General Knowledge :: World Agriculture, Minerals and Industries
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Consider the following statements:
1. Rainfall in the doldrums is of convectional nature.
2. Convectional rainfall is highly localized and is associated with minimum cloudiness.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? -
Though coffee and tea both are cultivated on hill slopes, there is some difference between them regarding their cultivation. In this context, consider the following statements:
1. Coffee plant requires a hot and humid climate of tropical areas whereas tea can be cultivated in both tropical and subtropical areas.
2. Coffee is propagated by seeds but tea is propagated by stem cuttings only.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? -
La Nina is suspected to have caused recent floods in Australia. How is La Nina different from El Nino ?
1. La Nina is characterised by un-usually cold ocean temperature in equatorial Indian Ocean whereas El Nino IS characterised by unusually warm ocean temperature in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.
2. El Nino has adverse effect on south-west monsoon of India, but La Nina has no effect on monsoon climate.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? - What is Weathering?
- The type of rainfall shown in figure is ________
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Which of the following statements are true with regard to tropical monsoon climate?
I. Temperatures range from 32°C in the hot season to about 15° C in the cool season
II. Annual rainfall varies greatly
III. The climate is best developed in the southern continents
IV. It consists of three main seasons i. e. cool, dry season; hot, dry season; hot, wet season
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