Climate of India

Question 1

Examples of continental climate

Answer 1

Delhi, Jaipur, Lucknow, Patna(all located in the Northern plains)

Question 2

Examples of maritime climate

Answer 2

Chennai, Mumbai, Mangalore, Kochi, Visakhapatnam

Question 3

GR: India is a tropical monsoon country

Answer 3

The southwest monsoons bringing rainfall in the months of June-September bring the entire nation from the Himalayas to Kanyakumari to a uniform climatic type.

Question 4

heaviest rainfall on Earth

Answer 4

Mawsynram in the Khasi hills

Question 5

Thar desert rainfall

Answer 5

The Thar desert receives less than 25 cm rain annually

Question 6

Latitudinal extent of India

Answer 6

8 degrees 4 seconds N to 37 degrees 6 seconds N

Question 7

Name a place in India which receives the overhead sun twice a year

Answer 7

Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh

Question 8

Name places in India that experience uniform temperature like the equatorial region

Answer 8

Southern parts of Kerela, Tamil Nadu and the Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep islands

Question 9

Popular hill resorts in the summer in Himalayas

Answer 9

Places like Shimla and darjeeling

Question 10

Popular hill resorts in southern India

Answer 10

Yercaud(Salem, Tamil Nadu), Udhagamandalam(Nilgiri Hills, Ooty), Kodaikanal ( Dindigul, Tamil Nadu) Munnar ( Idukki, Kerela) and Mahabaleshwar ( Satara, Maharashtra)

Question 11

What place receives rainfall in the cold dry winter season?

Answer 11

Coromandel Coast

Question 12

Places where temperate cyclones cause precipitation

Answer 12

Cause rainfall at: Punjab, Haryana, an western Uttar Pradesh

Cause snowfall at: Jammu an Kashmir, Himachal PRadesh and Uttarakhand

Question 13

Places that experience mean maximum temperature(48C)

Answer 13

Thar Desert, southern Punjab, Haryana, western Uttar Pradesh

Question 14

Places that experience heatwaves during hot dry summer

Answer 14

Punjab, Haryana, western Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan

Question 15

Areas Loo blows over

Answer 15

Rajasthan, Punjab. Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar

Question 16

Effect of Loo

Answer 16

lowers humidity to an uncomfortable level

Question 17

Effect of Cherry Blossoms

Answer 17

Helps in early ripening of mangoes and is beneficial for tea and coffee crops.

Question 18

Effect of Nor’ westers

Answer 18

1. Bring heavy showers of rain.
2. Accompanied by thunder and lightning, violent winds and hail.
3. Cause immense destruction of life and property.

Question 19

Cause of Nor’Westers over northwestern part of Northern Plains

Answer 19

Caused by subtropical westerly jet stream, causing ascent of warm moist air.

Question 20

Name of Nor’ westers in Bengal

Answer 20

kalbaisakhi

Question 21

Effect of Nor’ westers in Bengal

Answer 21

1. Causes thunderstorms.

2. The rain is extremely beneficial for jute and paddy crops.

Question 22

Name of Nor’ westers in Assam

Answer 22

Bardoichila

Question 23

Cause of Nor’ westers in Assam

Answer 23

These occur when cold dry winds from the Himalayas meet warm moist air rising from the Brahmaputra plains.

Question 24

Effect of nor’ westers in Assam

Answer 24

The rain benefits the tea crop

Question 25

Cause of aandhi

Answer 25

Caused by intense heating and convectional currents

Question 26

What determines the time of onset of southwest monsoon over India?

Answer 26

The tropical easterly jet stream

Question 27

Places on leeward side of western ghats

Answer 27

1. Eastern slopes of the western Ghats.

2. Deccan plateau covering central Maharashtra and parts of Telangana, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu

Question 28

Entry point of second current of Arabian Sea branch

Answer 28

It enters the troughs of the Narmada and Tapi rivers.

Question 29

Entry point of third current of Arabian Sea branch.

Answer 29

It enters Kachchh, Saurashtra and western Rajasthan (Thar Desert)

Question 30

Places on leeward side of Gharo-Khasi-Jaintiya hills

Answer 30

Cherrapunji and Mawsynram

Question 31

Place on the leeward side of Gharo-Khasi-Jaintiya hills

Answer 31

Shillong