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The temperature at which an air parcel will become saturated with the present amount of water vapour is called 

(a) critical temperature (b) saturation point (c) dew point (d) condensation point

What is stated in terms of grams of water vapour per kilogram of moist air?

(a) Specific humidity

(b) Relative humidity

(c) Vapour pressure

(d) Absolute humidity

Chinook is a 

(a) cold wind in Europe 

(b) tropical desert storm in West Asia 

(c) warm wind in North-America 

(d) depression to South Africa

What is the term used to denote the temperature at which the water vapour present in the atmosphere is sufficient to saturate? 

(a) Condensation point (b) Dew point (c) Sublimation point (d) Saturation point

Consider the following statements :

1. Half the water vapour in the air in atmosphere lies below an altitude of 1000 m.

2. The amount of precipitable water in the atmosphere increases from the equator to the poles.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

(a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

Consider the following statements :

1. Troposphere varies in its thickness between equator and poles.

2. Stratosphere does not experience Normal Lapse Rate.

3. Ozone layer occurs in the Mesosphere.

4. Ionosphere lies between Stratosphere and Mesosphere.

Which of these statements are correct ?

(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3 (c) 3 and 4 (d) 1, 2 and 4

The intensity of insolation depends on

(a) Altitude (b) Nature of terrain (c) Wind (d) Latitude

The most prominent gases in the atmosphere, in terms of volume, are

(a) nitrogen and methane

(b) nitrogen and oxygen

(c) oxygen and carbon dioxide

(d) hydrogen and nitrogen

Which of the following is/are not correct? 

1. The unit of measurement of Sun’s radiation is Langley. 

2. The incoming solar radiation to earth is 2 cal/cm2-min.

3. The mean sea level pressure of atmosphere is 1013.2 bar. 

4. We are normally not aware of atmosphere pressure because it acts in all directions. 

Select the correct answer from the codes given below: 

(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (b) 2, 3 and 4 (c) 3 only (d) None of these

Which of the following is/are correct? 

1. The Northern Pacific is the deepest part of the Ocean. 

2. The South-West Pacific is devoid of marginal seas. 

3. The South-East Pacific has broad submarine ridges and plateaus. 

4. The ocean floor of the Pacific Ocean is fairly uniform with broad rises and depressions. 

Select the correct answer from the codes given below: 

(a) 1, 2, 3, 4 (b) 1 and 4 (c) 2 and 3 (d) 1, 3 and 4

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