Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

  1. During December to February, light winds of low velocity blow over the Ganga-Brahmaputra Delta in the northerly direction.
  2. The very light rainfall brought by Western disturbances is highly beneficial for Kharif crops.
  3. Incursion of the pre-monsoon showers and early advance of the monsoons further north is checked by a belt of relatively high air pressure lying over the Deccan Plateau.

  1. Only 1

  2. Only 2 and 3

  3. Only 1 and 3

  4. All of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Statement 1 is correct: During December to February, light winds of low velocity blow over the Ganga-Brahmaputra Delta in the northerly direction. Statement 2 is incorrect: The very light rainfall brought by Western disturbances is highly beneficial for Rabi crops, especially wheat. Statement 3 is correct: Incursion of the pre-monsoon showers and early advance of the monsoons further north is checked by a belt of relatively high air pressure lying over the Deccan Plateau.

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