Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Geography

Under which one of the following conditions is the horizontal pressure-gradient force strongest?

  1. Isobars are closely spaced.
  2. Isobars are widely spaced.
  3. Atmospheric pressure is reduced to sea level before being mapped.
  4. A high-pressure system has its highest pressure at the centre.
  1. A geological survey records the following intrusive bodies: Body P is thin and nearly horizontal. Body Q is…
  2. A place has the following characteristics: Its underlying land surface heats rapidly during summer and cools…
  3. A stream on one side of a divide has a steeper gradient and receives more precipitation than a neighbouring…
  4. A survey identifies three plate-boundary settings: At boundary X, normal and reverse magnetic strips parallel…
  5. Although the vertical pressure-gradient force in the lower atmosphere is much greater than the horizontal…
  6. An earthquake releases energy at a point below the Earth’s surface. Which one of the following correctly…