Thu. Jan 9th, 2025

DSSSB Year 2014 PGT Tier I

  1. The sum total of weather conditions and variations over a large area for a long period of time is called

    Options:
    1. Weather
    2. Climate
    3. hot weather
    4. cold weather

    Option: B

  2. Which of the following climatic controls is the most important ?

    Options:
    1. Latitude
    2. Allitude
    3. Pressure and wind system
    4. Continentality

    Option: A

  3. What is a mango shower?

    Options:
    1. Pramonsoon rainfall in Kamataka and Kerala
    2. Rainfall in June to September
    3. Rainfall in winter days
    4. Rainfall caused by western disturbances

    Option: A

  4. In which climate zone is rainfall low. highly variable and independable ?

    Options:
    1. Mid latitude western continental margin
    2. Tropical
    3. Humild mid-latitude
    4. Polar

    Option: A

  5. Which type of climate classification scheme uses vegetation patterns as a prominent feature ?

    Options:
    1. Tropical
    2. Koppen
    3. McClatohy
    4. Maxfield

    Option: B

  6. Which of these conditions leads to cyclogenesis ?

    Options:
    1. Upper level divergence being equal to lower level convergence
    2. Upper level divergence being weak than lower level convergence
    3. Upper level divergence being greater than lower level convergence
    4. Upper level divergence being constant

    Option: C

  7. Choose all of the following that are not true:

    1. The Koppen climate classification system is based on both the temperature and annual antiount of pracipitation of a region
    2. A city that is classified as having a humid continental climate under the Koppen classification system would possibly have a Thornthwaite index of -20
    3. The Thornthwaite system of climate classification is not directly based on temperature
    Options:
    1. I only
    2. ll only
    3. III only
    4. II and III only

    Option: B

  8. Which of the following climate zones is typically subject to the greatest diurnal variation in temperature ?

    Options:
    1. Humid subtropical
    2. Arctic
    3. Arid
    4. Mediterranean

    Option: C

  9. The “weather layer” of the atmosphere is the

    Options:
    1. mesosphere
    2. ionosphere
    3. troposphere
    4. stratosphere

    Option: C

  10. The _features a relatively high concentration of electrically charged particles.

    Options:
    1. troposphere
    2. Stratosphere
    3. mesosphere
    4. ionosphere

    Option: D

  11. The The aurora borealis (northern lights) is most likely to be visible

    Options:
    1. near the equator
    2. during daylight hours
    3. at high latitudes
    4. far from equator

    Option: C

  12. An example of a secondary pollutant is

    Options:
    1. automobile exhaust
    2. sulfur dioxide from coal burning
    3. photochemical smog
    4. oxygen

    Option: C

  13. The electrical output of a solar cell depends on the

    Options:
    1. Intensity of solar radiation
    2. Heat component of solar radiation
    3. Ultraviolet radiation
    4. Infrared radiation

    Option: A

  14. A solar pond is a combination of which of the following combinations?

    Options:
    1. Solar energy collection and heat storage
    2. Solar energy storage and heat collection
    3. Solar energy collection and energy storege
    4. None of the above

    Option: A

  15. Which of the following appliances use solar photovoltaic technology ?

    Options:
    1. Solar lantern
    2. Biogas plant
    3. Solar water heater
    4. Solar air heater

    Option: A

  16. The value of solar constant is approximately

    Options:
    1. 6.5 kW/m2
    2. 1.36 kW/m2
    3. 3.64 kW/m2
    4. 10 kW/m2

    Option: B

  17. The planet with a strong greenhouse effect, whose surface temperature averages 480°C (900° F)

    Options:
    1. Earth
    2. Venus
    3. Mars
    4. Pluto

    Option: B

  18. Identify the correct sequence of the given processes regarding rainfall

    Options:
    1. Unsaturated air, condensation, dew point, precipitation
    2. Dew point, condensation, unsaturated air, precipitation
    3. Unsaturated air, dew point, condensation, precipitation
    4. Dew point, precipitation, condensation, unsaturated air

    Option: C

  19. _______processes is responsible for weathering of rocks in the Karst region

    Options:
    1. Scree formation
    2. Carbonation
    3. Oxidation
    4. Hydrolysis

    Option: B

  20. Bad-land Topography is the product of the combined action of

    Options:
    1. Wind and Glacier
    2. Wind and Water
    3. Water and Glacier
    4. Water and Temperature

    Option: B