Engineering Sciences
GATE XE topic:engineering-sciences PYQs
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Questions 351–360 of 1772. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.
Question 154
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During which of the following times of the day is the 2 m air temperature usually the lowest at a tropical location?
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At which of the following locations in the atmosphere is the anvil of a towering cumulonimbus cloud usually located?
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Which one of the following is the main reason why tropical cyclones rarely form over the Bay of Bengal during the summer monsoon season?
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Which one of the following is the main cause of the land-sea temperature contrast that drives phenomena like sea breeze and the Indian summer monsoon?
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The directions of the South Pacific Subtropical Gyre and the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre are ________ and ________, respectively.
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The time period of the inertial oscillation at a location R is 1.5 times that of a particle moving at a speed of 0.5 m s⁻¹ at a location S (87 °E, 45 °S). Which of the following is the latitude of location R? (Round off to the nearest integer)
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Which of the following Period(s) corresponds to wind waves?
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Accumulated rainfall is often measured in mm. If the density of rain water is 1000 kg m
then, one mm of rain is equal to ______________ kg m
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Acceleration due to Coriolis force of a water parcel at a location P (67 °E, 20 °N) moving with a speed of 0.35 m s
is ________ × 10
m s
. (Round off to two decimal places)[Assume the angular velocity of the Earth is 7.3 × 10
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A rotating weather system has a tangential velocity of 100 m s
, diameter of 1 km, and located at a latitude where the Coriolis parameter is 10
s
. Which one of the following statements is true about this weather system?Your answerChoose one option.
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