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Climate refers to weather conditions averaged over a long period, taken as more than:Read the answer and worked solution →The word monsoon comes from the Arabic word mausim, meaning:Read the answer and worked solution →On a winter night the temperature at Drass in Jammu and Kashmir may fall to:Read the answer and worked solution →Annual precipitation in Meghalaya exceeds:Read the answer and worked solution →Which coast receives much of its rain in October and November?Read the answer and worked solution →How many major controls of climate are there?Read the answer and worked solution →The Tropic of Cancer passes through India from the Rann of Kuchchh to:Read the answer and worked solution →The Himalayas to India's north have an average height of about:Read the answer and worked solution →The subtropical easterly jet stream blows over peninsular India in summer at about:Read the answer and worked solution →Western cyclonic disturbances of winter are brought in by the westerly flow from the:Read the answer and worked solution →Which traders named the seasonal reversal of winds monsoon?Read the answer and worked solution →The Inter Tropical Convergence Zone over the Ganga plain in summer is also called the:Read the answer and worked solution →The high-pressure area east of Madagascar that affects the Indian monsoon lies at about:Read the answer and worked solution →In summer the intensely heated Tibetan plateau forms low pressure at about what height above sea level?Read the answer and worked solution →El Nino is a warm current that replaces the cold current off the coast of:Read the answer and worked solution →El Nino appears every:Read the answer and worked solution →The monsoon lasts about how many days, from early June to mid-September?Read the answer and worked solution →The Arabian Sea branch of the monsoon reaches Mumbai around:Read the answer and worked solution →Delhi usually receives monsoon showers from the Bay of Bengal branch by about:Read the answer and worked solution →The monsoon withdraws from northwestern India by early:Read the answer and worked solution →Summer thunderstorms in West Bengal are known as:Read the answer and worked solution →Pre-monsoon showers in Kerala and Karnataka that help ripen mangoes are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the climate controlsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the monsoon wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the monsoon calendarRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the climate wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Winter or summerRead the answer and worked solution →Sort controls, winds and rainsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Indian climate bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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Climate refers to weather conditions averaged over a long period, taken as more than:

  1. Thirty years
  2. Ten years
  3. Five years
  4. Fifty years
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Correct answer: A. Thirty years

1. Weather is the state of the atmosphere at a moment. 2. Climate is averaged over more than thirty years. 3. Both use temperature, pressure, wind, humidity and precipitation. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India I, Chapter 4, Climate._

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The word monsoon comes from the Arabic word mausim, meaning:

  1. Ocean
  2. Season
  3. Storm
  4. Cloud
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Correct answer: B. Season

1. Monsoon means seasonal reversal of wind direction. 2. Mausim means season. 3. Arab traders named the phenomenon. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India I, Chapter 4, Climate._

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On a winter night the temperature at Drass in Jammu and Kashmir may fall to:

  1. Minus 45 degrees
  2. Minus 10 degrees
  3. Minus 25 degrees
  4. Minus 5 degrees
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Correct answer: A. Minus 45 degrees

1. Thiruvananthapuram may be 22 degrees the same night. 2. Drass can reach minus 45 degrees Celsius. 3. Rajasthan touches 50 degrees in summer. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India I, Chapter 4, Climate._

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