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1) The polewards moving air piles up in the subtropical regions and forms a high-pressure belt at the surface, called:
a) Subtropical high
b) Polar High
c) Equatorial high
Explanation: The subtropical high is a high-pressure belt formed due to poleward-moving air piling up in the subtropical regions.
2) ……. occurs over subtropical high.
a) Advection
b) Convection
c) Subsidence
Explanation: Subsidence, or the sinking of air, typically occurs over subtropical high-pressure areas.
3) The occurrence of large deserts near 30° N and 30° S is due to large-scale:
a) Subsidence
b) Convection
c) Advection
Explanation: Large deserts near 30° N and 30° S are created by large-scale subsidence, leading to dry conditions.
4) A part of the sinking air over the subtropical highs flows towards the equator, turning west in the northern hemisphere due to the Coriolis force. This surface air is called:
a) Trade winds
b) Roaring forties
c) Doldrums
Explanation: Trade winds are created when air from the subtropical highs flows towards the equator and deflects west due to the Coriolis force.
5) The huge vertical circulations, one between the equator and 30° N and another between the equator and 30° S, are called:
a) Hadley Cells
b) Ferrel Cells
c) Polar Cells
Explanation: Hadley Cells refer to the large vertical circulations between the equator and 30° N/S.
6) The descending branch of the Hadley cell marked by calm winds and high pressure at the surface is called:
a) Tropical Latitudes
b) Middle Latitudes
c) Horse Latitudes
Explanation: The Horse Latitudes are regions of calm winds and high pressure at the descending branch of the Hadley cell.
7) The winds in the upper troposphere are westerly. These are known as:
a) Natural Westerlies
b) Steady Westerlies
c) Zonal Westerlies
Explanation: Zonal Westerlies are westerly winds occurring in the upper troposphere.
8) In the equatorial regions, the upper tropospheric winds are:
a) Westerlies
b) Easterlies
c) Zonal Westerlies
Explanation: Upper tropospheric winds in the equatorial regions are typically easterly.
9) The disturbances of middle latitudes move from:
a) W to E
b) E to W
c) N to S
d) S to N
Explanation: In the middle latitudes, weather disturbances typically move from west to east.
10) The tropical disturbances which form in the equatorial low-pressure belt move in a:
a) Easterly direction
b) Westerly direction
c) Southerly direction
Explanation: Tropical disturbances in the equatorial low-pressure belt typically move in an easterly direction.
11) Tropical disturbances that reach the zone of transition in the upper-level flow change course and begin to move in a:
a) Perpendicular direction
b) Opposite direction
c) Southwards
Explanation: When tropical disturbances reach the upper-level transition zone, they often change direction and move in the opposite direction.
12) Latitudinally, on average, there is radiation ……… in the tropics than in the polar regions.
a) Surplus
b) Deficit
c) Balance
Explanation: The tropics generally receive a radiation surplus compared to polar regions, where there is a deficit.
13) The systems like highs, lows, and cyclonic circulation are associated with distinct types of weather. A study of the behavior of these systems is known as:
a) Synoptic Meteorology
b) Climatology
c) Physical Meteorology
Explanation: Synoptic Meteorology studies the behavior of weather systems like highs, lows, and cyclonic circulations.
14) Rising air creates calms or doldrums in the equatorial region.
a) ITCZ
b) Horse Latitudes
c) Equatorial Doldrums
Explanation: The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) is associated with rising air and creates calm conditions in the equatorial region, often called the doldrums.
15) Steady NE winds in the northern hemisphere and SE winds in the southern hemisphere are called:
a) Easterly winds
b) Trade Winds
c) Tropical Winds
Explanation: Trade Winds are the steady NE winds in the northern hemisphere and SE winds in the southern hemisphere.

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