TOPIC 1: CLIMATE OF INDIA
GEOGRAPHY
1) CLIMATE
TOPIC 1 :CLIMATE OF INDIA
TOPIC 3 : MECHANISM OF MONSOON
TOPIC 4 : THE SEASONS OF INDIA
TOPIC 1: CLIMATE OF
INDIA
VERY SHORT ANSWER
TYPE QUESTIONS
Q1. WHICH PLACE IN INDIA
RECORDS THE HIGHEST RAINFALL IN THE WORLD?
ANS. MAWSYANRAM IS THE RAINIEST PLACE IN INDIA AS WELL AS
IN THE WORLD.
Q2. WHICH PART OF INDIA
EXPERIENCE HIGHEST RANGE OF TEMPERATURE IN A DAY?
ANS. THAR DESERT IN RAJASTHAN.
Q3. WHICH IS A COMPONENT
OF UPPER AIR CIRCULATION?
ANS. JET STREAMS
Q4. WHICH IS THE COLDEST
PLACE IN INDIA?
ANS.DRASS
Q5.WHERE IS EQUABLE TYPE
OF CLIMATE FOUND?
ANS.IT IS FOUND CLOSE TO THE SUN
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SHORT ANSWER
TYPE QUESTIONS
Q1. WHERE IS MAWSYNRAM LOCATED? WHY DOES MAWSYNARAM RECEIVES THE HIGHEST
AMOUNT OF RAINFALL?
ANS.MAWSYANRAM IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHERN RANGES OF THE KHASI HILLS AT A HEIGHT OF 1500m ABOVE SEA LEVEL. IT RECEIVES HIGHEST RAINFALL OF THE WORLD. ANNUAL
RAINFALL IS ABOUT 1140cm.
Q2. WHAT ARE “JET STREAMS”?
ANS.FAST BLOWING AIR CURRENTS MOVING IN A NARROW ZONE OF
THE ATMOSPHERE ARE CALLED JET STREAMS.
Q3. WHAT INFLUENCE HAS THE
HIMALAYAS ON THE INDIA’S CLIMATE?
ANS.HIMALAYAS, THE LOFTY MOUNTAINS, HAVE PROVIDED INDIA
WITH A COMPACT PHYSICAL SETTINGS.
HIMALAYAS PROTECT THE SUB-CONTINENT
FROM THE NOTHERN WINDS. THESE COLD AND CHILLY WINDS ORIGINATED NEAR ARTIC
CIRCLEAND BLOW ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN ASIA.
TOPIC-2
CLIMAT CONTROLS
VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
Q1.WHICH PART INDIA EXPERIENCES THE
HEIGHEST SUMMER TEMPERATURE?
ANS.JAISALMER
Q2.WHY PUNE RECEIVES MUCH LESSER
RAINFALL AS COMPARED TO MUMBAI?
ANS. IT IS LOCATED ON THE LEEWARD SIDE OF WESTERN GHATS.
Q3.WHAT TYPE OF CLIMATE DOES RAJASTHAN
DESERT HAVE?
ANS. CONTINENTAL CLIMATE
Q4.IN WINTER THE WESTERN CYCLONIC
DISTURBANCE ORIGINATED FROM WHICH SEA?
ANS. MEDITERRANEAN SEA
Q5.DURING WHICH MONTH MOST PARTS OF
INDIA RECEIVES RAINFALL?
ANS. JUNE TO SEPTEMBER
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