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Class 10 Climate of India Mock Test (ICSE)

5 practice questions from Climate of India, in the style of your board paper, each with a worked answer and the marks for every step. Then take a full chapter test on paper, snap the pages and get every step marked.

Topics in Climate of India

  • Factors affecting the climate
  • The monsoon and its mechanism
  • Seasons
  • Distribution of temperature and rainfall

Climate of India practice questions with answers

  1. Q1Multiple choice1 mark
    The sudden outbreak of moisture-laden winds accompanied by thunder and lightning in early summer over the southwestern coast of India is known as:
    1. (a)Kalbaishakhi
    2. (b)Monsoon burst
    3. (c)Mango showers
    4. (d)Loo
    Show answer and step marks
    1. Correct option: (b) Monsoon burst+1
    Answer: (b)
  2. Q2Multiple choice1 mark
    During which months does India experience the retreating monsoon season?
    1. (a)June to September
    2. (b)October to November
    3. (c)December to February
    4. (d)March to May
    Show answer and step marks
    1. Correct option: (b) October to November+1
    Answer: (b)
  3. Q3Multiple choice1 mark
    Which of the following regions in India receives annual rainfall exceeding 200 cm200\text{ cm}?
    1. (a)Western Ghats
    2. (b)Western Rajasthan
    3. (c)Punjab plains
    4. (d)Deccan Plateau
    Show answer and step marks
    1. Correct option: (a) Western Ghats+1
    Answer: (a)
  4. Q4Multiple choice1 mark
    Which of the following climatic factors is primarily responsible for hill stations like Ooty remaining cooler than neighboring low-lying plains during summer?
    1. (a)Altitude above sea level
    2. (b)Distance from the sea
    3. (c)Influence of the retreating monsoon winds
    4. (d)Presence of the Himalayan mountain barrier
    Show answer and step marks
    1. Correct option: (a) Altitude above sea level+1
    Answer: (a)
  5. Q5Short answer2 marks
    Name the two branches into which the South-West Monsoon splits upon reaching the southern tip of the Indian peninsula. State any one reason for this bifurcation.
    Show answer and step marks
    1. Arabian Sea branch.+0.5
    2. Bay of Bengal branch.+0.5
    3. Reason, any one of: the triangular (tapering) shape of the Indian peninsula, which juts into the Indian Ocean and splits the winds; or any other valid reason.+1
    Answer: Arabian Sea branch and Bay of Bengal branch; reason: the triangular shape of the peninsula splits the winds.

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