Climate Quiz

Question 1. Main factor which determines the climate of any area is________.

(A) Proximity to the sea

(B) Type of vegetation

(C) Latitude

(D) Altitude

Question 2.By which of the following is the maximum percentage of Earth covered?

(A) Humid Region

(B) Sub-humid land

(C) Semi arid Region

(D) Arid Region

Question 3. “Each day is more or less the same, the morning is clear and bright with a sea breeze; as the Sun climbs high in the sky, heat mounts up, dark clouds form, then rain comes with thunder and lightning. But rain is soon over”. Which of the following regions is described in the above passage? 

(A) Mediterranean

(B) Monsoon

(C) Equatorial

(D) Savannah

Question 4.Which of the following continents has all types of climatic zones?

(A) Asia

(B) Australia

(C) North America

(D) South America

Question 5. Which among the following countries doesn’t come under the category of equatorial climate?

(A) Zaire

(B) Gabon

(C) Ethiopia

(D) Congo

Question 6. Which one of the following is the characteristic climate of the Tropical Savannah Region?

(A) A definite dry and wet Season

(B) An extremely short dry Season

(C) Rainfall in winter only

(D) Rainfall throughout the year

Question 7.Mediterranean climate is not found in which among the following town?

(A) New York

(B) Cape Town

(C) Rome

(D) Los Angeles

Question 8. “Climate is extreme, rainfall is scanty and the people used to be nomadic herders”. The above statement best describes which of the following regions?

(A) Siberian Tundra

(B) North American Prairie

(C) Central Asian Steppe

(D) African Savannah

Question 9. Which of the following pair matchings is correct? 

(A) Desert zone – Winter rain

(B)Monsoon Zone – Heavy rain throughout the year

(C) Equatorial Zone – Rain with thunder in the noon

(D) Mediterranean Sea Zone – Summer rain

Question 10.In which among the following countries, rainfall occurs in winter season? 

(A) Nigeria

(B) Brazil

(C) Norway

(D) China

Question 11.Which one of the following is correctly matched?

(A) Dry throughout the year – Chile

(B) Wet summer dry winter – Iran

(C) Wet throughout the year – Sudan

(D) Wet winter dry summer – Italy

Question 12. When do Mediterranean regions receive heavy rainfall?

(A)  Summer

(B) Winter

(C) Spring

(D) Summer None of these

Question 13.The world’s wettest place is________.

(A) Waialeale

(B) Singapore

(C) Mawsynram

(D) Cherrapunji

Question 14.The coldest place on the Earth is_______.

(A) Verkhoyansk

(B) Siachin

(C) Chicago

(D) Halifax

Question 15.For short-term climatic predictions, which one of the following events, detected in the last decade, is associated with occasional weak monsoon rains in the India subcontinent? 

(A) Green house effect on global level

(B) El-Nino and Southern Oscillations

(C) Movement of Jet Streams

(D) La Nina

Question 16. El-Nino develops in the

(A) Atlantic Ocean

(B) Mediterranean Ocean

(C) Indian Ocean

(D) Pacific Ocean

Question 17. Hekistotherms are plants growing in_______.

(A) very low light

(B) very low temperature

(C) high temperature

(D) bright light

Question 18. Variations in the length of day and night time from season-to-season are due to

1.  The Earth’s rotation on its axis.
2.  The Earth’s revolution round the Sun in an elliptical manner.
3.  Latitudinal position of the place.
4.  Revolution of the Earth on axis.

Which of the above mentioned statement/statements is/are correct? 

(A) Only 1 and 3

(B) 1, 2 and 3

(C) Only 2 and 4

(D) Only 1

Question 19. The annual range of temperature in the interior of the continents is high as compared to coastal areas. What is/are the reason/reasons?

1.  Thermal difference between land and water.
2.  Variation in altitude between continents and oceans.
3.  Presence of strong winds in the interior.
4.  Heavy rains in the interior as compared to coasts.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4

(B) Only 2 and 3

(C) Only 1 and 2

(D) Only 1

Question 20.Given below are two statements one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).

• Assertion (A): Areas lying within five to eight degree latitude on either side of the equator receive rainfall throughout the year.
• Reason (R): High temperature and high humidity cause convectional rainfall mostly in the noon near the equator.

By using the code given below, select the correct answer.

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

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

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

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

Question 21.Consider the following climatic conditions (Northern Hemisphere).