Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Geography

Which one of the following groups lies predominantly within areas receiving less than 50 cm of annual rainfall?

  1. Western Ghats, Meghalaya Hills and the west coast
  2. Southern Gujarat, eastern Tamil Nadu and northern Bihar
  3. Western Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and the Deccan Plateau
  4. Ladakh, western Rajasthan and parts of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra
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