All Free General Knowledge MCQs with Answers

• A. The Bora
• B. The Chinook
• C. The Foehn
• D. The Mistral

Explanation: The Chinook descends the eastern Rockies as a warm, dry wind that can rapidly melt snow.

• A. Desert storm
• B. Warm breath
• C. Snow-eater
• D. Mountain fire

Explanation: It is called the snow-eater because its warmth quickly melts accumulated snow.

• A. The Bora
• B. The Pampero
• C. The Mistral
• D. The Foehn

Explanation: The Foehn is a warm, dry downslope wind on the lee side of the Alps.

• A. The Mistral
• B. The Foehn
• C. The Bora
• D. The Pampero

Explanation: The Mistral is a strong, cold wind funneled down the Rhone valley to the Mediterranean coast.

• A. Mistral
• B. Bora
• C. Foehn
• D. Sirocco

Explanation: The Bora is a cold, gusty wind descending from the Dinaric Alps onto the Adriatic coast.

• A. The Minuano
• B. The Sudestada
• C. The Pampero
• D. The Zonda

Explanation: The Pampero is the cold wind sweeping across the Argentine pampas.

• A. Dust devils
• B. Mango showers
• C. Andhi
• D. Kalbaisakhi (Nor'westers)

Explanation: Kalbaisakhi, or Nor'westers, are fierce thunderstorms that strike Bengal before the monsoon.

• A. Kalbaisakhi
• B. Mango showers
• C. Blossom showers
• D. Retreating showers

Explanation: Mango showers are the early summer rains in Kerala and Karnataka that help coffee and ripen mangoes.

• A. Winds circling a cyclone's eye
• B. Winds blowing parallel to the coast
• C. Warm winds blowing up mountain slopes
• D. Cold winds flowing down mountain slopes

Explanation: Anabatic winds rise up mountain slopes heated by the sun during the day.

• A. Storm winds rotating around a low
• B. Warm winds blowing up mountain slopes
• C. Steady trade winds near the equator
• D. Cold winds flowing down mountain slopes

Explanation: Katabatic winds are dense, cold air masses draining downhill under gravity.

• A. The Ghibli
• B. The Harmattan
• C. The Sirocco
• D. The Khamsin

Explanation: The Ghibli is Libya's name for the hot, dusty wind blowing from the Sahara.

• A. A hot, dry wind in southern California
• B. A wet monsoon wind of India
• C. A polar wind of Antarctica
• D. A cold wind of the Argentine pampas

Explanation: The Santa Ana is a hot, dry downslope wind affecting southern California, often fanning wildfires.

• A. A haboob front
• B. A dust devil
• C. A tornado
• D. A waterspout

Explanation: Dust devils are small, rotating columns of dust and debris that form over hot desert surfaces.

• A. Kalbaisakhi
• B. Loo
• C. Andhi
• D. Ghibli

Explanation: Andhi is the local term for the violent dust storms of Sindh and Punjab.

• A. Hurricanes
• B. Willy-willies
• C. Typhoons
• D. Cyclones

Explanation: The same storms are named hurricanes in the Atlantic and northeastern Pacific.

• A. Tornadoes
• B. Typhoons
• C. Hurricanes
• D. Cyclones

Explanation: In the northwestern Pacific, tropical cyclones are called typhoons.

• A. Hurricanes
• B. Typhoons
• C. Cyclones
• D. Willy-willies

Explanation: Around the Indian Ocean the generic term "cyclone" is used for these storms.

• A. Hurricanes
• B. Nor'westers
• C. Typhoons
• D. Willy-willies

Explanation: Australians have long called tropical cyclones willy-willies.

• A. Eye
• B. Wall
• C. Core
• D. Funnel

Explanation: The eye is the relatively calm, clear central region of a tropical cyclone.

• A. About 20-21 C
• B. About 26-27 C
• C. About 23-24 C
• D. About 30-31 C

Explanation: Warm ocean water of around 26-27 C or more supplies the heat and moisture that fuel cyclones.