More Questions on Climate And Weather in India
- Q. Which one of the following is the driest region in India?
A)Vidarbha
B)Telangana
C)Marwar
D)Marathwada
Answer: Marwar
- 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. Forest policy of govt. aims to bring what percentage of total area, under forest?
A)22
B)33
C)25
D)27
Answer: 33
- Q. Which of the following receives rainfall by north-eastern monsoon?
A)Kerala
B)Tamil Nadu
C)Assam
D)West Bengal
Answer: Tamil Nadu
- Q. The western disturbances which cause winter rain in India originate in
A)West Asia
B)Pakistan
C)Bay of Bengal
D)Himalayas
Answer: West Asia
- 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. The most important commercial forests of India are ________
A)Coniferous
B)Tropical evergreen
C)Tropical deciduous
D)Mangrove
Answer: Tropical deciduous
- Q. Which of the following does not affect Indian climate?
A)Proximity to equator
B)Monsoon
C)Ocean currents
D)Existence of Indian Ocean
Answer: Ocean currents
- Q. Arrange the following states on the basis of ascending dates of the onset of monsoon : 1. Uttar Pradesh 2. Kerala 3. West Bengal 4. Rajasthan
A)3-1-2-4
B)2-3-1-4
C)3-2-1-4
D)1-2-3-4
Answer: 3-2-1-4
- Q. Which one of the following statements is wrong regarding the “Norwesters” of Bengal?
A)It is a kind of thunderstorm
B)It is caused due to strong surface heating
C)It originates in the Chhotanagpur plateau region
D)None of the above
Answer: None of the above
- 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. Forest Research Institute is at
A)Dehradun
B)Mumbai
C)Cambay
D)Simla
Answer: Dehradun
- Q. Consider the following statements: 1. The south-west monsoon causes heavy rainfall in the Shillong plateau. 2. The north-east monsoon causes the rainfall over Orissa coast during winter. Which of these statements is/are correct ?
A)Both 1 and 2
B)1 only
C)2 only
D)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: 1 only
- Q. The retreating monsoon withdraws from the ________
A)North-east India to the west coast
B)West coast to the east coast
C)North to the south
D)North-west India to Bengal
Answer: North-west India to Bengal
- Q. Rainfall from the south-west monsoon reaches ________
A)Tamil Nadu
B)Lahauland Spiti
C)Ladakh
D)Delta region of Mahanadi
Answer: Delta region of Mahanadi
- Q. What do you mean by ‘reserved forest’ ?
A)Reserved for hunting
B)Reserved for local use
C)Reserved for commercial exploitation
D)Reserved for growing medicinal herbs
Answer: Reserved for commercial exploitation
- Q. When did India adopt the International Tsunami Warning System
A)2006
B)2004
C)2005
D)2007
Answer: 2006
- Q. Plants are associated with the social forestry programmes in India?
A)Eucalyptus
B)Teak
C)Neem
D)Banyan
Answer: Eucalyptus
- Q. Winter rains in North and North-West India are generally associated with the phenomenon of ________
A)Local thunderstorms
B)Retreating monsoon
C)Temperate cyclones
D)Shift in jet stream movement
Answer: Temperate cyclones
- Q. Among the following states, in which one is the percentage of forest area to total geographical area the highest?
A)Sikkim
B)Arunachal Pradesh
C)Himachal Pradesh
D)Uttarakhand
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh
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