Social Science Class 9 CBSE Climate Assignment

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Social Science Assignment

Class IX 13-14
Climate
1. Following are the forms of precipitations.
a) Drizzle, Nasal and blizzard
b) Hail, Rains and snow

b) Storm, Typhoon and Hurricane.


d) All of the above.

2. Annual precipitation variations in India can be drastically different from the north eastern
states to the desert in India. Which difference among the following(for amount of rainfall)
explains the difference.
a) 400 cm to 10 cm
b) 4000cm to 400cm

b) 400cm to 100cm
d) 10cm to 100cm.

3. Why do houses in Rajasthan are thick walled and flat roofed?


a) To protect from dust storms.
b) To protect from intense summer heat.
c) To protect from hailstones.
d) To protect from Fog.
4. The Average height of Himalayan range is :
a) 2000m
c) 6000m

b) 1000m
d) 2500m

5. Due to curvature of the earth amount of solar energy received varies according to..
a) Longitudes
b) Latitudes
c) Poles
d) Mountains.
6. Following term is used for storms in Indian Ocean
a) Typhoon
c) Cyclones

b) Hurricanes
d) None of the above.

7. The western cyclonic disturbances occur during winter seasons in the North and North
western India by westerly winds brought in from:
a) Mediterranean region
b) Siberian Region
c) Atlantic region
d) West Coastal region.
8. Name of the recent cyclone which devastated Philippines:
a) Sandy
b) Phalin
c) Bopha
e) Pharin
9. Winter rainfall is locally called by this term in North and central India, which has intense
importance for the Rabi crop.
a) Mahasana
b) Manas
c) Mahawat
d) Murras

10. The Southern peninsular India hardly has well defined winter season due to:
a) Moderating affect of equator
b) Moderating affect of Prime
meridian
c) Moderating affects of the sea
d) None of the above.
2. Answer in brief.
a. Why there is hardly any difference in temperatures in the day and night of Andaman
Nicobar and Kerela?
b. Why most of the worlds deserts are located in the western margins of continents in the
Sub tropics?
c. What do you know about Coirolis forces?
d. What is Ferrels Law?
e. Write a note on EL NINO.
3.
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5.

What do you know about following terms:


Jet streams
Kaal Baisakhi
Mango Showers
Southern Oscillations
ITCZ(Inter Tropical Convergence Zone)

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