Clouds MCQs Quiz Multiple Choice Questions & Answers

1. ............is a type of cloud that is tall, dense and involved in thunderstorms and other intense weather

1. Nimbus clouds
2. Cumulus clouds
3. Mammatus clouds
4. Cumulonimbus clouds

2. A mid-latitude cyclone will often have a ................ shape on satellite imagery.

1. Pentagon
2. Rectangular
3. Dumbbell
4. Comma

3. A ring around the sun or moon will show when they shine through this cloud

1. Cirrostratus
2. Nimbostratus
3. Altocumulus
4. Fair weather cumulus

4. A stratus cloud which forms near ground is called the

1. vapors
2. smoke
3. fog
4. smog

5. A wall cloud is an example of a(n)

1. Lenticular
2. Accessory cloud
3. Upper level cloud
4. Cirrus

6. All the following are cirrus type clouds except

1. Fractus
2. Mackerel sky
3. Mares tails
4. Anvil

7. Cirus clouds are

1. Very low clouds
2. Low clouds
3. Medium height clouds
4. High clouds

8. Cloud burst is associated with

1. none of these
2. Altostratus
3. Cumlonimbus
4. Cirrocumulus

9. Cloud droplets can remain liquid even when they have a temperature of below freezing.

1. True Statement
2. False Statement

10. Clouds are formed by the

1. Descending currents of air
2. Condensation of water vapour in the atmosphere
3. Evapouration of water from oceans
4. Rising currents of air

11. Clouds made of ice crystals are the

1. cirrus
2. nimbus
3. stratus
4. cumulus

12. Clouds that develop due to convective uplift are termed

1. Fair weather
2. Stratiform clouds
3. Noctilucent clouds
4. Cumulus clouds

13. Clouds usually form when

1. condensation nuclei have been removed from the air
2. air temperature reaches the dew point
3. evapouration has warmed the surrounding air
4. relative humidity is 0%

14. Clouds which resemble cotton balls are the

1. nimbus
2. stratus
3. cumulus
4. cirrus

15. Collision-coalescence process of precipitation is applicable to

1. All types of clouds
2. Cirrus
3. Clouds that extend beyond freezing level
4. Clouds that do not extend beyond freezing level

16. Fog formed by cooling of the earths surface at night is

1. Frontal fog
2. Radiation fog
3. Advection fog
4. Steam fog

17. Precipitation that vaporizes before making it to the earths surface is

1. Haze
2. Fog
3. Virga
4. Cloud droplets

18. The clouds extending from one side of horizon to other as a dark grey sheet having uniform base are called

1. Nimbus clouds
2. Stratus clouds
3. Cumulus clouds
4. Cirrus clouds

19. The clouds float in the atmosphere because of their low

1. velocity
2. pressure
3. temperature
4. density

20. The most fair weathered and smallest of the cumulus clouds is the

1. none of the above
2. Cumulus congestus
3. Cumulonimbus
4. Cumulus humilis

21. The percentage of radiant energy reflected back by surface is called

1. Refraction
2. Albedo
3. Greenhouse effect
4. Insolation

22. The prefix alto means

1. none of the above
2. Upper
3. Middle
4. Lower

23. The term stratus means

1. Low level
2. Vertically developed
3. Upper level
4. Horizontally layered

24. The two ingredients needed to form clouds aloft are

1. Air with a high dewpoint and instability
2. Instability and lifting
3. Lifting and saturated air
4. Wind shear and Lifting

25. These are cirrocumulus that look like fish scales.

1. Uncinus
2. Lenticular
3. Mackerel Sky
4. Mares tails

26. This is the visible portion of a tornadic circulation produced by condensation of rapidly rotating rising air.

1. Wall cloud
2. Hook echo
3. Mammatus
4. Funnel cloud

27. Thunderstorms originate from

1. Cumulonimbus
2. Nimbostratus clouds
3. Altocumulus clouds
4. Stratus clouds

28. What is a cloud?

1. It is a kind of fog lifted above the earths surface
2. It is a kind of mist
3. It is a kind of frost
4. It is a kind condensed form of dew

29. Which clouds occurs at the highest altitude

1. Noctilucent
2. Altostratus
3. Cirrostratus
4. Stratocumulus

30. Which of the following cloud are sometimes called fair weather clouds but can grow into more storm-condition douds, and continued upward growth suggests showers later in the day

1. Stratocumulus
2. Cumulus
3. Nimbostratus
4. Stratus

31. Which of the following is a cloud on the ground?

1. Shelf cloud
2. Funnel cloud
3. Fog
4. Wall cloud

32. Which of the following is not a low cloud?

1. Cumulo nimbus
2. Stratus
3. Cirro stratus
4. Nimbo stratus

33. Which of the following sequences of clouds in ascending order would one meet 500 metres and above the mean sea level?

1. Stratus, Cirrostratus, Cumulonumbus, Cirrocumulus
2. Stratus, Nimbus, Cirrostratus, Cirrus
3. Nimbus, Cirrostratus, Cirrocumulus, Stratus
4. Cirrostratus, Stratus, Nimbus, Cumulonimbus

34. Which of the following statement is/are correct

1. All the above
2. High clouds - Cirrocumulus, Cirrus, Cirrostratus
3. Middle clouds - Altostratus, Altocumulus
4. Low clouds - Cumulus, Stratocumulu Nimbostratus, Stratus

35. Which of the following statement is/are correct

1. All the above
2. Altocumulus - altus and cumulus - high heap
3. Altostratus - altus and stratus - high layer
4. Cirrocumulus - cirrus and cumulus - lock of hair and heap

36. Which of the following types of clouds is a low level cloud

1. Altocumulus
2. Cirrus
3. Cirrocumulus
4. Stratocumulus

37. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of cloud forms in ascending order of their heights from the ground?

1. Stratus, cumulus, cirrus
2. Cirrus, cumulus, stratus
3. Cumulus, stratus, cirrus
4. Stratus, cirrus, cumulus

38. Which one of the following precipitation conditions is not characteristic of frontal rainfall type?

1. Cloud burst with longer duration of rain is associated with the squally passage of the cold front
2. Precipitation falls during the passage of a depression in zones facing the passage
3. It occurs in the middle and high latitudes
4. It is distinguished from the cyclonic rain because of the prolonged drizzling rain which falls from the warm front of the depression

39. Which one of the following types of cloud rarely forms at height lower than 5000 metres?

1. Nimbostratus
2. Stratus
3. Cumulus
4. Cirrus