Insolation - Electrical Engineering (MCQ) questions and answers

1. Which one of the following reflects more Sunlight as compared to the three?

A. Prairie land
B. Paddy crop land
C. Sand desert
D. Land covered with fresh snow

2. Which of the following statements is not true?

A. Presence of water vapour is highly variable in the lower atmosphere
B. Frigid zones are located in both the hemispheres between the polar circles and the poles
C. The zone of maximum temperature is located along the equator
D. Jet streams are high altitude winds affecting the surface weather conditions

3. The highest temperature on the Earth is recorded at

A. Equator
B. 10º North Latitude
C. 20º North Latitude
D. 25º North Latitude

4. Clear sky nights are cooler than cloudy sky nights due to

A. condension
B. radiation
C. induction
D. conduction

5. Assertion (A): The atmosphere receives most of the heat only indirectly from the Sun and directly from the Earth’s surface.

Reason (R): The conversion from shortwave solar to longwave terrestrial energy takes place at the Earth’s surface.

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A. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
B. (A) is true, but (R) is false
C. (A) is false, but (R) is true
D. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

6. Normally, the temperature decreases with the increase in height from the Earth’s surface, because
1. The atmosphere can be heated upwards only from the Earth’s surface.
2. There is more moisture in the upper atmosphere.
3. The air is less dense in the upper atmosphere.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.

A. only 1
B. 2 and 3
C. 1, 2 and 3
D. 1 and 3

7. Consider the following statements:
1. The annual range of temperature is greater in the Pacific Ocean than that in the Atlantic Ocean.
2. The annual range of temperature is greater in the Northern Hemisphere than that in the Southern Hemisphere.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A. Only 2
B. Only 1
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2

8. Doldurms is a----

A. Tropical wind belt
B. Tropical wind deflection belt
C. Sub-tropical wind belt
D. Tropical no-wind belt

9. The Coriolis effect is the result of

A. Earth's rotation
B. Pressure gradient
C. Earth's axis of inclination
D. Earth's revolution

10. Which one of the following statements about winds and atmospheric pressure is not correct?

A. Wind blow in a clockwise direction around a centre of high pressure in the Northern Hemisphere
B. Winds blow in a anti-clockwise direction around a centre of high pressure in the Southern Hemisphere.
C. Winds blow in a clockwise direction around a centre of low pressure in the Northern Hemisphere.
D. Winds blow in a anti-clockwise direction around a centre of low pressure in the Southern Hemisphere