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General Introduction

  1. Which decade was characterized by the development of synoptic climatology

    Options:
    1. 1950s
    2. 1930s
    3. 1940s
    4. 1960s

    Option: C

  2. ERB, TOMS, SBUV abbreviations represent

    Options:
    1. Sensors
    2. Satellites
    3. Space agency
    4. None of the above

    Option: A

  3. Who developed the Air Massapproach in 1969 for the classification of world climates?

    Options:
    1. J.J. Hidore
    2. G.T. Trewartha
    3. Koppen
    4. V. Bjerknes and J. Bjerknes

    Option: A

  4. Which of the followings devices and methods is a base/basesto reconstruct paleoclimates

    Options:
    1. glaciation & ice sheets
    2. records of sea level changes
    3. ancient sediments & continental drift
    4. All of the above

    Option: D

  5. When was First World Climate Conference held

    Options:
    1. 1979
    2. 1980
    3. 1985
    4. 1987

    Option: A

  6. First World Climate Conference was held in

    Options:
    1. Geneva
    2. Vienna
    3. Montreal
    4. Toronto

    Option: A

  7. Match List  I with List  II and select the correct answer by using codes given below

    List-I List -II
    (a) Vienna Convention i. 1985
    (b) Montreal Protocol ii. 1987
    (c) Toronto Summit iii. 1988
    (d) Berlin Summit iv. 1995
    Options:
    1. i ii iii iv
    2. iviii ii i
    3. iiiii i iv
    4. ii iv i iii

    Option: A

  8. The Montreal Protocol initiated by

    Options:
    1. UNISAFE
    2. UNEP
    3. IMC
    4. WMO

    Option: B

  9. Name of the institute/institutions which constitute Intergovernmental Panel on ClimateChange (IPCC)

    Options:
    1. UNEP and WMO
    2. WMO andIMC
    3. UNEP and IMC
    4. UNEP

    Option: A

  10. First Earth Summit or Rio Summitwas held in

    Options:
    1. 1979
    2. 1992
    3. 1997
    4. 1987

    Option: B

  11. Second Earth Summit or Rio Summitwas held in

    Options:
    1. 1999
    2. 1992
    3. 1997
    4. 1995

    Option: C

  12. Match List  I with List  II and select the correct answer by using codes given below

    List-I(Book) List -II(Author)
    (a) Mannual of meteorology i. N. Shaw
    (b) Climate changes ii. E. Huntington and S.S. Visher
    (c) Climate through ages iii. C.E.P. Brooks
    (d) Methods in climatology iv. V. Conard and L.W. Pollok
    Options:
    1. i ii iii iv
    2. iviii ii i
    3. iiiii i iv
    4. ii iv i iii

    Option: A

  13. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by using codes given below:

    List-I(Book) List -II(Author)
    (a) The drama of weather i. N. Shaw
    (b) Cloud and weather atlas ii. M.G. Grant
    (c) Historical climatology iii. R. Zon
    (d)  Climate and man iv. V. Conard and L.W. Pollok
    Options:
    1. iii iii iv
    2. iv iii ii i
    3. iiiii i iv
    4. ii iv i iii

    Option: A

  14. Match List  I with List  II and select the correct answer by using codes given below :

    List-I(Book) List -II(Author)
    (a) Understanding weather and climate i. F.K. Lutgens and E.J. Tajbuck
    (b) The atmosphere ii. E. Aguado and J.F. Burt
    (c) An introduction to climate iii. F.K. Hare
    (d)   The restless atmosphere iv. G.T. Trewartha
    Options:
    1. i ii iii iv
    2. iviii ii i
    3. ii i iv iii
    4. ii iv i iii

    Option: A

  15. Who among the followings quote that ”climate is the integration of weather, and weather is the differentiation of climate.’

    Options:
    1. G.F. Taylor
    2. R. G. Bary and R.J. Choriey
    3. Critchfield
    4. Trewartha

    Option: A

  16. Who among the following scholars gives importance to ‘Extremes’ in any climatic description in addition to means, trends, and probabilities

    Options:
    1. G.F. Taylor
    2. Koppen
    3. Critchfield
    4. Trewartha

    Option: C

  17. Which one of the following provisions is not included in Montreal Protocol

    Options:
    1. to freeze the production of CFCs at 1986 level by 1989 (but not translated into practice)
    2. to decrease the production of CFCs by 20 per cent by the end of 1993 (but not followed)
    3. to allow further 30% cut in the production by 1998 (seldom implemented)
    4. reduction in the emission of carbon dioxide by 20 per cent by 2005

    Option: D