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NDA 1 2025 GAT, question 92

Topic: Geography

Q92

Which of the following statements with reference to Sleet is/are correct ?

  1. Sleet is frozen raindrops and refrozen melted snow-water

  2. It occurs when a layer of air with the temperature below freezing point overlies a warm layer near the ground surface

Select the answer using the code given below :

  1. (a) 1 onlyCorrect answer
  2. (b) 2 only
  3. (c) Both 1 and 2
  4. (d) Neither 1 nor 2

Solution.

Answer: (a) 1 only

  1. Sleet consists of ice pellets formed when liquid or partly melted precipitation freezes before reaching the ground, so statement 1 is correct.
  2. The refreezing layer must be cold near the ground, beneath a warmer melting layer.
  3. Statement 2 reverses this arrangement.