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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

The paradox of big weather: it makes people feel important even while it dramatizes their insignificance. In some ways, extreme weather is a brief moral equivalent of war as stimulating as war can sometimes be _____________________.

What is the most critical completion of the passage?

  1. and invariably as all-encompassing

  2. and as whimsical at the same time

  3. at a larger scale though

  4. as if it were a war of elements against the lesser mortals

  5. though without most of the carnage
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The paradox continues. Extreme weather, like war, may be fascinating but will make us look small as it is whimsical. Also, by using 'as stimulating' and 'as whimsical', the grammatical correctness is maintained.

Multiple choice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is the best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose any one of the others.

Weather is the transitory expression of climate, that can change great from day to day or season to season.

  1. Weather is the transitory expression of climate, that can change great from day to day or season to season.

  2. Weather is the transitory expression of climate that can change greatly from day to day or season to season.

  3. Weather is the transitory expression of climate, which can change great from day to day or season to season.

  4. Weather is the transitory expression of climate, that can change greatly from day to day or from season to season.

  5. Weather is the transitory expression of climate that can change to a great extent from day to day or from season to season.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Explanation for (1): Used as a pronoun, 'that' is not preceded by a 'comma' that must be dispensed with. Also, the adjective 'great' needs to be replaced by the adverb 'greatly'.

Explanation for (2): Used as a pronoun, 'that' is not preceded by a 'comma' that must be dispensed with. Also, the adjective 'great' needs to be replaced by the adverb 'greatly'. This option corrects both the errors.

Explanation for (3): The option fails to correct the error of adjective usage.
Explanation for (4): Used as a pronoun, 'that' is not preceded by a 'comma' that must be dispensed with. The option fails to correct the error. The use of repetitive 'from' is also redundant. Explanation for (5): The use of repetitive 'from' is redundant.

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence below has an part underlined. The underlined part may have an error of grammar or syntax. There are five options that seek to correct the error (including an option that simply repeats the sentence). Select the part that best represents the replacement for the part underlined.

Hot deserts are found near the western coasts of continents because the winds passing by the cold ocean currents blowing along these coasts are dry.

  1. the winds passing by the cold ocean currents blowing along these coasts

  2. the wind passing through the cold ocean current blowing along these coasts

  3. the wind passes through the cold ocean current blowing along these coasts

  4. the wind passes by the cold ocean current flowing from these coasts

  5. the winds passing over the cold ocean currents flowing along these coasts
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

Winds don’t ‘pass by’ the ocean; they ‘pass over’. Also currents don’t ‘blow’, they ‘flow’. Here ‘by’ is changed into ‘over’ and incorrect usage ’blowing’ is rectified to ‘flowing’.

Multiple choice

Neptune has very low temperature due to

  1. Glacier on its surface

  2. Huge amount of ice

  3. Far distance from sun

  4. Presence of oxygen
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Neptune is very far away from the earth and hence the temperature on Neptune is very low.

Multiple choice

Doldrums refer to

  1. A belt of low pressure encircling the earth near equator

  2. Depressed people

  3. Ancient Jewish Texts

  4. High pressure belts near equators

  5. Zones of high rainfall
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Doldrums, or the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), is a low-pressure belt near the equator characterized by calm winds and rising air.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is/are false?

a. The Earth's axis of rotation is tilted at an angle to the normal. b. The day-to-day condition of the atmosphere at a place with respect to temperature, humidity etc. is called weather of the place. c. There are more hours of sunshine during winters than in summers.

  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
E Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option as this statement is false. There are more hours of sunshine during summers than in winters.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is/are false?

a. In polar regions, for six months the Sun does not set, while for the other six months, the Sun does not rise. b. The places near the equator are hotter because the Sun's rays are more concentrated near the equator. c. Tropical rainforests are located near the poles and are, therefore, colder.

  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
E Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option as this statement is false. Tropical rainforests are located around the equator and are,  therefore, hotter.

Multiple choice

Which of these can possibly be causing the increase in temperatures being observed around the world?

  1. Increased solar activity

  2. Man-made pollution

  3. Both of these

  4. Neither of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Man made pollution is causing the increase in temperatures being observed around the world. Man made pollution causes causes acid rain, ozone problems, and global warming. And these are the main reasons for increase in temperatures around the world. 

Multiple choice

What is the centre of a cyclone known as?

  1. Centre of the storm

  2. Eye of the storm

  3. Mouth of the storm

  4. Ear of the storm

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The centre of a cyclone is known as Eye of the storm. Eye of the Storm refers to a region of mostly calm weather found at the center of strong tropical cyclones. 

Multiple choice

The swift movement of falling water droplets along with the rising air that creates lightning and sound is called

  1. Thunderstorm

  2. Cyclone

  3. Hailstorm

  4. Typhoon
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The swift movement of falling water droplets along with the rising air that creates lightning and sound is called thunderstorm. A thunderstorm is also known as an electrical storm, a lightning storm, thundershower which  is a form of weather characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder.