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Snowfall in India is restricted to which region?Read the answer and worked solution →Match each name to what it meansRead the answer and worked solution →Order the seasons of the Indian yearRead the answer and worked solution →Sort each feature by its seasonRead the answer and worked solution →True or false about India's climateRead the answer and worked solution →Fill the gaps on the monsoonRead the answer and worked solution →Heavy rain or scanty rain?Read the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not fitRead the answer and worked solution →Pick the right answer, quicklyRead the answer and worked solution →Which months make up winter in India under the IMD's four seasons?Read the answer and worked solution →During which months does the rainy south-west monsoon blow across India?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two months mark India's post-monsoon season?Read the answer and worked solution →Which mountain range keeps cold Central Asian katabatic winds out of India?Read the answer and worked solution →Which desert helps attract moisture-laden south-west monsoon winds between June and October?Read the answer and worked solution →Typical annual rainfall in India's tropical wet climate zone?Read the answer and worked solution →How much annual rainfall do India's semi-arid steppe regions get?Read the answer and worked solution →Which state lies in the semi-arid steppe region east of the Western Ghats?Read the answer and worked solution →When do the monsoon winds that cause cloudbursts in western Rajasthan sweep in?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the dry adiabatic lapse rate of air in the Himalayas, in degrees Celsius per kilometre?Read the answer and worked solution →Which climate covers the northern side of the western Himalayas?Read the answer and worked solution →Why do southern Himalayan slopes get heavy rain?Read the answer and worked solution →Where do the winter western disturbances that reach north India originate?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two months are the coldest in India?Read the answer and worked solution →Around what date does the monsoon reach the Indian mainland near Kerala's Malabar Coast?Read the answer and worked solution →By what date does the monsoon appear over Delhi?Read the answer and worked solution →Roughly what share of India's annual rainfall does the south-west monsoon supply?Read the answer and worked solution →Which branch of the south-west monsoon is roughly three times stronger than the Bay of Bengal branch?Read the answer and worked solution →Over which ocean is the high pressure feeding India's monsoon centred?Read the answer and worked solution →Which spring storms often bring hail and can damage crops in north-west India?Read the answer and worked solution →Which state gets most of its annual rain in the north-east monsoon season?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Snowfall in India is restricted to which region?

  1. Peninsular
  2. Coromandel
  3. Konkan belt
  4. Himalayan
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Correct answer: D. Himalayan

1. Elsewhere precipitation falls as rain. 2. Only the highest ground is cold enough. 3. Snowfall is restricted to the Himalayan region. _Source: syllabus Social Science, 'Contemporary India I', Ch 4 'Climate'_

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Match each name to what it means

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Matching pairs
  1. Left
    Loo
    Right
    Hot dry wind of the north
  2. Left
    Kaal Baisakhi
    Right
    Storms of West Bengal
  3. Left
    Mango showers
    Right
    Pre-monsoon rain in Kerala
Instructions
Tap a name on the left, then tap its meaning.
_Source: syllabus Social Science, 'Contemporary India I', Ch 4 'Climate'_

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Order the seasons of the Indian year

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Steps
  1. Cold weather, mid November
  2. Hot weather, March to May
  3. Advancing monsoon, June
  4. Monsoon covers the land
  5. Retreating monsoon, October
  6. Cold weather returns
Instructions
Tap the seasons in the order they come round.
_Source: syllabus Social Science, 'Contemporary India I', Ch 4 'Climate'_

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