CLIMATE CLASS IX

In ____________ there is a wide difference between day and night temperatures.

• Thiruvanantpuram

• Jaisalmer

• Andaman & Nicobar island

• Kochi

__________ refers to the seasonal reversal in the wind direction during a year.

• Western Cyclonic Disturbance

• LOO

• Kaal Baisakhi

• Monsoon

Why houses in Assam are built on stilts?

• As stilt makes the house look good

• To save from Reptiles

• To avoid water logging, due to heavy monsoon rains

• None of the given options

The presence of the high-pressure area, east of Madagascar, approximately at 20°S over the Indian Ocean. The intensity and position of this high-pressure area affects the ____________.

• Hurricanes in America's East coast

• Typhoons in Japan

• Indian monsoon

• Earthquake in Haiti

This is a name given to the periodic development of a warm ocean current along the coast of Peru as a temporary replacement of the cold Peruvian current.It leads to an increase in sea-surface temperatures and weakening of the trade winds in the region.

• El-Nino

• Southern oscillation

• Indian Monsoon

• El -Paso

A characteristic feature of the ________ season over the northern plains is the inflow of cyclonic disturbances from the west and the northwest.

• Cold weather

• Hot Weather

• Spring

• Autumn

The islands of India receives the very first monsoon showers, progressively from south to north, from the-------

• last week of may to the first week of June.

• last week of Julyto the first week of September

• last week of March to the first week of April.

• last week of April to the first week of May.

The monsoon rains take place only for a few days at a time. They are interspersed with rainless intervals. Which are known by this term.

• Flow

• Breaks

• Blast

• Base

These parts of India receives less than 60 cm rainfall.

• Western Rajasthan and adjoining parts of Gujarat, Haryana and Punjab.

• Andhra pradesh and Tamilnadu

• Manipur and Tripura

• None of the options

An apparent force caused by the earth’s rotation. The Coriolis force is responsible for deflecting winds towards the right in the northern hemisphere and towards the left in the southern hemisphere. This is also known as_____

• Ferrel's Law

• Tobler's law

• Faber's law

• All of them