DGCA March 2019 Aviation Meteorology
1. Which of the following is true about the
tropopause?
(A) Backs & strengthens
(a) Height of the tropopause is 16km at
the Poles with a temperature of -75℃
(b) Height of the tropopause is 8km at the
Poles with a temperature of -75℃
(c) Height of the tropopause is 16km at
the Equator with a temperature of
-75℃
2. Most of the water vapour in the
atmosphere is confined up to
(a) Stratosphere
(b) Troposphere
(c) Lower troposphere
3. Which component of the atmosphere
causes weather?
(A) Oxygen
(B) Nitrogen
(C) Water Vapour
4. You are a stationary observer in the
Northern Hemisphere. The centre of the
depression passes from West to East, to
the south of the observer. For this
observer, the winds are
(A) Continuously veering
(B) Continuously backing
(C) Initially backing, then veering
5. Flying from Delhi to Kolkata at constant
indicated altitude but, experiencing drift to
Starboard. The actual altitude will be (vis-
à-vis) indicated altitude
(A) Lower
(B) Same
(C) Higher
6. The lines of equal atmospheric pressure
are known as
(A) Isotherms
(B) Isobars
(C) Isohygric
7. What relationship exists between the winds
at 5000’ and the winds at the surface,
(A) The winds flow parallel to the isobars.
(B) The winds around a high pressure area
are clockwise and flows across the
isobars towards the high.
(C) The winds around a low pressure area
are counter clockwise and flows across
the isobars towards the low.
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8. Ahead of a warm front the surface wind
(B) Veers & strengthens
(C) Backs & weakens
9. The weather associated with a high
pressure area in temperate latitudes during
the summer afternoon is
(A)
(B) TS/DS
(C) Clear sky with thick haze
10. At an airport with elevation 1000’, reported
QNH is 1025 and QFE is 992.7. What is
the height of FL?
(A) - 640’
(B) 1360’
(C) 640’
11. Flying over the sea at FL120, you notice
that your true altitude and indicated altitude
remains same. Local QNH is 1013.
(A) The airmass you are overflying is
warmer than standard.
(B) Insufficient information provided.
(C) The average temperature outside is
same as ISA.
12. The ratio in percentage between the
amount of water vapour present in the air
to the amount of water vapour that it can
hold at the same temperature is
(A) Humidity
(B) Relative Humidity
(C) Dew point
13. Relative humidity depends on
(A) Amount of moisture content and air
temperature
(B) Air temperature
(C) Amount of water vapour content
14. Which of the following about Geostrophic
winds is untrue?
(A) The geostrophic force is negligible at
the poles
(B) The geostrophic force is negligible at
the equator
(C) The geostrophic winds do not flow at
the surface.
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15. What would cause dissipation of a uniform 23. Rise in temperature with height is
layer of stratus clouds? (A) Inversion
(A) Adiabatic cooling due to subsidence. (B) Lapse
(B) Insolation of the Earth’s surface which (C) Normal
increases the height of the lifting
condensation level. 24. Very heavy precipitation as showers over a
(C) Heating of the stratus layer by long short period is called
wave solar radiation (A) Flash floods
(B) Cloud Burst
16. Which of the following would cause (C) Orographic Rain
dissipation of radiation fog?
(A) 25. Areas to the ………. of western Ghats of
(B) Decrease in wind speed at the surface. India are rain shadow areas
(C) Increase in wind speed at the surface. (A) W
(B) S
17. Snow falls from (C) E
(A) Ns
(B) Ci 26. The diameter of a Macroburst
(C) Cs (A) < 4 km
(B) 4 km or more
18. What type of weather may be found when (C) > 8 km
a cold airmass moves over a warm surface
(A) Stratiform clouds, smooth flight, bad 27. Over the sea TS are more frequent
visibility (A) afternoon
(B) Cumuliform clouds, turbulence, good (B) night
visibility (C) early morning
(C) Cumuliform clouds, turbulence, bad
visibility. 28. FZRA and FZFG occur ………. of a warm
front
19. To avoid icing in cloudy conditions, a pilot (A) Ahead
is advised to fly through a cloud which (B) During
shows optical phenomena (C) After
(A) Halo
(B) Corona 29. For mountain waves to form the
(C) With multi-coloured clouds atmosphere should be ………. at higher
levels above the ridge
20. Given the following description of the (A) Unstable
cloud, dark grey coloured cloud which is (B) Stable
fairly uniform in thickness and through (C) Indifferent
which the outline of the sun can be seen
(A) Stratus 30. TRS occurs over Indian seas in:—
(B) As (A) Equatorial Region
(C) Ns (B) 5 - 15° N
(C) 0 - 5° N
21. The lapse rate recorded is 1.2℃/100m. It
is 31. In a monsoon depression maximum
(A) ELR weather occurs in
(B) DALR (A) SE sector
(C) SALR (B) NW sector
(C) SW sector
22. Inversion in the atmosphere indicates
(A) Stability 32. Peninsular discontinuity occurs during
(B) Instability (A) Monsoon
(C) Neutrality (B) NE Monsoon
(C) Pre Monsoon
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33. A Tropical Cyclone moves ………. in a day 40. TAF VILK 241800Z 2500/2509 09008KT
(A) 300-500 km 0800 FG BECMG 2504/2505 09015KT
(B) 500-700 km 6000 SCT008 BKN120 TEMPO 2506/2508
(C) 700-900 km 12015G30KT 3000 TSRA FEW012
FEW025CB BKN100 BECMG AT 25/0800
34. During hot weather 09010KT 7000 FEW030 SCT120
(A) Was cause TS / DS over Punjab & BKN280=

Rajasthan 

(B) No WD affect N-parts of country Height of base of CB is
(C) Track of WD is southern most (A) 2500 ft
(B) 3000 m
35. Rainfall occurs all over the country during (C) 2500 m
monsoon when
(A) Axis of MT is in its normal position
along Gangetic plains
(B) Axis of MT is along Himalayas
(C) Depression has formed over Bay of
Bengal

36. With a depression over the head Bay fair

weather during monsoon occurs over
(A) Assam
(B) W Bengal
(C) Orissa

37. ………. occurs over subtropical high

(A) advection
(B) convection
(C) subsidence

38. SIGMET is issued by

(A) WAFC
(B) Class 1 Met Office
(C) MWO

39. In the station model given below, wind

speed is

(A) 20 - 25 kt
(B) 16 - 22 kt
(C) 18 - 22 kt