World Geography MCQ Set-5

World Climate System MCQ GK for competitive examinations in India such as UPSC CSE, APPSC, APSC, MPSC, MPPSC, JPSC, HPPSC, PPSC, HPSC, UPPSC, TNPSC, SSC, NDA and various other recruitment examinations conducted by Union Government of India, State Governments and Public Sector Undertakings in India.

Q.1 What are the most important characteristics of the Hot, Wet Equatorial Climate?

I. Great uniformity of temperature
II. No winter
III. Heavy precipitation

A. Only I

B. Only II

C. Only III

D. All

Answer: D. All

Q.2 The most visually striking evidence of global warming is:

A. Increasing use of air conditioner

B. Rapid melting of glacial ice on nearly every continent

C. Abnormal rainfall

D. All of the above

Answer: B. Rapid melting of glacial ice on nearly every continent

Q.3 Greenhouse effect refers to:

A. Ability of certain atmospheric gases to trap heat and keep the planet relatively warm

B. Ability of the atmosphere to rain

C. Ability of the atmosphere to scatter electromagnetic radiation

D. All of these

Answer: A. Ability of certain atmospheric gases to trap heat and keep the planet relatively warm

Q.4 Which of the following gas does not contribute to the global warming?

A. Methane

B. Sulphur di-oxide

C. Carbon di-oxide

D. Acetylene

Answer: D. Acetylene

Q.5 Which of the following energy source doesn’t increase carbon emission?

A. Solar Cells

B. Thermal Power Plant

C. Nuclear Power Plant

D. None of these

Answer: C. Nuclear Power Plant

Q.6 Climate represent which of the following?

A. The long-term average weather and its statistical variation for a given region

B. The weather

C. It is the measure of variation in precipitation

D. All of the above

Answer: A. The long-term average weather and its statistical variation for a given region

Q.7 According to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 13, the biggest threat towards development is:

A. Climate change

B. Pollution

C. Population Growth

D. None of these

Answer: A. Climate Change

Q.8 Which of the following contributes least to your carbon footprint?

A. Riding a bike

B. Driving a car

C. Taking a airplane

D. None of these

Answer: A. Riding a bike

Q.9 Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?

A. Carbon di-oxide

B. Carbon monoxide

C. Methane

D. Nitrous Oxide

Answer: B. Carbon Monoxide

Q.10 The El-Nino Phenomenon occurs in:

A. Pacific ocean

B. Atlantic ocean

C. Indian ocean

D. Arctic ocean

Answer: A. Pacific ocean

Note: El Niño is a climate pattern that describes the unusual warming of surface waters in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.

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