CBSE Class 5 Social Science Climate and Climatic Zones MCQs

Question: ___________ is changing all the time.

a) weather

b) climate

c) None of these

Answer: weather

Question: Weather of a place depends upon

a) Sun

b) Moon

c) both

Answer: Sun

Question: Place close to the equator have a ___________ temperature.

a) higher

b) medium

c) lower

Answer: higher

Question: The temperature of a place ___________ with height above the sea level.

a) decreases

b) remains same

c) increases

Answer: decreases

Question: The average weather taken over a long time is called

a) climate

b) season

c) None of these

Answer: climate

Question: Thermometer, barometer, rain gauge, wind vane are the instruments that are used in

a) weather recording

b) making

c) writing

Answer: weather recording

Question: The earth is divided into ___________ climatic zones.

a) three

b) four

c) five

Answer: three

Question: The torrid zone lies on

a) eithes side of the equator

b) only north of the equator

c) only south of the equator

Answer: eithes side of the equator

Question: Wind which blows from sea to land are called

a) onshore wind

b) water wind

c) off shore wind

Answer: onshore wind

Question: The rays of the sun fall ___________ on temperate zone.

a) Diagonally

b) vertically

c) hottest

Answer: Diagonally

Question: The Torrid Zone is the ___________ part of the Earth as it receives direct rays of the sun throughout the year.

a) hottest

b) moderate

c) coldest

Answer: hottest

Question: The driest place on the Earth is the

a) Atacama desert

b) Thar desert

c) Sahara desert

Answer: Atacama desert

Question: Which of these change frequently

a) weather

b) climate

c) None of these

Answer: weather

Question: Which heat zones lies in between the Tropic of cancer and Tropic of capricon?

a) Torrid zone

b) Temperate zone

c) Frigid zone

Answer: Torrid zone

Question: Which heat zone lies in between the Tropic of cancer and the Arctic circle?

a) Temperate zone

b) Frigid zone

c) Torrid zone

Answer: Temperate zone

Question: Which heat zone lies between the Arctic circle and the North Pole and the Antarctic circle and the South pole

a) Frigid zone

b) Temperate zone

c) Torrid zone

Answer: Frigid zone

Question: Latitude and Altitude of a place determine which of the following climatic elements of a place?

a) All the above

b) Temperature

c) Pressure and wind system

d) Rainfall

Answer: All the above

Question: Which of the following places has coldest climate even during summers?

a) Mussoorie

b) Kanpur

c) Allahabad

Answer: Mussoorie

Question: Which the coldest place in India?

a) Drass

b) Srinagar

c) Shillong

Answer: Drass

Question: Which of the following states suffers from loo?

a) Gujarat

b) Tamil Nadu

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) None of these

Answer: Gujarat

Question: Which of the following is not an element of weather and climate?

a) Humidity

b) Altitude

c) Temperature

d) Atmospheric Pressure

Answer: Humidity

Question: Wind generally blow from areas of

a) Low pressure to high pressure

b) Low pressure to moderate pressure

c) High pressure to low pressure

Answer: Low pressure to high pressure

Question: This is the hottest zone

a) Torrid zone

b) Temperate zone

c) Frigid zone

Answer: Torrid zone

Question: This is the coldest zone

a) Frigid zone

b) Temperate zone

c) Torrid zone

Answer: Frigid zone