MCQ Climate, Climatic Regions, Rains, Monsoon & Winds SET 3ALL MCQ For Climate, Climatic Regions, Rains, Monsoon, Winds 1. The western coast of India receive very high rainfall in summer mainly due toTropical locationNearness to seaWestern GhatsHimalayasQuestion 1 of 152. Among the following places, the average annual rainfall is highest at ________ChennaiKolkataShillongThiruvananthapuramQuestion 2 of 153. A rainy day as defined by the Indian Meteorological department is a day when the rainfall at a point received is0.5 mm to 1 mm in 24 hours1.1 mm to 1.5 mm in 24 hours1.6 mm to 2 mm in 24 hoursAbove 2.5 mm in 24 hoursQuestion 3 of 154. What is the nature of monsoon rain from Guwahati to Chandigarh?Irregular NatureCrescent or Growing NatureDiminishing NatureCyclic NatureQuestion 4 of 155. The amount and intensity of monsoon rainfall is determined by the frequency ofWestern disturbancesDust stormsCyclonesTropical depressionsQuestion 5 of 156. Among the following regions of India, which one receives comparatively least amount of annual rainfall?An 80 km wide coastal belt from Nellore to Point CalimereThe middle and lower Asom valleyNorth-eastern RajasthanThe coastal plains of Gujarat south of NarmadaQuestion 6 of 157. The winter rain in Chennai is caused bySouth-West MonsoonsNorth-East MonsoonsIntense Land and Sea BreezesCyclonic winds in the Bay of BengalQuestion 7 of 158. Nagpur gets scanty rainfall because it is located with reference to Sahyadri Mountains, towards ________.Windward SideSeaward SideOnshore SideLeeward SideQuestion 8 of 159. The north-western India receives substantial rainfall during winter months because of ________South-west monsoonsRetreating monsoonsNorth-east monsoonsWesterly disturbancesQuestion 9 of 1510. Which among the following pairs of places have most marked difference in total rainfall per annum even though located approximately along the same latitude?Bengaluru and ChennaiMumbai and VisakhapatnamAjmer and ShillongNagpur and KolkataQuestion 10 of 1511. Why does Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats both receive sufficient rainfall but Deccan Plateau receives scanty rainfall?It is a rain shadow area It is located parallel to wind directionIt is away from the coastRain bearing clouds are absentQuestion 11 of 1512. Monsoon retreat is marked by: 1. clear sky 2. high pressure conditions at the Bay of Bengal 3. rise in temperature on land1 only1 and 22 and 31, 2 and 3Question 12 of 1513. The rains along the western coast of India are ________CyclonicConvectionalOrographicMonsoonalQuestion 13 of 1514. There is heavy rainfall on the western coast of India but very little in the Deccan becauseThe Deccan plateau is situated in the rain shadow of the Western GhatsThe region is bypassed by the south-west monsoonsLack of high mountains in the DeccanOf some unknown reasonQuestion 14 of 1515. Which one of the following pairs of cities have the largest annual average rain difference as compared to the other three pairs?Jabalpur and NagpurMumbai and PuneKolkata and BhubaneshwarGuwahati and ShillongQuestion 15 of 15 Loading...
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