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Wind

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Q1. From which latitudes to which latitudes do trade events flow?

  1. Afrom the equator to the tropics
  2. Bfrom the tropics to the polar regions
  3. Cfrom the horse latitudes towards the equator
  4. Dall of the above
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Answer: C) from the horse latitudes towards the equator

Q2. The winds blowing from the high pressure area towards the Mediterranean Sea are-

  1. Awesterly winds
  2. Btrade winds
  3. Cmonsoon winds
  4. Dsea winds
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Answer: B) trade winds

Q3. Trade winds are-

  1. Aregular and stable
  2. Birregular
  3. Cpartially irregular
  4. Dnone of the above
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Answer: A) regular and stable

Q4. What is the wind called that blows in the same direction throughout the year?

  1. Alocal wind
  2. BSanatani wind
  3. CSocial Wind
  4. Dpolar wind
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Answer: B) Sanatani wind

Q5. What are the winds called that blow from subtropical high pressure towards equatorial low pressure?

  1. Atrade winds
  2. BWesterly winds
  3. Cpolar winds
  4. DThundering Chalisa
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Answer: A) trade winds

Q6. Where do the trade winds blow from?

  1. Afrom equatorial low pressure
  2. Bfrom subpolar low pressure
  3. Cfrom subtropical high pressure
  4. Dfrom polar high pressure
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Answer: C) from subtropical high pressure

Q7. What is 'roaring forty', 'fierce fifty', 'screaming sixty'?

  1. Asea storm
  2. BWesterly winds in the Southern Hemisphere
  3. CWesterly winds in the Northern Hemisphere
  4. Dfrom polar high pressure
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Answer: B) Westerly winds in the Southern Hemisphere

Q8. What is 'Roaring Chalisa'?

  1. A40Southern latitude current
  2. B40° North latitude current
  3. CStrong wind blowing near 40° latitude in the Southern Hemisphere
  4. Dnone of these
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Answer: C) Strong wind blowing near 40° latitude in the Southern Hemisphere

Q9. The 'terrible fifty' moves on -

  1. A50At northern latitude
  2. B50At southern latitude
  3. C50⁰ N between 60°N and 60°N
  4. Dnone of these
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Answer: B) 50At southern latitude

Q10. The 'screaming sixty' wind blows in-

  1. Anear 60° East longitude
  2. Bnear 60° west longitude
  3. Cnear 60° north latitude
  4. Dnear 60° south latitude
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Answer: D) near 60° south latitude

Q11. The meaning of the word monsoon is -

  1. AWinds always blowing in one direction
  2. Bvery strong winds
  3. Cvery slow wind speed
  4. Dchange of wind direction
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Answer: D) change of wind direction

Q12. What effect do Chinook winds have on the central plains of the USA?

  1. Awinter temperatures rise
  2. BSummer temperatures drop
  3. Ckeeps the same temperature
  4. DHas no effect on temperature
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Answer: B) Summer temperatures drop

Q13. What are the warm, dry local winds blowing in the northern part of the Alps called?

  1. AChinook
  2. BFawn
  3. CKhamsin
  4. DSirocco
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Answer: B) Fawn

Q14. What are the cold winds blowing with great speed from Uruguay in the Pampas region of Argentina called?

  1. ATapiro
  2. BPampira
  3. CHarmattan
  4. DKaraburan
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Answer: B) Pampira

Q15. In New Zealand, the hot, dry and dusty local wind descending from the high mountainous regions is known by which of the following names?

  1. Abrick fielder
  2. Bnor'wester
  3. Ctramontane
  4. DSanta Ana
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Answer: B) nor'wester

Q16. By what name is the hot and dry wind that originates from the west coast of the United States of America, crosses the Rocky Mountains and descends below it known?

  1. AFawn
  2. BNorthern
  3. CChinook
  4. DSanta Ana
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Answer: C) Chinook

Q17. Which of the following is not correctly matched-

  1. AKhamsin - Egypt
  2. BChinook-China
  3. CSirocco - Italy
  4. DGibili-Libya
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Answer: B) Chinook-China

Q18. By what name is the cool and dry night wind blowing from the Jura Mountains towards Lake Geneva in Europe known?

  1. ATalvind
  2. Bsolani
  3. CMistral
  4. DJoran
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Answer: D) Joran

Q19. What is the wind that descends on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains called in the United States and Canada?

  1. ASirocco
  2. BChinook
  3. CKhamsin
  4. Dhurricane
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Answer: B) Chinook

Q20. Which of the following is not a cold local wind?

  1. AMistral
  2. BBora
  3. CKhamsin
  4. DBlizzard
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Answer: C) Khamsin

Q21. Which of the following is a cold local wind?

  1. AMistral
  2. BBora
  3. CPampira
  4. Dall of the above
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Answer: D) all of the above

Q22. Which of the following winds blows on the leeward slopes of the Northern Alps in Switzerland?

  1. AFawn
  2. BMistral
  3. CSirocco
  4. DChinook
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Answer: A) Fawn

Q23. Chinook is a-

  1. Alocal air
  2. Beternal wind
  3. Cpermanent air
  4. Dsea current
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Answer: A) local air

Q24. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

  1. AFohn - Alps Mountains
  2. BBora-Poland
  3. CMistral - Rhine Valley
  4. DKhamsin - Egypt
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Answer: B) Bora-Poland

Q25. Which of the following local winds brings the "year of blood" in Italy?

  1. ASeamoon
  2. BSamoon
  3. CSirocco
  4. DShamal
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Answer: C) Sirocco

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