GK
INDIAN GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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Which of the following is considered to cause an adverse of effect on Indian monsoon?
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Jet stream
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El-nino
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Monsoon trough
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Tibet plateau
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -El Nino has an adverse effect on the south-west monsoon of India, but La Nina has no effect on the monsoon climate.
Detailed explanation-2: -Monsoon in India is often weaker during El Nino. But this is not always so. It is estimated that 60% of all droughts in India in the last 130 years have coincided with an El Nino. These have been years when rainfall was over 10% less than normal.
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