Engineering Sciences
GATE XE topic:engineering-sciences PYQs
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Question 159
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Which one of the following processes is primarily responsible for the poleward transport of energy in the midlatitude troposphere?
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Which of the following feature(s) characterize the seasonal mean flow in the upper troposphere near 200 hPa level over the Tibetan Plateau during the boreal summer?
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The Rossby number of a synoptic system with a length scale of 1000 km, characteristic velocity scale of 10 m s⁻¹ at a latitude where the Coriolis parameter equals 10⁻⁴ s⁻¹, is ______. (Round off to two decimal places)
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The ratio of scattering efficiency of red light of wavelength 0.65 μm to blue light of wavelength 0.45 μm by air molecules in the atmosphere is _____. (Round off to two decimal places)
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An unsaturated moist air parcel undergoes adiabatic ascent in atmosphere without mixing with surrounding air. Air is so clean that there is no possibility for heterogeneous nucleation. Which one of the following plots depicts the vertical variation of water vapor pressure (shown as continuous line) and saturation water vapor pressure (shown as dotted/dashed line) of the parcel?
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A fluid is in solid body rotation in a cylindrical container of radius
rotating with an angular velocity
. The circulation per unit area around a circular loop in the horizontal plane of radius
(
), whose center coincides with the axis of rotation isYour answerChoose one option.
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Consider a layer of atmosphere where temperature increases with height. If the concentration of a vertically well-mixed greenhouse gas suddenly increases in this layer, then an immediate consequence is that
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Consider an atmosphere where the mole fractions of N₂, Ar and CO₂ are 7.81×10⁻¹, 9.34×10⁻³ and 4.05×10⁻⁴, respectively. This atmosphere exchanges gases with sea water below having temperature and salinity of 20 °C and 35 psu, respectively. In the absence of biological and chemical activity, relative concentrations of dissolved gases in the surface sea water at equilibrium are ordered as
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Gravitational forces exerted by the Sun and the Moon are mainly responsible for ocean tides. Which of the following statement(s) regarding ocean tides is/are correct?
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Which of the following statement(s) is/are true about northern hemisphere tropical cyclones?
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