This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Geography > Climate > El Nino And Southern Oscillations – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books El Nino And Southern Oscillations Quiz 3 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Angin yang secara konstan melewati samudera pasifik dari timur ke barat disebut angin ..... A) Passat. B) Muson Barat. C) Muson timur laut. D) Passat timur laut. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Passat. 2. How often do El Nino events typically occur? A) 2-5 years. B) 2-7 years. C) 7-10 years. D) 10-20 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2-7 years. 3. During an El Nino year, in North Carolina we will likely have what kind of winter? A) Cold and snowy. B) Hot and dry. C) Cold and dry. D) No change in weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cold and snowy. 4. What does ENSO stand for? A) El Nino Surface Oscillation. B) El Nino Southern Oscillation. C) El Nino Southern Ocean. D) El Nino Surfing Organization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) El Nino Southern Oscillation. 5. What climate zone do we live in, here in VA? A) Polar zone. B) Temperate zone. C) Tropical zone. D) End zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temperate zone. 6. What do you call winds that blow in the same direction all over the Earth? A) Trade winds. B) Coriolis effect. C) Greenhouse effect. D) Sea breezes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trade winds. 7. How often to El Nino events occur and how long do they generally last? A) Occur every 3-5 weeks/ Usually last for 9-12 days. B) Occur every 3-5 years/ Usually last for 9-12 months. C) Occur every 9-12 years/ Usually last for 3-5 months. D) Occur every hour/ Usually last for 15 min. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Occur every 3-5 years/ Usually last for 9-12 months. 8. Which one among the following has the, largest shipyard in India? [IAS 2003] A) Kolkata. B) Kochi. C) Mumbai. D) Vishakhapatnam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vishakhapatnam. 9. The river Cauvery originates from which of the following states? [Bank PO 1994] A) Andhra Pradesh. B) Tamil Nadu. C) Karnataka. D) Madhya Pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Karnataka. 10. Which one of the following rivers flow between Vindhyan and Satpura ranges? [NDA 2008] A) Narmada. B) Son. C) Mahe. D) Netravati. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narmada. 11. Lembaga yang memiliki data pengamatan cuaca dan iklim di Indonesia adalah ..... A) BMKG. B) LAPAN. C) Meteorologi dan Geofisika. D) Penerbangan Nusantara. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) BMKG. 12. Ohio often has the weather that Indiana recently had because weather in the United States tends to move from A) South to north. B) North to south. C) West to east. D) East to west. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) West to east. 13. La Nina causes ..... rainfall in Australia A) Higher than average. B) Lower than average. C) Average. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Higher than average. 14. El Nino ..... the trade winds causing the warm pool to move ..... A) Weakens or reverses; west. B) Intensifies; east. C) Weakens or reverses; east. D) Intensifies; east. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weakens or reverses; east. 15. Which one of the following statements is correct? [NDA 2003] A) India ranks 9th in the world's shipping tonnage. B) Mumbai port handles half of the country's foreign trade. C) Kandla and Kolkata are tidal ports. D) India has 14 major ports and 129 minor ports. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mumbai port handles half of the country's foreign trade. 16. The Tibetan river 'Tsangpo' enters India through the State of: [NDA 2004] A) Arunachal Pradesh. B) Assam. C) Manipur. D) Nagaland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arunachal Pradesh. 17. The river basin which is called 'Ruhr of India' is: A) Damodar. B) Hooghly. C) Godavari. D) Swarnarekha. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Damodar. 18. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct about El Nino? A) The term El Nino translates from Spanish as 'the boy-child'. B) Peruvian fishermen originally used the term to describe the appearance, around Christmas, of a warm ocean current off the South American coast. C) It is now the commonly accepted term to describe the warming of the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. D) . All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) . All of the above. 19. What is the correct sequence of the rivers-Godavari, Mahanadi, Narmada and Tapi in the descending order of their lengths? [IAS 2003] A) Godavari-Mahanadi-Narrnada-Tapi. B) Godavari-Narmada-Mahanadi-Tapi. C) Narmada-Godavart-Tapi-Mahanadi. D) Narmada-Tapi-Godavari - Mahanadi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Godavari-Narmada-Mahanadi-Tapi. 20. What is the windward side of a mountain? A) The wet side that is hit by the moist damp air. B) The dry side that is downwind of the mountain. C) The side of the mountain with the most people. D) The side of the mountain with the rain shadow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The wet side that is hit by the moist damp air. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian Geography QuizzesEl Nino And Southern Oscillations Quiz 1El Nino And Southern Oscillations Quiz 2El Nino And Southern Oscillations Quiz 4El Nino And Southern Oscillations Quiz 5El Nino And Southern Oscillations Quiz 6El Nino And Southern Oscillations Quiz 7El Nino And Southern Oscillations Quiz 8El Nino And Southern Oscillations Quiz 9El Nino And Southern Oscillations Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books