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1. Name the instrument used to measured the pressure

A. thermometer

B. barometer

C. electrometer

D. photometer

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2. The units of pressure is

A. mm

B. mb. (millibar)

C. mg.

D. none of these

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3. How many types of pressure systems are found in nature?

A. two

B. three

C. four

D. five

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4. Which one is the type of planetary wind?

A. trade winds

B. westerlies

C. polar winds

D. all of these

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5. How many types of pressure belts are there?

A. 7

B. 2

C. 8

D. 3

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6. Name the hot winds which blow in USA

A. Chinook

B. Foehn

C. Mistral

D. Loo

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7. Name the hot winds which blow in Alps :

A. Foehn

B. Chinook

C. Mistral

D. Loo

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8. Name the cold wind which blows from high mountains to the Mediterranean coast of France :

A. Mistral

B. Katabatic

C. Santa Anas

D. Chinook

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9. Name the hot winds which blow in North India in summer

A. Foehn

B. Katabatic

C. Loo

D. Chinook

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10. The standard sea level pressure in millibars is

A. 101.32 mb

B. 1013.25 mb

C. 1000 mb

D. 10130.25 mb

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11. Name the force which deflects the winds from their path due to rotation of earth

A. gravity

B. pressure gradient

C. Coriolis

D. none of these

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12. Which one is broad types of cyclone?

A. temperate

B. tropical cyclones

C. both of them

D. none of them

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13. An imaginary line drawn through the places which have equal atmospheric pressure reduced to sea level are known as

A. isobars

B. isotherms

C. isotopes

D. millibars

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14. The large body of air whose physical properties and moisture is relatively uniform is known as

A. atmospheric pressure

B. air mass

C. pressure gradient

D. none of these

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15. Name the breeze which blows during night when the air at upper slope becomes dense

A. mountain breezes

B. valley breezes

C. sea breeze

D. land breezes

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16. In which direction the earth rotates on its axis?

A. west to east

B. east to west

C. north to south

D. south to north

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17. Name the tropical cyclone in West India

A. willy-willies

B. typhoons

C. hurricanes

D. none of these

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18. Name the tropical cyclones in China

A. typhoons

B. hurricanes

C. willy-willies

D. fehan

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19. On the basis of their average height, how many types of clouds are found?

A. three

B. six

C. two

D. four

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20. Name the fibrous clouds with a delicate silky appearance :

A. cirrus

B. cirrostratus

C. cirrocumulus

D. altostratus

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21. Name the clouds which appear as small white flakes or small globular masses without shadow

A. cirrocumulus

B. cirrus

C. cirrostratus

D. none of these

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22. Name the clouds formed at a height of less than 2 km.

A. altocumulus

B. low clouds

C. stratus

D. cumulus

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23. Name the low uniform layers of clouds :

A. stratus

B. cumulus

C. altocumulus

D. nimbostratus

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24. The instrument by which the direction of wind is known as

A. anemometer

B. wind vane

C. barometer

D. none of these

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25. Name the periodic wind.

A. westerlies

B. easterlies

C. monsoon

D. chinook

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