What is the major wind related phenomenon responsible for summer drought in Mediterranean type of region ?
Shifting of trade winds polewards in summers.
Shifting of trade winds equatorwards in summers
Blowing of westerlies from the continents in summers
Blowing South-Westerly
A.
Shifting of trade winds polewards in summers.
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LIST I (Concept/Theory) |
LIST II (Put forward by) |
| (a) Base level | (i) G.K. Gilbert |
| (b) Parallel retreat | (ii) W. Penck |
| (c) Cycle of erosion | (iii) J.W. Powell |
| (d) Stream competency and capacity | (iv) W.M. Davis |
a-iii , b-ii , c-iv , d-i
a-ii , b-i , c-iii , d-iv
a-iii , b-ii , c-i , d-iv
a-ii , b-iv , c-i , d-iii
Find out the correct sequence of planetary winds found from the equator to pole :
Westerlies , Trade , Polar wind
Trade , Westerlies , Polar winds
Trade , Polar winds , Westerlies
Polar winds , Westerlies , Trade
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LIST I (Local Wind) |
LIST II (Area) |
| (a) Loo | (i) The Rockies |
| (b) Khamsin | (ii) The Alps |
| (c) Chinook | (iii) Rajasthan Desert |
| (d) Fohn | (v) Egypt |
a-i , b-ii , c-iii , d-iv
a-iii , b-iv , c-i , d-ii
a-ii , b-iv , c-iii , d-i
a-iv , b-iii , c-ii , d-i
The rain-fed and rain shadow areas are the characteristics of the :
Cyclonic rainfall
Convectional rainfall
Orographic rainfall
Thermal rainfall
The term "active layer" is associated with :
Fluvial deposition
Periglacial deposition
Plate Tectonics
Processeess of soil formation
Hydration process belongs to :
Physical and Biological process
Physical and Chemical process
Biological and Chemical process
Chemical process
Which one of the following is not a factor to affect the atmospheric pressure ?
Altitude
Presence of water vapour
Temperature
Rainfall
Find combination of two given areas where rainfall is characterised by tropical monsoon rain :
(i) The Sahyadri
(ii) The Ganga Delta
(iii) Kashmir Valley
(iv)Ladakh Region
(i) and (iii)
(ii) and (iv)
(i) and (ii)
(iii) and (iv)
