📘 Geography Optional – Objective Paper I (Prelims)
Page–2 : Climatology (PYQs with Answers)
Q1. The amount of solar radiation received at the Earth’s surface is known as:
A) Insolation
B) Radiation balance
C) Albedo
D) Terrestrial radiation
✅ Answer: A) Insolation
Q2. Which factor has the greatest influence on the temperature of a place?
A) Longitude
B) Latitude
C) Distance from sea
D) Ocean currents
✅ Answer: B) Latitude
🔍 Examiner Note: Latitude controls angle of sun’s rays.
Q3. Diurnal range of temperature is highest in:
A) Coastal areas
B) Equatorial regions
C) Deserts
D) Mountain regions
✅ Answer: C) Deserts
Q4. Which gas is most effective in absorbing terrestrial radiation?
A) Oxygen
B) Nitrogen
C) Carbon dioxide
D) Argon
✅ Answer: C) Carbon dioxide
Q5. The Coriolis force is zero at:
A) Poles
B) Tropics
C) Equator
D) Mid-latitudes
✅ Answer: C) Equator
Q6. Trade winds blow from:
A) Subtropical high to equatorial low
B) Polar high to subpolar low
C) Equatorial low to subtropical high
D) Subpolar low to polar high
✅ Answer: A) Subtropical high to equatorial low
Q7. Which pressure belt is associated with calm conditions?
A) Subpolar low
B) Equatorial low (Doldrums)
C) Polar high
D) Subtropical high
✅ Answer: B) Equatorial low (Doldrums)
Q8. The phenomenon of abnormal warming of eastern Pacific Ocean is called:
A) La Niña
B) ENSO
C) El Niño
D) Walker circulation
✅ Answer: C) El Niño
Q9. Which cloud type is associated with thunderstorms?
A) Cirrus
B) Stratus
C) Cumulonimbus
D) Nimbostratus
✅ Answer: C) Cumulonimbus
Q10. Rainfall caused due to ascent of warm air over cold air is:
A) Convectional rainfall
B) Orographic rainfall
C) Cyclonic (frontal) rainfall
D) Monsoonal rainfall
✅ Answer: C) Cyclonic (frontal) rainfall
✅ End of Objective Paper–I | Page–2
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