Indian Monsoon, Climate & Weather Patterns Quiz — 7 Free Questions

Question 1

Into how many regional meteorological centres, and at which cities, has the India Meteorological Department traditionally organised its forecasting and monitoring operations across different zones of the country?

Question 2

What term describes a fast-moving current of air found near the surface, rather than high up, that intensifies over the western Indian Ocean and East Africa during the summer monsoon, transporting moisture across the equator toward India?

Question 3

Why is the southwest monsoon sometimes informally described, in Indian economic commentary, as functioning almost like the country's 'real finance minister'?

Question 4

Which town, lying within the union territory of Ladakh and shielded by both the Greater Himalaya and the Karakoram range from most moisture carried by both the summer monsoon and winter western disturbances, is a well-known example of India's cold desert climate?

Question 5

What term describes areas of India generally receiving more than roughly two hundred centimetres of rainfall a year, where agriculture is considered comparatively less vulnerable to the effects of a single poor monsoon year, given the generally reliable and abundant rainfall such areas can typically still expect?

Question 6

What is the general name for the growing network of unmanned instrument stations deployed by the India Meteorological Department across India, which continuously record and automatically transmit local temperature, rainfall, wind and other weather data without requiring a human observer to be present on site?

Question 7

Which specific body, hosted within the India Meteorological Department in New Delhi, is responsible for coordinating the assignment of official names to tropical cyclones forming over the North Indian Ocean, on behalf of a wider regional group of member countries?

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About Indian Monsoon, Climate & Weather Patterns

This quiz is meant for students preparing for the IAS examination and other competitive tests, and for anyone who wants a deeper, more focused look at the Indian monsoon and the country's climate and weather patterns, going beyond the general climatology already covered elsewhere in this super category. It begins with the detailed mechanics of the monsoon -- the classical and dynamic theories, the monsoon trough, active and break spells, the monsoon burst, pre-monsoon showers, low-level jets, and the role of El Nino, La Nina and the Madden-Julian Oscillation. It then covers the regional distribution of rainfall across India -- very heavy to scanty rainfall zones, the rain shadow effect, Mawsynram and Cherrapunji, and kharif and rabi cropping seasons. A third section covers the four traditional seasons of India in detail -- the cold weather, hot weather, advancing monsoon and retreating monsoon seasons, along with October heat, record temperatures, fog, frost and dust storms. A fourth section covers winter weather hazards and tropical cyclones -- western disturbances, smog, the cyclone intensity scale, major recent cyclones, Doppler radar and the India Meteorological Department. It closes with the Koppen climate types found across India, the pioneers of Indian monsoon science, and modern monsoon forecasting. When complete it will have one hundred and fifteen carefully checked questions, arranged in five packs of twenty-three.

Every question has four options, and the correct option can be in any position. After each question there is a detailed explanation of more than five lines, in simple Indian English that a school student can follow, giving the important terms, mechanisms and the points that examiners like to test.

Every fact has been checked against standard reference material on Indian climatology and meteorology.