UPSC PYQPrelims 2023

Civil Services Examination · प्रश्न 62

With reference to the Earth's atmosphere, which one of the following statements is correct?

  1. The total amount of insolation received at the equator is roughly about 10 times of that received at the poles.
  2. Infrared rays constitute roughly two-thirds of insolation.
  3. Infrared waves are largely absorbed by water vapour that is concentrated in the lower atmosphere.
  4. Infrared waves are a part of visible spectrum of electromagnetic waves of solar radiation.
उत्तर देखें और व्याख्या

उत्तर: (C) Infrared waves are largely absorbed by water vapour that is concentrated in the lower atmosphere.

व्याख्या

Water vapour in the lower atmosphere absorbs much of the infrared radiation. Equator–pole insolation differs about 2.5×, infrared is about half of insolation, and IR is not visible.