Among the following regions of India, which one receives comparatively least amount of annual rainfall?
1.An 80 km wide coastal belt from Nellore to Point Calimere
2.The middle and lower Asom valley
3.North-eastern Rajasthan
4.The coastal plains of Gujarat south of Narmada
Area having 2 to 4 months rainy season from September onwards fall in
1.Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
2.Kerala and Maharashtra
3.Madhya Pradesh
4.Gujarat
Certain regions of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh have rainy season in
1.September-January
2.October-December
3.December-March
4.February-May
During the monsoon season rainfall decreses from Ganga delta to the Punjab plains. This is because-
1.Monsoon current moves westward along the Ganga plain and becomes drier
2.Western regions are warner
3.Hills do not from barriers fro winds
4.The area is far away from the sea
During winter North-western part of India gets rainfall from-
1.Thunderstorms
2.Retreating monsoon
3.Western disturbances
4.Tropical Cyclones
Guwahati is situated on the bank of the river:
1.Teesta
2.Brahmaputra
3.Hooghly
4.Sone
I.T.C means:
1.Inter Transitional Centre
2.Inter Tropical Convergence
3.Inter Trade Centre
4.Inter Transfer Centre
In areas having mean annual temperature of 23°C to 27° C and annual rainfall between 75 cm to 100 cm we find:
1.Tropical evergreen forests
2.Tropical dry forests
3.Tropical moist deciduous forests
4.Alpine forests
Interior of the Deccan Plateau receives an annual rainfall of less then 60 cm, mainly because
1.It is a rain shadow region.
2.It is located parallel to wind direction.
3.It is away from the coast.
4.Rain-bearing clouds are absent.
Monsoon starts retreating from Punjab plains by-
1.Mid of July
2.Mid of September
3.Mid of October
4.December end
Number of consecutive months of different amount of monthly rainfall during a season or year in an area consitute:
1.Rainfall sequence
2.Rainfall pattern
3.Rainfall frequency
4.Rainfall events
On the basis of rainfall patterns, India has been divided into following number of rainfall regions-
1.69
2.121
3.62
4.174
South-west monsoon reaches Assam in:
1.End of September
2.Mid of October
3.November
4.Mid of September
Tamil Nadu coast gets most of its rainfall during-
1.October and November
2.July and August
3.December and January
4.August and September
Tamil Nadu coast receives rainfall during:
1.North eastern Monsoon season
2.South west Monsoon season
3.Retreating southwest Monsoon season
4.Pre-Monsoon season
The annual variability of rainfall is over 50% in-
1.Andhra Coast
2.Western Rajasthan
3.Sikkim
4.Tamil Nadu Coast
The area with annual rainfall less than 50 cm in a year is
1.Meghalaya
2.Leh in Kashmir
3.Coromandel
4.Konkan coast
The driest areas of India which fall in Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Kashmir have a monthly rainfall of-
1.15 cm
2.19 cm
3.Less than 10 cm
4.More than 10 cm
The forests which act as barriers against cyclones are:
1.Evergreen forests
2.Mangrove forests
3.Monsoon forests
4.Alpine forests
The largest Delta of the world is-
1.Sunderban
2.Amazon Basin
3.Greenland
4.Congo Basin
The maximum rainfall area of India, i.e, Meghalaya has average annual rainfall of-
1.1050 cm
2.795 cm
3.1150 cm
4.1000 cm
The rainfall in Jaisalmer is:
1.9 cm
2.8 cm
3.10 cm
4.12 cm
The State having the highest rainfall by North-East Monsoon is?
1.Assam
2.West Bengal
3.Tamil Nadu
4.Orissa
The tributary of River Indus which flows through Himachal Pradesh is:
1.Sutlej
2.Beas
3.Ravi
4.Hunza
The vegaries of the monsoon are due to amny causes. Of these the most important is-
1.Late onset of monsoon
2.Early withdrawl of monsoon
3.Too many or too long dry spells
4.Weak monsoon winds
The western coasts of India receive very high rainfall in summer mainly due to-
1.Tropical location
2.Nearness to sea
3.Western Ghats
4.Himalayas
The Western disturbances which baring rainfall to the north-west region of India occur during-
1.Cold weather season
2.Hot weather season
3.South-west monsoon
4.Retreating monsoon season
Which among the following is/are the major factors responsible for the monsoon type of climate in India
1.Location
2.Thermal and Inter-tropical convergence zone
3.Upper air circulation
4.All of these
Which of the following is aTrans-Himalayan river?
1.Ganga
2.Yamuna
3.Sutlej
4.Ravi
Which of the following is the leading sediment transporting river in India?
1.Brahmaputra
2.Yamuna
3.Ganges
4.Indus
Which of the following regions has highest variability of rainfall?
1.Gujarat
2.Kerala coast
3.West Bengal
4.Eastern Uttar Pradesh
Which of the following stations has maximum annual range of temperature?
1.Madras
2.Bombay
3.Delhi
4.Trivandrum
Which of the following stations receive the highest annual raifall?
1.Calcutta
2.Patna
3.Allahabad
4.Delhi
Which one of the following causes rainfall in the north-western parts of India during Winter Season?
1.Cyclonic depression
2.Retreating monsoon
3.Western disturbances
4.South West Monsoon
Which one of the following is the wetttest palce in India?
1.Mahabaleshwar
2.Cherrapunji
3.Udhagamandalam
4.Mawsynram
Which one of the following places gets the least rainfall?
1.Bikaner
2.Leh
3.Jodhpur
4.Jaisalmer
With the on set of the monsoon, day temperature-
1.Increases owing to flow of hot winds
2.Decreases owing to cloudiness and rainfall
3.Does not vary much
4.Decreases owing to cold winds from the north