M.A./M.Sc. (Semester (CBCS) Examination Mar/Apr-2018
Geography
CLIMATOLOGY I
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Time: 2½ Hours
Max. Marks: 70
Instructions: All questions are compulsory. All questions carry equal marks. Use of map stencils are allowed. Draw neat diagram wherever necessary.
Q.1

Complete the following sentence by choosing correct alternative:
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gas accounts for 78.3 percent volume of atmosphere.
Oxygen
Nitrogen
Carbon dioxide
Helium
The upper limit of troposphere is called
Tropopause
Stratopause
Ionosphere
Exosphere
There are major types of inversion of temperature.
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4
5
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pressure belt is called horse latitude.
Equatorial low
Subtropical high
Sub polar low
Polar high
Atmospheric instability is caused, when the rate of cooling of rising air is than the normal lapse rate.
Very high
High
Moderate
Lower
The extensive tropical cyclones are called Hurricanes in
U. S. A
China
Australia
Japan
Fronts are classified into principal types on the basis of characteristic features.
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5
6
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Fill in the blanks.
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The average height of the troposphere is about 16 kilometers over the
The Earth receives solar energy through the waves.
Foehn winds blow on side of Alps Mountain.
Furious fifties are founds at latitude.
The total weight of moisture content per volume of the air at definite temperature is called humidity.
are the most violent and disastrous of all the storms.
There are stages of life cycle of mid latitude cyclones.
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Q.2
Describe various factors affecting the distribution of the temperature.
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Q.3
Explain the mechanism of monsoon.
14
OR
Describe the various types of rainfall.
Q.4
Answer the following questions in short.
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Explain composition of the atmosphere.
Describe horizontal distribution of temperature.
Explain types of the humidity.
Describe the planetary winds.
Q.5
Write short notes on any two of the following:
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Types of air masses
Tornadoes
Land breezes and sea breezes
Water spouts