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The Western Ghats are called Sahyadri in Maharashtra and ___ in Kerala.Read the answer and worked solution →The highest peak of the Peninsular plateau, 2,695 m, is:Read the answer and worked solution →The Eastern and Western Ghats meet at the:Read the answer and worked solution →Crescent-shaped sand dunes near Jaisalmer are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Western GhatsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the plains zonesRead the answer and worked solution →Find the real nameRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the relief wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Himalayan or PeninsularRead the answer and worked solution →Which Himalayan sectionRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Physiography bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A fisherman in Kochi sees the first monsoon rain on 1 June. Which coast does the southwest monsoon reach first?Read the answer and worked solution →A student in Mumbai waits for the monsoon after it hits Kerala on 1 June. When does it usually reach Mumbai and Kolkata?Read the answer and worked solution →On a December night the temperature at Drass falls to minus 45 degrees. Drass lies in which region?Read the answer and worked solution →A tour guide says one Rajasthan town rarely gets more than 9 cm of rain in a year. Which town?Read the answer and worked solution →Agra and Darjiling lie on the same latitude, yet January is 16 degrees in Agra and only 4 in Darjiling. Why?Read the answer and worked solution →A pilot at 12 km finds the westerly jet stream split into two branches over Asia. What splits it?Read the answer and worked solution →In February the southern branch of the westerly jet sits near 25 degrees north. At what pressure level?Read the answer and worked solution →Light rain falls on Punjab in January from a shallow depression. Over which sea did it originate?Read the answer and worked solution →In June the easterly jet stream races over the southern Peninsula. What is its maximum speed?Read the answer and worked solution →Moist wind climbs the Western Ghats and drenches the windward slope. What kind of rainfall is this?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1990-91 a wild El Nino delayed the monsoon onset over most of India. By how many days?Read the answer and worked solution →A forecaster compares air pressure at Tahiti with an Australian port to measure the southern oscillation. Which port?Read the answer and worked solution →Thiruvananthapuram has 31 degrees in January and 29.5 in June. Why so little seasonal change?Read the answer and worked solution →A farmer in Delhi gets light winter rain that helps wheat. Which crops does this rain benefit?Read the answer and worked solution →In July the monsoon trough stretches from the Thar desert to Patna and which plateau?Read the answer and worked solution →Pre-monsoon showers in Kerala help fruit ripen early. What are they called?Read the answer and worked solution →A tea planter dreads the evening thunderstorm called Kalbaisakhi. Where does it strike?Read the answer and worked solution →A hot dry afternoon wind called Loo blows across the northern plains from Punjab to which state?Read the answer and worked solution →

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The Western Ghats are called Sahyadri in Maharashtra and ___ in Kerala.

  1. Anaimalai and Cardamom hills
  2. Nilgiri and Palni hills
  3. Satpura and Maikal ranges
  4. Aravali and Vindhya ranges
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Correct answer: A. Anaimalai and Cardamom hills

1. The Ghats change name from state to state. 2. Nilgiri is the Karnataka and Tamil Nadu name. 3. In Kerala they are the Anaimalai and Cardamom hills. _Source: syllabus Geography, India Physical Environment, Chapter 2, Structure and Physiography._

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The highest peak of the Peninsular plateau, 2,695 m, is:

  1. Kanchenjunga
  2. Anaimudi
  3. Dodabetta
  4. Mahendragiri
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Correct answer: B. Anaimudi

1. It stands on the Anaimalai hills. 2. Dodabetta on the Nilgiris is second. 3. The peak is Anaimudi. _Source: syllabus Geography, India Physical Environment, Chapter 2, Structure and Physiography._

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The Eastern and Western Ghats meet at the:

  1. Cardamom hills
  2. Satpura hills
  3. Nilgiri hills
  4. Palni hills
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Correct answer: C. Nilgiri hills

1. The two Ghats run down either coast. 2. They join in the south. 3. They meet at the Nilgiri hills. _Source: syllabus Geography, India Physical Environment, Chapter 2, Structure and Physiography._

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