DGCA Aviation Meteorology question paper, September 2023

35 questions, Regular. The first 5 are here in full with the correct answer shown.

Question 1 of 35

In a certain layer the air gets warmer as you climb. What is such a layer called?

Question 2 of 35

By the Stefan-Boltzmann law, the total energy a black body radiates varies with which power of its absolute temperature T?

Question 3 of 35

In which part of the spectrum does a very hot body such as the sun emit most of its radiation?

Question 4 of 35

An airfield sits exactly at mean sea level and reports a QNH of 1009.0 hPa. What is its QFF?

Question 5 of 35

A pilot keeps the same altimeter subscale setting and flies from an area of low pressure into an area of high pressure. What will the altimeter show?

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