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Climate and Natural Vegetation of India Book Back Questions 10th Social Science Lesson 12

10th Social Science Lesson 12

12] Climate and Natural Vegetation of India

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Do You Know?

Equable climate is also called as the British climate, which is neither too hot nor too cold.

Weather refers to the state of atmosphere of a place at a given point of time. Climate is the accumulation of daily and seasonal weather events of a given location over a period of 30-35 years.

Mawsynram, the place which receives highest rainfall (1141 cm) in the world. It is located in Meghalaya.

Project Tiger was launched in April 1973 with the aim to conserve tiger population in specifically constituted “Tiger Reserves” in India.

Choose the best answers:

1. Western disturbances cause rainfall in ____________

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Kerala

(c) Punjab

(d) Madhya Pradesh

2. ___________ helps in quick ripening of mangoes along the coast of Kerala and Karnataka.

(a) Loo

(b) Norwester

(c) Mango showers

(d) Jet stream

3. ______________ is a line joining the places of equal rainfall.

(a) Isohyets

(b) Isobar

(c) Isotherm

(d) Latitudes

4. Climate of India is labelled as _____________

(a) Tropical humid

(b) Equatorial Climate

(c) Tropical Monsoon Climate

(d) Temperate Climate

5. The monsoon forests are otherwise called as ____________

(a) Tropical evergreen forest

(b) Deciduous forest

(c) Mangrove forest

(d) Mountain forest

6. Sesahachalam hills, a Biosphere reserve is situated in ______________

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Andhra Pradesh

(c) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Karnataka

7. ____________ is a part of the world network biosphere reserves of UNESCO.

(a) Nilgiri

(b) Agasthiyamalai

(c) Great Nicobar

(d) Kachch

Match the following:

1. Sundarbans – Desert and semi desert vegetation

2. Biodiversity hotspot – October – December

3. North east monsoon – Littoral forest

4. Tropical thorn forests – West Bengal

5. Coastal forests – The Himalayas

Consider the following the statements and tick the appropriate answer:

1. Assertion (A): The Himalayas acts as a climatic barrier.

Reasons (R): The Himalayas prevents cold winds from central Asia and keep the Indian Sub-continent warm (Give option for this question) .

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true; R explains A

(b) Both (A) and (R) are true; R does not explain A

(c) (A) is true (R) is false

(d) (A) is false (R) is true

Choose the inappropriate answer:

1. Tidal forests are found in and around ___________

(a) Desert

(b) The deltas of Ganga and Brahmaputra

(c) The delta of Godavari

(d) The delta of Mahanadhi

2. Climate of India is affected by ______________

(a) Latitudinal extent

(b) Altitude

(c) Distance from the sea

(d) Soil

Answers:

Choose the best answers:

1. Punjab 2. Mango showers 3. Isohyets 4. Tropical Monsoon Climate 5. Deciduous forest 6. Andhra Pradesh 7. a, b, c

Match the following:

1.Sundarbans – West Bengal

2.Biodiversity hotspot – The Himalayas

3.North east monsoon – October – December

4.Tropical thorn forests – Desert and semi desert vegetation

5.Coastal forests – Littoral forests

Consider the following the statements and tick the appropriate answer:

1. Both (A) and (R) are true: R explains A

Choose the inappropriate answer:

1. Desert

2. Soil

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