Climate MCQ — 153 Practice Questions with Answers

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Statements 1 and 2 are correct. The Bay of Bengal branch through the Chhota Nagpur gap brings maximum rainfall, and south-eastern Rajasthan receives rain from both monsoon branches. Statement 3 is incorrect because the cited rainy-day range for western Rajasthan is about 15-25 days, while 40-60 days applies to eastern Rajasthan.

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IMD issued cold wave alert for 11 Rajasthan districts; Churu and Didwana-Kuchaman at red alert.

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51°C was recorded at Phalodi, Rajasthan, on 19 May 2016, which is also India's highest recorded temperature.

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Ganganagar and Hanumangarh fall in the Irrigated NW Plain zone (Zone IB), transformed by canal irrigation from IGNP and Gang Canal.

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Statement 1 is true because the Thar Desert is below 25 cm annual rainfall. Statement 2 is true because the 25 cm isohyet separates the extreme arid western desert from the semi-arid zone. Statement 3 is false: the corpus links the 50 cm isohyet with the Aravalli-linked arid-to-wetter divide, not with the Rajasthan-Gujarat boundary.