GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS PART-2

11. Which of the above statements are true?
Consider the following statements about Nimbus clouds: 1. These are thick dark - grey or black clouds, 2. They are found at very low height, 3. They bring sharp showers, and rumble with lightning and thunder
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 1,2 and 3
12. Which of the following are forms of precipitation? (N.D.A. 1995)
1. Snow 2. Dew 3. Hail 4. Fog
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1 and 3
(c) 1, 2 and 3 '
(d) 2, 3 and 4
13. A sudden fall in the barometric reading indicates
(a) Rain
(b) Storm
(c) Fine weather
(d) Extreme cold
14. The formation of fog occurs when
(a) Cool air blows over warm water
(b) Moist air meets cold surface of the earth
(c) Moist air meets warm air
(d) Warm air meets cold surface of the earth
  15. Hail storm occurs in summer season due to the formation of clouds called
(a) Cumulus
(b) Cumulonimbus
(c) Cirrus
(d) Cirrocumulus
16. The dense mass of small water drops on smoke or dust particles in the lower layers of the atmosphere is
(a) Hail
(b) Frost
(c) Fog
(d) Dew
17. The lowest temperature to which air can be cooled by evaporating water into,
       it is called (I.F.S.1990) ?
(a) Wet bulb temperature
(b) Potential temperature
(c) Equivalent temperature
(d) Dew point temperature
18. Which type of rain is caused by ascent of moisture laden air along a mountain?
 (a) Convectional rainfall
(b) Orographic rainfall
(c) Cyclonic rainfall
(d) All of the above
19. Relative humidity of the atmosphere is directly affected by
(a) Change in atmospheric pressure
(b) Change in atmospheric temperature
(c) Change in the direction of winds
(d) None of these
20. Atmospheric humidity is measured by (N.D.A. 1994)
(a) Psychrometer
(b) Anemometer
(c) Lysimeter
(d) Hydrometer                                     

ANSWERS

11. (a) 12. (c) 13. (b) 14. (b) 15. (b)

 16. (d) 17. (d) 18. (b) 19. (b) 20. (a)