Subject: Climate Type

A geographic region has the following distinct characteristics:
1. Warm and dry climate
2. Mild and wet winter
3. Evergreen oak trees The above features are the distinct characteristics of which one of the following regions ?

Climate is extreme, rainfall is scanty and the people used to be nomadic herders.
The above statement best describes which of the following regions?

During a thunderstorm, the thunder in the skies is produced by the
(1)Meeting of cumulonimbus clouds in the sky
(2)Lightning that separates the nimbus clouds
(3)Violent upward movement of air and water particles
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Each day is more or less the same, the morning is clear and bright with a sea breeze; as the Sun climbs high in the sky, heat mounts up, dark clouds form, then rain comes with thunder and lightning. But rain is soon over.
Which of the following regions is described in the above passage?

Why are dewdrops not formed on a cloudy night?

Consider the following description:
1. Annual and daily range of temperatures is low.
2. Precipitation occurs throughout the year.
3. Precipitation varies between 50 cm – 250 cm.
What is this type of climate?

With reference to the climate of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. The climate can be defined as a humid, tropical coastal climate.
2. It receives rainfall from both South-west monsoon and North-east monsoon.
3. Maximum precipitation is between December and May.