Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Geography

Consider the following statements:

  1. Withdrawal of the southwest monsoon begins over western Rajasthan during September.
  2. Clear skies, moist land and high temperature produce the oppressive conditions called October heat.
  3. Cyclonic depressions originating near the Andaman Sea provide substantial rainfall to the eastern coast of the southern Peninsula.
  4. Tropical cyclones are more frequent over the Arabian Sea than over the Bay of Bengal.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

  1. 1 and 2 only
  2. 2, 3 and 4 only
  3. 1, 2 and 3 only
  4. 1, 2, 3 and 4
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