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CLASS9 · Socialscience · Indian Climate RegionsRead the answer and worked solution →Indian geography — true or false?Read the answer and worked solution →Climate covers weather conditions over a period longer than:Read the answer and worked solution →Which describes the atmosphere at any single point of time?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is an element of both weather and climate?Read the answer and worked solution →The word monsoon comes from an Arabic word meaning:Read the answer and worked solution →Monsoon refers to the seasonal reversal in the direction of:Read the answer and worked solution →The climate of India is described as which type?Read the answer and worked solution →In the Thar Desert the day temperature may rise to:Read the answer and worked solution →Which is a control on the climate of a place?Read the answer and worked solution →Which apparent force is caused by the rotation of the earth?Read the answer and worked solution →Jet streams are westerly winds found above an altitude of:Read the answer and worked solution →The cold weather season in northern India begins in:Read the answer and worked solution →Which winds prevail over India during the cold season?Read the answer and worked solution →Which coast gets rain from the northeast trade winds in winter?Read the answer and worked solution →The hot weather season in India runs from:Read the answer and worked solution →The hot, dry daytime wind of northern India is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Dust storms are very common in northern India in the month of:Read the answer and worked solution →Violent pre-monsoon thunderstorms in West Bengal are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Pre-monsoon showers in Kerala and Karnataka are known as:Read the answer and worked solution →The southwest monsoon winds blow at an average velocity of:Read the answer and worked solution →The monsoon covers the whole country in about:Read the answer and worked solution →The windward side of the Western Ghats receives rainfall of more than:Read the answer and worked solution →Which place receives the highest average rainfall in the world?Read the answer and worked solution →Rainfall in the Ganga valley decreases from:Read the answer and worked solution →The monsoon's tendency to have wet and dry spells is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The monsoon withdraws from the Northern Plains by the beginning of:Read the answer and worked solution →Oppressive heat and humidity in October is known as:Read the answer and worked solution →Parts of the western coast and the northeast receive annual rainfall over:Read the answer and worked solution →Which region is a third area of low precipitation?Read the answer and worked solution →

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CLASS9 · Socialscience · Indian Climate Regions

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Matching pairs
  1. Left
    Tropical Monsoon
    Right
    Most of India
  2. Left
    Tropical Wet
    Right
    Western Ghats, Northeast
  3. Left
    Tropical Dry
    Right
    Western Rajasthan
Instructions
Match each climate type to the region it covers.

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Indian geography — true or false?

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Questions
  1. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Tropic of Cancer passes through India.
  2. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Kanchenjunga is the highest peak entirely within India.
  3. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    Indian Standard Time is based on 90° E longitude.
  4. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Western Ghats run parallel to the western coast of India.

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Climate covers weather conditions over a period longer than:

  1. Thirty years
  2. Thirteen years
  3. Fourteen years
  4. Fifteen years
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Correct answer: A. Thirty years

1. Weather describes one point in time. 2. Climate needs a long run of observations. 3. The period is more than thirty years. _Source: syllabus Social Science, 'Contemporary India I', Ch 4 'Climate'_

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