Meteorology is the paper that punishes vague reading. The DGCA CPL/ATPL questions are precise — a lapse rate to two decimals, a cloud to its Latin name, a thunderstorm stage to its defining mechanism. This bank gives you 2,070 answer-keyed practice questions across the 50 standard syllabus chapters, drilled the way the exam actually asks them.
What the bank covers
- The atmosphere: composition, standard atmosphere, lapse rates, temperature and pressure variation with altitude
- Moisture, clouds and precipitation — formation, types and what each cloud tells a pilot
- Stability, convection, turbulence, icing and thunderstorm life-cycles
- Air masses, fronts and the extra-tropical cyclone; tropical meteorology and the Indian monsoon
- Upper-air charts, winds aloft, jet streams and air-mass source regions
- METAR, SPECI and TAF decoding, trend forecasting, and aviation weather service flow
Five questions, exactly as the deck asks them
In the International Standard Atmosphere, what are the sea-level temperature and pressure?
- 15 °C and 1013.25 hPa
- 0 °C and 1013.25 mb
- 15 °C and 1000 hPa
- 20 °C and 1024 hPa
Answer: A — ISA defines 15 °C / 1013.25 hPa (29.92 in Hg) at mean sea level.
The average environmental lapse rate in the troposphere is approximately:
- 1.98 °C per 1,000 ft
- 2.5 °C per 1,000 ft
- 3.5 °C per 1,000 ft
- 1.0 °C per 1,000 ft
Answer: A — ≈ 2 °C per 1,000 ft (6.5 °C per 1,000 m) — the ISA standard lapse rate the paper works from.
Severe turbulence in a mature thunderstorm is normally found:
- In the anvil ice-crystal region
- In the lower frontal region and gust zone
- Above the cloud top in cirrus debris
- In the trailing anvil shadow
Answer: B — The gust zone along the storm’s lower frontal edge carries the strongest shear and up/downdrafts.
A METAR reports “TSRA”. What is occurring at the station?
- Thunderstorm with rain
- Trace of rime ice
- Towering stratus
- Turbulence, reporting station automated
Answer: A — TS = thunderstorm, RA = rain; present-weather groups combine intensity, descriptor and precipitation.
The boundary between two air masses of different temperature and humidity is called:
- A jet stream
- A front
- A trough
- An occlusion of pressure
Answer: B — Fronts (cold, warm, stationary, occluded) drive most extra-tropical weather a pilot plans around.
How to actually clear Met
Read one chapter of your reference (I.C. Joshi or Oxford), then run that chapter immediately in Qwizio Air with the mistakes pool switched on. Anything you miss returns until you answer it right twice. On the last two days before the exam, sit two full 50-question mocks — the clock, not the content, is what most students fail the first time.
Frequently asked questions
How many Meteorology questions are in the DGCA CPL exam?
The Meteorology paper is a computer-based module of 50 questions to be completed in 2 hours under the current DGCA CPL scheme. Qwizio Air mirrors that pattern with 2,070 practice questions spread over 50 chapters, so every mock you sit is the right length and the right clock. Verify the latest scheme on dgca.gov.in before you book.
Which Meteorology book should I follow for the DGCA exam?
I.C. Joshi’s Aviation Meteorology and the Oxford ATPL Meteorology series are the two standard references most students and flying-club instructors use. Qwizio Air’s bank is chapter-tagged to those syllabus topics so you can read a chapter, then drill exactly that chapter — no page content from either book is included or reproduced.
What are the most repeated topics in DGCA Meteorology?
The questions that recur most often across practice banks are the standard atmosphere and lapse rates, cloud types and precipitation, thunderstorm life-cycles and turbulence, air masses and fronts, the Indian monsoon, METAR/TAF decoding, and winds aloft. See the full topic breakdown in our Meteorology important-topics guide.