21.
Sirocco is a name used to mean
A
A local wind
B
An ocean current
C
An island
D
A volcano
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Sirocco is a name used to mean
A local wind
An ocean current
An island
A volcano
Sea breeze is formed during
Day time
Night time
Seasonal
a and b
Local thunderstorms Norwesters are prominent in
Punjab
West Bengal
Andhra Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Jet streams blows
From west to east.
From east to west
From north to south
none of the above.
In which one of the following regions are the hurricanes apparently absent?
Coast of Texas
Gulf of Mexico
South-eastern coast of USA
South-eastern coast of Pacific
In the northern hemisphere, tropical cyclones and middle latitude cyclones are similar in that both
Originate over warm ocean
Intensify with increasing height above the ground.
Generally move from east to west
Have winds that blow counter clockwise around their centers.
If the atmosphere is cooled its capacity for water vapour is
Lowered
Increased
Constant
None of the above
Hail is associated with
Thunder storm
Cyclone
Hurricane
Typhoons
Fohn and Chinook winds are experienced in
The valleys of the northern Alps is Switzerland and on the eastern slopes on Rockies in North America.
The eastern slopes of southern Alps in Switzerland and on the western slopes on Andes in South America.
Po valley of France and in Newfoundland
Netherlands and New Zealand
Foehn and Chinook winds are
Caused by strong regional winds while passing over a mountain range
Caused by strong local wind
Caused by westerlies
Caused by humid wasterlies
Drainage winds or katabolic winds blow
From higher to lower region
From lower to high region
From equator to polar region
From equator to higher region
Coriolis flow tends of turn
The flow of the air
The direction of the air
The velocity of the air
none of them.
An observer in the northern hemisphere who stands with his back to the wind will have lower pressure to his left and higher pressure to his right. This is known by which one of the following?
Bergeron-Findeisen theory
Buys Ballot s law
walker circulation
Stokes law
A relatively small rotating funnel that extends downward from the base of towering cloud with thunder, lighting and strong gusty wind is known as
Hurricane
Tornado
Tropical cyclone
Extratropical cyclone