Miscellaneous Questions: DGCA Aviation Meteorology questions

Question 1

Translucent rime ice forms due to

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Freezing of small supercooled water drops

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Melting of large snow particles

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Freezing of large supercooled water drops

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Sublimation of large hail

Question 2

Advection fog occurs due to ........ air moving over .................... surface over .........

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Warm & moist air, cold, both land & sea.

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Dry, wet, land only

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Moist and cold, warm, land only

Question 3

ELR 6.5° C and SALR 7°C on lifting a saturated parcel of air the atmosphere would be

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Absolutely stable

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Stable

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Absolutely unstable

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Indifferent

Question 4

Gradient wind is weaker than geostrophic wind around a low because

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Centripetal force is provided by pressure gradient force

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Centripetal force is added to the pressure gradient force

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Coriolis force is added to the pressure gradient force

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Coriolis force is opposite to Centripetal

Question 5

The altimeter of an aircraft is set to QFE before landing, on landing it will indicate

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Height of A/C above ARP in ISA

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Height of A/C wheels above runway

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Flight Level

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A/C altitude AMSL

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