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Question |
Answer |
| 1 |
The main factor that determines the climate of any area is – |
Latitude |
| 2 |
By which is the maximum percentage of Earth covered? |
Arid Region |
| 3 |
“Each day is more or less the same, the morning is clear and bright with a sea breeze as the Sun climbs high in the sky, heat mounts up, dark clouds form, and then the rain comes with thunder and lighting. But the rain is soon over.” – |
Equatorial |
| 4 |
Which continents have all types of climatic zones? |
Asia |
| 5 |
Which countries doesn’t come under the category of equatorial climate? |
Ethiopia |
| 6 |
In which areas, the Mediterranean climate does not prevail? |
Pampas |
| 7 |
Which is the characteristic climate of the Tropical Savannah Region? |
A definite dry and wet season |
| 8 |
Mediterranean climate is not found in which town? |
New York |
| 9 |
“Climate is extreme, rainfall is scanty and the people used to be nomadic herders.” The above statement best describes which of the following regions? |
Central Asian Steppe |
| 10 |
In which countries, rainfall occurs in the winter season? |
Norway |
| 11 |
When do Mediterranean regions receive heavy rainfall? |
Winter |
| 12 |
The world’s wettest place is – |
Mawsynram |
| 13 |
The coldest place on the earth is – |
Verkhoyansk |
| 14 |
For short-term climatic predictions, which event, detected in the last decade, is associated with occasional weak monsoon rains in the Indian sub-continent? |
El-Nino and Southern Oscillations |
| 15 |
El Nino develops in the – |
Pacific Ocean |
| 16 |
Hekistotherms are plants growing in – |
very low temperature |
| 17 |
The graph given below shows the mean average monthly temperatures (in ° C)and mean monthly rainfall (in cms)of a place – |
Wet and dry tropical |
