FACTORS AFFECTING CLIMATE OF INDIA

CLIMATE IS

• THE FURTHER YOU GET FROM THE EQUATOR.

• WITH THE INCREASE OF HEIGHT, TEMPERATURE DECREASES

• THE CONDITIONS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AT A CERTAIN PLACE AND TIME

• THE AVERAGE WEATHER CONDITIONS OF AN AREA OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF THE DAY IS CALLED THE

• INSOLATION

• RADIATION

• DIURNAL RANGE OF TEMPERATURE

• ANNUAL RANGE OF TEMPERATURE.

WHY DOES MUMBAI EXPERIENCES EQUABLE CLIMATE?

• MUMBAI IS CLOSER TO THE ARABIAN SEA.

• MUMBAI IS CLOSER TO THE SATPURA RANGES

• MUMBAI IS CLOSER TO THE EQUATOR

• NONE OF THE ABOVE

CENTRAL MAHARASHTRA RECEIVES LITTLE RAINFALL. WHY?

• CENTRAL MAHARASHTRA LIES IN THE RAIN SHADOW REGION OF THE WESTERN GHATS.

• CENTRAL MAHARASHTRA LIES IN THE WINDWARD SIDE OF THE WESTERN GHATS.

• CENTRAL MAHARASHTRA LIES NEAR THE DESERT REGION.

• CENTRAL MAHARASHTRA IS FORMED BY VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS.

WHICH IS NOT A FEATURE OF EXTREME CLIMATE?

• SUMMERS ARE VERY HOT AND WINTERS ARE VERY COLD.

• ANNUAL RANGE OF TEMPERATURE IS VERY HIGH.

• IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS MARITIME CLIMATE.

• IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS CONTINENTAL CLIMATE.

WHY ARE HIMALAYAS CALLED PERFECT CLIMATE DIVIDE?

• HIMALAYAS ACT AS A SHIELD TO PROTECT THE INDIA FROM COLD WINDS.

• HIMALAYAS ALSO ACTS AS A BARRIER FOR THE RAIN BEARING WINDS FROM THE LEAVING COUNTRY

• BOTH OF THE ABOVE

• NONE OF THE ABOVE

WHICH ONE IS NOT AN EXAMPLE OF RAIN-SHADOW REGION?

• THAR DESERT

• DECCAN PLATEAU ( EASTERN SLOPES OD WESTERN GHATS)

• MUMBAI

• NONE OF THE ABOVE

WRITE TRUE OR FALSE: SOUTHERN INDIA IS WARMER THAN NORTHERN INDIA.

• TRUE

• FALSE

__________________ LATITUDE DIVIDES THE INDIA INTO ALMOST TWO EQUAL PARTS

• TROPIC OF CAPRICORN

• STANDARD MERIDIAN

• EQUATOR

• TROPIC OF CANCER.

INDIA IS SAID TO HAVE __________ CLIMATE

• TROPICAL MONSOON

• TEMPERATE

• EQUATORIAL