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The document discusses the key controls affecting India's climate and the monsoon system. It defines monsoon and related terms, and provides explanations for regional climate variations across India. Multiple choice questions at the end test understanding of climate concepts covered in the passage.

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Notes of Chapter - Climate

The document discusses the key controls affecting India's climate and the monsoon system. It defines monsoon and related terms, and provides explanations for regional climate variations across India. Multiple choice questions at the end test understanding of climate concepts covered in the passage.

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Lokmanya Tilak International School

Social Studies (Geography)


Class IX
Chapter: Climate

1.What are the controls affecting the climate of India?


Ans: There are six major controls of the climate of any place.
They are:

 Latitude
 Altitude
 Pressure and wind system
 Distance from the sea (continentality)
 Ocean currents
 Relief features

2. Why does India have a monsoon type of climate?


Ans:
 The monsoon type of climate is characterised by a distinct seasonal pattern. The
weather conditions greatly change from one season to the other.
 These changes are particularly noticeable in the interior parts of the country.
 The coastal areas do not experience much variation in temperature though there is
variation in rainfall patterns.
 Four main seasons can be identified in India – the cold-weather season, the hot weather
season, the advancing monsoon, and the retreating monsoon with some regional
variations.

3. Define ‘Monsoon’. What do you mean by ‘breaks’ in monsoon?


Ans: The seasonal reversal in wind direction during a yeat is called the monsoon. Monsoon
tends to have ‘breaks’ in rainfall; which means that there are wet and dry spells in
between.The monsoon rains take place only for a few days at a time and then come to
the rainless intervals.

4. Monsoon is considered a unifying bond. Explain.


Ans: Despite great moderating influences on the climate of India, there are great variations in
the temperature conditions. Nevertheless, the unifying influence of the monsoon on the
Indian subcontinent is quite perceptible. The seasonal alteration of the wind systems and
the associated weather conditions provide a rhythmic cycle of seasons.

5. Which winds account for the rainfall in India?


Ans: South west Monsoon winds.

6. Tamil Nadu coast receives winter rainfall. Give reason.


Ans: The Tami Nadu coast receives winter rainfall because of movement of low-pressure
conditions to the Bay of Bengal.
7. What are ‘Mango showers’?
Ans: Towards the close of the summer season, pre-monsoon showers are common specially in
Kerala and Karnataka. It helps in the early ripening of mangoes and this is referred to as the
Mango-showers.

8.Define the term ‘loo’.


Ans: The strong, gusty, hot and dry winds blowing during the day over the north and northwestern
India are known as loo.

9.Why does the Peninsular region not have a well-defined cold season?
Ans: The Peninsular region not have a well-defined cold season as there is hardly any noticeable
seasonal change in temperature pattern during winters due to the moderating influence of the
season.

Mcq:
1.) Which of the following is not an elements of weather and climate?
(a.) Atmosphere (c.) Humidity
(b.) Temperature (d.) Altitude
Ans:- (d.)

2.) Most parts of India receive rainfall during which of the following months?
(a.) December to February
(b.) March to May
(c.) June to September
(d.) October to November
Ans:- (c.)
3.) Which one of the following is not one of the six major controls of the climate?
(a.) Latitude
(b.) Temperature
(c.) Pressure and wind system
(d.) Altitude
Ans:- (b.)
4.) Which line passes through the middle of the country from the Rann of Kuchchh in
the West to Mizoram in the east.
(a.) Tropic of cancer
(b.) Tropic of Capricorn
(c.) Equator
(d.) None of these
Ans:- (a.)
5.) The climate of India is described as which type?
(a.) Summer
(b.) Winter
(c.) Monsoon
(d.) Tropical
Ans:- (c.)
6.) Where can one find the monsoon type of climate in Asia?
(a.) Southeast
(b.) Northeast
(c.) West
(d.) Northwest
Ans:- (a.)
7.) The word monsoon is derived from the word mausim which is a word from which
language?
(a.) Latin
(b.) British
(c.) Arabic
(d.) Portuguese
Ans:- (c.)

8.) In which season does the mercury touch 50° C in some parts of Rajasthan?
(a.) Summer
(b.) Monsoon
(c.) Winter
(d.) None of these
Ans:- (a.)

9.) Where can one find a wide difference in day and night temperatures in India?
(a.) Andaman and Nicobar islands
(b.) Goa
(c.) Thar desert
(d.) Kerala
Ans:- (c.)

10.) Which areas experience less contrasts in temperature conditions?


(a.) Coastal areas (c.) Hilly areas
(b.) Plains (d.) Plateau region
Ans:- (a.)

11.) Why does India experience milder winters as compared to Central Asia?
(a.) Because of the line of Tropic of Cancer.
(b.) Because of the Himalayas.
(c.) Because of the line of Equator.
(d.) Because of the Latitude.
Ans:- (b.)
12.) The wind blows southwards and gets deflected due to which force?
(a.) Gravitational force (c.) Frictional force
(b.) Coriolis force (d.) Magnetic force
Ans:- (b.)

13.) Which of the following is not one of the main season in India?
(a.) Cold weather season
(b.) Hot weather season
(c.) Advancing monsoon
(d.) Spring season
Ans :- (d.)

14.) What does the higher slopes of the Himalayas experience?


(a.) Snowfall (c.) Hail
(b.) Frost (d.) Rain
Ans:- (a.)

15.) When does the winter season begins and ends?


(a.) November to April
(b.) October to February
(c.) November to February
(d.) September to January
Ans:- (c.)

16.) What is the importance for the cultivation of Rabi crops?


(a.) Mahawat (c.) Both a and b
(b.) Hail (d.) None of these
And:- (a.)

17.) Which one of the following characteristics the cold weather season in India?
(a.) Days are warm and Nights are warm
(b.) Days are warm and Nights are cold
(c.) Days are cold and Nights are cold
(d.) Days are cold and Nights are cold
Ans:- (b.)

18.) Which of the following pressure belts do the north-easterly trade wind orginate?
(a.) Equatorial low pressure belt
(b.) Subtropical high-pressure belt of the northern hemisphere
(c.) Subtropical high-pressure belt of the southern hemisphere
(d.) None of these
Ans:- (b.)

19.) ________ refers to the sum total of weather conditions and variations over a large
area for a long peried of time (more than thirty years).
(a.) Weather
(b.) Climate
(c.) Season
(d.) Temperature
Ans:- (b.)

20.) On winter night, where the temperature may be as low as minus 45 °C?
(a.) Drass in Jammu and Kashmir
(b.) Thiruvananthapuram
(c.) Pahlagam in Jammu and Kashmir
(d.) Rajasthan Desert
Ans:- (a.)

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