climate of india section 4 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 1 [UPPCS (Pre) 2001]

Assertion (A):
The Koyna region of Maharashtra is likely to become more earthquake-prone in near future.
Reason (R):
The Koyna dam is located on an old fault plane which may get activated more frequently with changes in water level in the Koyna reservoir.

a) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

b) (A) is false, but (R) is true

c) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A

d) (A) is true, but (R) is false

Question : 2 [BPSC (Pre) 2000]

Of the following, the state which receives rainfall in winter season is

a) Tamil Nadu

b) Orissa

c) Kerala

d) West Bengal

Question : 3 [UPPCS (Mains) 2012]

Tsunami Warning Centre in India is located in

a) Mumbai

b) Port Blair

c) Chennai

d) Hyderabad

Question : 4 [SSC GL 2012]

The burst of monsoons in the month of June brings rain to

a) Kerala and Southern coast of Tamil Nadu

b) Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka

c) Kerala and Karnataka

d) Kerala, Tamil Nadu and parts of Andhra Pradesh

Question : 5 [IAS (Pre) 1993]

Which among the following pairs of places have most marked differences in total annual rainfalls even though located approximaterly along the same latitude?

a) Mumbai and Visakhapatnam

b) Nagpur and Kolkata

c) Bengaluru and Chennai

d) Ajmer and Shillong