Cyclones and Anticyclones MCQ Questions and Answers for Practice

1. Which one among the following statement relating to anticyclone is correct

1. In anticyclone, the movement if wind is inward
2. The contribution of an anticyclone towards determining weather of an area is quite significant
3. The movement of wind is clockwise in an anticyclone of southern hemisphere
4. Anticyclone is a wind system with a high pressure center

2. Cyclonic rainfall largely occurs in

1. India
2. UK
3. Mexico
4. Egypt

3. Hurricane are generally

1. Active over the sea
2. Traveling in families
3. Dust storms
4. Active over land

4. Temperate cyclone bring alone with them

1. Snowfall and Hail
2. Thunderstorms and torrential rainfall
3. Mild rainfall
4. Pleasant weather

5. The angular speed of a whirlwind in q tornado towards the center

1. Increases
2. Remains constant
3. Slowly becomes zero
4. Decreases rapidly

6. The cyclone represents a state of atmosphere in which

1. High pressure is in the center and low pressure is around
2. There is low pressure all around
3. None of these
4. Low pressure is in the center and high pressure is around.

7. The cyclones of temperate latitudes differ from those of the tropics in a number of ways. Which one of the following is most prominent of them all

1. They are caused by frontal system whereas the tropical cyclones are not.
2. These occur more frequently
3. The precipitation is more evenly distributed in the temperature cyclone.
4. Their size is far greater.

8. The general weather associated with anticyclone is

1. Hot and Wet
2. Cold and severe
3. Cold and mild
4. Fine and Dry

9. The tropical cyclone do not occurs close to the equator because of

1. Light and variable winds
2. Excessive humidity
3. Convective activity
4. Weak coriolis force

10. The tropical cyclone of the bay of Bengal are called

1. Hurricanes
2. Depressions
3. Willy Willy
4. Typhoons

11. What happens to the water depth as the Tsunami wave approach the cost

1. Increases
2. Increases and decreases alternatively
3. Neither increases nor decreases
4. Decreases

12. Which one of the following is the name of the very violent and serious types of winds which bring lots of disasters

1. Hurricane
2. Cirrus
3. Stratus
4. Trade winds

13. Which one of the following statement is correct

1. Hurricanes are not large as the tornadoes
2. Hurricanes develope over warm ocean area
3. Hurricanes tend to intensify when they move over land surface area
4. Hurricanes form at the equator

14. Who introduced the term anticyclone for the first time

1. J.Bjerknes
2. F.Galton
3. V.Bjerknes
4. Fitzory