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Welcome to Day-45.

Importance of Self – Tracking: Learning from Last Year

Last year, aspirants used to comment their answers in the comment box on daily basis. There were huge participation in discussion. Putting answers in comment box has been very effective to self-track yourself after updating the score. In the end, you can cross check your performance through Disqus profile.

It was highly effective in the last edition of 60 Days that propelled aspirants to monitor their performance and learn through discussion. Let you solve these questions with full honesty and write your result in the comment box. Interact with peers to know your mistakes.

The importance of this initiative stands time-bound and aggressive reverse engineering to learn the concepts. Many of you must be busy with your own strategy but let us tell you honestly that in the last two months, it is very important to revise and consolidate your learning. Just reading won’t suffice.

So, take out few hours from your schedule and make it a revision exercise.

How can you make the best use of it?

Be honest to your effort and do not start competing with XYZ aspirants here just for the sake of marks. It is more important for you to introspect and check your learning than focusing on others. Try to answer the questions in 20 minutes only. 

Do not get into negative feeling that I don’t have enough knowledge to answer these questions. Feel like you are taking the real exam. What would be your response then?

The same will be replicated in UPSC exam. Here, you get marks only and nothing else matters. So, make effort to know the answers to all questions. Do not cheat 😛

 

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[Day 45]: GEOGRAPHY AND CURRENT AFFAIRS

Q.1) Consider the following statements about troposphere.

  1. All kinds of weather changes take place only in this layer.
  2. Ozone can also be found in tropospheric zone.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. None

Q.2) Consider the following statements.

  1. The phenomenon in which temperature increases with increasing altitude temporarily and locally under certain conditions is known as inversion of temperature.
  2. The inversion of temperature is more pronounced in subtropical high-pressure belt zone.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. None

Q.3) Consider the following statements.

  1. Transfer of heat by the movement of a mass or substance from one place to another, generally vertical, is called convection.
  2. In tropical regions particularly in northern India during the summer season, local winds called ‘Loo’ is the outcome of convection process.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. None

Q.4) ‘Urban Thermal Plume’ often in news is

  1. Rising air in the lower altitudes of the Earth’s atmosphere caused by urban areas being warmer than surrounding areas.
  2. Subsiding air in the lower latitudes of earth’s atmosphere caused by urban areas being cold at winter nights.
  3. A column of air above urban heat island that causes temperature inversion.
  4. None

Q.5) Consider the following pairs.

Local wind name Type Location on the map
    1. Pampero Cold 1
    2. Sirocco Warm 3
    3. Foehn Warm 2
    4. Brickfielder Warm 4

Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 and 3 only
  3. 1 and 4 only
  4. All the above

Q.6) Consider the following statements.

  1. Jet streams help in maintenance of latitudinal heat balance by mass exchange of air.
  2. Jet streams can also cause a bumpy flight.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. None

Q.7) Consider the following statements.

  1. Fogs formed by condensation of warm air when it moves horizontally over a cold surface, are known as radiational fog.
  2. Haze is an atmospheric phenomenon where dust, smoke and other dry particles obscure the clarity of the sky.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. None

Q.8) Ionosphere in atmosphere is immensely important for communications. Which of the following statements are correct regarding Ionosphere?

  1. The gas particles in ionosphere are ionized by Cosmic rays and solar flares.
  2. It is found in mesosphere and thermosphere.
  3. The thickness of ionosphere changes during day and night time.

Select the code from following:

  1. 1 and 2
  2. 2 and 3
  3. 1 and 3
  4. All of the above

Q.9) Which of the following statements correctly define an ‘Urban Heat Island’?

  1. It is the name given to urbanization of an Island leading to deforestation.
  2. It refers to an urban area whose temperature is 4 – 5 oC higher than surrounding area.
  3. It is an area in a metropolitan city where thermal power plants are established.
  4. It is a hypothetical model which predicts the formation of human colonies in Mars.

Q.10) Which of following are correct similarities between Tornadoes and Cyclones?

  1. They both can originate only on sea surface.
  2. They rotate counter clockwise in Northern hemisphere and clockwise in Southern Hemisphere.
  3. They both originate due to formation low pressure.

Select the code from following:

  1. 1 and 2
  2. 2 and 3
  3. 1 and 3
  4. All of the above

Q.11) Which of the following are correct differences between Hail and sleet?

  1. Hail formation occurs in tropical areas while Sleet formation occurs in temperate areas.
  2. Hail has layered concentric structure while sleet has amorphous structure.
  3. Hail and sleet are devastating for agriculture and human life.

Select the code from below:

  1. 1 and 2
  2. 2 and 3
  3. 1 and 3
  4. All of the above

Q.12) Had Himalayas not been there, what would have been the climatic condition of India?

  1. The temperature of India would have been colder.
  2. India would have been a desert.
  3. India would have received much higher rainfall.
  4. Monsoon winds would have been missing

Select the code from following:

  1. 1 and 2
  2. 3 and 4
  3. 1,2 and 4
  4. 2 and 4

Q.13) Auroras are the natural lights formed in the sky. Which of the following statements regarding Auroras are correct?

  1. The effect is caused by the interaction of charged particles from the sun with atoms in the upper atmosphere.
  2. The effect is seen only in the Northern hemisphere.

Select the code from following:

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

Q.14) Consider the following:

Assertion (A): As an air parcel rises its temperature increases.

Reason (R): A rising air parcel absorbs heat from the surrounding and expands.

Select the code from following:

  1. A and R are correct and R is correct reason of A
  2. A and R are correct but R is not the Correct explanation of A.
  3. A is correct but R is incorrect
  4. Both A and R are incorrect

Q.15) Arrange the following planetary winds in order of their occurrence from South pole to North:

  1. South Westerlies
  2. South East Trade Winds
  3. North East trade Winds
  4. North Westerlies

Choose the correct codes from the options given below

  1. 1,2,3,4
  2. 4,3,2,1
  3. 4,2,3,1
  4. 2,3,1,4

Q.16) Consider the following statements:

  1. Characteristics of Halo is associated with Cumulonimbus clouds
  2. Severe thunderstorms and hail storms are associated with Cirrostratus Clouds.
  3. Altocumulus clouds appear like waves in the sky and indicate fine weather.

Choose correct codes from the options given below:

  1. 1 and 2 only
  2. 2 and 3 only
  3. 3 only
  4. 1, 2 and 3

Q.17) Match the following:

              Tropical Cyclones              Place of Occurrence
   1. Typhoons     a) North Western Australia
   2. Hurricanes     b) Guinea lands of West Africa
   3. Tornadoes      c) China Sea
   4. Willy-Willies       d) West Indian Islands in the Caribbean

Choose the correct codes from the below given options:

  1. 1-c,2-d,3-b,4-a
  2. 1-a,2-b,3-c,4-d
  3. 1-c,2-b,3-d,4-a
  4. 1-a,2-c,3-b,4-d

Q.18) From the below given different ocean currents, identify only the warm ocean currents:

  1. Canary current
  2. California current
  3. Norwegian current
  4. North Equatorial current
  5. East Australian current

Choose the correct answer:

  1. 1, 3 and 4 only
  2. 2, 3 and 4 only
  3. 3, 4 and 5 only
  4. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Q.19) Which of the following is/are true about Convectional rainfall?

  1. It occurs in the areas of intense heat and abundant moisture.
  2. Solar radiation is the main source of heat to produce convectional currents in air.

Choose correct code from the options given below:

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

Q.20) The prerequisite condition for the formation of artesian well are –

  1. Layer of permeable rock lying between two impermeable rock layers so that water does not get escape.
  2. The permeable rock should be exposed at the ground surface, so that rock can soak rainwater.
  3. Structure of rock strata must be synclinal.

Select the correct code:

  1. 1 and 2 only
  2. 2 and 3 only
  3. 1 and 3 only
  4. 1, 2 and 3

Q.21) Vosges mountain, Great Rift Valley, Sierra Nevada, Rhine valley, are examples of –

  1. Volcanic mountains
  2. Block mountains
  3. Fold mountains
  4. None of the above

Q.22) For the first time, India was accorded the ‘Guest of Honour’ status at the Janadriyah Festival. The Festival is celebrated in which of the following countries?

  1. Saudi Arabia
  2. Madagascar
  3. Kenya
  4. Qatar

Q.23) Consider the following statement s about ‘World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS)’

  1. It is organised annually by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  2. The inaugural WSDS was held in India
  3. It brings together Nobel laureates, political leaders, decision-makers from bilateral and multilateral institutions, business leaders, high-level functionaries from the diplomatic corps, scientists and researchers, media personnel, and members of civil society; to deliberate on issues related to sustainable development.

Select the correct statements

  1. 1 Only
  2. 1 and 2
  3. 2 Only
  4. 2 and 3

Q.24) Carpathian Mountains is spread across which of the following countries?

  1. Moldova
  2. Ukraine
  3. Romania
  4. Slovakia

Select the correct code:

  1. 1, 2 and 3
  2. 2, 3 and 4
  3. 2 and 3 Only
  4. 2 and 4 Only

Q.25) ‘Forest Owlet’ is found in

  1. Western Ghats
  2. Eastern Himalayas
  3. Sundarbans
  4. Central India

Q.26) ‘Mission Innovation Challenges’ talks about

  1. Developing systems that enable off-grid households and communities to access affordable and reliable renewable electricity
  2. Enabling near-zero CO2 emissions from power plants and carbon intensive industries
  3. Making low-carbon heating and cooling affordable for everyone

Select the correct code:

  1. 1 and 2
  2. 2 and 3
  3. 1 and 3
  4. All of the above

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