14000+ MCQs World Geography (Climatology)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 04/05/2026
1. In temperate region frontal activity plays active role in deciding weather. Choose the correct statement regarding it.
I. Process associated with creation of new fronts or regeneration of decaying fronts is called frontogenesis.
II. Destruction of fronts is called frontolysis.
2. Assertion (A) Within the mesosphere, temperature decreases with increasing altitude. Reason (R) This is due to decreasing solar heating and increasing cooling by CO₂ radiative emission.
3. Consider the following surface winds.
I. Doldrums
II. Trade winds
III. Westerlies
IV. Polar winds
Which one among the following is the idealised global pattern of these winds from the Equator to Pole?
4. Which one of the following conditions does not favours the formation of a tropical cyclone?
5. onsider the following statements regarding atmospheric pressure cells.
I. Equatorial low pressure cell is located on either side of Equator from 23 1/2° N to 23 1/2° S.
II. The Horse latitude is a thermally induced pressure cell.
III. The sub-polar low pressure cell is more pronounced in Southern Hemisphere.
Choose the correct statements.
6. A region with summer temperature of 20°C, winter temperature of -15°C, annual rainfall of about 50 cm, mainly in spring and early summer and coniferous vegetation would in the
7. In the region of Eastern shore of Adriatic Sea, a cold and dry wind blowing down from the mountain is known as
8. Which one of the following is a cold local wind?
9. The lowest temperature is observed/recorded in which one of the following layers of the atmosphere?
10. Which one among the following statements regarding Chinook winds is not correct?
11. Assertion (A) The monsoon winds of Southern and Eastern Asia are driven by the size of Asian landmass. Reason (R) The wind and pressure patterns in upper air circulation are associated with generation of monsoon winds.
12. Assertion (A) Geostrophic wind blows above a height of 600 m, parallel to the isobars. Reason (R) Geostrophic wind is the horizontal wind velocity, in which the Coriolis force balances the horizontal pressure force.
13. What is the name of the winds that blow from the subtropical high pressure belts towards the subpolar low pressure belts?
14. Which one of the following weather conditions is indicated by a sudden fall in barometer reading?
15. Which one of the following is not true in reference to air mass?
16. Atmospheric conditions are well governed by humidity. Which one among the following may best define humidity?
17. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) The shift of ITCZ is greater over sea than land.
Reason (R) The land surface gets more heated than water bodies.
18. Consider the following statements
I. The temperature at which air gets saturated is called dew point.
II. Heat energy is generally measured in terms of calorie.
III. Equatorial regions are characterised by highest relative humidity.
IV. Relative humidity is defined as the total weight of moisture contained (water vapour) per volume of air at a definite temperature.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
19. La Niña is suspected to have caused recent floods in Australia. How is La Niña different from El Niño?
I. La Niña is characterised by unusually cold ocean temperature in equatorial Indian Ocean, whereas El Niño is characterised by unusually warm ocean temperature in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.
II. El Niño has adverse effect on South-West monsoon of India, but La Niña has no effect on monsoon climate.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
20. Which one of the following layers of the atmosphere is responsible for the deflection of radiowaves?
21. The normal lapse rate of temperature of Earth’s atmosphere drops to 0°C at the
22. In the South Atlantic and South-Eastern Pacific regions in tropical latitudes, cyclone does not originate. What is the reason?
23. The permanent wind that blows from the Horse latitude to the equatorial region is known as
24. Which among the following statements characterise El Niño?
I. It occurs at irregular intervals.
II. It carries warmer water.
III. It carries less saline water.
IV. Its atmospheric equivalent is Southern oscillation.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
25. Which one of the four regions above Earth has smallest height (km)?
26. Mist is a result of which one of the following?
27. Which one of the following can be said to be essentially related to ‘Polar Front Theory’?
28. Which one of the following is a local wind that blows out from Siberia?
30. . Which parts of the Earth’s surface experience least variation in incoming solar radiation throughout the year?
31. The line joining points with equal cloud cover is called
32. Which one of the following is the pattern of circulation around a low-pressure area in the Northern hemisphere?
33. Logically, what does a continually rising air pressure indicate?
34. Which of the following statements characterise convectional rainfall?
I. It occurs daily in the afternoon in the equatorial regions.
II. It is of very short duration.
III. It occurs through cumulonimbus clouds.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
35. Which one of the following pairs of properties of typical air masses is correct?
36. Which one of the following statements is not correct?
37. Which one of the following sets are the low clouds?
38. The tropical cyclone of Philippines is termed as
39. Consider the following statements.
I. A hurricane acquires its spin from the Coriolis effect.
II. The diameter of the hurricane decreases as it moves away from low latitudes.
III. The diameter of a hurricane is never below 150 km.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
40. Which of the following statements about tropical cyclone are correct?
I. It originates and develops over warm oceanic surface.
II. Presence of Coriolis force is necessary for it.
III. It occurs in middle latitudinal region.
IV. It develops ‘eye’ with calm and descending air condition.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
41. Assertion (A) Pressure gradients determine the velocity of winds. Reason (R) When isobars (lines of equal atmospheric pressure) are closely spaced, the wind velocity would be gentle.
42. Which one of the following is the source region for the formation of air masses?
43. In the context of which of the following do some scientists suggest the use of cirrus cloud thinning technique and the injection of sulphate aerosol into stratosphere?
44. Which one of the following is applicable to collision-coalescence process of precipitation?
45. The value of solar constant is
46. Assertion (A) In stratosphere the temperature increase with altitude results in a layering effect. Reason (R) It creates a global ‘inversion layer’, and increases vertical convection.
47. Frontal Rain is caused by
48. High temperature before rains, the skies are clear and circulation is anti-cyclonic are characteristics of
49. Consider the following statements about Roaring Forties.
I. They are strong Westerly winds found in the oceans of Southern Hemisphere.
II. The strong East to West air currents are caused by the combination of air being displaced from the Equator towards the South Pole and the Earth’s rotation and abundance of landmasses to serve as wind breaks.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
50. ‘Inversion of Rainfall’ is associated with