Climate - II (Class XI / XII)
Description: Geography | |
Number of Questions: 15 | |
Created by: Palash Sundaram | |
Tags: Geography Climate Monsoons Trade Winds Jet Stream Cyclonic Disturbances Surface Pressure and Winds Tests |
Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?
a. Climate is the momentary state of the atmosphere. b. The climate of India has many regional variations expressed in the pattern of winds, temperature and rainfall, rhythm of seasons and the degree of wetness or dryness. c. There are seasonal variations in temperature from place to place and from region to region in India.
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. The Himalayas trap the monsoon winds within the subcontinent. b. The differential heating of land and sea creates different air pressure zones in different seasons in and around the Indian subcontinent. c. This difference in air pressure causes reversal in the direction of monsoon winds.
The western cyclonic disturbances, which enter the Indian subcontinent during the winter months are
Which of the following is the affect of the high pressure center in the region lying to the north of the Himalayas that develops during winter?
The onset of monsoon in India is when the
Which of the following is/are correct about jet streams?
a. Jet streams are the prevailing pattern of easterly surface winds found in the tropics, within the lower portion of the Earth's atmosphere. b. They blow as westerly winds along the altitude of 9-13 km from west to east. c. Tibetian Highlands act as a barrier in their path due to which they get bifurcated. d. They play an important role in the Indian monsoon.
Which of the following about the winter monsoon is/are incorrect?
a. They cause heavy rains. b. There is anti cyclonic circulation over land as it crosses over. c. They have very little humidity.
Which of the following statements is incorrect?
Which of the following is incorrect about the Nor Westers?
Which of the following traditional seasons is correctly matched with the north and central Indian traditional system of seasons?
Which of the following statements is incorrect?
Which of the following is/are correct about the retreating southwest monsoon?
a. The retreating southwest monsoon season is marked by clear skies and rise in temperature. b. There is widespread rain in this season which is associated with the passage of cyclonic depressions that originate over the Bay of Bengal. c. October and November, the time of the retreating monsoon are the rainiest months of the year in the eastern part of the Peninsula.
Which of the following is/are correct?
a. The mean daily temperature remains below 21oC over most parts of northern India during the months of December and January. b. The cold winds coming from the Caspian Sea and Turkmenistan bring cold wave along with frost and fog over the northwestern parts of India in February. c. The Northern states get cold wave conditions due to the continental climate near the Himalyan region.
A characteristic feature of rainfall in India is its variability. Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. A variability of less than 25 per cent exists in the areas have an annual rainfall of over 100 cm. b. Western Ghats, Northeastern Peninsula, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh are some of the places that have a variability of less than 50 percent. c. A variability of over 100 percent exists in the western part of Rajasthan, northern part of Jammu and Kashmir and interior parts of the Deccan plateau.
Which of the following statements is/are correct about the types of climate according to Koeppen's classification?
a. Ganga plain, eastern Rajasthan, northern Madhya Pradesh, most of North-east India has the Cwg types of climate. b. Arunachal Pradesh has Dfc type of climate. c. North-western Gujarat, some parts of western Rajasthan and Punjab have Aw type of climate.