Climate & Clima...

Which of the following atmospheric conditions do not govern the climate and associated weather conditions in India?

a. Upper air circulation
b. Southern cyclonic disturbances
c. Tropical cyclones
d. Pressure and surface winds

Match the following:

Which of the following statements is/are false?

a. Monsoon trough refers to the intense low pressure area that develops over north-western parts of the country.
b. Mango showers are the pre-monsoon showers that help in ripening of mangoes in coastal Kerala and Karnataka.
c. Trade winds are the prevailing westerly winds that blow from the sub-tropical high pressure belt to equatorial low pressure area.

In which of the following places, is there hardly any difference between day and night temperatures?

a. Rajasthan
b. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
c. Kerala

Which of the following is not one of the controls of the climate of a place?

The difference between pressures over which two of the following places is computed to predict the intensity of the monsoon?

a. Tahiti
b. Auckland
c. Darwin
d. Katherine

El Nino is the periodic development of a warm ocean current along the coast of Peru. The presence of El Nino leads to which of the following in the region?

a. Decrease in sea-surface temperatures
b. Strengthening of the trade winds
c. Increase in sea-surface temperatures
d. Weakening of the trade winds

Which of the following statements is/are false?

a. Monsoon winds are not steady winds but are pulsating in nature.
b. Coriolis force is responsible for deflecting winds towards the left in the Northern Hemisphere.
c. The Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone is a broad trough of low pressure in equatorial latitudes.

Which of the following are experienced by the northern parts of the country in the summer months?

a. Rising temperature
b. Falling air pressure
c. Falling temperature
d. Rising air pressure

In which of the following months, dust storms are very common in northern India?

Which of the following places receives the highest average rainfall in the world?

Which of the following river deltas are frequently struck by tropical cyclones?

a. The Godavari delta
b. The Krishna delta
c. The Kaveri delta
d. The Mahanadi delta

Which of the following does not receive less than 60 cm of rainfall annually?

Which of the following statements is/are false?

a. Coromandel Coast derives its bulk of rainfall from depressions and cyclones.
b. The mercury begins to fall rapidly in the northern plains by the second half of October.
c. By the beginning of August, the monsoon withdraws from the northern plains.

The low-pressure conditions that are made over north-western India get transferred to the Bay of Bengal by early _______.