GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -These deflected trade winds now blow towards India from the southwest, picking up large amounts of moisture from the Arabian sea. As they hit the Indian peninsula, they cause the southwest or Indian summer monsoon.

Detailed explanation-2: -The summer monsoon is associated with heavy rainfall. It usually happens between April and September. As winter ends, warm, moist air from the southwest Indian Ocean blows toward countries like India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. The summer monsoon brings a humid climate and torrential rainfall to these areas.

Detailed explanation-3: -(iv) As winds blow from high pressure areas to low pressure areas, it blows from sea to land in summers & from land to sea in winters. Thus the monsoon winds in summer come from sea but the retreating monsoon winds come from land.

Detailed explanation-4: -Punjab-Haryana plains are almost equidistant from both the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal. Further, direction of both branches of the monsoon winds is oriented towards the Punjab, Haryana plain and this area receives rainfall both from the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea monsoons.