Previous Year Questions
2024
GEOGRAPHY — HONOURS
Paper : CC-5
(Climatology)
Full Marks : 50
Category - A
Answer any five questions (each within 50 words).
2 × 5
1. Why do pilots prefer to fly through the stratosphere?
2. What is albedo?
3. What is ITCZ?
4. Define katabatic wind.
5. Define geostrophic wind.
6. Define adiabatic lapse rate.
7. Distinguish between cloud and fog.
Category - B
Answer any four questions (each within 150 words).
5 × 4
8. State the role of water vapour and dust particles in the atmosphere.
9. State the factors affecting insolation.
10. Differentiate between evaporation and condensation.
11. What is the ‘burst of monsoon’?
12. Explain in short, the index-cycle of a jet stream.
13. Distinguish between baroclinic and barotropic conditions in the atmosphere.
Category - C
Answer any two questions (each within 500 words).
10 × 2
14. What are the different layers in the atmosphere? Discuss the characteristics of the layers in the lower atmosphere. 2+8
15. Assess the importance of ozone layer in the atmosphere. Discuss the process of its formation and depletion. 4+6
16. Elucidate the mechanism of rain drop formation in the atmosphere as depicted in the Ice-Crystal theory.
17. What is air mass? Classify the global air masses and discuss in brief any one of them. 2+8
2023
GEOGRAPHY — HONOURS
Paper : CC-5
Full Marks : 50
Category - A
1. What is meant by ‘ozone hole’?
2. What are aerosols?
3. What is meant by heat equator?
4. Define solar constant.
5. Define freezing nuclei.
6. What is Hadley cell?
7. What is the ‘eye of a cyclone’?
Category - B
8. Discuss terrestrial heat balance.
9. Explain the concept of ‘Greenhouse effect’ on the atmosphere.
10. Distinguish between normal lapse rate and adiabatic lapse rate.
11. How does relative humidity differ from absolute humidity?
12. State the characteristics of a thunderstorm.
13. Which part of India receives rainfall in winter and why?
Category - C
14. What is ‘inversion of temperature’? Discuss the different types of temperature inversion. 2+8
15. How are mid-latitude cyclones formed? Distinguish between warm and cold fronts. 6+4
16. Explain the process of condensation. Discuss the various forms of condensation. 5+5
17. Explain the monsoon circulation over the Indian subcontinent with special reference to jet stream.
2022
GEOGRAPHY — HONOURS
Paper : CC-5
Full Marks : 50
Group - A
1. What is meant by albedo?
2. What is specific heat?
3. Define adiabatic lapse rate.
4. What do you understand by Greenhouse effect?
5. What are hygroscopic nuclei?
6. What is frontogenesis?
7. What is Geostrophic wind?
Group - B
8. Write down the characteristics of Stratosphere.
9. State the factors affecting insolation.
10. Distinguish between Katabatic and Anabatic wind.
11. Write a short note on Tricellular model.
12. What is the burst of monsoon?
13. What is meant by precipitation effectiveness?
Group - C
14. Assess the importance of Ozone layer in the atmosphere. Discuss the process of its formation and depletion.
15. Give an account of the vertical distribution of temperature in the atmosphere. Under what conditions do temperature distribution in the lowest stratum of the atmosphere get disturbed?
16. Explain the genesis and specify the characteristics of tropical cyclone.
17. What is air mass? Classify the global air masses and discuss in brief any one of them.
2021
GEOGRAPHY — HONOURS
Paper : CC-5
Full Marks : 50
Category - A
1. What is meant by heat equator?
2. Define solar constant.
3. Distinguish between cloud and fog.
4. What is ITCZ?
5. What is the eye of a cyclone?
6. Define occluded front.
7. What is freezing nuclei?
Category - B
8. Distinguish between barotropic and baroclinic conditions.
9. Explain in short, the index-cycle of a jet stream.
10. Differentiate evaporation and condensation.
11. How potential evapotranspiration is used in assessing the water balance in an area?
12. What is the difference between relative humidity and absolute humidity?
13. Explain ‘radiation inversion of temperature’.
Category - C
14. Discuss the mechanism and origin of the monsoon winds with reference to India and explain the role of EL Nino on Monsoon circulation. 6+4
15. How are mid-latitude cyclones formed? Distinguish between warm and cold fronts. 6+4
16. Elucidate the mechanism of rain-drop formation in atmosphere as depicted in the Ice-crystal theory.
17. Critically discuss the world climatic classification after Oliver.
2020
GEOGRAPHY — HONOURS
Paper : CC-5
Full Marks : 50
Category - A
1. What is albedo?
2. What is meant by ‘ozone hole’?
3. What is Hadley Cell?
4. Define katabatic wind.
5. What is latent heat of evaporation?
6. What is frontogenesis?
7. Define atmospheric stability.
Category - B
8. Explain the adiabatic change of temperature.
9. Explain the concept of ‘Greenhouse effect’ on the atmosphere.
10. State the factors affecting insolation.
11. What do you understand by heat budget of the earth?
12. Which part of India receives rainfall in winter and why?
13. State the characteristics of a thunderstorm.
Category - C
14. What are the different layers in the atmosphere? Discuss the characteristics of the layers in the lower atmosphere. 2+8
15. What is ‘inversion of temperature’? Discuss the different types of temperature inversion. 2+8
16. Explain the genesis and specify the characteristics of tropical cyclone. 3+7
17. What is air-mass? Classify the global air-masses and discuss in brief any one of them. 2+8
2019
GEOGRAPHY — HONOURS
Paper : CC-5
Full Marks : 50
Category - A
1. Define geostrophic wind.
2. Why do pilots prefer to fly through stratosphere?
3. Define solar constant.
4. Why do water bodies remain cooler than land during summer days?
5. What is an ITCZ?
6. What is occlusion?
7. Define adiabatic lapse rate.
Category - B
8. Distinguish between baroclinic and barotropic conditions in the atmosphere.
9. How does a thunderstorm originate?
10. Explain, in short, the index cycle of a jet stream.
11. Why are hot deserts, situated in the tropics, on the western part of the continents?
12. State the role of water vapour and dust particles in the atmosphere.
13. What is meant by precipitation effectiveness?
Category - C
14. Assess the importance of Ozone layer in the atmosphere. Discuss the process of its formation and depletion. 4+6
15. What are Jet Streams? How do they influence the Indian monsoon? 3+7
16. Elucidate the mechanism of rain drop formation in atmosphere as depicted in the Ice-Crystal theory.
17. Discuss Oliver’s system of climatic classification with its merits and demerits.
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