MCQ on Rainfall in India

Question 1. Which amongst the following States gets the highest average annual rainfall? 

(A) Jammu and Kashmir

(B) Kerala

(C) Sikkim

(D) Arunachal Pradesh

Question 2. Which among the following pairs of places have most marked  differences in total annual rainfalls even though located approximaterly along the same latitude? 

(A) Nagpur and Kolkata

(B) Ajmer and Shillong

(C) Mumbai and Visakhapatnam

(D) Bengaluru and Chennai

Question 3. India gets maximum rainfall mainly from _________.

(A) Convectional rainfall

(B) South-West Monsoon

(C) Retreating Monsoon

(D) North-East Monsoon

Question 4. The state which receives maximum rainfall due to North-East monsoon is __________.

(A) Odisha

(B) Tamil Nadu

(C) West Bengal

(D) Assam

Question 5. The average annual temperature of a meterological station is 26ºC, its average annual rainfall is 63 cm and the annual range temperature is 9ºC. The station in question is _________.

(A) Kolkata

(B) Cherrapunji

(C) Chennai

(D) Allahabad

Question 6. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given Indian cities in the decreasing order of their normal annual rainfall?

(A) Kolkata – Kochi – Delhi – Patna

(B) Kochi – Kolkata – Patna – Delhi

(C) Kolkata – Kochi – Patna – Delhi

(D) Kochi – Kolkata – Delhi – Patna

Question 7. Mango shower is _________.

(A) Crop of mango

(B) Rainfall in March-April in Bihar and Bengal

(C) Dropping of mangoes

(D) Shower of mangoes

Question 8. Among the following places which one gets the least rainfall?

(A) Cherrapunji

(B) Jaisalmer

(C) Bikaner

(D) Leh

Question 9. Which one of the following places has the lowest annual rainfall?

(A) Leh

(B) Jodhpur

(C) Jaisalmer

(D) Bellary

Question 10. Which one of the following places has the lowest rainfall during the South-West Monsoon?

(A) Delhi

(B) Chennai

(C) Mangalore

(D) Kolkata

Question 11. Cherrapunji is located in __________.

(A) Mizoram

(B) Meghalaya

(C) Manipur

(D) Assam

Question 12. The highest rainfall in India occurs in ___________.

(A) Andhra Pradesh and Vidarbha

(B) Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab

(C) Madhya Pradesh and Bihar

(D) Western Ghats, Himalayan Region and Meghalaya

Question 13. India has an abundant volume of rainfall but is still regarded as a thirsty land. This is due to ________.

(A) Rapid run off of water

(B) Concentration of rainfall during a few months only

(C) Quick evaporation of rain water

(D) All of the above

Question 14. Which of the following Water Management Strategy in India is cost-effective? 

(A) Recycling and Re-use of water

(B) Rain water harvesting

(C) Treatment and use of waste water

(D) Improvement of the flusti system

Question 15. Which of the following areas have an average of 200 mm rainfall in India?

(A) Assam, Manipur, Tripura

(B) West Bengal, Orissa, Bihar

(C) Jammu and Kashmir

(D) Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka

Question 16. By which monsoon does Jharkhand receive rainfall?

(A) North-East Monsoon

(B) Norwester

(C) South-West Monsoon

(D) None of the above

Question 17. The hallmark of watershed development in the semi-arid regions of India is the _________.

(A) Setting up a system of tanks by embanking water from seasonal rivers

(B) Drilling deep tube well so as to tap water at the rock-strat level

(C) Undertaking of earthworks, soil conservation, moisture and recharge under ground water

(D) Establishment of sheds on large scale, so that the rain water does not evaporate

Question 18. When there is a very heavy rainfall in the Pushkar Hills, where does floods occur? 

(A) Sojat

(B) Balotra

(C) Sawai Madhopur

(D) Ajmer

Question 19. A rainy day as defined by the Indian meterological department is a day when the rainfall at a point received is _________.

(A) Above 2.5 mm in 24 hours

(B) 1.6 mm to 2 mm in 24 hours

(C) 1.1 mm to 1.5 mm in 24 hours

(D) 0.5 mm to 1 mm in 24 hours

Question 20. How many districts in India are included under desert development programme? 

(A) 21 districts

(B) 17 districts

(C) 14 districts

(D) 11 districts

Question 21. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

Question 22. 

• Assertion (A): The Monsoonal rainfall decreases as one goes toward the West and North-West in the Ganga plain.
• Reason (R): The moisture bearing Monsoonal winds go higher as one moves up in the Ganga plain.

In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct?

(A) (A) is false, but (R) is true

(B) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(C) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Question 23. Consider the following statements and select the correct answer using  the code given below.

• Assertion (A): Inland waterways are not well developed in India.
• Reason (R): Most parts of India receive rainfall only for four months in a year.

(A) (A) is false, but (R) is true

(B) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(C) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)