Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Geography

Which one of the following is correctly described?

  1. Mango showers are winter rains of Punjab that benefit rabi crops.
  2. Blossom showers are dust storms of Rajasthan that lower the evening temperature.
  3. Nor’westers are violent evening thunderstorms of Bengal and Assam that benefit crops such as tea, jute and rice.
  4. Loo refers to moisture-bearing winds producing pre-monsoon rain along the Kerala coast.
  1. A geological survey records the following intrusive bodies: Body P is thin and nearly horizontal. Body Q is…
  2. A place has the following characteristics: Its underlying land surface heats rapidly during summer and cools…
  3. A stream on one side of a divide has a steeper gradient and receives more precipitation than a neighbouring…
  4. A survey identifies three plate-boundary settings: At boundary X, normal and reverse magnetic strips parallel…
  5. Although the vertical pressure-gradient force in the lower atmosphere is much greater than the horizontal…
  6. An earthquake releases energy at a point below the Earth’s surface. Which one of the following correctly…