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This section includes 15 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Solar Energy knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
About quarter of the incoming solar radiation is scattered. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 2. |
Earth reflects about 36% of the incoming radiation. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 3. |
Which of the following types of clouds has the highest albedo? |
| A. | Stratocumulus |
| B. | Altocumulus |
| C. | Cirrus |
| D. | Cirrocumulus |
| Answer» B. Altocumulus | |
| 4. |
Which among the following is the best reflector? |
| A. | Rock |
| B. | Aluminum |
| C. | Iron |
| D. | Snow |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
What is reflection? |
| A. | Bouncing back some portion of the incident radiation into another medium |
| B. | Slowing down of light on entering another medium |
| C. | Bouncing back some portion of the incident radiation into the same medium from which it came |
| D. | Absorption by particles and re-emission of radiation of different frequencies |
| Answer» D. Absorption by particles and re-emission of radiation of different frequencies | |
| 6. |
Red sun during sunrise and sunset is an example of ________ |
| A. | diffraction |
| B. | scattering |
| C. | interference |
| D. | absorption |
| Answer» C. interference | |
| 7. |
When the solar radiation is scatted by suspended particles in air, they act ______ and produce different colours. |
| A. | like a prism |
| B. | like a rock |
| C. | like a mirror |
| D. | like a solar concentrator |
| Answer» B. like a rock | |
| 8. |
What is scattering? |
| A. | Spreading of solar radiation over large areas |
| B. | Absorption of solar radiation by gaseous molecules |
| C. | Absorption of outgoing long-wave radiation and re-emitting it back to the earth |
| D. | Deflection of some wavelengths in all directions when passed through air |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
Which of the following latitudes is significantly affected due to dispersion of insolation with seasons? |
| A. | All latitudes are equally affected |
| B. | Temperate zones are significantly affected |
| C. | Polar areas |
| D. | Tropical areas are significantly affected |
| Answer» D. Tropical areas are significantly affected | |
| 10. |
When solar radiation is dispersed over a greater area, what happens to the net temperature? |
| A. | The net temperature increases |
| B. | The net temperature decreases |
| C. | The net temperature is not affected |
| D. | The net temperature monotonically increases forever |
| Answer» C. The net temperature is not affected | |
| 11. |
What happens to those sun rays which are not perpendicular to earth s surface? |
| A. | Energy of the solar radiation is spread over a greater area |
| B. | Energy of the solar radiation is concentrated on a single spot at the poles |
| C. | Energy of the solar radiation is uniformly distributed along the Tropic of Cancer |
| D. | Energy of the solar radiation depends on the position of prime meridian |
| Answer» B. Energy of the solar radiation is concentrated on a single spot at the poles | |
| 12. |
How does the inclination of earth s axis affect the incoming solar radiation? |
| A. | All the solar radiation is concentrated around the equator |
| B. | The radiation is distributed along the entire equator |
| C. | All radiation is concentrated at the poles |
| D. | Solar radiation is non-uniformly distributed throughout the earth s surface |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
What is the inclination of earth s axis in degrees? |
| A. | 37 |
| B. | 53 |
| C. | 23.5 |
| D. | 10 |
| Answer» D. 10 | |
| 14. |
Which of the following plays a role in depletion of incoming solar radiation? |
| A. | Irradiance of the incoming solar radiation |
| B. | Dispersion |
| C. | Solar flares |
| D. | Nuclear fusion in sun |
| Answer» C. Solar flares | |
| 15. |
What would happen if the sun s radiation reaches the earth s surface without depletion? |
| A. | Life would cease to exist |
| B. | Life would be more vibrant |
| C. | The earth s average global temperature would become stable |
| D. | The average global temperature of earth would decrease |
| Answer» B. Life would be more vibrant | |