More Questions on Climate And Weather in India
- Q. Which of the following wind is blowing from the Mediterranean sea to the North Western parts of India?
A)Loo
B)Western disturbances
C)Norwesters
D)Mango showers
Answer: Western disturbances
- Q. Which of the following factors does not have influence on the Indian climate?
A)Monsoons
B)Presence of Indian Ocean
C)Nearness to equator
D)Ocean currents
Answer: Ocean currents
- Q. National Flood Commission is related to
A)Drought and flood
B)Flood
C)Disaster Management
D)Poverty Alleviation
Answer: Flood
- Q. The average annual temperature of a meteorological station is 26°C, its average annual rainfall is 63 cm and the annual range of temperature is 9°C. The station in question is ________
A)Cherapunji
B)Allahabad
C)Chennai
D)Kolkata
Answer: Chennai
- Q. Why does Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats both receive sufficient rainfall but Deccan Plateau receives scanty rainfall?
A)It is away from the coast
B)It is a rain shadow area
C)It is located parallel to wind direction
D)Rain bearing clouds are absent
Answer: It is a rain shadow area
- Q. Which of the following state receives rainfall due to western disturbances?
A)Kerala
B)Punjab
C)West Bengal
D)Gujarat
Answer: Punjab
- Q. For short-term climatic predictions, which one of the following events, detected in the last decade, is associated with occasional weak monsoon rains in the Indian subcontinent?
A)El Nino and southern oscillations
B)La Nina
C)Movement of jet streams
D)Green-house effect on global level
Answer: El Nino and southern oscillations
- Q. Which type of climate(s) prevail(s) in the long corridor (Leeward side) of the Western Ghats and the Nilgiri Hills?
A)Tropical semi-arid steppe
B)Tropical wet and dry climate
C)Tropical wet and dry with winter rain
D)Subtropical monsoon rainforest
Answer: Tropical semi-arid steppe
- Q. India is particularly poor in reserves of
A)Non-ferrous metals
B)Coal
C)Iron ore
D)Limestone
Answer: Non-ferrous metals
- Q. The mangrove forests are present in
A)The Western Ghats
B)The Eastern Ghats
C)The Sunderbans
D)The Aravallis
Answer: The Sunderbans
- Q. During the monsoon season rainfall decreases from the Ganga delta to the Punjab plains. It is because ________
A)Hills do not form barriers for winds
B)Monsoon current moves westward along the Ganga plain and becomes drier
C)Western regions are warmer than the eastern region
D)The area is far away from the sea
Answer: Monsoon current moves westward along the Ganga plain and becomes drier
- Q. At which one of the following places is the monkey called Lion-tailed macaque naturally found?
A)Nallamalai hills
B)Shivaliks
C)Pachmarhi
D)Nilgiris
Answer: Nilgiris
- Q. Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Orissa often face natural disasters due to ________
A)Landslides
B)Cyclones
C)Earthquakes
D)Tornadoes
Answer: Cyclones
- Q. The winter rain in Chennai is caused by
A)Intense Land and Sea Breezes
B)South-West Monsoons
C)North-East Monsoons
D)Cyclonic winds in the Bay of Bengal
Answer: North-East Monsoons
- Q. The place in India receiving the lowest rainfall is
A)Bikaner
B)Leh
C)Jaisalmer
D)Jodhpur
Answer: Leh
- Q. The premonsoon mango showers occur predominantly in
A)Gujarat and Maharashtra
B)West Bengal and Assam
C)Deccan Plateau
D)Kerala and Karnataka
Answer: Kerala and Karnataka
- Q. The driest part in India is in
A)Darbhanga (Bihar)
B)Jaisalmer (Western Rajasthan)
C)Bhatinda (Punjab)
D)Gandhinagar (Gujarat)
Answer: Jaisalmer (Western Rajasthan)
- Q. Among the following regions of India, which one receives comparatively least amount of annual rainfall?
A)North-eastern Rajasthan
B)An 80 km wide coastal belt from Nellore to Point Calimere
C)The middle and lower Asom valley
D)The coastal plains of Gujarat south of Narmada
Answer: North-eastern Rajasthan
- Q. Why does the west coast of India receive more rainfall from south-west monsoon than the east coast?
A)The east coast is broader than the west coast
B)Unlike the east coast this coast is straight
C)The Western Ghats obstruct the winds causing rainfall
D)The Eastern Ghats extend parallel to wind direction
Answer: The Western Ghats obstruct the winds causing rainfall
- Q. In which of the following states, retreating monsoon has more effect?
A)Punjab
B)Orissa
C)West Bengal
D)Tamil Nadu
Answer: Tamil Nadu
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