Cyclones and Anticyclones MCQs Quiz Multiple Choice Questions & Answers

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

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

2. Cyclonic rainfall largely occurs in

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

3. Hurricane are generally

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

4. Temperate cyclone bring alone with them

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

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

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

6. The cyclone represents a state of atmosphere in which

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

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

8. The general weather associated with anticyclone is

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

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

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

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

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

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

1. Decreases
2. Increases
3. Increases and decreases alternatively
4. Neither increases nor 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. Trade winds
2. Hurricane
3. Cirrus
4. Stratus

13. Which one of the following statement is correct

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

14. Who introduced the term anticyclone for the first time

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