Northwesters or Kal Baishaki give rainfall to:

INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

‘Northwesters’ or ‘Kal Baishaki’ give rainfall to:

A	Goa
B	West Bengal
C	Rajasthan
D	Punjab

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -West Bengal receives rainfall from Kaal Baisakhi in April-May. During the hot weather period ie from March to May the Eastern and North-eastern states of the subcontinent like West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Odisha and Bangladesh experience dramatic appearance of a special type of violent thunderstorm known as Nor’wester.

Detailed explanation-2: -The thunderstorms accompanied by strong winds and heavy rainfall occur in Assam and West Bengal. These local winds are known as the ‘Kaal Baisakhi’ calamity for the month of Baisakh.

Detailed explanation-3: -During the hot weather period that is spanning from March to June, the regions in the Indo-Gangetic plains including the states like West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, parts of Odisha, and Bangladesh witness violent thunderstorms that are locally known as KalBaisakhi.

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