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Run the seasonsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the local stormsRead the answer and worked solution →Which monsoon branchRead the answer and worked solution →Rainfall zonesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Monsoon bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A village patwari updates the land-use register each year. Which department keeps land-use records?Read the answer and worked solution →A field has lain uncultivated for six years. Under which land-use category does it fall?Read the answer and worked solution →A farmer rests one plot for a single season this year. That plot is counted as:Read the answer and worked solution →Which land-use category has grown fastest in India since 1950-51?Read the answer and worked solution →Village grazing land is shrinking as fields spread onto it. What is this called?Read the answer and worked solution →A dryland farmer in a region getting 60 cm of rain grows hardy crops. What is dryland farming's rainfall limit?Read the answer and worked solution →In a rainfed village, farming is locally called barani. Barani farming depends on:Read the answer and worked solution →A farmer sows wheat, gram and mustard in October. Which cropping season is this?Read the answer and worked solution →Watermelons and cucumbers are grown on irrigated land after the rabi harvest. Which season is this?Read the answer and worked solution →Foodgrains dominate Indian farming. Roughly what share of the total cropped area do they occupy?Read the answer and worked solution →India ranks third in world cereal production. Which two countries are ahead?Read the answer and worked solution →Punjab and Haryana were not traditional rice areas. When did irrigated rice farming start there?Read the answer and worked solution →A Punjab farmer harvests over 4,000 kg of wheat per hectare. Which states have such high wheat yields?Read the answer and worked solution →More than half of India's jowar comes from one state. Which one?Read the answer and worked solution →A Rajasthan farmer picks a hardy crop that survives dry spells in hot conditions. Which coarse cereal fits?Read the answer and worked solution →Why do pulses like gram and tur improve soil fertility?Read the answer and worked solution →A trader buys pigeon pea, also called red gram. Which pulse is this?Read the answer and worked solution →Rajasthan grows about one-third of India's output of which oilseed group?Read the answer and worked solution →Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra together grow about 90 per cent of which crop?Read the answer and worked solution →Long staple American cotton grown in northwest India is locally called:Read the answer and worked solution →West Bengal accounts for about three-fourths of India's output of which fibre crop?Read the answer and worked solution →Which state produces about two-fifths of India's sugarcane?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the rabi cropsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the pulsesRead the answer and worked solution →

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Run the seasons

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Questions
  1. Correct
    Kerala 1 June
    Choices
    1. Kerala 1 June
    2. Delhi 1 June
    3. Ladakh 1 June
  2. Correct
    Bengal, Assam
    Choices
    1. Kerala
    2. Bengal, Assam
    3. Rajasthan
  3. Correct
    North plains
    Choices
    1. Kerala
    2. Ladakh
    3. North plains
  4. Correct
    Ripen mangoes
    Choices
    1. Ripen mangoes
    2. Freeze lakes
    3. Dry the wells
  5. Correct
    Tamil Nadu
    Choices
    1. Punjab
    2. Tamil Nadu
    3. Ladakh
  6. Correct
    200-300 mb
    Choices
    1. 900 mb
    2. 600 mb
    3. 200-300 mb
  7. Correct
    Mediterranean
    Choices
    1. Mediterranean
    2. Bay of Bengal
    3. Arabian Sea
Instructions
Pick the lane that completes each monsoon fact.
_Source: syllabus Geography, India Physical Environment, Chapter 4, Climate._

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Slice the local storms

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Does not match the category
  1. Chinook
  2. Mistral
  3. Sirocco
  4. Bora
Matches the category
  1. Loo
  2. Mango
  3. Blossom
  4. Kalbaisakh
  5. Nor wester
Instructions
Slice only the local winds and showers of the Indian hot season.
_Source: syllabus Geography, India Physical Environment, Chapter 4, Climate._

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Which monsoon branch

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Upper category
Arabian
Lower category
Bay Bengal
Items
  1. Category
    Arabian
    Item
    West Ghats
  2. Category
    Arabian
    Item
    Narmada
  3. Category
    Arabian
    Item
    Saurashtra
  4. Category
    Arabian
    Item
    Kachchh
  5. Category
    Bay Bengal
    Item
    Arakan
  6. Category
    Bay Bengal
    Item
    Khasi
  7. Category
    Bay Bengal
    Item
    Garo hills
  8. Category
    Bay Bengal
    Item
    Myanmar
Instructions
Send each place to the monsoon branch that rains on it.
_Source: syllabus Geography, India Physical Environment, Chapter 4, Climate._

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