Practice Quiz set 2 - indian geography mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) Which one of the following is the driest place?
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Q-2) One of the regions that receives rainfall from the North–Easterly monsoon is :
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The period October to December is referred to as Northeast Monsoon season over peninsular India. It is the major period of rainfall activity over Tamil Nadu as it receives 48% of its annual rainfall during the Northeast monsoon season.
Coastal districts of the State get nearly 60% of the annual rainfall and the interior districts get about 40-50% of the annual rainfall.
Q-3) Consider the map of India given below. The map read with index provided refers to the distribution of
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Q-4) Which one of the following places has the lowest annual rainfall?
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Q-5) Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List I
List II
(Climatic condition)
(Reasons)
A. Chennai is warmer than Kolkata
1. North-East monsoon
B. Snowfall in Himalayan
2. Altitude
C. Rainfall decreases from West Bengal to Punjab
3. Western depressions
D. Sutlej-Ganga plain gets some rain in winter
4. Distance from sea
5. Latitude
Codes: A B C D
| List I | List II |
| (Climatic condition) | (Reasons) |
| A. Chennai is warmer than Kolkata | 1. North-East monsoon |
| B. Snowfall in Himalayan | 2. Altitude |
| C. Rainfall decreases from West Bengal to Punjab | 3. Western depressions |
| D. Sutlej-Ganga plain gets some rain in winter | 4. Distance from sea |
| 5. Latitude |
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Q-6) Which of the following areas of India receives winter rainfall?
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Q-7) In which of the following States does the Monsoon arrive first?
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Q-8) Which of the following places experience humid climate? - Ahmedabad
- Kochi
- Ludhiana
- Tejpur
Select the correct answer from the code given below.
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Q-9) Which one of the following is the wettest place in India?
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Mawsynram is a village in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya state in north-eastern India, 65 kilometres from Shillong. It is reportedly the wettest place on Earth, with an annual rainfall of 11,872 millimetres.
According to the Guinness Book of World, Records Mawsynram received 26,000 millimetres (1,000 in) of rainfall in 1985. Mawsynram is located about 16 km west of Cherrapunji, on the Khasi Hills.
Q-10) ‘Summer Monsoons’ in India bring rainfall to
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Summer monsoon (May to September) experiences South-Western monsoon. The Western Ghats are the first highlands of India that the SW Monsoon winds encounter.
The presence of abundant highlands like the Western Ghats and the Himalayas right across the path of the SW Monsoon winds are the main cause of the substantial orographic precipitation all over the Indian subcontinent.
The Western Ghats rise very abruptly from the Western Coastal Plains of the subcontinent making effective orographic barriers for the Monsoon winds.