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Indian Climate and Seasons

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The Indian climate is characterized by distinct seasonal variations, primarily driven by the southwest and retreating monsoons. Geography questions often focus on rainfall distribution, regional climate types, and pressure gradients. Solving these questions helps in understanding the underlying factors affecting Indian weather.

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Indian Climate and Seasons Questions

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Western Ghats obstruct the south-west monsoon winds coming over from _________.

  1. Black Sea

  2. Red Sea

  3. South China Sea

  4. Arabian Sea
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

South-West monsoon has two branches, 1. Arabian sea branch, 2. Bay of Bengal branch. The moisture ladden winds of the SW monsoon follow the path of low pressure zone so as to reach ITCZ which is at ganga plains due to northward march of Sun over the tropic of cancer. While flowing towards ITCZ the Arabian Sea branch gets obstructed by the Western ghats, this gives heavy orographic rainfall on Western coast. On the other hand the bay of Bengal branch flows parallel to eastern ghats, so there is less precipitation.

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Population in the tropical desert is less because of _____________________.

  1. Scanty rain and scorching heat

  2. Scanty rain and mild sun

  3. Heavy rain and cool climate

  4. Mild rain and mild sun
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The harsh environment of tropical deserts, characterized by very little rainfall and extreme heat, makes it difficult for large populations to sustain themselves.

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Which of the following region is characterized by a season of rain followed by a season of drought?

  1. Equatorial region

  2. Hot desert region

  3. Savanna region

  4. Steppe region
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Savannas have warm temperatures year-round. There are actually two very different seasons in a savanna; a very long dry season (winter), and a very wet season (summer). In the dry season, only an average of about 4 inches of rainfall. Between December and February, no rain will fall at all.

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'High temperature, high rainfall, a perpetual summer without any change of season' is the characteristic of_________________.

  1. Monsoon region

  2. Steppe or prairie region

  3. Equatorial region

  4. Polar region
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The equatorial region is characterized by high temperatures and high rainfall throughout the year, resulting in a climate that feels like a perpetual summer.

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Which of the following is not true of the Monsoon Region?

  1. They experience high rainfall in summer and negligible rainfall in winter

  2. They experience four seasons in a year
  3. They fall between $33^{\circ}$ North and $30^{\circ}$ South parallels

  4. Crops grown in tropical monsoonal regions required a large supply of water
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Monsoon region does not fall strictly between 33 degrees North and 30 degrees South; the monsoon climate is influenced by land-sea temperature differences and is found in various parts of the world, not defined solely by these specific parallels.

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Rainfall in the hot deserts is _______.

  1. Moderate

  2. High

  3. Low

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Generally, A desert is defined as an area that receives less than 10 inches or 25 cms of precipitation a year, of precipitation a year. Deserts that receive rain as their main form of precipitation is called hot deserts., while deserts that receive snow as their main form of precipitation is called cold deserts.

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The characteristic type of rainfall in the equatorial region is _________.

  1. Cyclonic rainfall

  2. Convectional rainfall

  3. Orographic rainfall

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The convectional rainfall occurs due to the thermal convection currents caused due to the heating of ground due to insolation.The convectional rainfall is prevalent in equatorial regions. In these, the warm air rises up and expands then, reaches at a cooler layer and saturates, then condenses mainly in the form of cumulus or cumulonimbus clouds. In the equatorial regions, the precipitation due to convectional rainfall occurs in the afternoon

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What is the full form of ITCZ?

  1. Indian Tropical Convergence Zone

  2. Inter Tropical Convergence Zone

  3. Inter Tropical Climate Zone

  4. Inter Temperate Convergence Zone
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

  • ITCZ stands for Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone. It is the area encircling the equator where the northeast and southeast trade winds come together. These are called as doldrums by sailors.
  • In the Northern Hemisphere, the trade winds move in a southwestern direction from the northeast, while in the Southern Hemisphere, they move north-westward from the southeast. 
  • These may cause hazards like thunderstorms.

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Which of the following does not have an influence over the climate on India?

  1. Monsoons

  2. Nearness to equator

  3. Ocean currents

  4. Presence of Indian ocean
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Ocean currents does not have influence over the climate in India. Ocean currents act much like a conveyer belt, transporting warm water and precipitation from the equator toward the poles and cold water from the poles back to the tropics. Thus, currents regulate global climate, helping to counteract the uneven distribution of solar radiation reaching Earth's surface.

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Which of the following does not have influence over the climate of India?

  1. Nearness to Equator

  2. Presence of Indian Ocean

  3. Monsoons

  4. Ocean currents
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The climate of India is primarily influenced by its location relative to the Equator, the presence of the Indian Ocean, and the seasonal monsoon winds. Ocean currents do not have a direct or significant impact on the climate of the Indian subcontinent compared to these other factors.

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The western disturbances which cause winter rain in India originate in _____.

  1. Pakistan

  2. Bay of Bengal

  3. West Asia

  4. Himalayas
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
West Asia.
Western Disturbance is an extratropical storm, which give rain to North and Northwest India during winter. It is very useful for wheat and winter crops. It is driven by westerlies (westerlies, are prevailing winds from the west toward the east in the middle latitudes between 30 and 60 degrees latitude.)
Western Disturbances originate from the Mediterranean sea, the Black sea, and the Caspian sea. From this region and from Atlantic ocean they collect the moisture and move eastward.

In the extratropical zone frontogenesis (a process in which two air masses of different densities come together to form a front) process take place which in turn facilitates the formation of the cyclone. These types of cyclones occurring over mid-latitude are called extratropical cyclones. They travel as a family and reaching north India one by one.  They are more in frequency in the winter season as westerlies are stronger in winter. They approach India by traveling across Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. They are mainly lower tropospheric systems that show variation in strength and vertical extent with superimposition of a mid and upper tropospheric trough in westerlies.