Practice Climate of india - indian geography mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) India has been divided into how many Seismic Risk Zones?
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Q-2) The January isotherm taken as a basis for dividing India into tropical and subtropical zones is
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Q-3) Which one of the following is the driest place?
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Q-4) The Daily Weather Map of India is prepared and printed at
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Daily Weather Map of India is prepared and printed at the National Data Centre of India Meteorological Department (IMD) at Pune. Daily weather reports and daily weather maps for India in printed form are available since 1878.
Q-5) Consider the following statements. - The duration of the monsoon decreases from Southern India to Northern India.
- The amount of annual rainfall in the Northern plains of India decreases from East to West.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
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Q-6) Of the following, the state which receives rainfall in winter season is
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Q-7) In which of the following States does the Monsoon arrive first?
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Q-8) The South West monsoon engulfs the entire India by
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Derived from the Arabic word 'Mausam', monsoon implies a seasonal reversal in wind direction. These changes lead to changes in the seasonal distribution of rainfall and temperature.
Although the Andaman & Nicobar Islands receive monsoon as early as mid-May, the southwest monsoon enters the subcontinent’s mainland through the Kerala coast.
The monsoon then gets divided into two parts: the Arabian Sea branch and the Bay of Bengal branch. It normally reaches Mangalore on the west coast and Vishakhapatnam on the east coast within four days.
Both the branches move to reach Mumbai and Kolkata on average between June 10 and 13. The monsoon crosses Varanasi, Ahmedabad and Bhopal by June 15.
Agra has to wait for another five days and Delhi by June 29. The two branches merge over Punjab and Himachal. By mid-July, the southwest monsoon engulfs the entire subcontinent.
Q-9) Which are the months for monsoon normally in Tamil Nadu?
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Q-10) Which of the following is the area of lowest pressure over Indian subcontinent during the hot dry weather season ?
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The southwestern summer monsoons occur from June through September. The Thar Desert and adjoining areas of the northern and central Indian subcontinent heats up considerably during the hot summers.
This causes a low-pressure area over the northern and central Indian subcontinent. To fill this void, the moisture-laden winds from the Indian Ocean rush into the subcontinent.
Q-11) In the shaded area of the below map, the mean temperature for the month of July varies between
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Q-12) Which of the following areas have an average of 200 mm rainfall in India?
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Q-13) Which one of the following areas of India does not come under the zone of high seismic intensity?
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Q-14) By which monsoon does Jharkhand receive rainfall?
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Q-15) India gets maximum rainfall mainly from
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Q-16) What is the major cause of ‘October Heat’?
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The months of October-November mark a period of transition from hot rainy season to cold dry winter conditions. This period is known as Retreating Monsoon or Transition season because the southwest monsoons weaken and withdraw or retreat from India.
The retreat of the monsoon is marked by clear skies and a rise in temperature. While days are warm, nights are cool and pleasant. Owing to high temperature and high humidity, the weather becomes oppressive. This phenomenon is known as ‘October heat.
Q-17) A rainy day as defined by the Indian meterological department is a day when the rainfall at a point received is
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Q-18) ‘Kalbaisakhi’ is a kind of
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Often during early summer, dusty squalls followed by spells of thunderstorm and heavy rains lash Assam and West Bengal, bringing relief from the humid heat.
These thunderstorms are convective in nature and are locally known as Kal Baisakhi or calamity of the month of Baisakh.
Q-19) The general direction of flow of summer monsoon in India is
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Q-20) Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given Indian cities in the decreasing order of their normal annual rainfall?
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