GK
INDIAN GEOGRAPHY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Rise in temperature
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Revolution of earth
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Movement of clouds
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Seasonal reversal of winds
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Detailed explanation-1: -Monsoon refers to the seasonal reversal in the wind direction during a year. Monsoon tends to have ‘breaks’ in rainfall; which means that there are wet and dry spells in between. The monsoon rains take place only for a few days at a time and then come to the rainless intervals.
Detailed explanation-2: -A monsoon is caused by a seasonal shift in the winds. The winds shift because the temperature of the land and the temperature of the water are different as seasons change. For example, at the beginning of summer, the land warms up faster than bodies of water. Monsoon winds always blow from cold to warm.
Detailed explanation-3: -During the winter season, the air above the land cools faster than the air over the water, establishing a pressure gradient force from land to sea. The winds are therefore reversed from the summer monsoon flow-from land to sea instead of from sea to land.