WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
India’s climate is shaped by seasonal winds called ____
A
Monsoons
B
Trade Winds
C
North winds
D
Typhoons
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Monsoons cause wet and dry seasons throughout much of the tropics. Monsoons are most often associated with the Indian Ocean. Monsoons always blow from cold to warm regions. The summer monsoon and the winter monsoon determine the climate for most of India and Southeast Asia.

Detailed explanation-2: -The reason why India has a monsoon type of climate is that the country’s climate is influenced by the monsoon winds or the changing weather conditions. It is the differential heating of land and water bodies and pressure situations because of which it happens. The monsoon in India starts in July and ends in September.

Detailed explanation-3: -In India, the monsoon usually lasts from July to September and 80 to 90 per cent of rainfall is due to the monsoon. The summer monsoon causes heavy rain when they blow from sea to land, while the winter monsoon winds blow from the interior of the continents to the sea and do not cause much rain.

Detailed explanation-4: -Indian monsoon, the most prominent of the world’s monsoon systems, which primarily affects India and its surrounding water bodies. It blows from the northeast during cooler months and reverses direction to blow from the southwest during the warmest months of the year.

Detailed explanation-5: -An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category Am.

Detailed explanation-6: -The climate in India is affected by two seasonal winds-the northeast monsoon and the southwest monsoon.

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