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Clouds and Precipitation

28 MCQ questions with answers and explanations · page 1 of 2

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Q1. Which of the following clouds is called "mother of pearl"?

  1. Acirrus cloud
  2. Bcumulus clouds
  3. Crain layer cloud
  4. Dstratus clouds
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Answer: A) cirrus cloud

Q2. What are those dense grey clouds called that bring rain?

  1. APrabha Mandala Rain Cloud
  2. Brain layer cloud
  3. Ccumulus clouds
  4. Dcirrus cloud
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Answer: B) rain layer cloud

Q3. Octave scale is used to measure which of the following?

  1. Aatmospheric humidity
  2. Bdew point level
  3. Camount of cloud cover
  4. Damount of solar light
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Answer: C) amount of cloud cover

Q4. What is measured by Nephometer?

  1. Aamount of rainfall
  2. Bdirection and speed of clouds
  3. Cocean salinity
  4. Dall of the above
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Answer: B) direction and speed of clouds

Q5. Which cloud is formed at the highest altitude in the atmosphere?

  1. Acirrus cloud
  2. Bstratus clouds
  3. Ccumulus mid cloud
  4. Drain layer cloud
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Answer: A) cirrus cloud

Q6. What is a fibrous cloud called?

  1. Acottony
  2. Bstratus clouds
  3. Ccirrus
  4. Dstratus interstitial clouds
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Answer: C) cirrus

Q7. Which of the following clouds appears like a "cabbage flower"?

  1. Astratus clouds
  2. Bcirrus cloud
  3. Ccumulus clouds
  4. Dcirrus cloud
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Answer: C) cumulus clouds

Q8. Which cloud is commonly seen in the equatorial region?

  1. Acirrus
  2. Bcumulonimbus rain
  3. Cparietal layer
  4. Dlevel
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Answer: B) cumulonimbus rain

Q9. Lightning storm and torrential rain are important characteristics of which cloud?

  1. Acumulonimbus clouds
  2. Brain layer cloud
  3. CCotton Cloud
  4. Dcirrus cloud
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Answer: A) cumulonimbus clouds

Q10. Which of the following clouds forms the halo around the Sun and the Moon?

  1. AStratified cotton
  2. Bcumulonimbus rain
  3. Cciliated cottony
  4. Dciliary layer
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Answer: D) ciliary layer

Q11. Clouds do not rain in deserts.

  1. Adue to high wind speed
  2. Bdue to low temperature
  3. Cdue to low wind speed
  4. Ddue to low humidity
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Answer: D) due to low humidity

Q12. The rainfall of a particular place depends on-

  1. Atowards the mountains
  2. Bon sea level evaporation
  3. Con the harshness of summer
  4. Dnone of these
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Answer: A) towards the mountains

Q13. What type of rainfall occurs in the equatorial region?

  1. Amountain rain
  2. Bcyclonic rainfall
  3. Cconvectional rainfall
  4. Dmonsoon rain
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Answer: C) convectional rainfall

Q14. What type of rainfall generally occurs in temperate regions?

  1. Aconductor
  2. Bcyclonic
  3. Cmountainous
  4. Dmonsoonal
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Answer: B) cyclonic

Q15. The windward slopes are more visible than the leeward slopes, this is a characteristic of which rainfall?

  1. Acyclonic
  2. Banticyclonic
  3. Csustainable
  4. Dmountainous
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Answer: D) mountainous

Q16. Most of the world's rainfall occurs in which of the following forms?

  1. Aconvectional rainfall
  2. Bmountain rain
  3. Ccyclonic rainfall
  4. Dmonsoon rain
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Answer: B) mountain rain

Q17. Which of the following regions receives rainfall throughout the year?

  1. Atundra
  2. Bmonsoonal
  3. CMediterranean
  4. Dequatorial
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Answer: D) equatorial

Q18. Which of the following regions receives rainfall only in the winter season?

  1. Atundra
  2. Bmonsoonal
  3. CMediterranean
  4. Dequatorial
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Answer: C) Mediterranean

Q19. What is called rain shadow area?

  1. Athe windward slope of the mountains
  2. Bthe windward slope of mountains
  3. Cto the foothills of the mountains
  4. Drainless area
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Answer: B) the windward slope of mountains

Q20. What is the line joining places with equal rainfall called?

  1. Aisobath
  2. BIsohyet
  3. CIsorrhyme
  4. DIsonef
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Answer: B) Isohyet

Q21. Which type of rain is accompanied by lightning and thunder?

  1. Amountain rain
  2. Bcyclonic rainfall
  3. Cconvectional rainfall
  4. Dnone of these
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Answer: C) convectional rainfall

Q22. The place with the highest rainfall in the world is-

  1. AReunion Island
  2. BAmazon Valley
  3. CMawsynram
  4. DCherrapunji
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Answer: C) Mawsynram

Q23. Which is the driest place in the world?

  1. APatagonia
  2. BSupport
  3. CAtacama
  4. DThar
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Answer: C) Atacama

Q24. What is the meaning of cloud burst?

  1. ASowing crop seeds in cloudy weather
  2. BCreation of artificial rain
  3. Cunusually heavy rain with heavy thunderstorms
  4. DPresence of scattered clouds in the sky
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Answer: C) unusually heavy rain with heavy thunderstorms

Q25. Why don't clouds precipitate and rain in the desert?

  1. Awind speed
  2. Blow pressure
  3. Clow temperature
  4. DLow humidity
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Answer: D) Low humidity

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