Climate and Weather in Indian Geography MCQs

Question 1

With reference to Indian forests, consider the following pairs: 1. Tropical Moist Deciduous Forests Sandalwood (Santalum album) 2. Tropical Dry Deciduous Forests: (Shorea robusta) 3. Tropical Thorn Forests: Shisham (Dalbeigia sissoo) Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

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1 and 2 only

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1 only

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2 and 3 only

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1, 2 and 3

Question 2

Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Orissa often face natural disasters due to ________

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Cyclones

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Earthquakes

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Landslides

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Tornadoes

Question 3

India is particularly poor in reserves of

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Non-ferrous metals

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Coal

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Iron ore

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Limestone

Question 4

Littoral forests occur

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Along the sea coasts and tidal creeks

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On hills

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Where the rainfall is heavy

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At elevated places

Question 5

The coastal Andhra Pradesh and Orissa have to face which of the following natural calamity?

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Cyclone

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Earthquake

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Landslide

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Tornado

Question 6

At which place will you find maximum sunlight in December?

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Kanyakumari

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Pune

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Leh

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Kolkata

Question 7

Open stunted forests with bushes and having long roots and sharp thorns or spines are commonly found in

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Western Andhra Pradesh

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Eastern Odisha

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North-Eastern Tamil Nadu

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Shiwaliks and Terai regions

Question 8

The Forest of Sundarban is called as

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Mangrove forest

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Thorn forest

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Deciduous forest

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Tundra

Question 9

Operation Flood refers to

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White revolution

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Blue revolution

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Green revolution

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All the three