Winds Quiz

Question 1. What are roaring forties, furious fifties and shrieking sixties?

(A) Pacific Ocean currents

(B) Westerlies in Northern Hemisphere

(C) Westerlies in Southern Hemisphere

(D) Oceanic storms

Question 2. In which of the following regions long forties winds blow?

(A) Coral Sea

(B) Caribbean Sea

(C) Indian Ocean

(D) North Sea

Question 3. The term ‘Roaring Forties’ refers to_____.

(A) Loud voices of volcanic eruptions between 40-60 degree South in the sea

(B) The sailors heard a loud stormy voice between 40-60 degree South

(C) Strong tidal waves between 40- 60 degree South

(D) Strong ocean winds between 40-60 degree South

Question 4. What is the effect of Chinook winds in the central plains in the USA?

(A) No effect on temperature

(B) Uniform temperature

(C) Temperature of summer reduces

(D) Temperature of winter rises

Question 5. What causes wind to deflect toward left in the Southern Hemisphere?

(A) Pressure

(B) Rotation of the Earth

(C) Magnetic field

(D) Temperature

Question 6. The winds flowing from high pressure area toward Mediterranean sea are_______.

(A) Sea wind

(B) Monsoonal wind

(C) Trade wind

(D) Westerly

Question 7. The seasonal reversal of winds is the typical characteristic of_______.

(A) Equatorial climate

(B) Monsoon climate

(C) Mediterranean climate

(D)  All of the above climates

Question 8.

• Assertion (A): Wind patterns are clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and anti-clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
• Reason (R): The direction of wind patterns in the Northern and the Southern Hemisphere are governed by the Coriolis effect.

(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 9.

• Assertion (A): Wind patterns are clockwise in Southern Hemisphere and anti-clockwise in Northern Hemisphere.
• Reason (R): The directions of wind patterns in Northern and Southern Hemispheres are governed by Coriolis effect.

(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 10. Westerlies in Southern Hemisphere are stronger and persistent than in Northern Hemisphere because

1.  Southern Hemisphere has less landmass as compared to Northern Hemisphere.
2.  Coriolis force is higher in Southern Hemisphere as compared to Northern Hemisphere.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(A) Neither 1 nor 2

(B) Both 1 and 2

(C) Only 2

(D) Only 1

Question 11. Consider the following statements about the ‘Roaring Forties’.

1.  They blow uninterrupted in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
2.  They blow with great strength and constancy.
3.  Their direction is generally from North-West to East in the Southern Hemisphere.
4.  Overcast skies, rain and raw weather are generally associated with them.

Which of these statements are correct?

(A) 1, 2 and 4

(B) 1, 3 and 4

(C) 2, 3 and 4

(D) 1, 2 and 3