GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS PART-3

21 The form of precipitation in which the raindrops get frozen into ice on coming in contact with a cold layer of air near the earth's surface is called
(a) Fog
(b) Hail
(c) Sleet
(d) Snowfall
22. Cyclonic rainfall largely occurs in
(a) Egypt
(b) India
(c) U.K.
(d) Mexico
23. When rain falls through a cold layer of air near the earth's surface, rain drops get frozen into ice.    This type of precipitation is called
 (a) Snowfall
(b) Hailstones
(c) Sleet
(d) Frost
24. The form of precipitation associated with strong convective currents in thunder storm?
(a) Fog
(b) Snow
 (c) Hail
(d) Rain
25. the Himalayas have snowline at 4300 m whereas in the Alps mountain, it is at 3000m.
      This is because the (C.D.S. 1994)
(a) Himalayas have denser forest cover
(b) Himalayas face the monsoon winds
(c) Himalayas are higher than the Alps
(d) Himalayas are located in the lower latitudes
26. Which one of the following islands receives convectional rainfall?
(a) Cyprus
(b) Sumatra
(c) Cuba
(d) Greenland
27. Which cloud is known a high cloud?
(a) Cirrus
(b) Stratus
(c) Nimbus
(d) Cumulus
28. Frontal rain is caused by
(a) Convection currents
(b) Winds from sea
(c) Cyclonic activity
 (d) Condensation of water evaporated frommountains
  29. When moist air meets cold surface of earth, some of the water vapours
       condense on the particles of dust in air. It is called
(a) Dew
(b) Fog
(c) Mist
(d) Cloud
30. In the deserts the amount of rainfall per annum is
(a) less than 250cm
(b) less than 50cm
(c) less than 500cm
(d) 250-300cm                                   

ANSWERS

21. (c) 22. (b) 23 (C) 24(c) 25(d)

 26. (b) 27. (a) 28. (c) 29. (b) 30. (a)