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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

Which of the following statements is/are false?

a. The rubbing of water and ice particles builds up a positive electric charge in the clouds. b. A hurricane is a deep depression with high powered circular winds. c. Hurricanes never originate on the land mass, but often penetrate the margins of continents.

  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
A Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option as this statement is false. The rubbing of water and ice particles builds up a negative electric charge in the clouds.

Multiple choice

Hurricanes develop over the oceans in latitudes

  1. 8 degree to 15 degree East and West

  2. 15 degree to 30 degree North and South

  3. 7 degree to 9 degree North and South

  4. 8 degree to 15 degree West and South

  5. 8 degree to 15 degree North and South
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option. Hurricanes develop over the oceans in latitudes 8 degree to 15 degree North and South. It is an extremely large, powerful and destructive storm with very strong winds.

Multiple choice

Glaciers are formed when

Directions: Read the passage and answer the question that follows.

Water is life. The cycling of water on Earth brings support to all living things. It also brings changes in weather. There are three forms of water. The solid cold form of water is ice. The liquid form is ordinary water. The gaseous form of water is hot steam, or vapour. Water changes its form when it gains or loses heat. Water from the sea, the rivers, the lakes, the glaciers, the ice poles, and from the plants and animals, on gaining heat, is always rising in the form of vapour. Water vapour also is always losing heat and falling down in the form of rain and then turning into glaciers of ice on further losing heat. Water vapour is pure and clean, while natural ice or water is often dirty. The vapour in the air gathers in the sky to make clouds. The clouds return the clean water to Earth in rain or snow. Through the water cycle, Nature makes sure that living things on land can fulfil their need for clean and fresh water.                                                                

  1. water gains heat

  2. clouds pour down in the form of rain

  3. water loses heat

  4. water becomes pure and clean
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The passage mentions that water vapour also loses heat and falling down in the form of rain and then turning into glaciers of ice on further losing heat. This proves that glaciers are formed when water keeps losing heat.

Multiple choice

What is the passage about?

Directions: Read the passage and answer the question that follows.

Water is life. The cycling of water on Earth brings support to all living things. It also brings changes in weather. There are three forms of water. The solid cold form of water is ice. The liquid form is ordinary water. The gaseous form of water is hot steam, or vapour. Water changes its form when it gains or loses heat. Water from the sea, the rivers, the lakes, the glaciers, the ice poles, and from the plants and animals, on gaining heat, is always rising in the form of vapour. Water vapour also is always losing heat and falling down in the form of rain and then turning into glaciers of ice on further losing heat. Water vapour is pure and clean, while natural ice or water is often dirty. The vapour in the air gathers in the sky to make clouds. The clouds return the clean water to Earth in rain or snow. Through the water cycle, Nature makes sure that living things on land can fulfil their need for clean and fresh water.                                                                

  1. The sky and clouds

  2. The rivers, lakes and glaciers

  3. The water cycle

  4. The support for living things
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

 The passage starts by referring to the cycle of water bringing support to all living things. Then, the passage describes the various forms of water.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is a result of the year round frost in the Tundra?

Directions: Choose the most correct answer based on the given reading.

The word "tundra" is the English form of a Finnish word "tunturia" that means treeless land. Tundra are regions of the Earth where frost covers the land through the year. Tundra has its own typical plant and animal life. Its greenery is poor and meager. Its animals are built for the lashing cold. It's a land of freezing winds. If you spend a whole day in tundra, you can thank your stars if you manage to come back without frostbite. That is tundra.

There are two types of tundra in the world: the arctic and the alpine. The arctic tundra spreads from the cold polar regions of the north into places like Alaska and Siberia. Arctic fox, arctic hare, snowy owl, and in general most animals whose names start with arctic, polar, or snowy, can be found in an arctic tundra. There is very little greenery. Lichens and mosses, shrubs and grasses mark the landscape there. The alpine tundra lies on and near the snow covered tops of high mountains. Dwarf trees and small shrubs can be found in the alpine tundra. Mountain animals, like mountain goats and sheep may also be found there.

  1. The greenery is very sparse.

  2. There are very few animals in the Tundra.

  3. It is a land of freezing winds.

  4. People fear the Tundra.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The passage mentions that because the ground is covered with year round frost in the Tundra, the vegetation is thin and scanty. 

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. When the moisture is deposited in the form of water droplets on cooler surfaces of solid objects it is known as dew. b. For the formation of dew, it is necessary that the dew point is at the freezing point. c. The ideal conditions for its formation are clear sky, calm air, high relative humidity, and cold and long nights.

  1. Only a

  2. Only b

  3. Only c

  4. Only a and c

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

This is the correct answer, as both these statements are correct. When the moisture is deposited in the form of water droplets on cooler surfaces of solid objects it is known as dew. The ideal conditions for the formation of dew are clear sky, calm air, high relative humidity, and cold and long nights.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is/are correct about clouds?

a. Cloud is a mass of minute water droplets or tiny crystals of ice formed by the condensation of the water vapour in free air. b. The clouds are formed at some height over the surface of the earth, they take various shapes. c. When the temperature of an air mass containing a large quantity of water vapour falls all of a sudden, condensation takes place within itself on fine dust particles forming clouds.

  1. Only a

  2. Only b

  3. Only c

  4. Only b and c

  5. Only a and b
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer, as both these statements are correct.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?

a. Fog is frequent over mountains as the rising warm air up the slopes meets a cold surface. b. Mists are prevalent where warm currents of air come in contact with cold currents. c. Smogs are mini clouds in which condensation takes place around nuclei provided by the dust, smoke, and the salt particles.

  1. Only a

  2. Only b

  3. Only c

  4. Only b and c

  5. All of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer, as all the statements given are incorrect.  Mist, not fog is frequent over mountains as the rising warm air up the slopes meets a cold surface. Fogs, mot mists are prevalent where warm currents of air come in contact with cold currents. Fogs, not smogs are mini clouds in which condensation takes place around nuclei provided by the dust, smoke, and the salt particles.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is/are correct about cirrus clouds?

a. They form at high altitudes. b. They are thin and detached clouds having a feathery appearance. c. They are always white in colour.

  1. Only a and b

  2. Only b and c

  3. Only a and c

  4. All of these

  5. Only b
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct, as all the statements are correct. Cirrus clouds are formed at high altitudes. They are thin and detatched clouds having a feathery appearance. They are always white in colour.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is/are true about stratus clouds?

a. They are always white in colour. b. They exist in patches and can be seen scattered here and there. c. These clouds are generally formed either due to loss of heat or the mixing of air masses with different temperatures.

  1. Only a

  2. Only b

  3. Only c

  4. Only a and b

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

This is correct about stratus clouds. Stratus clouds are layered cloudscovering large portions of the sky. 

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is/are true about nimbus clouds?

a. These are layered clouds covering large portions of the sky. b. They are black or dark gray. c. These are extremely dense and opaque to the rays of the sun.

  1. Only a

  2. Only b

  3. Only c

  4. Only a and b

  5. Only b and c
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer, as both statements are correct. Nimbus clouds are black or dark gray. Nimbus clouds are extremely dense and opaque to the rays of the sun.