Test: Indian Climate
10 Questions MCQ Test | Test: Indian Climate
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What would be the influence on the weather conditions when in mid-winter a feeble high pressure develops over the North-Western part of India?
1. High and dry winds would blow outward from this high-pressure area.
2. The Northern plain would become cold.
3. Scorching winds (locally called loo) would blow during the day time.
4. There would be torrential rains brought by thunderstorms.
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Consider the following statements :
1. In the coastal regions, the land breeze blows over to the sea during the night.
2. In the coastal regions, during the night, the air over the sea is warmer than the air over land.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Land heats and cools more rapidly than the sea. During the day the land gets heated and the air over the land being hotter and lighter than that over the sea, a low pressure area is created over the land. The hot air rises and cool air from the see ruches in towards the land, which is referred as sea breeze.At night the land rapidly loses its heat faster than the sea. The air over the sea is therefore warmer and lighter than over the land and a breeze blows but from the land towards the sea.
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone is a low-pressure belt which forms an important zone of contact over Northern India and Pakistan.
2. The Intertropical Convergence Zone invites inflow of winds from different directions.
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1. Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone is a low-pressure belt which forms an important zone of contact over Northern India and Pakistan.
2. The Intertropical Convergence Zone invites inflow of winds from different directions.
The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), known by sailors as the doldrums, is the area encircling the earth near the equator where the northeast and southeast trade winds converge.
During the hot weather period i.e from March to May the Eastern and North-eastern states of the subcontinent like West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Odisha (parts) and Bangladesh experience a dramatic appearance of a special type of violent thunderstorm known as Nor’wester.
In Bengal it is known as ‘Kal Baisakhi’ Apart from its destructive effects like a sudden rise in wind speed, lightning, thunder and hail the rainfall associated with the storm although small in amount, is extremely helpful for the pre-Kharif crops like jute, paddy, summer till and a large number of vegetables and fruits and the sudden drop in temperature gives relief after unbearable midday heat.
Consider the following statements and select the correct answer by using the codes given below:
Assertion (A): In South India, the semi-arid steppe climate is found in parts of Karnataka plateau.
Reason (R): It lies in the rain shadow area of Sahyadris.
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Due to rain shadow area of Sahyadrithe regions between Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have become semi-arid.
Consider the following statements and select the correct answer by using the codes given below:
Assertion (A): India enjoys a tropical monsoon climate.
Reason (R): India is located within the tropics.
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India is located in the middle of the tropic of cancer.
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
I. Mumbai receives more rainfall than Pune because it is located at the windward side of Western Ghats
II. Vidarbha region experiences semi-arid climate as it is located in a rain shadow region
III. In India monsoon reaches Kashmir valley at the last
Select the correct answer using the code given below :
The rainfall distribution pattern over the Ganga basin decreases from the:
The rainfall distribution pattern over the Ganga basin decreases from the East to the West and South to North.
Which one of the following would have happened if the Himalayas did not exist?
Consider the following statements about cold waves in winter season in northern India:
1. There is a lack of maritime influence.
2. Northern India is nearer to the Himalayan region.
3. Air mass comes from polar regions to northern India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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