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If a small raindrop falls through air ______.

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  1. its velocity goes on increasing

  2. its velocity goes on decreasing 

  3. its velocity goes on increasing for some time and then becomes constant 

  4. it falls with constant speed for some time and then its velocity increases

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Correct Option: C

Which one of the following planetary wind is known to blow steadily in the same direction and in the constant course? 

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  1. Trade winds

  2. Westerlies

  3. Equatorial Easterlies

  4. Polar Easterlies

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Correct Option: D

Logically, what does a continually rising air pressure indicate? 

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  1. Advent of unsettled and cloudy weather

  2. Advent of a cyclone

  3. Fine and settled weather

  4. Fine and unsettled weather

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Correct Option: D

The windward slopes of coastal mountains which are at right angles to wind blowing from the sea are wetter than the leeward slopes. This is because _______.

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  1. they are nearer the sea

  2. the winds have to rise to cross them

  3. descending winds are warm

  4. the sea is warmer than the land

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Correct Option: C

What is the name of the winds that blow from the subtropical high pressure belt towards the subpolar low pressure belt?

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  1. Easterlies

  2. Trade winds

  3. Westerlies

  4. Western disturbances

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Correct Option: C

Which of the following factors is primarily responsible for the planetary wind belts?

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  1. The Earth's rotation

  2. Alternate areas of low and high pressure

  3. Differential rates of heating of water and land surfaces

  4. The tilt of Earth's axis

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Correct Option: B

Which one of the following basins experiences convectional rainfall?

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  1. Amazon

  2. Ganga

  3. Hwang Ho

  4. Mississippi

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Correct Option: A

A Mediterranean climate is characterised by very dry summers because ______.

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  1. the relative humidity is low

  2. the skies are cloudless

  3. the trade winds blow from the land to the sea

  4. there are no off-shore winds

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Correct Option: C

Choose the correct statement:
1. Purga is snow laden cold wind in Russian Tundra.
2. Bise is an extremely cold wind in France.
3. Yamo is a warm and dry wind in Japan.
4. Santa Ana is a warm and dry wind in Argentina.

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  1. 1 and 2

  2. 1,2 and 4

  3. 1,2 and 3

  4. All of these

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Correct Option: C

The two areas having continental glaciers are _________.

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  1. Glacier National Park/Waterton Lakes National Park

  2. Antarctica/Greenland

  3. Norway/Sweden

  4. Canada/Siberia

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Correct Option: B