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FACTORS AFFECTING CLIMATE OF INDIA 8C-2

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 4mins

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1.

CLIMATE IS

a)

THE FURTHER YOU GET FROM THE EQUATOR.

b)

WITH THE INCREASE OF HEIGHT, TEMPERATURE DECREASES

c)

THE CONDITIONS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AT A CERTAIN PLACE AND TIME

d)

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

2.

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

a)

INSOLATION

b)

RADIATION

c)

DIURNAL RANGE OF TEMPERATURE

d)

ANNUAL RANGE OF TEMPERATURE.

3.

WHY DOES MUMBAI EXPERIENCES EQUABLE CLIMATE?

a)

MUMBAI IS CLOSER TO THE ARABIAN SEA.

b)

MUMBAI IS CLOSER TO THE SATPURA RANGES

c)

MUMBAI IS CLOSER TO THE EQUATOR

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

4.

CENTRAL MAHARASHTRA RECEIVES LITTLE RAINFALL. WHY?

a)

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

b)

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

c)

CENTRAL MAHARASHTRA LIES NEAR THE DESERT REGION.

d)

CENTRAL MAHARASHTRA IS FORMED BY VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS.

5.

WHICH IS NOT A FEATURE OF EXTREME CLIMATE?

a)

SUMMERS ARE VERY HOT AND WINTERS ARE VERY COLD.

b)

ANNUAL RANGE OF TEMPERATURE IS VERY HIGH.

c)

IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS MARITIME CLIMATE.

d)

IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS CONTINENTAL CLIMATE.

6.

WHY ARE HIMALAYAS CALLED PERFECT CLIMATE DIVIDE?

a)

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

b)

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

c)

BOTH OF THE ABOVE

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

7.

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

a)

THAR DESERT

b)

DECCAN PLATEAU ( EASTERN SLOPES OD WESTERN GHATS)

c)

MUMBAI

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

8.

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

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

9.

__________________ LATITUDE DIVIDES THE INDIA INTO ALMOST TWO EQUAL PARTS

a)

TROPIC OF CAPRICORN

b)

STANDARD MERIDIAN

c)

EQUATOR

d)

TROPIC OF CANCER.

10.

INDIA IS SAID TO HAVE __________ CLIMATE

a)

TROPICAL MONSOON

b)

TEMPERATE

c)

EQUATORIAL