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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