Indian Climate

Question 1

There are six major controls of the climate of

any place. They are:

Answer 1

Latitude, altitude,
pressure and wind system, distance from
the sea (continentality), ocean currents and
relief features

Question 2

The Tropic of Cancer passes through the middle

of the country from t

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The Rann of Kuchchh in the west to Mizoram in the eas

Question 3

Coriolis force by

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Ferells law

Question 4

Subtropical westerly jet streams are located approximately

over

Answer 4

27°-30° north latitude

Question 5

Over India, these jet streams blow

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south of the Himalayas, all through the year except in

summer

Question 6

An easterly jet stream, called the sub-tropical easterly jet stream blows over

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peninsular India, approximately over 14°N during the summer months.

Question 7

These are a narrow belt of high
altitude (above 12,000 m) westerly winds in the
troposphere.

Answer 7

jet streams

Question 8

are weather
phenomena of the winter months brought in by the
westerly flow from the Mediterranean regio

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The western cyclonic disturbances

Question 9

Tropical cyclones occur during the monsoon as well as in October - November, and are part of the

Answer 9

easterly flow

Question 10

is a broad trough of low pressure in equatorial

latitudes.

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The Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ,)

Question 11

The difference in pressure
over is computed to predict the
intensity of the monsoons

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Tahiti (Pacific Ocean, 18°S/149°W) and
Darwin in northern Australia (Indian Ocean,
12°30’S/131°E)

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it would mean below
average and late monsoons. A feature connected
with the SO is the El Nino

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If pressure is negative

Question 13

‘El Nino’ is a Spanish word

meaning ‘

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the child’, and refers to the baby Christ,

as this current starts flowing during Christmas

Question 14

Normally when the tropical eastern south Pacific

Ocean experiences high pressure,

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the tropical eastern Indian Ocean experiences low pressure.

Question 15

The Arabian Sea and the Bay

of Bengal branches of the monsoon merge over

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the northwestern part of the Ganga plains

Question 16

Delhi generally receives the monsoon showers

from

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the Bay of Bengal branch by the end of

June

Question 17

characteristic feature of the cold weather

season over the northern plains is the inflow of

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cyclonic disturbances from the west and the

northwest

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though the total amount of

winter rainfall locally known as ‘

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mahawat

Question 19

In West Bengal, Localised thunder storms are known as the

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‘Kaal Baisakhi’.

Question 20

Mawsynram in the southern ranges of the

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Khasi Hills

Question 21

breaks in monsoon are related to the

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movement of the monsoon trough

Question 22

By the beginning of October, the monsoon

withdraws f

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rom the Northern Plains

Question 23

The bulk of the rainfall of the Coromandel Coast is

derived from

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depressions and cyclones.

Question 24

Mawsynram, the wettest place on the earth is also reputed for

Answer 24

its

stalagmite and stalactite caves

Question 25

Tura situated in the

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Garo Hills of Meghalaya

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generally indicates an advance in the arrival of these

cyclones disturbances.

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increase in the prevailing night temperature

Question 27

The easterly jet stream normally do not extend

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to the north of 30o N latitude in the upper atmosphere

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steers the tropical depressions into India.

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The easterly jet stream

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SW monsoon winds cross the Equator between

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40°E and 60°E longitudes.

Question 30

The shift in the position of the ITCZ is also

related to the phenomenon of the

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withdrawal of the westerly jet stream from its position over the north Indian plain

Question 31

is held responsible for the burst of the monsoon in India.

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This easterly jet stream

Question 32

The intensity of rainfall over the west coast of

India is, however, related to two factors

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(i) The offshore meteorological conditions.
(ii) The position of the equatorial jet stream
along the eastern coast of Africa.

Question 33

Mango Shower

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Kerala and coastal areas of Karnataka

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Blossom Shower :

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coffee flowers blossom in Kerala and

nearby areas.

Question 35

Nor Westers

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‘Kalbaisakhi’, Bengal

and Assam,

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In Assam, these storms are known as “Bardoli

Chheerha”.

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Nor Westers; ‘Kalbaisakhi

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Loo :

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Hot, dry and oppressing winds blowing in the Northern plains from Punjab to Bihar with higher intensity between Delhi and Patna.

Question 38

These breaks in rainfall are related to the

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cyclonic depressions mainly formed at the head
of the Bay of Bengal, and their crossing
into the mainland.

Question 39

By the, the centre of low pressure

is completely removed from the Peninsula

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middle of December,

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Monsoon with short dry season areas

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West coast of India south of Goa

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Monsoon with dry summer

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Coromandel coast of Tamil Nadu

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Tropical savannah

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Most of the Peninsular plateaus, south of the Tropic of Cancer

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Semi-arid steppe climate

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North-western Gujarat, some parts of western Rajasthan and

Punjab

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Hot desert

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Extreme western Rajasthan

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Monsoon with dry winter

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Ganga plain, eastern Rajasthan, northern Madhya Pradesh, most of North-east India

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Cold humid winter with short summer

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Arunachal Pradesh

Question 47

Polar type

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Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand