MCQ Atmosphere SET 3

1. The hot and dry winds that help in the ripening of grapes in the Alps region is ________

2. At low elevation which among the following clouds are to be found ?

3. The jet aircrafts fly very easily and smoothly in the lower stratosphere. What could be the appropriate explanation?

1. There are no clouds or water vapour in the lower stratosphere.
2. There are no vertical winds in the lower stratosphere.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct in this context?

4. The most important factor in thunderstorms development is ________

5. Which of the following is/are correct in matching the layer of atmosphere and its characteristic ?

I. Troposphere : weather phenomena
II. Stratosphere : ozone layer
III. Ionosphere : radio waves reflected to earth's surface
IV. Mesosphere : Aurorae

6. The dry wind 'Santa Ana' blows in ________

7. Which one among the following statements relating to a cyclone is not correct?

8. Which one of the following is a type of planetary wind?

9. Which of the following sequences of clouds in ascending order would one meet 500 metres and above the mean sea level?

10. A sudden fall in the barometric reading indicates ________