MCQ for Class 11 Geography Atmospheric Circulation and Weather Systems
Class 11 Geography students should refer to the following multiple-choice questions with answers for Atmospheric Circulation and Weather Systems in standard 11. These MCQ questions with answers for Grade 11 Geography will come in exams and help you to score good marks
Atmospheric Circulation and Weather Systems MCQ Questions Class 11 Geography with Answers
Question : The weight of a column of air contained in a unit area from the mean sea level to the top of the atmosphere
(a) Atmospheric pressure
(b) Typhoons
(c) Isobars
(d) Coriolis force
Answer : A
Question : In Western Australia, tropical cyclone is also known as
(a) Hurricane
(b) Typhoons
(c) Monsoon
(d) Willy-Willies
Answer : D
Question : Monsoonal country is :
(a) India
(b) Turkey
(c) Brazil
(d) Canada
Answer : A
Question : Monsoon is:
(a) Local winds
(b) Seasonal winds
(c) Planetary winds
(d) Periodic winds
Answer : B
Question : An imaginary line drawn through the places which have equal atmospheric pressure reduced to sea level are known as
(a) isobars
(b) isotherms
(c) isotopes
(d) millibars
Answer : A
Question : Which one of the following is the source region for the formation of air masses?
(a) The Equatorial Forest
(b) The Himalayas
(c) The Siberian Plain
(d) The Deccan Plateau.
Answer : C
Question : Air pressure is measured with the help of a
(a) Thermometer.
(b) Hygrometer.
(c) Barometer.
(d) Isobars.
Answer : C
Question : Name the hot winds which blow in Alps :
(a) Foehn
(b) Chinook
(c) Mistral
(d) Loo
Answer : A
Question : The desert lying near the Tropic of cancer belt in India is :
(a) Sind
(b) Thar
(c) Sahara
(d) None of them.
Answer : B
(a) High pressure areas known as polar highs
(b) High pressure areas known as equatorial highs
(c) High pressure areas known as sub-tropical highs
(d) Low pressure areas known as sub-polar lows
(a) 101.32 mb
(b) 1013.25 mb
(c) 1000 mb
(d) 10130.25 mb
(a) Hurricane
(b) Typhoons
(c) Monsoon
(d) Willy-Willies
Question : The units of pressure is
(a) mm.
(b) mb. (millibar)
(c) mg.
(d) none of these
Question : How many types of pressure belts are there?
(a) 7
(b) 2
(c) 8
(d) 3
(a) clockwise
(b) perpendicular to isobars
(c) anti-clock wise
(d) parallel to isobars
a. Coirolis force causes tropical cyclones near the equator.
b. The Coriolis force acts perpendicular to the pressure gradient force.
c. Coriolis force deflects the wind to the right direction in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere.
(a) a and b
(b) b and c
(c) a and c
(d) a, b and c
(e) a only
(a) isotherms
(b) isobars
(c) isoheights
(d) isochrones
(a) Maritime tropical
(b) Continental tropical
(c) Maritime polar
(d) Maritime arctic
Answer : D
(a) 700mb
(b) 1,100,mb
(c) 9,00mb
(d) 1,300mb
Question : An imaginary line drawn through the places which have equal atmospheric pressure reduced to sea level are known as
(a) isobars
(b) isotherms
(c) isotopes
(d) millibars
Question : The instrument by which the direction of wind is known as
(a) anemometer
(b) wind vane
(c) barometer
(d) none of these
Question : The Inter Tropical Convergence Zone normally occurs:
(a) Near the Equator
(b) Near the Tropic of Cancer
(c) Near the Tropic of Capricorn
(d) Near the Arctic Circle.
(a) local wind
(b) Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)
(c) front
(d) tropical cyclone
(e) thunderstorm
Question : Name the tropical cyclones in China
(a) typhoons
(b) hurricanes
(c) willy-willies
(d) fehan
(a) The Equatorial forest
(b) The Himalayas
(c) The Siberian plain
(d) The Deccan plateau
a. The extra tropical cyclones have a clear frontal system.
b. They cover a large area and can originate over the land and sea.
c. The extra tropical cyclones move from east to west.
(a) a only
(b) b only
(c) c only
(d) a and b
(e) b and c
(a) minimum at the poles and is maximum at the equator
(b) always equal to the pressure gradient force
(c) dependent on the speed of the wind
(d) equal over the surface of the earth
(e) maximum at the poles and is absent at the equator
(a) Trade wind
(b) Cyclone
(c) Anti-cyclone
(d) None
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