Renewable Energy Engineering (2181910) MCQs

MCQs of Wind Energy

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11.
Favourable winds for small Scale application exists
(a) everywhere on the earth's surface
(b) on 75%of the earth's surface
(c) on 50% of the earth's surface
(d) on 25% of the earth's surface
Answer:

Option (b)

12.
What does heating and cooling of the atmosphere generates?
(a) conduction currents
(b) radiation currents
(c) convection currents
(d) all of above
Answer:

Option (c)

13.
Global cold wind move from
(a) Polar to equatorial region
(b) Equatorial to polar region
(c) Equatorial to oceanic region
(d) Oceanic to Equatorial region
Answer:

Option (a)

14.
When the land near the earth’s equator is heated
(a) all the oceans gets heated up
(b) small wind currents are formed
(c) large winds are formed
(d) tides are raised
Answer:

Option (c)

15.
There is little wind in the
(a) north pole region
(b) south pole region
(c) tropical region
(d) ± 5 ̊around the equator
Answer:

Option (d)

16.
When the land near the earth’s equator is heated
(a) all the oceans gets heated up
(b) small wind currents are formed
(c) large winds are formed
(d) tides are raised
Answer:

Option (c)

17.
_____ force is responsible for forcing the global winds towards westerly direction.
(a) Coriolis
(b) Gravitational
(c) Centripetal
(d) Centrifugal
Answer:

Option (a)

18.
Global winds towards western direction are known as
(a) Trade winds
(b) Western winds
(c) Eastern winds
(d) None of the above
Answer:

Option (a)

19.
Uneven heating occurs on land surface and water bodies are due to _____
(a) air Currents
(b) solar radiation
(c) lunar eclipse
(d) none of the above
Answer:

Option (b)

20.
The wind intensity can be described by
(a) reynolds number
(b) mach number
(c) beaufort number
(d) froude number
Answer:

Option (c)

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