The World Climate – Old Year Questions
1. Variations in the length of day and night time from season to season are due to –
1. The earth’s rotation on its axis
2. The earth’s revolution around the sun in an elliptical manner.
3. Latitudinal position of the place.
4. Revolution of the earth on axis
Which of the above-mentioned statements/statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 4 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 1 and 3 only
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2013]
2. The annual range of temperature in the interior of the continents is high as compared to coastal areas. What is/are the reason/ reasons?
(1) Thermal difference between land and water.
(2) Variation in altitude between continents and oceans
(3) Presence of strong winds in the interior.
(4) Heavy rains in the interior as compared to the coasts.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2013]
3. The main factor that determines the climate of any area is
(a) Altitude
(b) Latitude
(c) Types of vegetation
(d) proximity to the sea
[U.P.P.S.C. (GIC) 2010]
4. By which of the following is the maximum percentage of Earth covered?
(a) Arid Region
(b) Semi-arid Region
(c) Sub-humid land
(d) Humid Region
[U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2002]
5. Given below are two statements one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other labeled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Areas lying within five to eight-degree latitude on either side of the equator receive rainfall throughout the year.
Reason (R): High temperature and high humidity cause convectional rainfall mostly in the noon near the equator.
By using the codes given below, select the correct answer:
Code :
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(c) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(d) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2003, I.A.S. (Pre) 1996]
6. “Each day is more or less the same, the morning is clear and bright with a sea breeze as the Sun climbs high in the sky, heat mounts up, dark clouds form, then the rain comes with thunder and lighting. But the rain is soon over.”
Which of the following regions is described in the above passage?
(a) Savannah
(b) Equatorial
(c) Monsoon
(d) Mediterranean
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2015]
7. Which of the following continents has all types of climatic zones?
(a) South America
(b) North America
(c) Australia
(d) Asia
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2016]
8. Which among the following countries doesn’t come under the category of equatorial climate?
(a) Congo
(b) Ethiopia
(c) Gabon
(d) Zaire
[U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2013]
9. In which of the following areas, the Mediterranean climate does not prevail?
(a) Central Chile
(b) Cape Town
(c) Adelaide
(d) Pampas
(e) None of the above/More than one of the above
[64th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2018]
10. A geographic region has the following distinct characteristics :
1. Warm and dry climate.
2. Mild and wet winter.
3. Evergreen oak trees.
The above features are the distinct characteristics of which one of the following regions?
(a) Mediterranean
(b) Eastern China
(c) Central Asia
(d) Atlantic coast of North America
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2010]
11. Which one of the following is the characteristic climate of the Tropical Savannah Region?
(a) Rainfall throughout the year
(b) Rainfall in winter only
(c) An extremely short dry Season
(d) A definite dry and wet season
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2012]
Ans. (d) A definite dry and wet season
12. Assertion (A): The environment of the equatorial regions is conducive for plants not for humans.
Reason (R): The average annual temperature difference is very low in equatorial regions.
By using the code given below, select the correct answer:
(a) Both (A) and (R) are individually true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(b) Both (A) and (R) are individually true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(c) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(d) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
[U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Spl) (Mains) 2010]
13. Mediterranean climate is not found in which among the following towns?
(a) Los Angeles
(b) Rome
(c) Cape Town
(d) New York
[Uttarakhand U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2003]
14. “Climate is extreme, rainfall is scanty and the people used to be nomadic herders.”
The above statement best describes which of the following regions?
(a) African Savannah
(b) Central Asian Steppe
(c) North American Prairie
(d) Siberian Tundra
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2013]
15. Which of the following pair matchings is correct?
(a) Mediterranean Sea Zone-Summer rain
(b) Equatorial Zone-rain with thunder in the noon
(c) Monsoon Zone-Heavy rain throughout the year
(d) Desert zone- winter rain
[39th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1994]
16. In which among the following countries, rainfall occurs in the winter season?
(a) China
(b) Norway
(c) Brazil
(d) Nigeria
[R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 1993]
17. Which one of the following is correctly matched?
(a) Wet winter dry summer – Italy
(b) Wet throughout the year – Sudan
(c) Wet summer dry winter – Iran
(d) Dry throughout the year – Chile
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2004]
18. Match List -I with List- II and select the correct answer using the codes given below :
| List-I | List-II |
| (Region) | (Type of Climate) |
| A. California | 1. Mediterranean |
| B. West Australia | 2. Tropical Monsoon |
| C. Bangladesh | 3. Cold Temperate |
| D. Siberia | 4. Hot Desert |
Code:
| A | B | C | D | |
| (a) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| (b) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| (c) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| (d) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1999]
19. Match list-I with list-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
| List-I | List-II |
| (Type of climate) | (Region) |
| A. Equatorial | 1. California |
| B. Mediterranean | 2. Bangladesh |
| C. Monsoon | 3. Sudan |
| D. Savanna | 4. Congo |
Code :
| A | B | C | D | |
| (a) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| (b) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| (c) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| (d) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2003, U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2002]
Ans. (a) 4123
20. Consider the following statements:
1. In Equatorial regions, the year is divided into four main seasons.
2. In the Mediterranean region, summer receives more rain.
3. In a China-type climate, rainfall occurs throughout the year.
4. Tropical highlands exhibit vertical zonation of different climates.
Which of these statements are correct?
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(b) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 1, 2 and 4
(d) 3 and 4
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2002]
21. Assertion (A): The Mediterranean regions have rainy winters
Reason (R): During winter they lie in the belt of the Westerlies.
Select the correct answer from the code given below :
Code :
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false, but (R) is true
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2004]
22. When do Mediterranean regions receive heavy rainfall?
(a) Summer
(b) Spring
(c) Winter
(d) None of these
[M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1999]
23. Assertion (A): The ports of northwest Europe are open throughout the year.
Reason (R): The south-westerly winds blow over north-west Europe throughout the year.
Select the correct answer using the code given below
Code :
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and but (R) are true, and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(d) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2002]
24. The temperature and rainfall record of a meteorological station are given below:
| Months | Temperature (0°C) | Rainfall (cm) |
| J | 9.4 | 12.2 |
| F | 10.6 | 9.1 |
| M | 11.7 | 7.9 |
| A | 12.2 | 2.5 |
| M | 13.3 | 1.8 |
| J | 13.9 | 0.3 |
| J | 13.9 | – |
| A | 14.4 | – |
| S | 15.6 | 0.8 |
| O | 15.0 | 2.5 |
| N | 13.3 | 6.1 |
| D | 10.6 | 11.7 |
Average Temperature: 12.8°C Average Rainfall: 54.9 cm per annum
Identify the region having the above climatic patterns from among the following:
(a) Mediterranean region
(b) Monsoon region
(c) Steppe region
(d) North-west European region
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2001]
25. Which one of the following climates is associated with the shifting of the pressure belts?
Select the correct answer from the code given below :
1. Equatorial climate
2. Mediterranean climate
3. Monsoon climate
4. Western European climate
Code :
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1 and 3
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 2 and 4
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2010]’
26. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the climatic regions while going from Zaire to the Netherlands?
1. Equatorial climate
2. Mediterranean climate
3. Hot desert climate
4. West European climate
Code :
(a) 1, 3, 2, 4
(b) 1, 4, 2, 3
(c) 2, 3, 4, 1
(d) 3, 2, 1, 4
[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2002]
27. The world’s wettest place is :
(a) Cherrapunji
(b) Mawsynram
(c) Singapore
(d) Waialeale
[U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2001, U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1997]
28. The coldest place on the earth is :
(a) Halifax
(b) Chicago
(c) Siachin
(d) Verkhoyansk
[U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2004, U.P. Lower Sub. (Spl) (Pre) 2004, U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1999]
29. Match correctly :
| A. The hottest | 1. Chile |
| B. The coldest | 2. Cherrapunji |
| C. The wettest | 3. Antarctica |
| D. The driest | 4. Sahara |
Code:
| A | B | C | D | |
| (a) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| (b) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| (c) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| (d) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
[48th to 52nd B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2008]
30. For short-term climatic predictions, which one of the following events, detected in the last decade, is associated with occasional weak monsoon rains in the Indian sub-continent?
(a) La Nina
(b) Movement of Jet Streams
(c) El-Nino and Southern Oscillations
(d) Greenhouse effect on a global level
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2002]
31. La Nina is suspected to have caused recent floods in Australia. How is La Nina different from EI Nino?
1. La Nina is characterized by unusually cold ocean temperatures in the equatorial Indian Ocean Whereas EI Nino is characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.
2. EI Nino has an adverse effect on the southwest monsoon in India, but La Nina has no effect on the monsoon climate.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2011]
32. El Nino develops in the
(a) Pacific Ocean
(b) Indian Ocean
(c) Mediterranean Ocean
(d) Atlantic Ocean
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2015]
33. Analyse the following statistical data of temperature and rainfall :
| Months | Temperature (0°C) | Rainfall (cm) |
| January | 6.7 | 14.0 |
| February | 6.7 | 13.2 |
| March | 7.2 | 11.4 |
| April | 8.9 | 11.4 |
| May | 11.1 | 8.1 |
| June | 13.9 | 8.1 |
| July | 15.0 | 9.6 |
| August | 15.0 | 12.2 |
| September | 13.9 | 10.4 |
| October | 11.1 | 14.4 |
| November | 8.9 | 14.0 |
| December | 7.8 | `16.8 |
The climate, to which this data is related, is :
(a) St. Lawrence Type
(b) China type
(c) Western European type
(d) Mediterranean type
[I.A.S. (Pre) 1999]
34. Consider the following climatic conditions (northern hemisphere) :
| Months | Temperature (0°C) | Rainfall (cm) |
| January | 3.9 | 4.7 |
| February | 4.4 | 5.7 |
| March | 8.3 | 8.2 |
| April | 14.4 | 9.2 |
| May | 20.0 | 9.2 |
| June | 23.3 | 17.7 |
| July | 27.8 | 14.5 |
| August | 27.8 | 14.0 |
| September | 22.3 | 12.7 |
| October | 18.3 | 7.0 |
| November | 12.2 | 5.0 |
| December | 6.7 | 3.5 |
These are most likely to be found in the natural regions of :
(a) China type
(b) Equatorial type
(c) Hot desert type
(d) Monsoon type
[I.A.S. (Pre) 1998]
35. Hekistotherms are plants growing in –
(a) bright light
(b) high temperature
(c) very low temperature
(d) very low light
[U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2013]
36. The graph given below shows the mean average monthly temperatures (in ° C)and mean monthly rainfall (in cms)of a place :
This graph is indicative of which one of the climatic zones of the world?
(a) Wet and dry tropical
(b) Rainy tropical
(c) Semi-arid tropical
(d) Temperate marine
[I.A.S. (Pre) 1995]