3.    Coriolis effect
  4.    Magnetism
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Magnetism
Answer: (d)
Magnetism is not related with wind direction.
Question 350. Which among the following statements characterized EI Nino?

  1. It occurs at irregular intervals

  2. It carriers warmer water

  3. It carries less saline water

  4. Its atmospheric equivalent is southern oscillation.


Select the correct, answer using the code given below
  1.    II and III only
  2.    I and II only
  3.    I, II, III and IV
  4.    III and IV only
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> I, II, III and IV
Answer: (c)
EL Nino, unusual warming of surface ocean waters in the eastern tropical Pacific is part of southern oscillation.
Scientists do not know exactly how El Nino forms. It is said that El Nino may have contributed to the 1993 Mississippi and 1995 California floods. The average period length of EL Nino is 5 years.

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