CBSE Class 9 Geography Climate MCQs Set B

Question: The Indian subcontinent experiences comparatively milder winters as compared to Central Asia due to which of the following factors?

• a) The Himalayas
• b) The Tropic of Cancer
• c) The surrounding seas
• d) Ocean currents

Answer: The Himalayas

Question: Which of the following latitudes passes through the middle of our country, giving it the characteristics of tropical as well as subtropical climate?

• a) Tropic of Cancer
• b) Tropic of Capricorn
• c) Equator
• d) 82 degree 30N

Answer: Tropic of Cancer

Question: Due to which of the following factors does Pune receive much lesser rainfall as compared to Mumbai?

• a) It is located on the leeward side of Western Ghats
• b) It is located on windward side of Western Ghats
• c) Continentality
• d) Distance from the sea

Answer: It is located on the leeward side of Western Ghats

Question: Which of the following places of India experiences extreme type of climate?

• a) Delhi
• b) Shillong
• c) Bengaluru
• d) Chennai

Answer: Delhi

Question: Which of the following places have cooler climate even during summers?

• a) Mussoorie
• b) Allahabad
• c) Mumbai
• d) Amritsar

Answer: Mussoorie

Question: Latitude and altitude of a place determine which of the following climatic elements of a place?

• a) All the options
• b) Pressure and wind system
• c) Temperature
• d) Rainfall pattern

Answer: All the options

Question: Which one of the following is not one of the six major controls of the climate of any place?

• a) Temperature
• b) Latitude
• c) Pressure and wind system
• d) Distance from the sea

Answer: Temperature

Question: In which of the following places are houses built on stilts?

• a) Assam
• b) Rajasthan
• c) Goa
• d) Kerala

Answer: Assam

Question: In which of the following places of India there is very little difference between day and night temperatures?

• a) Thiruvananthapuram
• b) Guwahati
• c) Nagpur
• d) Delhi

Answer: Thiruvananthapuram

Question: Which of the following places in India experiences a very high diurnal range of temperature?

• a) Jodhpur
• b) Kolkata
• c) Chennai
• d) Delhi

Answer: Jodhpur

More Questions.....................

Question: In which of the following months does the Tamil Nadu coast get most of its rainfall?

• a) October to November
• b) December to February
• c) March to May
• d) June to September

Answer: October to November

Question: Most parts of India receive rainfall during which of the following months?

• a) June to September
• b) December to February
• c) March to May
• d) October to November

Answer: June to September

Question: Which one of the following is the driest station?

• a) Leh
• b) Mumbai
• c) Bengaluru
• d) Delhi

Answer: Leh

Question: Which of the following is the rainiest station?

• a) Shillong
• b) Mumbai
• c) Chennai
• d) Kolkata

Answer: Shillong

Question: Which of the following places of India experiences the highest summer temperature?

• a) Jaisalmer
• b) Pahalgam
• c) Leh
• d) Thiruvananthapuram

Answer: Jaisalmer

Question: In which of the following places of India precipitation is in form of snowfall?

• a) Drass
• b) Shillong
• c) Chandigarh
• d) Haridwar

Answer: Drass

Question: Which one of the following terms is used for the state of atmosphere over an area at any point of time?

• a) Weather
• b) Winds
• c) Climate
• d) Pressure

Answer: Weather

Question: Which of the following statements defines weather?

• a) State of the atmosphere over an area at any point of time
• b) Envelope of air surrounding earth
• c) Atmospheric conditions over a large area for a long period of time
• d) Generalized monthly atmospheric conditions.

Answer: State of the atmosphere over an area at any point of time

Question: Which of the following terms refers to the sum total of weather conditions and variations over a large area for a long period of time (more than thirty years)?

• a) Climate
• b) Monsoons
• c) Annual range of temperature
• d) Atmosphere

Answer: Climate

Question: Which of the following is not an element of weather and climate?

• a) Altitude
• b) Atmospheric pressure
• c) Temperature
• d) Humidity

Answer: Altitude

Question. Which one of the following places receives the highest rainfall in the world?
(a) Silchar
(b) Mawsynram
(c) Cherrapunji
(d) Guwahati

Answer :   B

Question. Which of the following place receive highest rainfall in India as well as in the world?
(a) Silchar
(b) Cherrapunji
(c) Mawsynram
(d) Guwahati

Answer :   C

Question. What factors affect the climate of a place in India?
(i) Location (ii) Surface winds (iii) Relief features (iv) Upper air circulation
(a) (i) and (iv)
(b) (i) and (iii)
(c) (i) and (ii)
(d) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)

Answer :   D

Question. Which one of the following characteristics the cold weather season in India?
(a) Warm days and warm nights
(b) Warm days and cold nights
(c) Cool days and cold nights
(d) Cold days and warm nights.

Answer :   B

Question. The most important characteristics of cold weather season in India is:
(a) Warm days and warm nights
(b) Warm days and Cold nights
(c) Cold days and cold nights
(d) Cold days and warm nights

Answer :    C

Question. Which one of the following is an element of weather and climate?
(a) Atmospheric pressure
(b) Temperature
(c) Humidity
(d) All of these

Answer :   D

Question. Which of the following state affected by Kal-Baisakhi:
(i) Assam (ii) West Bengal (iii) Chennai (iv) Orissa
(a) (i) and (iii)
(b) (i) and (iv)
(c) (i) and (ii)
(d) All states (i), (ii, (iii) and (iv)

Answer :   C

Question . The climate of India is described as which type?
(a) Summer
(b) Winter
(c) Monsoon
(d) Tropical

Answer :   C

Question . In which season does the mercury touch 50C in some parts of Rajasthan?
(a) Summer
(b) Monsoon
(c) Winters
(d) None of these

Answer :   A

Question . Why does India experience milder winters as compared to central Asia?
(a) Because of the line of Tropic of Cancer
(b) Because of the Himalayas
(c) Because of the line of Equator
(d) Because of the latitude

Answer :   B