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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 social studies precautions for natural disasters cyclonic winds monsoon phenomena and its mechanism tsunami, floods, cyclones, droughts and landslides

Cyclonic activity varies from place to place in its _____________.

  1. Frequency

  2. Direction

  3. Intensity

  4. All of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

When high speed wind blows from high pressure towards the low pressure centre is known as cyclone. Their frequency, direction and intensity varies from place to place. In terms of direction it blows clock wise in southern hemisphere and anti-cyclone wise in  northern hemisphere. The frequncy and intensity also varies with its location and depending on that cyclones are known in different names in different places.

Multiple choice social studies precautions for natural disasters cyclonic winds monsoon phenomena and its mechanism tsunami, floods, cyclones, droughts and landslides

The centre of cyclone is called the _________.

  1. Centre of the storm

  2. Eye of the storm

  3. Focus

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

The eye is a region of mostly calm weather at the center of strong tropical cyclones. The eye of a storm is a roughly circular area, typically 30–65 km (20–40 miles) in diameter. It is surrounded by the eyewall, a ring of towering thunderstorms where the most severe weather occurs.

Multiple choice social studies precautions for natural disasters cyclonic winds monsoon phenomena and its mechanism tsunami, floods, cyclones, droughts and landslides

Which one among the following conditions is not required for emergence of tropical cyclone?

  1. Peninsular land mass

  2. Strong Coriolis forces

  3. Large and continuous supply of warm and moist air

  4. Absence of strong vertical wind wedge
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Tropical cyclones require warm ocean waters, high humidity, and atmospheric instability. A peninsular land mass is not a requirement; in fact, land masses often weaken cyclones by cutting off the moisture supply.

Multiple choice social studies precautions for natural disasters cyclonic winds monsoon phenomena and its mechanism tsunami, floods, cyclones, droughts and landslides

The eye of a cyclone is ________.

  1. Cloudy and highly stormy

  2. Full of strong winds

  3. Calm and cloudless

  4. Site with high atmospheric pressure
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The eye of a cyclone is the central region of the storm, characterized by low pressure, light winds, and clear or calm skies, surrounded by the eyewall where the most intense weather occurs.

Multiple choice social studies precautions for natural disasters cyclonic winds monsoon phenomena and its mechanism tsunami, floods, cyclones, droughts and landslides

In which region belt of  'Doldrums' exists?

  1. Polar region

  2. Equatorial region

  3. Sub-Polar region

  4. Sub-Tropical region
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Equatorial region
Doldrums, also called equatorial calms, equatorial regions of light ocean currents and winds within the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ), a belt of converging winds and rising air encircling Earth near the Equator.

Multiple choice history towns, traders and craftsmen towns towns, traders and craftsmen in medieval india ancient, medieval and modern towns

In the medieval period, pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, dried ginger, etc were spices which grew in the __________ climate.

  1. Tropical

  2. Subtropical

  3. Temperate

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

The towns on the west coast were home to Arab, Persian, Chinese, Jewish and Syrian Christian traders. Indian spices and cloth sold in the Red Sea ports were purchased by Italian traders and eventually reached European markets, fetching very high profits. Spices grown in tropical climates (pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg,dried ginger, etc.) became an important part of European cooking, and cotton cloth was very attractive.This eventually drew European traders to India.

Multiple choice geography our changing earth earthquake and volcanoes earthquake earthquakes

Find the odd one out and give explanation for your choice.

  1. Tectonics

  2. Centrifugal Force

  3. Solar energy

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

Tectonics is a geological process involving the Earth's crust, whereas centrifugal force, solar energy, and precipitation are atmospheric or physical forces related to weather and climate.

Multiple choice geography rivers, coasts and glaciation rivers rivers and their work exogenic forces

Glaciers are  ____________.

  1. A summer climate does not occur

  2. The temperature remains below freezing

  3. A solid mass of snow which moves downhill under the influence of gravity

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The moving ice mass downslope under the impact of gravity is called a glacier. About 10% of the earth's surface is now covered by the glacier. Glaciers are generally divided into two broad categories viz.

(i) mountain or valley glaciers and (ii) continental glaciers.

Multiple choice geography rivers, coasts and glaciation rivers rivers and their work exogenic forces

Considering relief rain, side of mountain which stays dry is ___________.

  1. Hail ward side

  2. Leeward side

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Relief rain occurs when warm air is forced to cool when it rises over a hill or mountain and then condenses. The other name for relief rain is orographic rainfall. The windward side of the mountains receives heavier rainfall in comparison to that of the leeward side (opposite) of the mountain receives little or no rain at all. It always produces a rain shadow effect.

Multiple choice geography rivers, coasts and glaciation rivers rivers and their work exogenic forces

The temperature, rain and wind are __________agents of weathering.

  1. physical/mechanical

  2. chemical

  3. ecological

  4. none of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Temperature, rain, and wind are physical or mechanical agents of weathering because they cause the physical breakdown of rocks without changing their chemical composition.

Multiple choice geography rivers, coasts and glaciation rivers rivers and their work exogenic forces

Mechanical weathering is more dominant in the ______.

  1. humid climate

  2. arid climate

  3. temperate climate

  4. polar climate
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The arid or hot desert areas dominated by mechanical weathering. Due to the high diurnal range of temperature in the arid areas, repeated expansion and contraction of the outer layer of the rock takes place. The rocks then disintegrate along these joints and big blocks of rocks are dislodged from the main rock mass and fall down the slope under the impact of gravity.

Multiple choice geography rivers, coasts and glaciation rivers rivers and their work exogenic forces

Chemical weathering is more dominant in the areas of _______.

  1. arid climate

  2. humid climate

  3. temperate climate

  4. polar climate
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Decomposition and disintegration of rocks due to chemical reaction is called chemical weathering. The chief agents of chemical weathering are air and water. By the action of this two agents, the minerals in rock undergo chemical change and form a new chemical substance. Chemical weathering is more dominant in the area of humid climate.