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1. Lines of constant wind speed drawn on weather charts are called

2. An aerodrome is at the mean sea level. Its QNH is 1014.0 hPa. Its QFF will be

3. Flying from Low to High an altimeter would read

4. The occurrence of large deserts near 30N and 30S are due to large scale

5. Which constant pressure altitude chart is standard for a 18289 FT pressure level (FL 180) ?

6. Flying at right angles to a jet stream with falling pressure you will experience

7. Norwesters normally occur during

8. CS in Indian region are less intense because

9. Relative humidity depends on

10.

Which of the following conditions is most likely to lead to the formation of advection fog ?

11. The hailstones occur from

12. For mountain waves to form the wind speed for small mountains should be atleast

13. In which of these cloud types can icing be virtually ruled out?

14. Norwesters occur during

15. Rime is formed by freezing of ____ supercooled water droplets on airframe when air is flying through clouds

16. Generally the severest activity of a, heat type, TS is for

17. Where is a squall line to be expected?

18. Rainfall in the tropics is more in the

19. A part of the sinking air over the subtropical high flows towards the equator, turning west (in the northern hemisphere) due to the Coriolis force. This surface air is called

20. The movement of wind in relation to a cyclone is

21. Wind speed in a tropical severe cyclone is:

22. At the top of orographic waves, in mountainous regions, the cloud most likely to be encountered is

23.

Trade winds are most prominent or strongest

24. Hot bodies (like sun) radiate

25. Fog occurs in Cold Front

26. An aircraft flying in Summer season from Delhi to Kolkata at 10 km will experience

27. The validity of Landing Forecast (TREND) is

28. Average life of a tropical cyclone in India is

29. What causes wind?

30. The total energy radiated by a black body is proportional to its temperature(T)

31. Low level wind shear is likely to be greatest

32. Advection fog occurs due to ........ air moving over ............ surface over

33. Inversion in the atmosphere indicates

34. Rise in temperature with height is