Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. The coastal areas of Tamil Nadu get rain at the end of winter season. b. The Coromandel coast remains dry during the months of July and August. c. The annual precipitation is less than 10 cm in the Northwest Himalayas and the Western deserts.

Due to which of the following reasons do the Western Ghats and Assam receive high rainfall during June-September whereas the Southern plateau remains dry along the Western Ghats?

Which of the following statements is/are true?

a. The Northern part of the India lies in sub-tropical and temperate zone. b. The sub-tropical zone experiences high temperatures throughout the year with small daily and annual range. c. The area near the Tropic of Cancer experiences extreme climate with high daily and annual range of temperature.

Which of the following is/are correct?

a. The monsoon trough occurs in July when the ITCZ is located around 20^oN-25^oN latitudes. b. The westerly jet stream blows over the Southern part of the Peninsula in June. c. The ITCZ moves Southward in winter and so the reversal of winds from Northeast to South and Southwest takes place and becomes the Northeast monsoon.

Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?

a. Tropical cyclones originate over the Arabian sea and the Gulf of Aden. b. The tropical cyclones have high wind velocity and torrential rain accompanies them. c. Such cyclones hit the Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa coast.

Why does the Peninsular India region not have any well-defined cold weather season?

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. All of Western and Central Asia remains under the influence of westerly winds along the altitude of 9-13 km from West to East. b. These winds are known as jet streams. c. The Himalayas act as a barrier in the path of these jet streams.

Which of the following statements is/are correct about winter monsoons?

a. Weak temperate cyclones from the Mediterranean sea cause rainfall in North-Western India in winters. b. The Northeast monsoon causes torrential rainfall over the Tamil Nadu coast, Southern Andhra Pradesh, Southeast Karnataka and Southeast Kerala. c. Arunachal Pradesh and Assam in the North-Eastern parts of India also receive torrential rains during the Northeast monsoon.

Which of the following is/are correct?

a. If rain fails to occur for one or more weeks, during the Southwest monsoon period, it is called a break in monsoon. b. 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. c. The breaks over the West coast are associated with days when winds blow parallel to the coast.

Mango showers are local storms that help in the early ripening of mangoes. They occur in which of the following states?

a. Kerala b. Karnataka c. West Bengal d. Uttar Pradesh e. Bihar

Why does the Tamil Nadu coast remain dry in the monsoon?

a. Its coast is situated parallel to the Bay of Bengal branch of Southwest monsoon. b. It lies in the rainshadow area of the Arabian Sea branch of the Southwest monsoon. c. It lies in the rainshadow area of the Bay of Bengal branch of the Southwest monsoon.

The traditional Vasanta season in North and Central India falls in the months of

Which of the following is/are the area that receives high rainfall exceeding 200 cms?

a. Western Ghats b. Sub-Himalayan areas in the Northeast c. Hills of Meghalaya d. The Northern Ganga plain along the sub-Himalayas

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. The Sahayadris lie in the windward sid of the Bay of Bengal branch of the Southwestern monsoon winds. b. The monsoon rainfall has a declining trend with increasing distance from the sea. c. The windward side of the Western Ghats register a rainfall of over 250 cm.

Match the following columns with the type of climate and their corresponding areas according to the Koeppen's classification: