UPSC Geography of India – Chapter 11: Seasons and Climatic Regions (21 MCQs)

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UPSC Geography of India – Chapter 11: Seasons and Climatic Regions (21 MCQs) – 21 questions, subject: Geography. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  

According to IMD, the cold weather season in India covers the months of:

Correct Answer: A [December to February]

Explanation:

IMD's cold weather season runs from December to February, when high pressure settles over north-west India.

2.  

Winter rain in Punjab and Haryana is brought mainly by:

Correct Answer: D [western disturbances]

Explanation:

Western disturbances from the Mediterranean, moving with the westerly jet, bring light winter rain to Punjab and Haryana, valuable for rabi crops.

3.  

"Mango showers" are pre-monsoon showers common in:

Correct Answer: B [Keralam and coastal Karnataka]

Explanation:

Mango showers are pre-monsoon thunder showers of Keralam and coastal Karnataka that help the early ripening of mangoes.

4.  

In Assam, the nor'westers of the hot season are known as:

Correct Answer: B [Bardoli Chheerha]

Explanation:

In Assam the violent evening nor'westers of April–May are called Bardoli Chheerha; they are useful for tea.

5.  

"Blossom showers" are important for which crop?

Correct Answer: D [Coffee]

Explanation:

Blossom showers in Keralam and nearby areas make coffee plants flower, so they matter for the coffee crop.

6.  

The "loo" is:

Correct Answer: C [a hot, dry wind in the plains of north India]

Explanation:

The loo is a hot, dry, gusty afternoon wind of May and June over the north and north-western plains.

7.  

The oppressive weather of October in north India is caused by:

Correct Answer: B [high temperature with high humidity after the rains]

Explanation:

After the monsoon withdraws, clear skies, high temperature and high humidity together make the oppressive 'October heat'.

8.  

The Coromandel coast receives most of its rain during:

Correct Answer: B [October to December]

Explanation:

The Coromandel coast gets most of its rain in October–December from the north-east winds and Bay of Bengal cyclones.

9.  

Which of the following areas receives less than 50 cm of rain a year?

Correct Answer: A [Western Rajasthan]

Explanation:

Western Rajasthan, in the Thar, receives under 50 cm of rain a year, among the lowest totals in India.

10.  

Consider the following statements:

1. The average annual rainfall of India is about 125 cm.
2. Rainfall variability is highest in western Rajasthan, Kachchh and Ladakh.
3. Rainfall variability is highest on the west coast.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Correct Answer: B [1 and 2 only]

Explanation:

India averages about 125 cm of rain, and variability is highest in its driest areas; the west coast has low variability.

11.  

Assertion (A): Western Rajasthan is prone to frequent droughts.

Reason (R): Areas of low rainfall in India also have high rainfall variability.

Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A]

Explanation:

Low, highly variable rainfall makes rain-fed farming in western Rajasthan fail often, so R correctly explains its frequent droughts.

12.  

In the Koeppen scheme, the Coromandel coast of Tamil Nadu has the climate type:

Correct Answer: D [As]

Explanation:

As means tropical with a dry summer; the Coromandel coast gets its rain in winter from the north-east winds.

13.  

The Koeppen type "BWhw" (hot desert) is found in:

Correct Answer: A [extreme western Rajasthan]

Explanation:

BWhw, the hot desert type, is found in extreme western Rajasthan, the heart of the Thar desert.

14.  

Under the Koeppen scheme, Arunachal Pradesh has the climate type:

Correct Answer: A [Dfc]

Explanation:

NCERT places Arunachal Pradesh in Dfc, a cold humid winter type with a short summer.

15.  

In Koeppen's notation, the small letter "s" in a climate code means:

Correct Answer: C [dry summer]

Explanation:

In Koeppen's code the small letter s marks a dry summer, as in As on the Coromandel coast.

16.  

Most of the Peninsular plateau south of the Tropic of Cancer has which Koeppen climate type?

Correct Answer: D [Aw]

Explanation:

tropical savanna.

17.  

Arrange the following in chronological order:

1. Ahmedabad Heat Action Plan
2. India Meteorological Department set up
3. NDMA guidelines on heat waves
4. Koeppen's first climatic classification

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Correct Answer: C [2-4-1-3]

Explanation:

1875, 1900, 2013, 2016.

18.  

IMD declares a heat wave in the plains when the actual maximum temperature reaches at least:

Correct Answer: C [45 °C]

Explanation:

IMD declares a plains heat wave when the actual maximum reaches 45 °C or more, whatever the departure from normal.

19.  

Dense winter fog is most common over:

Correct Answer: A [the Indo-Gangetic plains]

Explanation:

Cold, still, moist winter air over the Indo-Gangetic plains produces dense and persistent fog on winter mornings.

20.  

Kalbaisakhi is a pre-monsoon storm associated mainly with:

Correct Answer: B [West Bengal]

Explanation:

Kalbaisakhi, the 'calamity of Baisakh', is the violent evening nor'wester of West Bengal in the hot season.

21.  
UPSC Prelims 2014

The seasonal reversal of winds is the typical characteristic of:

Correct Answer: C [Monsoon climate]

Explanation:

south-west winds in summer and north-east winds in winter.

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