General Knowledge MCQs - 24

231. Choose the wrong definition
(a) Contour: Areas of equal height above sea level
(b) Isotherms: Area having the same temperature
(c) Isohytes: Equal rainfall areas
(d) Isobars: Equal atmospheric temperature areas-

232. Wind blowing in a spiral form around a region of low atmospheric pressure is a_____.
(a) Hurricane
(b) Cyclone-
(c) Anticyclone
(d) Tornado

233. Spring tides occur —.
(a) Only on full Moon day
(b) Only on new Moon day
(c) The day when the Moon’s position is in its first quarter
(d) Full moon day as well as on new Moon day-

234. Spring tides occur on new Moon day and full moon day because on these days ———.
(a) Moon and the Earth are at right angles
(b) Sun, Moon and the Earth are in line-
(c) Sun and the Moon are opposite to each other
(d) Moon and the sun are nearer to the Earth

235. When the days and nights are equal the rays of the sun directly fall on the —
(a) Equator-
(b) Tropic of Cancer
(c) South Pole
(d) North Pole

236. On June 21, the sun is vertically overhead the ——.
(a) Tropic of Capricorn
(b) Equator
(c) Position of the sun is not definite
(d) Tropic of Cancer-

237. Sun rises in the east and sets in the west due to the ———.
(a) Shape of the Earth
(b) Revolution of the Earth around the Sun
(c) Rotation of the Earth on its axis-
(d) Movement of the Sun

238. What are cyclones?
(a) Sudden, heavy floods
(b) No rain for a long duration
(c) Heavy showers
(d) Violent winds and rain-

239. In a tropical cyclone, pressure
(a) Increases towards the center
(b) Decreases towards the center and wind moves in an anticlockwise direction in the northern hemisphere-
(c) Does not vary appreciably
(d) First decreases towards the centre and then increases

240. The heaviest rainfall is recorded in — .
(a) Mediterranean regions
(b) Temperate regions
(c) Equatorial regions-
(d) Tropical mountain areas