GEOGRAPHY : MCQ — 96 Practice Questions with Answers

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At any instant, the spherical Earth has one half facing the Sun and another half away from it. The line or circle separating these halves is called the circle of illumination; because of axial inclination, it should not be treated as the Equator, Prime Meridian, or axis.

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The troposphere is the lowermost and most important atmospheric layer for human life. It holds most of the air we breathe along with dust particles and water vapour, so rainfall, fog, hailstorm and other day-to-day weather changes occur mainly in this layer.

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Indian drainage is commonly grouped into Himalayan and Peninsular systems and also by outflow towards the Bay of Bengal or the Arabian Sea. In Peninsular India, the Godavari, Krishna, Mahanadi and Kaveri are east-flowing systems, whereas the Narmada and Tapi are notable larger rivers flowing westward to the Arabian Sea.

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Tamil Nadu is relatively rain-shadowed during much of the southwest monsoon. Its important rainfall period comes with the retreating or north-east monsoon phase, when winds moving over the Bay of Bengal gain moisture and bring rain to the Coromandel Coast, often aided by cyclonic disturbances.

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Rice is strongly linked with warm and moist Kharif conditions, especially where rainfall or irrigation can maintain water supply. Wheat, by contrast, is a Rabi crop requiring cooler growth and dry, sunny conditions at ripening, so confusing the two is a common exam distractor.