Climate And Weather In Indian Geography MCQ Question and Answer | Geography MCQ Question

* Orographic rainfall happens when moist air is forced to rise over natural barriers like mountains. As the air rises, it cools, and the moisture condenses to form clouds and rain. This is the main reason for heavy rainfall in areas like the Western Ghats and the Himalayas.
* Cyclonic rainfall is associated with cyclones. While India experiences cyclones, they don't account for the majority of the country's rainfall.
* Convectional rainfall occurs when the ground is heated, causing air to rise. This is more common in hotter regions, but not the primary source of India's overall rainfall.
* Elusive means difficult to find or catch, which doesn't relate to rainfall types.
Therefore, since mountain ranges significantly influence rainfall patterns across large parts of India, orographic rainfall is the most accurate answer.

Rainfall in India is not associated with anticyclones. An 'anticyclone' is opposite to a cyclone, in which winds move into a low-pressure area. In an anticyclone, winds move out from a high-pressure area with wind direction clockwise in the northern hemisphere, anti-clockwise in the southern hemisphere.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands receives rainfall from both the South-West and North-West monsoons. Southwest monsoon has covered the Nicobar Islands and the entire south Andaman Sea.

The following characteristics that are associated with the dry monsoon forest of India are mango, mahua, sisam and keeker are the prominent trees and thorny shrubs and grassland. Monsoon forest, also called dry forest or tropical deciduous forest, open woodland in tropical areas that have a long dry season followed by a season of heavy rainfall.

The Paddy fields of India are located in the areas of annual rainfall 100cm. Paddy has become an important crop of Punjab and Haryana. It requires high humidity with an annual rainfall above 100 cm.

Western Ghats gets first monsoon in summer. As the summer (wet) monsoons approach the West Coast of India, they rise up the western Ghats (mountains) and the air cools.

The northeastern hills that block the South West Monsoon winds and cause heavy rains in Assam are Garo, Khasi and Jaintia hills.

The average annual temperature of a meteorological station is 26°C, its average annual rainfall is 63 cm and the annual range of temperature is 9°C. The station in question is Chennai.

The reason for Rajasthan being deficient in rainfall is the winds do not come across any barrier to cause necessary uplift to be cooled. There are multiple reasons behind Rajasthan receiving scanty rainfall. Firstly the Arabian Sea Branch of South West Monsoon that causes rains in Western and South-Western India runs parallel to the Aravalli range and thus hardly causes any rainfall as the winds do not get interrupted.

The extreme of temperature between summer and winter is quite low in southern part of peninsular India mainly because the adjoining oceans moderate the temperature. The southern parts of the country are distinctly warmer in March and April whereas in June, north India has higher temperatures. In March, the highest temperatures occur in the southern parts (40-45°C).