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PRELIMS CAMP
Continuous Assessment and Monitoring Programme – 2024

Test code: 02/12-2024 | Subject - Geography

Sub Topic - “Climatology”
Test Code: GT-02
(Time Allowed: 1 hours) (Maximum Marks: 100)

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1. Consider the following statement:
1. The presence of oxygen is negligible beyond 120
km from the surface of the Earth.
2. Helium is more abundant than Argon in the
atmosphere.
3. Carbon dioxide and water vapour are found only
up to 90 km from the surface of the earth.
How many of the above statements are correct?
a) Only one
b) Only two
5. On a warm sunny day, the mountain slopes are heated
more than the valley floor. Hence, the pressure is low
over the slopes while it is comparatively high in the
valleys below. This warm air that begins to blow from
the valley towards the slopes is called as:
a) Anabatic wind
b) Katabatic wind
c) Monsoon wind
d) Gradient wind

c) All three
d) None 6. In which of the following layers of the atmosphere does
the temperature decrease with an increase in height?
2. Which of the following statements is correct with 1. Troposphere
reference to the Atmosphere? 2. Stratosphere
a) Meteors get burnt up in the Mesosphere due to 3. Mesosphere
the friction and heat caused by gases.
4. Thermosphere
b) The International Space Station and Low
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites are situated in the
a) 1 and 3 only
Troposphere.
c) Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis occur in the b) 2 and 3 only

Stratosphere. c) 2 and 4 only

d) Noctilucent clouds are observed in the d) 3 and 4 only
Troposphere during the summer nights.
7. Consider the following statements:
3. Consider the following statements: Statement-I: The snowline is situated at a greater
1. The atmosphere is heated mainly by long height in polar regions but it decreases towards the
waveform radiation.
equatorial regions.
2. The Earth experiences the highest temperatures
Statement-II: The temperature in polar areas remains
in the equatorial region.
below the freezing point throughout the year in
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
comparison to equatorial regions.
a) 1 only
b) 2 only Which one of the following is correct in respect of the

c) Both 1 and 2 above statements?

d) Neither 1 nor 2 a) Both Statement–I and Statement–II are correct
and Statement–II is the correct explanation for
4. Which of the following geographical events is most Statement–I
likely to occur on 21st June? b) Both Statement–I and Statement–II are correct
a) Longest day and shortest night in the northern and Statement–II is not the correct explanation for
hemisphere
Statement–I
b) Equal day and equal night
c) Statement–I is correct but Statement–II is incorrect
c) Earth is nearest to the Sun
d) Statement–I is incorrect but Statement–II is correct
d) Earth is farthest from the Sun

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8. Consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Statement-I: Air masses are commonly formed in the a) 1 only
mid-latitudes. b) 3 only
Statement-II: Cold polar and warmer subtropical air c) 2 and 3 only
clash in mid-latitudes. d) 1, 2 and 3
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the
above statements?
11. A pressure system with high-pressure conditions at
a) Both Statement–I and Statement–II are correct
the centre with a clockwise wind direction is most
and Statement–II is the correct explanation for
likely to be a/an
Statement–I
a) cyclone in the northern hemisphere
b) Both Statement–I and Statement–II are correct
b) anticyclone in the northern hemisphere
and Statement–II is not the correct explanation for
c) cyclone in the southern hemisphere
Statement–I
d) anticyclone in the southern hemisphere
c) Statement–I is correct but Statement–II is incorrect
d) Statement–I is incorrect but Statement–II is correct
12. Consider the following statements with reference to

9. Consider the following pairs: Albedo:

Sl. No. Form Explanation 1. Albedo is the proportion of sunlight that is

1. Dew : It is a moisture that condenses reflected back into space.
at the ground level 2. Decreased albedo leads to greater melting of ice.
2. Fog : Cloud forming very close to or 3. Wet soils tend to have higher albedo than dry soils
at ground level How many of the above statements are correct?
3. Mist : It is observed as ice crystals
a) Only one
mostly on grass
b) Only two
How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?
c) All three
a) Only one pair
d) None
b) Only two pairs
c) All three pairs
13. Although the vertical pressure gradient force is much
d) None
larger than that of the horizontal pressure gradient
in the atmosphere, people do not experience strong
10. Consider the following statements:
1. Clouds usually appear white due to the scattering upward winds because:

of sunlight by the water droplets. a) it is balanced by the vertical pressure gradient of

2. Lightning is formed in the clouds when positively planetary winds.

and negatively charged particles are separated
forming an electrical field.
3. The sound of thunder is the sonic shock wave,
produced when the air heated by lightning
expands rapidly.
b) it is balanced by the trade winds which are
perpendicular to the pressure gradient force.
c) it is negated by the centrifugal force of the earth.
d) it is balanced by nearly equal but opposite
gravitational force.

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14. Which of the following situations would lead to the 17. With reference to the Walker Circulation, consider the
formation of fog in the atmosphere? following statements:
1. When moist air is forced to rise up a slope 1. It is an atmospheric system of air flow between
2. When very cold air moves over a warmer body of the equatorial Indian and Atlantic Oceans.
water 2. It suppresses the arrival of south-west monsoon
3. When cold air is blown over a hot surface rains into India during the El Nino events.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 and 2 only
a) 1 only
b) 1 and 3 only
b) 2 only
c) 3 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) 2 and 3 only
d) Neither 1 nor 2

15. With reference to an ‘Atmospheric River’, consider

18. Consider the following:
the following statements:
1. Large sea surface with a temperature higher than
1. It is an airborne current of dense moisture that
27° C
originates in tropical regions.
2. It transports a huge amount of water vapour 2. Absence of the Coriolis force

outside of the tropics. 3. Pre-existing weak low-pressure area

3. It brings heavy rainfall to the western coastal 5. Upper divergence of air above sea level system

regions in the northern hemisphere. How many of the above conditions are favourable for

Which of the statements given above is/are correct? the formation and intensification of tropical cyclones?
a) 1 and 2 only a) Only one
b) 2 only b) Only two
c) 1 and 3 only c) Only three
d) 1, 2 and 3 d) All four

16. This type of climate is found between the 30 - 45

19. They are short, detached clouds found at high altitudes.
degrees North-South latitudes. Shifting of the wind
They form from the ascent of dry air, making the small
belts during summers and winters is the primary
quantity of water vapour in the air undergo deposition
reason for the occurrence of this type of climate. The
into ice. They are made up completely of ice crystals.
best-developed form of this peculiar type of climate is
Thus, in the daytime, they are whiter than any other
in fact found in Central Chile. This is the most likely
cloud in the sky. This is the most likely description of:
description of:
a) Cumulus clouds
a) Mediterranean climate
b) Stratus clouds
b) Gulf Type Climate
c) Cirrus clouds
c) British Type Climate
d) China Type Climate d) Altocumulus clouds

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20. Consider the following: How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?
1. Rotation of the Earth a) Only one pair
2. Distribution of continents and oceans b) Only two pairs
3. Emergence of pressure belts c) All three pairs
4. Latitudinal variation of atmospheric heating d) None

How many of the above factors largely determine the

pattern of planetary winds? 23. On Earth, between 45 degrees and 65 degrees North

a) Only one and South of the equator, the rainfall decreases

b) Only two towards the east due to the

c) Only three a) impact of the westerlies

d) All four b) increase in temperature

c) impact of atmospheric pressure
d) influence of Coriolis force
21. Weather front formation is characterised by which of
the following factors?
24. With reference to the cloudbursts, consider the
1. Prominent in middle latitudes.
following statements:
2. Steep temperature gradient.
1. It is a condition where the amount of rainfall over
3. Negligible change in pressure.
a particular area exceeds 100 millimetres in an
4. Shift in wind direction
hour.
How many of the options given above is/are correct?
2. It is more prevalent in mountainous regions than
a) Only one
in the plains.
b) Only two
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
c) Only three
a) 1 only
d) All four
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
22. Consider the following pairs:
d) Neither 1 nor 2
Sl. No. Type of Description
Humidity
25. Consider the following:
1. Relative : It is the ratio of the
1. Andaman and the Nicobar Islands
Humidity amount of water vapour
actually in a volume 2. Western Ghats
occupied by air to the 3. Uttarakhand
amount the space could 4. Andhra Pradesh
contain at saturation Which of the above regions in India experience
2. Absolute : It is equal to the mass of tropical monsoon climate according to the Koeppen
Humidity the moisture divided by
scheme of climatic classification?
the mass of air
a) Only one
3. Specific : It is the ratio of the mass
b) Only two
Humidity of water vapour actually
in the air to a unit mass c) Only three
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26. Consider the following statements with reference to 29. Consider the following:
the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO): 1. Rotation of the Earth on its axis
1. It traverses the planet in the tropics and returns to 2. Angle of inclination of the Sun’s rays
its initial starting point in 30 to 60 days.
3. Transparency of the atmosphere
2. It does not cause the occurrence of El Nino and La
4. Configuration of land in terms of its aspect
Nina episodes.
How many of the above factors cause variations in the
3. It can influence the onset of a Sudden Stratospheric
Warming (SSW) event. amount and intensity of insolation during a day, in a

How many of the above statements are correct? season and in a year?

a) Only one a) Only one

b) Only two b) Only two
c) All three c) Only three
d) None d) All four

27. Consider the following statements with reference to

30. Consider the following statements:
the cyclones:
1. Inversion of the temperature refers to the increase
1. Unlike tropical cyclones, extra-tropical cyclones
have a clear frontal system. of the temperature with an increase in elevation.

2. While tropical cyclones can originate over both 2. A long winter night with clear skies and still air is
land and sea, extra-tropical cyclones can originate an ideal situation for an inversion of temperature.
only overseas. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
3. Unlike extra-tropical cyclones, tropical cyclones a) 1 only
move from west to east in India.
b) 2 only
How many of the above statements are correct?
c) Both 1 and 2
a) Only one
d) Neither 1 nor 2
b) Only two
c) All three
d) None 31. Consider the following statements with reference to
solar radiation:
28. Consider the following pairs: 1. The transfer of heat through vertical movement of
Sl. Local Located in air is called advection
No. Wind 3. The transfer of heat through the horizontal
1. Simoon : Northern Mediterranean Sea
movement of air is called convection.
2. Sirocco : Sahara and Arabian Desert
3. The conduction occurs when the air in contact
3. Bora : Adriatic coast of the Balkans
with the land gets heated.
4. Pampero Argentina and Uruguay
How many of the above statements are correct?
How many pairs given above are correctly matched?
a) Only one
a) Only one pair
b) Only two
b) Only two pairs
c) All three
c) Only three pairs
d) All four pairs d) None

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32. Which of the following is/are the reasons for the How many pairs given above are correctly matched?
location of major deserts on the western coasts of a) Only one pair
continents between latitudes 15° and 30° North and b) Only two pairs
South? c) All three pairs
1. Development of anticyclonic conditions d) None
2. Formation of rain-shadow cone
3. Absence of offshore trade winds 35. The amount of direct sunlight that reaches the
4. Cold ocean currents along the western coast of
atmosphere of our planet depends on which one of
continents
the following?
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
1. Tilt of Earth’s axis toward the plane in which the
a) 1 and 3 only
planet orbits
b) 2 only
2. Topography of the Earth
c) 1, 2 and 4 only
3. Atmospheric composition of the Earth
d) 2, 3 and 4 only
4. Shape of Earth’s orbit around the sun
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
33. Consider the following statements with reference to
a) 1 and 2 only
the frost:
b) 2, 3 and 4 only
1. Low moisture along with calm winds are the ideal
c) 1, 3 and 4 only
conditions for its formation.
d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
2. Air frost occurs when ground-level air temperature
is below zero degrees Celsius.
36. Which one of the following is responsible for causing
3. Shielding the plants with gunny bags can help the
crops against the negative effects of frost. an air parcel to move from high pressure to low

How many of the above statements are correct? pressure in the context of geostrophic winds?

a) Only one a) Pressure gradient force

b) Only two b) Local winds

c) All three c) Frictional force

d) None d) Variable winds

34. Consider the following pairs: 37. It occurs at higher latitudes between 30 degrees and
Sl. No. Local Wind Located in 60 degrees North and South. Air on the surface is
1. Tropical wet : Negligible annual pulled towards the poles, forming the warm south-
climate range of temperature. westerly winds in the northern hemisphere and north-
2. Subtropical : Located in the westerly winds in the southern hemisphere. This is
steppe transition zone
the most likely description of:
between humid and
a) Hadley cell
dry climates
3. Tundra : Region of permafrost b) Ferrel cell
climate where the subsoil is c) Polar cell
permanently frozen d) None of the above

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38. Which one of the following statements best describes 41. Consider the following statements regarding Land
the term ‘doldrums’? and Sea breezes:
a) An atmospheric phenomenon associated with the 1. These are seasonal rhythms that occur due to
Earth’s magnetic field. phenomena of convection.
b) A region around the equator characterised by 2. Fishermen in the tropics often take advantage of
calm and windless waters that can trap sailing the sea breeze to sail out in water.
ships. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
c) A narrow belt of high-altitude westerly winds in a) 1 only
the troposphere. b) 2 only
d) An extremely powerful westerly wind that blows in c) Both 1 and 2
the Southern Hemisphere between latitudes 40°
d) Neither 1 nor 2
and 50°.

42. Consider the following statements:

39. Consider the following statements with reference to
1. The temperature decreases with the increase in
atmospheric gases:
altitude throughout the atmosphere.
1. Share of Carbon dioxide gas is less than Oxygen
2. The air temperature at the tropopause is greater
gas in the atmosphere by volume.
over the equator than over the poles.
2. 99 percent of the total mass of the atmosphere is
3. The mesosphere experiences a temperature
confined to the height of 32 km from the earth’s
decrease with altitude, reaching extremely low
surface.
temperatures.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
How many of the above statements are incorrect?
a) 1 only
a) Only one
b) 2 only
b) Only two
c) Both 1 and 2
c) All three
d) Neither 1 nor 2
d) None

40. Which of the following reasons makes it difficult to

43. Consider the following statements:
restore lost forests in equatorial regions?
1. High diurnal range of temperature 1. Generally, rate of rainfall decreases steadily from

2. Heavy precipitation throughout the year equator to poles.

3. Very low fertility of topsoil in the region 2. The places far from the sea have a higher range of

4. Lack of regular land and sea breezes diurnal and annual temperatures.

Select the correct answer using the code given below: Which of the above statements is/are correct?

a) 1 and 4 only a) 1 only

b) 2 and 3 only b) 2 only

c) 1 and 3 only c) Both 1 and 2

d) 2 and 4 only d) Neither 1 nor 2

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44. The process where water vapor changes directly into 48. With reference to World Geography, what is Madden
snowflakes and frost is known as Julian oscillation?
a) Sublimation a) It is a warm ocean current, which occasionally
b) Deposition replaces the normal cold Peru Current that moves
c) Evaporation
north along the western coast of South America.
d) Evapotranspiration
b) It is an eastward moving pulse of cloud and
rainfall near the equator.
45. Which of the following events/changes could be
observed during the phenomenon of El-Nino? c) It is a zone where air tends to ascend.
1. Abnormal cooling of sea surface temperature in d) It is associated with the pressure changes in the
South Pacific Ocean Central Pacific and Australia.
2. Drought conditions in Indonesia and Australia
3. Nutrient rich upwelling in west coast of South America 49. With reference to Intertropical Convergence Zone,
Choose the correct answer using options given below: consider the following
a) 1 and 3 only
1. The air subsides at ITCZ because of the high-
b) 2 only
pressure area created due to convection.
c) 2 and 3 only
2. The westerlies from either side of the equator
d) 1, 2 and 3 only
converges at the ITCZ.
46. Consider the following statements with reference to 3. The ITCZ stays mostly north of the equator.
the Heat waves: Which of the above-mentioned statements is/are
1. To be termed a heat wave in India, it should last at correct?
least more than a week over the area. a) 1 and 2 only
2. High wet bulb temperature could threaten the b) 3 only
ability for humans to survive
c) 2 and 3 only
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
d) 1, 2 and 3 only
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2 50. With reference to Polar Vortex, consider the following
d) Neither 1 nor 2 statements:
1. It is the anti-clockwise flow of air that helps keep
47. Which of the following conditions are favorable for the the colder air near the Poles. .
Cold wave? 2. When the vortex becomes strong, a wave of cold
1. Strong radiation cooling during the night under
air is always pushed southwards.
clear sky.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
2. Foggy weather during the day
a) 1 only
3. Inflow of cold air mass from higher latitudes over
the region b) 2 only

Select the correct answer using the codes given below: c) Both 1 and 2
a) 1 and 2 only d) Neither 1 nor 2
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3

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