SOILS AND NATURAL VEGETATION
NATURAL VEGETATION INDIA
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Uniform duration but varying amounts of rain from one year to another, as well as at different places
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Uncertain date of onset and withdrawal, as well as unequal distribution of rain
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Uncertain date of onset and withdrawal as well as varying amounts of rainfall during different years
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Uniform duration but varying amounts of rain from place to place
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Detailed explanation-1: -The statement that is true with regard to the erratic behaviour of Indian monsoons is Uncertain date of onset and withdrawal as well as varying amounts of rainfall during different years.
Detailed explanation-2: -The differential heating of land and sea during the summer months is still accepted as the primary cause of monsoon rainfall in Indian sub-continent. As a result of rapid increase of temperature in May over the north-western plains, the low pressure conditions over there get further intensified.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: The answer is C, a monsoon is a seasonal wind. Although the news may often speak of monsoon rains, these are only the rains that accompany one of the two seasonal winds that blow in south and southeast Asia. From May to September, the monsoon winds blow from southwest.