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Climate, Weather, and Geography

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Climate, weather, and geography examine temperature variations, wind patterns, atmospheric hazards, and global climate zones. This hub addresses climographs, thunderstorm triggers, and regional climate descriptors. These concepts are essential for UPSC, SSC, and RRB general studies and geography exams.

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Climate, Weather, and Geography Questions

Multiple choice

Match the following:

 
1. Precipitation a. The process by which water collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it.
2. Condensation b. The process of a substance in a liquid state changing to a gaseous state due to an increase in temperature and pressure.
3. Transpiration c. Any kind of water that is falling to the Earth from the clouds.

  1. 1 - a, 2 - c, 3 - b

  2. 1 - c, 2 - b, 3 - a

  3. 1 - c, 2 - a, 3 - b

  4. 1 - a, 2 - b, 3 - c

  5. 1 - b, 2 - a, 3 - c
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option. Precipitation is any kind of water that is falling to the Earth from the clouds. Condensation is the process by which water collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it. Transpiration is the process of a substance in a liquid state changing to a gaseous state due to an increase in temperature and pressure.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is/are not a constituent of clouds?

  1. Droplets of water

  2. Particles of dust

  3. Ice crystals

  4. Air

  5. Various minerals
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option. Clouds are not composed of various minerals. They are made of droplets of water, ice crystals, particles of dust and air. 

Multiple choice

Fog is actually a cloud touching the surface of the earth. It is formed due to

  1. condensation taking place high up in the atmosphere

  2. precipitation taking place near the earth’s surface

  3. condensation taking place near the earth’s surface

  4. precipitation taking place high up in the atmosphere

  5. evaporation of water particles taking place near the earth’s surface
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option. Fog is formed due to condensation taking place near the earth’s surface.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is/are false?

a. Excess water vapour condenses on dust particles to form the clouds. b. On a dry day, the clouds are very low in the sky, where it is the coldest. c. The main reason of precipitation is the cooling off of the clouds.

  1. Only a

  2. Only a and b

  3. Only b

  4. Only b and c

  5. Only c
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option as this statement is false. On a dry day, the clouds are very high in the sky, where it is the coldest.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is not a low cloud?

  1. Stratus

  2. Cirro Stratus

  3. Nimbo Stratus

  4. Cumulo Nimbus
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Clouds are classified by altitude. Stratus, Nimbo Stratus, and Cumulo Nimbus are low-level clouds, whereas Cirro Stratus is a high-level cloud.

Multiple choice

In the passage given, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage:

Numerical weather prediction was a field initiated by Lewis Richardson in 1920s to forecast weather prediction. However, with the calculation of the weather pattern of one day took him more than fifteen weeks of preparation! It was in the 1950s, after the development of supercomputers, that the science of numerical weather prediction gained ground. With technology evolving at breakneck speed, the more powerful supercomputers are now able to compute millions of inputs and datasets to further increase the odds of weather prediction. However, because the formulae used in such calculations have innate imperfections, the errors resulting from the increasing inputs and datasets also grow along with our knowledge of the weather patterns.
Atmosphere is always in a state of flux, and that, in itself lengthens the odds of weather predictions being spot on. The atmospheric predictions are based upon a process that takes a sample of the fluid and by using thermodynamics equations, fluid dynamics, and millions of databases, estimates the state of the fluid at a time in the future. Since the sample of the fluid is taken as, but mathematically is not, the perfect representative of the state of the entire fluid, the long shot becomes an even longer shot.

 

  1. The first sentence draws a conclusion, and the second strengthens the conclusion.

  2. The second sentence draws a conclusion and the first sentence weakens the conclusion drawn.

  3. Both the sentences provide evidence about the inexactness of weather prediction.

  4. Both the sentences provide evidence about a conclusion that is not stated in the passage.

  5. The first sentence sets up a reason, and the second sentence explains that reason.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

(1) Incorrect; the first sentence provides an alternate scenario, not a conclusion to the argument. (2) Incorrect; the first sentence provides an alternate scenario, not a conclusion to the argument. (3) Correct; both the sentences highlight how, due to a number of factors, weather prediction remains inexact. (4) Incorrect; the relation of the sentences with the conclusion cannot be predicted without knowing the conclusion. (5) Incorrect; both sentences elucidate different reasons for the inexactitude of weather prediction.