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1. The original atmosphere of Earth was primarily composed of which gases?
a) Oxygen and Nitrogen
b) Hydrogen and Helium
c) Carbon dioxide and Ammonia
d) Methane and Oxygen
Answer: b) Hydrogen and Helium
2. What was a key gas released during volcanic degassing in Earth's early atmosphere?
a) Oxygen
b) Hydrogen
c) Chlorine
d) Nitrogen
Answer: d) Nitrogen
3. What is the by-product of photosynthesis performed by early bacteria?
a) Hydrogen
b) Oxygen
c) Carbon dioxide
d) Nitrogen
Answer: b) Oxygen
4. The vapour content in the atmosphere can range from:
a) 0 to 2%
b) 1 to 10%
c) 0 to 5%
d) 2 to 6%
Answer: c) 0 to 5%
5. The vapour content in the atmosphere decreases from the equator towards the poles due
to:
a) Increased pressure
b) Decreasing temperature
c) Increased wind speeds
d) Higher altitude
Answer: b) Decreasing temperature
6. What is one of the primary sources of sand particles in the atmosphere?
a) Agricultural activities
b) Volcanic ash and weathered rocks
c) Burning fossil fuels
d) Ocean evaporation
Answer: b) Volcanic ash and weathered rocks
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7. Which atmospheric particles are responsible for the blue colour of the sky?
a) Salt particles
b) Sand particles
c) Dust particles
d) Soot particles
Answer: c) Dust particles
8. Why do sunrise and sunset appear red and orange?
a) Reflection of ocean water
b) Scattering of light by particulates
c) High ozone concentration
d) Absorption by water vapour
Answer: b) Scattering of light by particulates
9. What kind of matter in the atmosphere helps in the scattering of solar radiation?
a) Vapour
b) Gases
c) Particulates
d) Liquids
Answer: c) Particulates
10. The upper layers of the atmosphere sometimes contain fragments of:
a) Ice crystals
b) Meteors
c) Satellites
d) Volcanic ash
Answer: b) Meteors
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1. What role do salt particles play in the atmosphere?
a) Reflect sunlight
b) Act as hygroscopic nuclei
c) Absorb ultraviolet radiation
d) Create ozone
Answer: b) Act as hygroscopic nuclei
2. In which atmospheric layer does the entire weather phenomenon occur?
a) Troposphere
b) Stratosphere
c) Mesosphere
d) Thermosphere
Answer: a) Troposphere
3. What is the normal lapse rate in the troposphere?
a) 5.6 degrees C/km
b) 6.4 degrees C/km
c) 7.2 degrees C/km
d) 8.0 degrees C/km
Answer: b) 6.4 degrees C/km
4. Which layer acts as a boundary between the troposphere and the stratosphere?
a) Tropopause
b) Ozonosphere
c) Mesopause
d) Thermopause
Answer: a) Tropopause
5. What characteristic feature is found in the stratosphere?
a) Constant temperature
b) Ozonosphere
c) Charged particles
d) Decreasing temperature with height
Answer: b) Ozonosphere
6. Why does the temperature increase in the stratosphere with height?
a) Due to the presence of charged particles
b) Absorption of ultraviolet radiation by ozone
c) Reflection of sunlight by clouds
d) Decreasing concentration of gases
Answer: b) Absorption of ultraviolet radiation by ozone
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7. What is the minimum temperature typically found in the mesosphere?
a) -70 degrees C
b) -80 degrees C
c) -90 degrees C
d) -100 degrees C
Answer: c) -90 degrees C
8. What phenomenon is caused by the ionisation of gases in the thermosphere?
a) Ozone layer formation
b) Aurora displays
c) Greenhouse effect
d) Cyclonic activity
Answer: b) Aurora displays
9. The northern lights are scientifically called:
a) Aurora Australis
b) Aurora Borealis
c) Magnetic storms
d) Sun-spot activity
Answer: b) Aurora Borealis
10. What causes ionisation of gases in the thermosphere?
a) Cosmic rays, gamma rays, and X-rays
b) Greenhouse gases
c) Reflection of sunlight
d) Evaporation of water vapour
Answer: a) Cosmic rays, gamma rays, and X-rays
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1. What is the greenhouse effect primarily caused by?
a) Increased sunlight
b) Heat trapped by greenhouse gases
c) Reflection of solar radiation
d) Depletion of the ozone layer
Answer: b) Heat trapped by greenhouse gases
2. What does albedo measure?
a) The absorption of solar energy
b) The reflection of sunlight
c) The temperature of Earth's surface
d) The concentration of greenhouse gases
Answer: b) The reflection of sunlight
3. Which type of clouds has a high albedo?
a) Cirrus clouds
b) Cumulonimbus clouds
c) Stratocumulus clouds
d) Altostratus clouds
Answer: c) Stratocumulus clouds
4. What is the approximate value of the solar constant?
a) 2.1 calories per cm² per minute
b) 1.968 calories per cm² per minute
c) 1.5 calories per cm² per minute
d) 2.5 calories per cm² per minute
Answer: b) 1.968 calories per cm² per minute
5. What is twilight?
a) The time of total darkness
b) The time of sunrise
c) The period when the Sun is below the horizon but there is light
d) The exact moment of sunset
Answer: c) The period when the Sun is below the horizon but there is light
6. What causes the blue appearance of the sky?
a) Scattering of shorter wavelengths by gas molecules
b) Absorption of longer wavelengths by the atmosphere
c) Reflection of blue light by water vapour
d) Emission of blue light by the ozone layer
Answer: a) Scattering of shorter wavelengths by gas molecules
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7. How do thick clouds affect Earth's albedo?
a) They decrease the albedo
b) They increase the albedo
c) They have no effect on albedo
d) They absorb all solar radiation
Answer: b) They increase the albedo
8. Which phenomenon scatters blue light across the sky?
a) Albedo effect
b) Greenhouse effect
c) Rayleigh scattering
d) Solar reflection
Answer: c) Rayleigh scattering
9. What enhances the effects of twilight?
a) Increased greenhouse gases
b) Presence of pollution and suspended particles
c) High albedo clouds
d) Strong solar radiation
Answer: b) Presence of pollution and suspended particles
10. If there were no atmosphere, how would the Sun appear?
a) Brighter and blue
b) Larger and red
c) Smaller and white
d) Dim and black
Answer: c) Smaller and white
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1. What percentage of the total solar energy entering Earth's atmosphere is absorbed by the
Earth's surface?
a) 20%
b) 30%
c) 50%
d) 70%
Answer: c) 50%
2. What percentage of solar energy is directly reflected back to space?
a) 20%
b) 30%
c) 40%
d) 50%
Answer: b) 30%
3. What is an isotherm?
a) A line joining places with equal rainfall
b) A line joining places with equal pressure
c) A line joining places with equal temperatures
d) A line joining places with equal altitude
Answer: c) A line joining places with equal temperatures
4. Which factor primarily controls temperature distribution on Earth?
a) Longitude
b) Latitude
c) Population density
d) Magnetic fields
Answer: b) Latitude
5. What phenomenon causes temperature to decrease with altitude?
a) Radiation
b) Lapse rate
c) Convection
d) Reflection
Answer: b) Lapse rate
6. What is the term for Earth's farthest position from the Sun during its revolution?
a) Perihelion
b) Aphelion
c) Equinox
d) Solstice
Answer: b) Aphelion
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7. On which date is Earth at its perihelion?
a) 4th July
b) 21st June
c) 3rd January
d) 23rd September
Answer: c) 3rd January
8. What effect do oceans have on coastal temperatures?
a) Intensify temperature extremes
b) Moderate temperature fluctuations
c) Decrease annual rainfall
d) Increase the frequency of storms
Answer: b) Moderate temperature fluctuations
9. Which type of inversion occurs during a mountain breeze?
a) Subsidence inversion
b) Marine inversion
c) Radiational inversion
d) Temperature inversion
Answer: d) Temperature inversion
10. Why is the equator not the warmest region despite its latitude?
a) High altitude
b) Proximity to oceans
c) High cloud cover
d) Dense vegetation
Answer: c) High cloud cover
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1. What causes sunspots to appear dark on the Sun's surface?
a) Lack of sunlight
b) High magnetic fields causing cooler temperatures
c) Dust particles on the Sun
d) Lack of hydrogen fusion
Answer: b) High magnetic fields causing cooler temperatures
2. What is the thermal equator?
a) The geographical equator
b) A global isotherm with the highest mean annual temperature
c) A pressure belt at the equator
d) The zone of calm winds
Answer: b) A global isotherm with the highest mean annual temperature
3. What are the three cells of wind circulation in each hemisphere called?
a) Equatorial, Sub-tropical, Polar
b) Hadley, Ferrel, Polar
c) Doldrums, ITCZ, Horse Latitudes
d) Tropic, Sub-tropic, Polar
Answer: b) Hadley, Ferrel, Polar
4. What is the equatorial low-pressure belt also known as?
a) Horse latitudes
b) ITCZ (Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone)
c) Sub-tropical high-pressure belt
d) Polar low-pressure belt
Answer: b) ITCZ (Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone)
5. Why is the equatorial low-pressure belt called the doldrums?
a) Due to high winds
b) Due to absence of surface winds
c) Due to high-pressure conditions
d) Due to sinking air
Answer: b) Due to absence of surface winds
6. What latitudes are covered by the sub-tropical high-pressure belts?
a) 0º–10º
b) 10º–20º
c) 20º–35º
d) 35º–50º
Answer: c) 20º–35º
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7. Why are sub-tropical high-pressure belts called "horse latitudes"?
a) Horses frequently lived in these regions
b) Calm conditions forced sailors to deboard horses overboard
c) These belts have strong winds ideal for horse riding
d) Horses migrated through these areas
Answer: b) Calm conditions forced sailors to deboard horses overboard
8. What type of air movement occurs in the equatorial low-pressure belt?
a) Horizontal winds
b) Divergence of winds
c) Convergence and vertical movement of air
d) Strong cyclonic winds
Answer: c) Convergence and vertical movement of air
9. In the sub-tropical high-pressure belt, what causes the calm and feeble winds?
a) Strong horizontal winds
b) Dynamic sinking of air
c) Intense solar heating
d) Magnetic storms
Answer: b) Dynamic sinking of air
10. What is the main reason the equatorial region experiences low pressure?
a) High cloud cover
b) Vertical rays of the Sun causing excessive heating
c) Horizontal wind currents
d) Divergence of air
Answer: b) Vertical rays of the Sun causing excessive heating
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1. What is the sub-polar low-pressure belt also known as?
a) Equatorial trough
b) Polar front
c) Horse latitudes
d) Thermal equator
Answer: b) Polar front
2. What causes high pressure in the polar high-pressure belts?
a) Warm air currents
b) Low temperature leading to compressed air
c) High solar radiation
d) Convergence of trade winds
Answer: b) Low temperature leading to compressed air
3. What is the primary reason for the shifting of pressure belts?
a) Changes in atmospheric pressure
b) Migration of the Sun's direct rays between the tropics
c) Seasonal wind changes
d) Ocean currents
Answer: b) Migration of the Sun's direct rays between the tropics
4. What instrument is used to measure wind speed?
a) Wind vane
b) Barometer
c) Anemometer
d) Hygrometer
Answer: c) Anemometer
5. Which winds are considered "permanent winds"?
a) Trade winds, westerlies, and easterlies
b) Land and sea breezes
c) Monsoon winds
d) Mistral and bora
Answer: a) Trade winds, westerlies, and easterlies
6. Which type of winds change direction with the seasons?
a) Permanent winds
b) Secondary or periodic winds
c) Local winds
d) Polar winds
Answer: b) Secondary or periodic winds
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7. What are "loo," "foehn," and "chinook" examples of?
a) Cold winds
b) Hot winds
c) Local winds
d) Trade winds
Answer: b) Hot winds
8. From where do trade winds originate and towards which belt do they blow?
a) Polar regions towards sub-polar belts
b) Sub-tropical high-pressure areas towards the equatorial low-pressure belt
c) Sub-polar low-pressure belts towards polar high-pressure areas
d) Equatorial low-pressure belts towards sub-tropical regions
Answer: b) Sub-tropical high-pressure areas towards the equatorial low-pressure
belt
9. Why are the westerlies of the southern hemisphere stronger and more persistent?
a) They are influenced by landforms
b) They blow over a vast expanse of water
c) They are blocked by mountains
d) They are affected by ocean currents
Answer: b) They blow over a vast expanse of water
10. Which factor causes wind to move from high-pressure to low-pressure areas?
a) Coriolis force
b) Pressure gradient
c) Landforms
d) Earth's rotation
Answer: b) Pressure gradient
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1. What are the latitudes between 40° and 65°S known as due to their strong westerly winds?
a) Trade winds
b) Horse latitudes
c) Roaring Forties, Furious Fifties, and Shrieking Sixties
d) Sub-tropical zones
Answer: c) Roaring Forties, Furious Fifties, and Shrieking Sixties
2. Which winds are characterized by a seasonal reversal of direction?
a) Trade winds
b) Westerlies
c) Monsoons
d) Polar winds
Answer: c) Monsoons
3. What causes the deflection of monsoon winds when crossing the equator?
a) Temperature difference
b) Pressure gradient
c) Coriolis force
d) Ocean currents
Answer: c) Coriolis force
4. During the day, which direction does a sea breeze blow?
a) From land to sea
b) From sea to land
c) From valleys to mountains
d) From mountains to valleys
Answer: b) From sea to land
5. What is the nighttime equivalent of a sea breeze, blowing from land to sea?
a) Valley breeze
b) Mountain breeze
c) Land breeze
d) Anabatic wind
Answer: c) Land breeze
6. What type of breeze blows from valleys to mountain slopes during the day?
a) Land breeze
b) Valley breeze
c) Mountain breeze
d) Katabatic wind
Answer: b) Valley breeze
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7. Which wind is known for melting snow quickly and aiding ranchers in the Rocky Mountains?
a) Föhn
b) Chinook
c) Harmattan
d) Mistral
Answer: b) Chinook
8. What is the dry northerly wind across central Africa called?
a) Khamsin
b) Harmattan
c) Loo
d) Karaburan
Answer: b) Harmattan
9. Which wind is known as a hot, dry wind that blows over the plains of India and Pakistan?
a) Föhn
b) Khamsin
c) Loo
d) Elephanta
Answer: c) Loo
10. What is the cold northerly wind that blows from the Alps called?
a) Chinook
b) Mistral
c) Harmattan
d) Karaburan
Answer: b) Mistral
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What is the main difference between fog and mist?
a) Fog forms at higher altitudes than mist
b) Mist contains more moisture than fog
c) Fog is thicker and contains more particles
d) Mist forms only during summer
Answer: b) Mist contains more moisture than fog
2. When can fog be classified as mist?
a) When visibility is less than 1,000 metres
b) When visibility is more than 1,000 metres
c) When it forms over the ocean
d) When it contains ice particles
Answer: b) When visibility is more than 1,000 metres
3. What is the primary condition for snowfall to occur?
a) Condensation above freezing point
b) Temperature below freezing point
c) High wind speed
d) Visibility over 1,000 metres
Answer: b) Temperature below freezing point
4. What is sleet?
a) Frozen raindrops or refrozen melted snow
b) Fine flakes of snow
c) Small rounded hailstones
d) Condensed fog particles
Answer: a) Frozen raindrops or refrozen melted snow
5. How are hailstones formed?
a) From snowflakes solidifying near the ground
b) From rainwater passing through colder layers
c) From condensation in subfreezing temperatures
d) From rapid freezing of sleet
Answer: b) From rainwater passing through colder layers
6. What is the most common form of precipitation?
a) Snowfall
b) Sleet
c) Rainfall
d) Hail
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Answer: c) Rainfall
7. Which type of rainfall occurs due to air being forced to rise over a mountain?
a) Convectional rainfall
b) Orographic rainfall
c) Cyclonic rainfall
d) Frontal rainfall
Answer: b) Orographic rainfall
8. What are tropical cyclones called in the western North Pacific region?
a) Hurricanes
b) Typhoons
c) Cyclones
d) Tornadoes
Answer: b) Typhoons
9. What are tropical cyclones known as in the North Atlantic Ocean?
a) Cyclones
b) Typhoons
c) Hurricanes
d) Tornadoes
Answer: c) Hurricanes
10. What weather phenomenon is characterized by a low-pressure center, strong winds, and
heavy rainfall?
a) Tornado
b) Tropical cyclone
c) Frontal storm
d) Anticyclone
Answer: b) Tropical cyclone
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1. What are tropical cyclones called in Western Australia?
a) Typhoons
b) Cyclones
c) Willy-willies
d) Tornadoes
Answer: c) Willy-willies
2. In which direction do tropical cyclones rotate in the Northern Hemisphere?
a) Clockwise
b) Counterclockwise
c) Randomly
d) Vertically
Answer: b) Counterclockwise
3. Which of the following is NOT a condition that favors the formation of tropical cyclones?
a) Large sea surface with a temperature above 27°C
b) Presence of the Coriolis force
c) Large vertical wind speed differences
d) Pre-existing weak low-pressure area
Answer: c) Large vertical wind speed differences
4. Which country reports the highest number of violent tornadoes?
a) Canada
b) United States
c) Bangladesh
d) India
Answer: b) United States
5. What defines an air mass?
a) A boundary between cold and warm air
b) A large body of air with nearly uniform temperature and humidity
c) A zone of low atmospheric pressure
d) A rapidly rotating column of air
Answer: b) A large body of air with nearly uniform temperature and humidity
6. What is the region called where an air mass gains its temperature and humidity
characteristics?
a) Polar front
b) Source region
c) Cyclonic zone
d) Equatorial belt
Answer: b) Source region
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7. Where are fronts most commonly found?
a) Polar regions
b) Midlatitudes (30°–65° N and S)
c) Tropical regions
d) Subtropical regions
Answer: b) Midlatitudes (30°–65° N and S)
8. What is an anticyclone characterized by?
a) Low atmospheric pressure and stormy weather
b) High atmospheric pressure and clear skies
c) Rapidly rotating winds and thunderstorms
d) Converging air masses and heavy rainfall
Answer: b) High atmospheric pressure and clear skies
9. In which direction do winds in an anticyclone rotate in the Southern Hemisphere?
a) Clockwise
b) Counterclockwise
c) Randomly
d) No rotation
Answer: a) Clockwise
10. What weather effect is commonly associated with surface-based anticyclones?
a) Heavy rainfall
b) Clearing skies and cooler, drier air
c) Cyclonic storms
d) Rapid warming of the atmosphere
Answer: b) Clearing skies and cooler, drier air
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1. What is the primary direction of circulation of jet streams?
a) North to south
b) East to west
c) West to east
d) South to north
Answer: c) West to east
2. Jet streams are best developed at:
a) The poles
b) The equator
c) The intersection of cells in the tricellular model
d) Over tropical oceans
Answer: c) The intersection of cells in the tricellular model
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