Atmosphere : ā¤ĩā¤žā¤¯āĨā¤Žā¤ā¤Ąā¤˛ : āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞâ GK
1.Q: Which gas is most abundant in the atmosphere ?
Ans: Nitrogen (78%)
Exp: Nitrogen forms the major part of air.
āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞāϤ āϏ⧰ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§ āĻā§āύ āĻā§āĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āύāĻžāĻāĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āύ (ā§ā§Ž%)
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ā§° āϏ⧰ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ āĻ
āĻāĻļ āύāĻžāĻāĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
2. Q: Percentage of oxygen in the atmosphere ?
Ans: About 21%
Exp: Oxygen is essential for respiration.
āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞāϤ āĻ
āĻā§āϏāĻŋāĻā§āύ⧰ āĻļāϤāĻžāĻāĻļ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ ⧍⧧%
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ-āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ
āĻā§āϏāĻŋāĻā§āύ āĻ
āϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§āĻāύā§āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
3. Q: Percentage of Argon in the atmosphere ?
Ans: 0.93%
Exp: Argon is a noble gas present in small amount.
āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞāϤ āĻā§°ā§āĻāύ āĻā§āĻā§° āĻļāϤāĻžāĻāĻļ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: ā§Ļ.ā§¯ā§Š%
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻā§°ā§āĻāύ āĻāĻāĻž āύāĻŋāώā§āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻā§āĻ, āĻ
āϞā§āĻĒ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
4. Q: Percentage of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere ?
Ans: 0.03%–0.04%
Exp: Carbon dioxide is important for photosynthesis.
āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞāϤ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻŦāύ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻ
āĻā§āϏāĻžāĻāĻĄā§° āĻļāϤāĻžāĻāĻļ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: ā§Ļ.ā§Ļā§Š%–ā§Ļ.ā§Ļā§Ē%
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻĻā§° āĻāĻžāĻĻā§āϝ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖāϤ COâ āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§āĻāύā§āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
5. Q: Ozone layer is found in which layer ?
Ans: Stratosphere
Exp: It protects Earth from harmful UV rays.
āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻāĻā§āύ āϏā§āϤ⧰ āĻā§āύ āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞāϤ āĻĒā§ā§ąāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āϏāĻŽāϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻ āϏā§ā§°ā§āϝ⧰ āĻā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°āĻ UV ā§°āĻļā§āĻŽāĻŋā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§āĻ ā§°āĻā§āώāĻž āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
6. Q: Main greenhouse gas ?
Ans: Carbon Dioxide (COâ)
Exp: It traps heat in the atmosphere.
āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝ āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻšāĻžāĻāĻ āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āύāĻā§ ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻŦāύ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻ
āĻā§āϏāĻžāĻāĻĄ
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻ āϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞāϤ āĻā§ąāĻĻā§āϧ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
7. Q: Lowest layer of the atmosphere ?
Ans: Troposphere
Exp: All living organisms exist here.
āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ⧰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āϤāϞ⧰ āϏā§āϤ⧰ āĻā§āύāĻā§ ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻā§ā§ąāύ āĻāĻ āϏā§āϤ⧰āϤā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻŽāĻžāύāĨ¤
8. Q: Uppermost layer of the atmosphere ?
Ans: Exosphere
Exp: It merges into outer space.
āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ⧰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻāĻĒā§°ā§° āϏā§āϤ⧰ āĻā§āύāĻā§ ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻŦāĻšāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻ āϏā§āϤ⧰ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻāĻžāĻļā§° āϏā§āϤ⧠āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
9. Q: Weather phenomena occur in which layer ?
Ans: Troposphere
Exp: Rain, storm and thunder occur here.
āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻŦāϤ⧰āĻāύāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻāύāĻž āĻā§āύ āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞāϤ āĻāĻā§ ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻŦā§°āώā§āĻŖ, āϧā§āĻŽā§āĻšāĻž āĻāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ āϏā§āϤ⧰āϤ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
10. Q: Ionosphere is part of which layers ?
Ans: Mesosphere and Thermosphere
Exp: It contains ionized gases.
āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻāϝāĻŧāύ’āϏā§āĻĢāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻā§āύ āĻā§āύ āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ⧰ āĻ
āĻāĻļ ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻŽāϧā§āϝāĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ āĻā§°ā§ āϤāĻžāĻĒāĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻ āϏā§āϤ⧰āϤ āĻāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋāϤ āĻā§āĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
11. Q: Radio waves are reflected by which layer ?
Ans: Ionosphere
Exp: Helps in long-distance communication.
āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: ā§°ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ
’ āϤ⧰āĻāĻ āĻā§āύ āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞāϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻĢāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻāϝāĻŧāύ’āϏā§āĻĢāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§°
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻĻā§ā§°āϏāĻāϝā§āĻāϤ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
12. Q: “Home of winds” is called ?
Ans: Troposphere
Exp: Strong air movements occur here.
āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: “āĻŦāϤāĻžāĻšā§° āĻā§°” āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āĻā§āύ āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞāĻ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧠āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāϞāĻžāĻāϞ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
13. Q: First layer crossed by spacecraft ?
Ans: Exosphere
Exp: It is the outermost layer.
āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻāĻžāĻļ āϝāĻžāύ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽā§ āĻā§āύ āϏā§āϤ⧰ āĻ
āϤāĻŋāĻā§ā§°āĻŽ āĻā§°ā§ ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻŦāĻšāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻāĻĒā§°ā§° āϏā§āϤ⧰āĨ¤
14. Q: Average thickness of the atmosphere ?
Ans: About 1600 km
Exp: There is no sharp boundary.
āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ⧰ āĻāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤā§āĻŦ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ ā§§ā§Ŧā§Ļā§Ļ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻŋ
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āϏā§āĻĒāώā§āĻ āϏā§āĻŽāĻž āύāĻžāĻāĨ¤
15. Q: Maximum ozone hole is seen over which continent ?
Ans: Antarctica
Exp: Due to extreme cold and CFCs.
āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϏ⧰ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§āύ āĻāĻšā§āĻŦā§° āĻā§āύ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻĻā§āĻļā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻ
āĻŖā§āĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻāĻž
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻ
āϧāĻŋāĻ āĻ āĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻž āĻā§°ā§ CFCā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§āĨ¤
16. Q: Laughing gas is ?
Ans: Nitrous Oxide (NâO)
Exp: Used as anesthetic.
āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϞāĻžāĻĢāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āύāĻā§ ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āύāĻžāĻāĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻ āĻ
āĻā§āϏāĻžāĻāĻĄ (NâO)
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻ
āĻā§āϤāύāĻāĻžā§°ā§ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
17. Q: Average height of troposphere ?
Ans: About 12 km
Exp: It varies with latitude.
āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ⧰ āĻāĻĄāĻŧ āĻāĻā§āĻāϤāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ ⧧⧍ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻŋ
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻ
āĻā§āώāĻžāĻāĻļ āĻ
āύā§āϏ⧰āĻŋ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
18.Q: Difference between weather and climat?
Ans: Weather is short-term, climate is long-term average.
Exp: Climate is average of weather over years.
āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻŦāϤ⧰ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāϞāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻāϤ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨāĻā§āϝ āĻāĻŋ ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻŦāϤ⧰ āϏā§āĻŦāϞā§āĻĒāĻāĻžāϞā§āύ, āĻāϞāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻāĻāĻžāϞā§āύ āĻāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ
ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĨ¤
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻŦāĻšā§ āĻŦāĻā§°ā§° āĻŦāϤ⧰⧰ āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻ āĻāϞāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āĨ¤
19. Q: Which layer is important for satellite communication ?
Ans: Ionosphere
Exp: It reflects signals.
āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻāĻĒāĻā§ā§°āĻš āϝā§āĻāĻžāϝā§āĻā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻā§āύ āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻāϝāĻŧāύ’āϏā§āĻĢāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§°
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āϏāĻāĻā§āϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻĢāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
20. Q: Which layer contains about half of atmospheric mass ?
Ans: Troposphere
Exp: It is the densest layer.
āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ⧰ āĻāϧāĻž āĻā§° āĻā§āύ āϏā§āϤ⧰āϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ
āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻāύ āϏā§āϤ⧰āĨ¤
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Atmosphere – MCQ Practice Set
Q1. Which gas is found in maximum quantity in the atmosphere ? ā¤ĩā¤žā¤¯āĨā¤Žā¤ā¤Ąā¤˛ ā¤ŽāĨ⤠⤏ā¤Ŧ⤏āĨ ⤠⤧ā¤ŋā¤ ā¤Žā¤žā¤¤āĨā¤°ā¤ž ā¤ŽāĨ⤠ā¤āĨ⤍-⤏āĨ ā¤āĨ⤏ ā¤Ēā¤žā¤ ā¤ā¤žā¤¤āĨ ā¤šāĨ ? āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞāϤ āϏ⧰ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖāϤ āĻā§āύ āĻā§āĻ āĻĒā§ā§ąāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ?
(a) Oxygen / ā¤ā¤āĨ⤏āĨā¤ā¤¨ / āĻ
āĻā§āϏāĻŋāĻā§āύ
(b) Carbon Dioxide / ā¤ā¤žā¤°āĨā¤Ŧ⤍ ā¤Ąā¤žā¤ā¤ā¤āĨā¤¸ā¤žā¤ā¤Ą / āĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻŦāύ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻ
āĻā§āϏāĻžāĻāĻĄ
(c) Nitrogen / ā¤¨ā¤žā¤ā¤āĨ⤰āĨā¤ā¤¨ / āύāĻžāĻāĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āύ
(d) Argon / ā¤ā¤°āĨā¤ā¤¨ / āĻā§°ā§āĻāύ
Ans: (c) Nitrogen
Explanation: Nitrogen forms about 78% of the atmosphere. / ā¤ĩā¤žā¤¯āĨā¤Žā¤ā¤Ąā¤˛ ā¤ŽāĨā¤ ā¤¨ā¤žā¤ā¤āĨ⤰āĨā¤ā¤¨ ⤞ā¤ā¤ā¤ 78% ā¤šāĨ⤤āĨ ā¤šāĨāĨ¤ / āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞāϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ ā§ā§Ž% āύāĻžāĻāĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āύ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Q2. Percentage of Oxygen in the atmosphere is about ? ā¤ĩā¤žā¤¯āĨā¤Žā¤ā¤Ąā¤˛ ā¤ŽāĨ⤠ā¤ā¤āĨ⤏āĨā¤ā¤¨ ā¤ā¤ž ā¤ĒāĨ⤰⤤ā¤ŋā¤ļ⤤ ā¤ā¤ŋā¤¤ā¤¨ā¤ž ā¤šāĨ ? āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞāϤ āĻ āĻā§āϏāĻŋāĻā§āύ⧰ āĻļāϤāĻžāĻāĻļ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?
(a) 15% (b) 18% (c) 21% (d) 25%
Ans: (c) 21%
Explanation: Oxygen makes up about 21% of air. / ā¤ĩā¤žā¤¯āĨ ā¤ŽāĨ⤠ā¤ā¤āĨ⤏āĨā¤ā¤¨ ⤞ā¤ā¤ā¤ 21% ā¤šāĨ⤤āĨ ā¤šāĨāĨ¤ / āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ ⧍⧧% āĻ
āĻā§āϏāĻŋāĻā§āύ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Q3. Ozone layer is found in which layer ? ā¤ā¤ā¤ŧāĨ⤍ ā¤Ē⤰⤤ ā¤ā¤ŋ⤏ ā¤Žā¤ā¤Ąā¤˛ ā¤ŽāĨ⤠ā¤Ēā¤žā¤ ā¤ā¤žā¤¤āĨ ā¤šāĨ ? āĻāĻā§āύ āϏā§āϤ⧰ āĻā§āύ āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞāϤ āĻĒā§ā§ąāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ?
(a) Troposphere / ā¤āĨ⤎āĨā¤ā¤Žā¤ā¤Ąā¤˛ / āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ (b) Stratosphere / ā¤¸ā¤Žā¤¤ā¤žā¤Ē ā¤Žā¤ā¤Ąā¤˛ / āϏāĻŽāϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ
(c) Mesosphere / ā¤Žā¤§āĨā¤¯ā¤Žā¤ā¤Ąā¤˛ / āĻŽāϧā§āϝāĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ (d) Exosphere / ā¤Ŧā¤šā¤ŋ⤰āĨā¤Žā¤ā¤Ąā¤˛ / āĻŦāĻšāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ
Ans: (b) Stratosphere
Explanation: Ozone layer lies in the stratosphere. / ā¤ā¤ā¤ŧāĨ⤍ ā¤Ē⤰⤤ ā¤¸ā¤Žā¤¤ā¤žā¤Ē ā¤Žā¤ā¤Ąā¤˛ ā¤ŽāĨā¤ ā¤šāĨ⤤āĨ ā¤šāĨāĨ¤ / āĻāĻā§āύ āϏā§āϤ⧰ āϏāĻŽāϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Q4. Weather phenomena occur in which layer ? ā¤ŽāĨā¤¸ā¤Ž ⤏ā¤ā¤Ŧā¤ā¤§āĨ ā¤ā¤ā¤¨ā¤žā¤ā¤ ā¤ā¤ŋ⤏ ā¤Žā¤ā¤Ąā¤˛ ā¤ŽāĨā¤ ā¤šāĨ⤤āĨ ā¤šāĨ⤠? āĻŦāϤ⧰āĻāύāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻāύāĻž āĻā§āύ āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞāϤ āĻāĻā§ ?
(a) Stratosphere (b) Troposphere (c) Mesosphere (d) Thermosphere
Ans: (b) Troposphere
Explanation: All weather activities occur in troposphere. / ⤏ā¤āĨ ā¤ŽāĨā¤¸ā¤Ž ā¤ā¤ā¤¨ā¤žā¤ā¤ ā¤āĨ⤎āĨā¤ā¤Žā¤ā¤Ąā¤˛ ā¤ŽāĨā¤ ā¤šāĨ⤤āĨ ā¤šāĨā¤āĨ¤ / āϏāĻāϞ⧠āĻŦāϤ⧰āĻāύāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻāύāĻž āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞāϤ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
Q5. Which is the lowest layer of atmosphere ? ā¤ĩā¤žā¤¯āĨā¤Žā¤ā¤Ąā¤˛ ā¤āĨ ⤏ā¤Ŧ⤏āĨ ⤍ā¤ŋā¤ā¤˛āĨ ā¤Ē⤰⤤ ā¤āĨ⤍-⤏āĨ ā¤šāĨ ? āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ⧰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āϤāϞ⧰ āϏā§āϤ⧰ āĻā§āύāĻā§ ?
(a) Mesosphere (b) Thermosphere (c) Troposphere (d) Exosphere
Ans: (c) Troposphere
Explanation: Troposphere is the lowest layer. / ā¤āĨ⤎āĨā¤ā¤Žā¤ā¤Ąā¤˛ ⤏ā¤Ŧ⤏āĨ ⤍ā¤ŋā¤ā¤˛āĨ ā¤Ē⤰⤤ ā¤šāĨāĨ¤ / āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āϤāϞ⧰ āϏā§āϤ⧰āĨ¤
Q6. Which gas causes greenhouse effect ? ā¤āĨ⤰āĨā¤¨ā¤šā¤žā¤ā¤¸ ā¤ĒāĨ⤰ā¤ā¤žā¤ĩ ā¤ā¤ŋ⤏ ā¤āĨ⤏ ⤏āĨ ā¤šāĨā¤¤ā¤ž ā¤šāĨ ? āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻšāĻžāĻāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§ą āĻā§āύ āĻā§āĻā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
(a) Oxygen (b) Nitrogen (c) Carbon Dioxide (d) Argon
Ans: (c) Carbon Dioxide
Explanation: COâ traps heat causing greenhouse effect. / COâ ā¤ā¤ˇāĨā¤Žā¤ž ā¤āĨ ⤰āĨā¤ā¤ā¤° ā¤āĨ⤰āĨā¤¨ā¤šā¤žā¤ā¤¸ ā¤ĒāĨ⤰ā¤ā¤žā¤ĩ ā¤ĒāĨā¤Ļā¤ž ā¤ā¤°ā¤¤āĨ ā¤šāĨāĨ¤ / COâ āϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻā§ąāĻĻā§āϧ āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻŖāĻšāĻžāĻāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§ą āĻāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Q7. Which is the uppermost layer of atmosphere ? ā¤ĩā¤žā¤¯āĨā¤Žā¤ā¤Ąā¤˛ ā¤āĨ ⤏ā¤Ŧ⤏āĨ ā¤ā¤Ē⤰āĨ ā¤Ē⤰⤤ ā¤āĨ⤍-⤏āĨ ā¤šāĨ ? āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ⧰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻāĻĒā§°ā§° āϏā§āϤ⧰ āĻā§āύāĻā§ ?
(a) Thermosphere (b) Mesosphere (c) Stratosphere (d) Exosphere
Ans: (d) Exosphere
Explanation: Exosphere is the outermost layer. / ā¤Ŧā¤šā¤ŋ⤰āĨā¤Žā¤ā¤Ąā¤˛ ⤏ā¤Ŧ⤏āĨ ā¤ā¤Ē⤰āĨ ā¤Ē⤰⤤ ā¤šāĨāĨ¤ / āĻŦāĻšāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻāĻĒā§°ā§° āϏā§āϤ⧰āĨ¤
Q8. Radio waves are reflected by which layer ? ⤰āĨā¤Ąā¤ŋ⤝āĨ ⤤⤰ā¤ā¤āĨ⤠ā¤ā¤ž ā¤Ēā¤°ā¤žā¤ĩ⤰āĨ⤤⤍ ā¤ā¤ŋ⤏ ā¤Žā¤ā¤Ąā¤˛ ā¤ŽāĨā¤ ā¤šāĨā¤¤ā¤ž ā¤šāĨ ? ā§°ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ ’ āϤ⧰āĻāĻ āĻā§āύ āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞāϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻĢāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
(a) Troposphere (b) Ionosphere (c) Stratosphere (d) Exosphere
Ans: (b) Ionosphere
Explanation: Ionosphere reflects radio waves. / ā¤ā¤¯ā¤¨āĨ⤏āĨā¤ĢāĨ⤝⤰ ⤰āĨā¤Ąā¤ŋ⤝āĨ ⤤⤰ā¤ā¤āĨ⤠ā¤āĨ ā¤Ēā¤°ā¤žā¤ĩ⤰āĨ⤤ā¤ŋ⤤ ā¤ā¤°ā¤¤ā¤ž ā¤šāĨāĨ¤/ āĻāϝāĻŧāύ’āϏā§āĻĢāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§°ā§ ā§°ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ
’ āϤ⧰āĻāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻĢāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Q9. Laughing gas is ? ā¤˛ā¤žā¤Ģā¤ŋā¤ā¤ ā¤āĨ⤏ ā¤āĨ⤍-⤏āĨ ā¤šāĨ ? Laughing Gas āĻā§āύāĻā§ ?
(a) COâ (b) NâO (c) Oâ (d) Hâ
Ans: (b) Nitrous Oxide (NâO)
Explanation: NâO causes laughing effect. / ā¤¨ā¤žā¤ā¤āĨ⤰⤏ ā¤ā¤āĨā¤¸ā¤žā¤ā¤Ą ā¤āĨ ā¤˛ā¤žā¤Ģā¤ŋā¤ā¤ ā¤āĨ⤏ ā¤ā¤šā¤¤āĨ ā¤šāĨā¤āĨ¤ / āύāĻžāĻāĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻ āĻ
āĻā§āϏāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻ āϞāĻžāĻĢāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Q10. Average height of troposphere is ? ā¤āĨ⤎āĨā¤ā¤Žā¤ā¤Ąā¤˛ ā¤āĨ ā¤ā¤¸ā¤¤ ā¤ā¤ā¤ā¤žā¤ ā¤ā¤ŋ⤤⤍āĨ ā¤šāĨ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ⧰ āĻāĻĄāĻŧ āĻāĻā§āĻāϤāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?
(a) 5 km (b) 8 km (c) 12 km (d) 20 km
Ans: (c) 12 km
Explanation: Average height is about 12 km. / ā¤ā¤¸ā¤¤ ā¤ā¤ā¤ā¤žā¤ ⤞ā¤ā¤ā¤ 12 ā¤ā¤ŋā¤ŽāĨ ā¤šāĨāĨ¤ / āĻāĻĄāĻŧ āĻāĻā§āĻāϤāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ ⧧⧍ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻŋāĨ¤