Precipitation MCQs Quiz Multiple Choice Questions & Answers

1. A measure of the amount of water vapor in the air is called?

1. Precipitation
2. Condensation
3. Humidity
4. Evaporation

2. Cooled (condensed) droplets of water will come together to form

1. Cloud
2. Hail
3. Sleet
4. Snow

3. Frontal Rain is caused by

1. Winds from sea
2. Cyclonic activity
3. Condensation of water evaporated from mountains
4. Convection currents

4. Had there been equator in place of the Tropic of cancer in India, the change caused in climate would be

1. Low temperature and high rainfall
2. High temperature and high rainfall
3. Low temperature and low rainfall
4. High temperature and low rainfall

5. Hails are the falling of

1. lumps
2. vapors
3. rain
4. water

6. If a small raindrop falls through air

1. Its velocity goes on decreasing
2. Its velocity goes on increasing for some time and then becomes constant
3. It falls with constant speed for some time and then its velocity increases
4. Its velocity goes on increasing

7. In mid-latitudes, convective precipitation is associated with

1. Squall lines
2. Warm fronts in very moist air
3. All the above
4. Cold fronts

8. In which region does rainfall occur throughout the year?

1. Polar region
2. Sub-polar region
3. Middle-Latitude region
4. Equatorial region

9. Rainshadow effect is associated with

1. Orographic rainfall
2. Convectional rainfall
3. Frontal rainfall
4. Cyclonic rainfall

10. The constant movement of water between Earth and the atmosphere is called the

1. Precipitation
2. Humidity
3. Sleet
4. Water Cycle

11. The seasonality of precipitation is affected by the seasonal movement of global and regional

1. Pressure systems
2. Cyclonic systems
3. None of these
4. Wind systems

12. Water falling on earth surface in any form is called

1. precipitation
2. climate
3. weather
4. atmosphere

13. What is the most common form of precipitation?

1. Snow
2. Hail
3. Humidity
4. Rain

14. When a form water falls from the clouds back down to Earth, it is called

1. Condensation
2. Snow
3. Precipitation
4. Evaporation

15. Which of the following is not a form of precipitation?

1. Haze
2. Rain
3. Dew
4. Snow

16. Which one of the following islands receives convectional rainfall

1. Sumatra
2. Cuba
3. Green land
4. Cyprus

17. Which type of rainfall is caused when masses of air pushed by wind are forced up the side of elevated land formations, such as large mountains

1. Convectional
2. Cyclonic
3. All the above
4. Orographic