Climate of India — Geography STD 10 — Question

Name the Electronic Industries of India.

Mention four main uses of groundnuts.

Explain the need for Soil conservation in India. State two methods of Soil conservation.

What are the various raw materials used for iron and steel industry and state their uses.

Though India is agricultural country, land under irrigation is less than 37%. Explain.

Mangalore and Chennai lie on the same latitude, yet Mangalore receives its rainfall from June-September, while Chennai receives most of its rain in November-December. What are the reasons for this difference?

What's the main occupation in major part of this region? Justify.

Write two differences between right and left bank of Balaram Nadi.

What industrial product are the following centres noted for?
(i) Gurgaon
(ii) Perambur
(iii) Chittaranjan.

Study the climatic data provided below and answer the questions that follow:

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Station A (sea level)
Temperature (°C)	24.4	28.4	20.7	29.3	30.0	29.9	29.8	27.8	26.9	26.3	25.1	24.8
Rainfall (cm)	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.6	3.8	26.6	29.6	30.5	26.5	11.9	1.1	0.2
Station B (800 m above sea level)
Temperature (°C)	8.1	8.9	15.6	20.1.	25.2	24.3	24.1	22.7	20.6	18.4	14.1	9.6
Rainfall (cm)	0.4	0.3	0.3	1.1	1.3	3.2	7.7	1.3	5.8	0.7	0.4	0.3

(i) Calculate the annual range of temperature of Station A Suggest a reason why the range is small one.
(ii) Which of the two Stations has the lower temperature? Why?
(iii) Calculate the annual rainfall of Station B.