1. Which of the following statements about land breeze and sea breeze is/ are correct?

2. Assertion (A) : The large landmasses of the Americas and Asia become much warmer in summer and much colder in winter. Reason (R) : Land gains and loses heat much more quickly than sea water. Codes

3. Air pressure is measured by

4. Which one of the following statements most accurately describes the relationship between air pressure and air temperature?

5. Assertion (A) : The sea has a greater specific heat than land. Reason (R) : The sea has a greater capacity for absorbing heat than the land, so the surface of the sea warms up slower than the land’s surface. Codes

6. Pressure gradient force has a tendency

7. One of the two belts of high atmospheric pressure that are centred, in the mean, near 30°N and 30°S latitudes is called

8. With reference to the subtropical high pressure belt, consider the following statements?
1. It is affected by Earth’s rotation and descent of winds from higher altitudes.
2. It is dynamically induced and characterised with anti-cyclonic conditions. Which of the statement (s) given above is/are correct?

9. Assertion (A) : The horse latitudes are the region between the trade winds and the prevailing westerlies. Reason (R) : In this region the winds are often light or calm, and were so-named because ships would often half to throw their horses overboard due to lack of feed and water. Codes

10. Consider of the following phenomena:
1. Shifting of the subtropical high pressure belt towards the equator.
2. Lower sea surface temperatures in the Eastern North Atlantic.
3. Expansion of the circumpolar Westerly wortex. Which of the above is/are attributed to the prolonged drought in the Sahel region of Africa?

11. What is the meaning of frictional movement?

12. In summer the development of continental low pressure significantly influences the pattern of monsoons that affect

13. Which one of the following statements about winds and atmospheric pressure is not correct?

14. In the Hadley cell, rising air is found in the

15. A sea–breeze front is a weather front created by a sea-breeze, also known as a

16. Which of the following statements is/ are correct?
1. Equatorial low—A belt of low pressure associated with the rising air in the ITCZ. (The rising of warm air heated at the Equator causes an area of low pressure called Equatorial low. As their rises, creates clouds and precipitation).
2. Subtropical high—A belt of high pressure associated with the sinking air of the horse latitudes. (At the subtropics the air cools and descends creating areas of high pressure with clear skies and little precipitation, called the Subtropical High. The descending air is warm and dry and produces desert in these regions).
3. Subpolar low—A belt of low pressure associated with the polar front.
4. Polar high—A high pressure associated with the cold, dense air of the polar regions.

17. What is the correct sequence of the following zonal pressure belts?
1. Subpolar
2. Equatorial low
3. Polar high
4. Subtropical high Select the correct answer using the codes given below: Codes

18. Places dominated by high pressure tend to lack cloud cover and hence receive significant amounts of sunshine, especially in the

19. The very low temperatures over the polar regions make the air there heavy, forcing it to descend, creating a zone of

20. A major zone of low pressure exists at or near

21. In the Northern Hemisphere, depressions more readily develop in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. These zones are known as

22. A new type of El-Nino called El-Nino Modoki appeared in the news. In this context, consider the following statements:
1. Normal El-Nino forms in the Central Pacific ocean whereas El-Nino Modoki forms in Eastern Pacific Ocean.
2. Normal El-Nino results in diminished hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean but El-Nino Modoki results in a greater number of hurricanes with greater frequency. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

23. The tropical climate zone shifts North of the equator in summer and South of it in winter as the region of most intense solar radiation fluctuates with

24. Which of the following pressure belts and their corresponding latitudes is not correctly matched?

25. Wind in the Southern Hemisphere is deflected towards left