NCERT MCQ ON CLIMATE
Question 1.
Which is the coldest place in India?
(a) Dras
(b) Srinagar
(c) Shillong
(d) Bikaner
Answer: (a) Dras
Question 2.
The word monsoon is derived from a word which literally means which of the following?
(a) Seasons
(b) Wind pattern
(c) Change
(d) Mausumbi
Answer: (a) Seasons
Question 3.
Which of the following causes rainfall in West Bengal during the hot weather season?
(a) Mango showers
(b) Kal Baishakhi
(c) Southwest monsoon
(d) Retreating Monsoon
Answer: (b) Kal Baishakhi
Question 4.
Which of the following is a component of upper air circulation?
(a) North-easterlies
(b) Jet stream
(c) South-west monsoon
(d) Kal Baishakhi
Answer: (b) Jet stream
Question 5.
From which of the following pressure belts do the north-easterly trade winds originate?
(a) Equatorial low pressure belt
(b) Subtropical high pressure belt of the Northern Hemisphere
(c) Subtropical high pressure belt of the Southern Hemisphere
(d) Temperate low pressure belt of the Northern Hemisphere
Answer: (b) Subtropical high pressure belt of the Northern Hemisphere
Question 6.
Which of the following atmospheric conditions govern the climate and associated weather conditions in India?
(a) Pressure and surface winds
(b) Upper air circulation
(c) Western cyclonic disturbances and tropical cyclones
(d) All the above
Answer: (d) All the above
Question 7.
The Indian subcontinent experiences comparatively milder winters as compared to Central Asia due to which of the following factors?
(a) The Tropic of Cancer
(b) The surrounding seas
(c) The Himalayas
(d) Ocean currents
Answer: (c) The Himalayas
Question 8.
Which one of the following is not one of the six major controls of the climate of any place?
(a) Latitude
(b) Temperature
(c) Pressure and wind system
(d) Distance from the sea
Answer: (b) Temperature
Question 9.
Latitude and altitude of a place determine which of the following climatic elements of a place?
(a) Pressure and wind system
(b) Temperature
(c) Rainfall pattern
(d) All the above
Answer: (d) All the above
Question 10.
In which of the following places are houses built on stilts?
(a) Assam
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Goa
(d) Kerala
Answer: (a) Assam
Question 11.
Which one of the following is the driest station?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Leh
(c) Bengaluru
(d) Delhi
Answer: (b) Leh
Question 12.
Which of the following places of India experiences the highest summer temperature?
(a) Pahalgam
(b) Leh
(c) Thiruvananthapuram
(d) Jaisalmer
Answer: (d) Jaisalmer
Question 13.
Which one of the following terms is used for the state of atmosphere over an area at any point of time?
(a) Weather
(b) Winds
(c) Climate
(d) Pressure
Answer: (a) Weather
Question 14.
Which of the following is not an elements of weather and climate?
(a) Atmospheric pressure
(b) Temperature
(c) Humidity
(d) Altitude
Answer: (d) Altitude
Question 15.
The term monsoon is originated from?
(a) German
(b) Hindi
(c) Latin
(d) Arabic
Answer: (d) Arabic
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