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Population bingoRead the answer and worked solution →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 →

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Population bingo

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Clues and terms
  1. Clue
    Official count every ten years.
    Item
    Census
  2. Clue
    Persons per square kilometre.
    Item
    Density
  3. Clue
    Live births per thousand a year.
    Item
    Birth rate
  4. Clue
    Deaths per thousand a year.
    Item
    Death rate
  5. Clue
    Movement of people across regions.
    Item
    Migration
  6. Clue
    Females per thousand males.
    Item
    Sex ratio
  7. Clue
    Reading and writing with understanding at 7 plus.
    Item
    Literacy
  8. Clue
    Ratio of young and old to workers.
    Item
    Dependency
  9. Clue
    Policy for planned parenthood.
    Item
    NPP 2000
Instructions
Read each clue and tap the term it describes.
_Source: syllabus Contemporary India I, Chapter 6, Population._

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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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