Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Geography

Which one of the following is correctly described?

  1. Mango showers are winter rains of Punjab that benefit rabi crops.
  2. Blossom showers are dust storms of Rajasthan that lower the evening temperature.
  3. Nor’westers are violent evening thunderstorms of Bengal and Assam that benefit crops such as tea, jute and rice.
  4. Loo refers to moisture-bearing winds producing pre-monsoon rain along the Kerala coast.
  1. A cultivated hillside is experiencing rapid runoff and the formation of several small finger gullies. Which…
  2. A geological survey records the following intrusive bodies: Body P is thin and nearly horizontal. Body Q is…
  3. A physiographic region has the following characteristics: Its principal river flows from northeast to…
  4. A place has the following characteristics: Its underlying land surface heats rapidly during summer and cools…
  5. A soil is deep, clayey and relatively impermeable. It becomes sticky when wet, develops wide cracks during the…
  6. A stream on one side of a divide has a steeper gradient and receives more precipitation than a neighbouring…