Cyclone Asani

Question 1

IMD

Answer 1

India Meteorological Department (IMD)

Question 2

Cyclones that Hit India in 2020-21:

Answer 2

Tauktae, Yaas,
Nisarga, Amphan.

Question 3

The name-Cyclone Asani

Answer 3

given by Sri Lanka.
It means ‘wrath’ in Sinhalese.

Question 4

IMD classifies cyclones on the basis of?

Answer 4

the
Maximum Sustained Surface Wind Speed (MSW)
they generate.

Question 5

MSW unit

Answer 5

knot

One knot is equal
to 1.8 kmph (kilometers per hour).

Question 6

cyclonessss in India

Answer 6

India has a bi-annual cyclone season that occurs
between March to May and October to December.

But on rare occasions, cyclones do occur in June and
September months.

Question 7

cyclones to keep in mind

Answer 7

Cyclone Gulab became the third cyclone of the
21st century to make landfall over the east coast
in September, after tropical cyclone Daye in 2018
and Pyarr in 2005.

Question 8

more on tropical cyclones

Answer 8

not v important refer more cuz it’s fun to know

Question 9

IMD established in

Answer 9

1875