Climate - I (Class XI / XII)

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The Coromandel coast remains dry during the months of July and August.
The annual precipitation is less than 10 cm in the Northwest Himalayas and the Western deserts.

This is the correct answer. The Westren ghats and Assam are on the windward side and the Southern ghats along the Western plateau face the leeward side of the monsoon winds. Due to this reason the Western Ghats and Assam receive high rainfall during June-September, whereas the Southern plateau remains dry along the Western Ghats.

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The Northern part of the India lies in sub-tropical and temperate zone.
 

This is correct. The monsoon trough occurs in July when the ITCZ is located around 20°N-25°N latitudes over the Gangetic plain.

This statement is incorrect. Tropical cyclones originate over the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean.

This is the correct answer as the Peninsular India region does not a have a well defined cold weather season due to the moderating influence of its large coastline and its proximity to the equator makes it climate continental.

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All of Western and Central Asia remains under the influence of westerly winds along the altitude of 9-13 km from West to East.
These winds are known as jet streams.

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Weak temperate cyclones from the Mediterranean sea cause rainfall in North-Western India in winters.

The Northeast monsoon causes torrential rainfall over the Tamil Nadu coast, Southern Andhra Pradesh, Southeast Karnataka and Southeast Kerala.

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If rain fails to occur for one or more weeks, during the Southwest monsoon period, it is called a break in monsoon.

Breaks in Northern India rains occur if the rain-bearing storms are not very frequent along the monsoon trough or the ITCZ over this region.

The breaks over the West coast are associated with days when winds blow parallel to the coast.

This is the correct answer. Mango showers are premonsoonshowers which are a common phenomena in Kerala and coastal areas of Karnataka. Locally, they are known as mango showers since they help in the early ripening of mangoes.

This is the correct answer. The Tamil Nadu coast is situated parallel to the Bay of Bengal branch of Southwest monsoon. It lies in the rainshadow area of the Arabian Sea branch of the Southwest monsoon.

This is the correct answer. Vasanta lies in the months of Chaitra-Vaisakha or March and April according to the traditional calendar.

This is the correct answer. The highest rainfall occurs along the West coast, on the Western Ghats, as well as in the sub-Himalayan areas is the Northeast and the hills of Meghalaya. Here, the rainfall exceeds 200 cm.

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The monsoon rainfall has a declining trend with increasing distance from the sea.

The windward side of the Western Ghats register a rainfall of over 250 cm.

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Monsoon with dry summer - Coromandel coast of Tamil Nadu
Tropical savannah - South of the Tropic of Cancer
Semi-arid steppe climate - Northwestern Gujarat