CLIMATOLOGY PYQS 2018 UGC NET FREE MOCK TEST

Q.1. Ice Crystal Theory related to precipitation was postulated by: (UGC NET- JULY 2018)

(1) Muir

(2) Darwin

(3) Bergeron

(4) Boven

Q.2. Match the List-I with List - II and select the correct answer from the code given below: (UGC NET- JULY 2018)

List-I (Thornthwait’s Temperature Provinces)       

(a) Mesothermal

(b) Microthermal

(c) Taiga

(d) Tundra

List-II (T/E Index Values)

(i) 16-31

(ii) 1-15

(iii) 64-127

(iv) 32-63

Code:

      (a)  (b)   (c)  (d)

(1) iv    iii     ii     i

(2)  i     ii     iii     iv

(3) iii    iv     i      ii

(4) ii      i     iv     ii

Q.3. Which one of the following latitudes s known as the ‘Calms of Cancer’? (UGC NET- JULY 2018)

(1) 66 ½⁰  S

(2) 66 ½⁰  N

(3) 25^o N

(4) 25⁰ S

Q.4. Match the List-I with List - II and select the correct answer from the code given below: (UGC NET- JULY 2018)
List-I (Instrument)

(a) Sling psychrometer

(b) Pedometer

(c) Spectrometer

(d) Pycnometer

List-II

(Measured entity)

(i) Soil density

(ii) Radiant energy

(iii) Relative Humidity

(iv) Distance

Code:

     (a)  (b)  (c)  (d)

(1) iii   iv    i     ii

(2) iii   iv    ii     i

(3) iv   iii    ii     i

(4) i     ii     iv    iii

Q.5. The American climotologist C.W.Thornthwaite revised the scheme of the classification of world climates in which one of the following years? (UGC NET- JULY 2018)

(1) 1931

(2) 1934

(3) 1941

(4) 1948

Q.6. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the code given below: (UGC NET- JULY 2018)

Assertion (A): The monsoon of southern and eastern Asia driven by the location and size of the Asian landmass and its proxmity to the Indian Ocean.

Reason (R): The wind and pressure patterns in the upper air circulation are associated with generation of monsoonal flows.

Code:

(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(2) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not a correct explanation of (A).

(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Q.7. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Read the statements and choose the correct answer using the code given below. (UGC NET- DEC 2018)

Assertion (A): Evaporation from water bodies is greater than that of land surfaces.

Reason (R): Energy is not required to evaporate water.

Code:

(1) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(2) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true

Q.8. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R. Read the statements and choose the correct answer using the code given below. (UGC NET- DEC 2018)

Assertion (A): Low moisture content in air leads to the formation of towering storm clouds.

Reason (R): The energy transfer from equator to poles takes place through evaporation and condensation.

Code:

(1). (A) is false, but (R) is true.

(2). (A) is true, but (R) is false.

(3). Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(4). Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

Q.9. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Read the statements and choose the correct answer using the code given below. (UGC NET- DEC 2018)

Assertion (A): The most stable conditions occur during a temperature inversion, when the temperature actually increases with height.

Reason (R): Temperature inversion leads to greater vertical air movement.

Code:

(1). (A) is true, but (R) is false.

(2). (A) is false, but (R) is true.

(3). Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(4). Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Q.10. Identify the correct sequence of cloud formation in ascending order. (UGC NET- DEC 2018)

(1). Cumulus, Stratus, Altocumulus, Cirrostratus

(2). Altocumulus, Stratus, Cumulus, Cirrostratus

(3). Cumulus, Stratus, Cirrostratus, Altocumulus

(4). Stratus, Cumulus, Altocumulus, Cirrostratus

Q.11. Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the code given below (UGC NET- DEC 2018)

List I

(Type of Water Drops)

(a) Large rain drops

(b) Drizzle droplets

(c) Large cloud droplets

(d) Typical rain drops

List II

(Fall Velocity in km/hr)

(i) 7

(ii) 33

(iii) 23

(iv) 0.3

Code:

(1). (a)-i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(iii)

(2). (a)-iii, (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d) (ii)

(3). (a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv)

(4). (a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(iii)

Q.12. one of the following components is not taken into consideration by the Environmental Pollution Assessment (EPA) of US to calculate the Air Quality Index AQI)? (UGC NET- DEC 2018)

(1). Particulate matter

(2). Ground-level ozone

(3). Sulphur dioxide

(4). Carbon dioxide

Q.13. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R), Read the statements and choose the correct answer using the code given below (UGC NET- DEC 2018)

Assertion (A): Mid-latitude cyclones are low-pressure system travelling from east to west across the middle latitudes in both hemispheres.

Reason (R): Most mid-latitude cyclones have a cold front and a warm front.

Code:

(1). (A) is true, but (R) is false.

(2). Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(3). Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(4). (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Q.14. Which one of the following is required calories of heat to increase temperature by 10⁰ C for 1 gram of water? (UGC NET- DEC 2018)

(1).  5 calories

(2). 32 calories

(3). 10 calories

(4). 1 calorie

Q.15. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Read the statements and choose the correct answer using the code given below. (UGC NET- DEC 2018)

Assertion (A): Wind is the result of only the vertical differences in atmospheric pressure.

Reason (R): Wind is nature's attempt to balance inequalities in air pressure.

Code:

(1). Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

(2). (A) is true, but (R) is false.

(3). Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(4). (A) is false, but (R) is true

Q.16. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Read the statements and choose the correct answer using the code given below (UGC NET- DEC 2018)

Assertion (A): During an equinox, the length of daylight is 12 hours everywhere on the Earth

Reason (R): The circle of illumination passes directly through the poles, thus dividing the lines of latitude in the middle.

Code:

(1). Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(2). (A) is true, but (R) is false.

(3). Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(4). (A) is false, but (R) is true.