6. India is a tropical country but has a monsoonal climate because

1. 1. Its real extent is vast

   
   
   

   2. It is surrounded by the sea

   
   
   

   3. The Himalayas provide the barrier effect

   
   
   

   4. Land and sea breeze create monsoons

   
   
   

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   Correct Option: C

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7. Assertion (A) : The distribution of rainfall in India is not uniform.
   Reason (R) : The Indian rainfall is of orographic type .

1. 1. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) explains (A).

   
   
   

   2. Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) does not explain (A).

   
   
   

   3. (A) is true but (R) is false

   
   
   

   4. (A) is false but (R) is true

   
   
   

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   Correct Option: A

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8. Interior of the Deccan Plateau receives an annual rainfall of less then 60 cm, mainly because

1. 1. It is a rain shadow region

   
   
   

   2. It is located parallel to wind direction

   
   
   

   3. It is away from the coast

   
   
   

   4. Rain-bearing clouds are absent

   
   
   

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   Correct Option: A

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9. Among the following regions of India, which one receives comparatively least amount of annual rainfall ?

1. 1. An 80km wide coastal belt from Nellore to Point Calimere

   
   
   

   2. The middle and lower Asom valley

   
   
   

   3. North-eastern Rajasthan

   
   
   

   4. The coastal plain of Gujarat south of Narmada

   
   
   

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   Correct Option: C

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10. Which type of climate(s) prevail(s) in the long corridor (Leeward side) of the Western Ghats and the Nilgiri Hills ?

1. 1. Tropical wet and dry climate

   
   
   

   2. Tropical wet and dry with winter rain

   
   
   

   3. Tropical semi-arid steppe

   
   
   

   4. Sub-tropical monsoon rainforest

   
   
   

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   Correct Option: C

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