Aviation Meteorology — Sample Paper 2
50 questions · pass mark 70% · answer at your own pace, then submit for the full key.
Semi Diurnal pressure changes are most pronounced in
A short duration, showery precipitation is associated with
Halo is produced by
The air mass which originates from sea area located in lower lat is
Coriolis force acts perpendicular to the ……… of wind direction in N hemisphere
A uniform layer of cloud resembling fog but not on the ground
Water vapour is transparent to terrestrial radiation
Height of Tropopause at equator is ………
For formation of a CS sea surface temperature should be
The arbitrary lower limit of jet core velocity has been assigned by WMO as
Wind speed in a tropical severe cyclone is
If environmental lapse rate(ELR) is less than SALR, the atmosphere is said to be:
Surface Temperature is recorded at a height of ……… above ground
________ occurs over subtropical high.
A change in wind direction from 310° to 020° is
R26/M0150 in a METAR indicates that
Ice crystal Theory explains occurrence of rainfall from
Amount of lowest cloud is
Fall of pressure with height is more rapid in
In N-Hemisphere if you experience Port drift, altimeter will read
Sub-tropical Jet Stream is located between
Cloudy nights are
Visibility 1500 m is towards
Aurora Australis are called ......... Lights
Glazed ice is formed by freezing of ……… supercooled water droplets on airrame when aircraft is flying through clouds
Minimum temperature is measured by
A sudden rise in the level of rivers or streams causing floods is called
The huge vertical circulations, one between the equator and 30N and another between equator and 30S, are called
Hail grows as it freezes as it
An increase of 1000 ft at MSL is associated with decrease of pressure of
Over J&K and western Himalayas Rainfall is more in
Precipitation ceases after the passage of a front
QNH 1002.6 hPa is reported as
Troposphere is generally ………
……… occurs in a moist cloudless air on an aircraft surface having temp. below 0°C, due to sublimation of water vapour onto feathery ice crystals
The wind in TREND from 0330 UTC is valid up to
Wind speed along the axis of a jet stream is always
Landing Forecast is appended to
In S hemisphere if an observer faces wind, low will be to his ……
Tropos means…….
For National Flights the winds and temperatures are provided for LL Flights for altitudes
Drizzle occurs from
Peninsular discontinuity occurs during
The height of topmost layer of cloud is
Visibility is poor in a Warm Front
If the S is warmer than the N level, from surface up to higher levels, then the ……… wind will continue to increase with no change in direction in N hemisphere
The altitude in ISA at which air density is the same as the observed density is called
In a monsoon depression maximum weather occurs in
If visibility reduces between 5000m and 1000m and RH is almost 100%, it is
Most CAT in India occurs on the fringes of the jet stream. The maximum frequency of CAT over North India is during