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Planets in the solar system are in radiative equilibrium. Let

and

denote solar constant, albedo, average temperature and radius of a planet, respectively, and

is Stefan’s constant. Then the energy balance of this planet is given by the expression

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A cumulonimbus cloud forms by an air parcel rising from the sea level with an initial temperature and specific humidity of 27°C and 20 gm kg

, respectively. Assume that moist static energy is conserved in this cloud. Then the cloud temperature at an altitude of 1.5 km is ______ K.

[Specific heat of dry air at constant pressure: 1005 J kg

, Specific heat of water vapor at constant pressure: 1850 J kg

, g = 10 m s

, Latent heat of evaporation: 2.45 × 10

J kg

]

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and

are respectively zonal and meridional components of a flow field in geostrophic balance, then the divergence of this flow is

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During the Indian summer monsoon season, depressions do not intensify to tropical cyclones because

P: Indian sub-continent is very hot and large land-sea temperature difference pulls depressions quickly to land before they can intensify into cyclones. Q: southwesterly winds at low level are not conducive for the formation of tropical cyclones. R: SST cooling due to strong monsoonal winds prevents cyclone formation. S: strong zonal wind shear during the monsoon season does not allow warm core formation.

Which of the above statement(s) is(are) correct

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P & Q

Only R

Only S

R & S

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Which among the following statement(s) is (are) correct,

P: ENSO and El-Nino are the same and refer to the warming of Equatorial Eastern Pacific SST. Q: ENSO is an atmosphere-ocean coupled phenomenon and El-Nino is its oceanic part. R: ENSO is an atmospheric phenomenon and El-Nino is an oceanic phenomenon S: ENSO is the oscillatory component of El-Nino having a period of 4.7 years.

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P & R

Only Q

P, Q and S

R & S

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The event would have been successful if you __________ able to come.

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are

had been

have been

would have been

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There was no doubt that their work was thorough.

Which of the words below is closest in meaning to the underlined word above?

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pretty

complete

sloppy

haphazard

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Four cards lie on a table. Each card has a number printed on one side and a colour on the other. The faces visible on the cards are 2, 3, red, and blue.

Proposition: If a card has an even value on one side, then its opposite face is red.

The cards which MUST be turned over to verify the above proposition are

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2, red

2, 3, red

2, blue

2, red, blue

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What is the value of

when

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-1

-2

Cannot be determined

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Two dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability that the product of the numbers appearing on the top faces of the dice is a perfect square is

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1/9

2/9

1/3

4/9

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