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World Geography Practice Test: El-Nino, La-Nina and Southern Oscillation
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El Niño and La Niña are climate patterns in the Pacific Ocean that can affect weather worldwide.
During normal conditions in the Pacific ocean, trade winds blow west along the equator, taking warm water from South America towards Asia. To replace that warm water, cold water rises from the depths — a process called upwelling.

El Niño and La Niña are two opposing climate patterns that break these normal conditions. Scientists call these phenomena the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle.

World Geography Practice Test: El-Nino, La-Nina and Southern Oscillation
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1. Which of the following creates ocean upwelling off the coasts of Peru and Ecuador and brings nutrient-rich cold water to the surface, increasing fishing stocks
2. The El-Nino which influenced the Indian monsoon is
3. La-Nina Weather creates
4. The first signs of an El-Nino are
1. Rise in surface pressure over the Indian Ocean, Indonesia, and Australia.
2. Fall in air pressure over Tahiti and the rest of the central and Eastern Pacific Ocean.
3. Warm air rises near Peru, causing rain in the Northern Peruvian deserts.
4. Warm water spreads from the west Pacific and the Indian Ocean to the East Pacific.
5. It takes the rain with it, causing extensive drought in the Western Pacific and rainfall in the normally dry Eastern Pacific.
5. Assertion (A) : A part from largescale climatic aberrations in the Tropics, El-Nino has a disastrous consequence on the fishing industry of Peru. Reason (R) : El-Nino leads to massive displacements of the rainfall bringing droughts over large parts of the normal raining areas and torrential rains to arid regions of the Tropics. Codes
6. The first research project programme which focused on the El-Nino Southern Oscillation and its predictability was called
7. La-Nina is suspected to have caused recent floods in Australia. How is La-Nina different from El-Nino?
1. La-Nina is characterised by unusually cold ocean temperature in equatorial Indian Ocean whereas El-Nino is characterised by unusually warm ocean temperature in equatorial Pacific Ocean.
2. El-Nino has adverse effect on South-West monsoon of India, but La-Nina has no effect on monsoon climate. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
8. Which of the following statement about El-Nino and La-Nino is correct?
9. The Effects of La-Nina are
10. El-Nino is
11. Consider the following statements:
1. The walker circulation weakens during El-Nino events.
2. El-Nino events often result in flooding in California.
3. During El-Nino years, there are fewer hurricanes in the Atlantic. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
12. Which of the following conditions are associated with El-Nino phenomena?
13. The El-Nino which influenced the Indian monsoon is
14. La-Nina which comes after El-Nino affects the Pacific ocean by
15. The Effects of La-Nina are
16. Match List-I (Layers of Atmosphere) with List-II (Characteristics) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List-I List-II
A. Stratosphere 1.Temperature decrease with increasing height.
B. Exosphere 2.Aurora Boreal’s and Aurora Australis are produced.
C. Troposphere 3.Contains much of the total atmospheric ozone.
D. Ionosphere 4.Noetilucent clouds are observed over high latitude in Summer. Codes A B C D
17. Match List-I (Layers of Atmosphere) with List-II (Characteristics) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List-I List-II
A. Stratosphere 1.Temperature decrease with increasing height.
B. Exosphere 2.Aurora Boreal’s and Aurora Australis are produced.
C. Troposphere 3.Contains much of the total atmospheric ozone.
D. Ionosphere 4.Noetilucent clouds are observed over high latitude in Summer. Codes A B C D
18. Which one of the following statements regarding El-Nino is not true?
19. Which of the following statements about La-Nino is/are correct?
20. Tsunamis are produced by
21. The occasional development of warm ocean surface waters along the coast of Ecuador and Peru is known as
22. El-Nino Weather creates
23. Which of the following statements about La-Nino is/are correct?
24. Assertion (A) : According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the El-Nino part of the cycle involves warmer than usual sea temperatures, great amounts of rainfall (in the Northern Hemisphere) and low atmospheric pressure. Reason (R) : The most extreme results of an El-Nino event have included flooding from Ecuador to the Gulf of Mexico, massive marine life die-offs in the Pacific, hurricanes in Tahiti and Hawaii, and concurrent droughts in many other parts of the world from Southern India to Australia to Central America. Codes
25. Which one of the following statements regarding El-Nino is not true?