Geography :p

• Q.) What are the monsoon lands characterized by?

  Ans.) They are character by hot summers and warm winters.
• Q.) What are the three distinct seasons of monsoon lands?

  Ans.) They are :-

  1. Cold season (October to January)
  2. Hot season (February to May)
  3. Rainy season (June to September)
• Q.) The cold season is free from _____?

  Ans.) Frost
• Q.) Write a short note on Kochi

  Ans.) It is a representative station of Tropical Monsoon Climate Region and is a coastal city located at latitude 19' 94' N and latitude 76' 2 E in Kerala. It is one of the major ports of India.
• Q.) The natural vegetation of this region consists of _______, which are more open than the __________ ones.

  Ans.) forests, equatorial
• Q.) What determines the vegetation of monsoon region?

  Ans.) Rainfall
• Q.) Where are luxuriant evergreen forests found?

  Ans.) In areas where rainfall is over 80'' in an year.
• Q.) Where does true monsoon forests occur?

  Ans.) In regions having 40'' to 80'' annual rainfall.
• Q.) As ________ declines further the ______ land passes into _______ growth separated by _______ of grassland.

  Ans.) rainfall, forest, shrubby.
• Q.) What are the animals in the monsoon region?

  Ans.) There are commonly the plant eating cattle, buffalo, elephant and some flesh eating wild animals in the thicker forests of the monsoon region.
• Q.) What is the dominant occupation in the monsoon region?

  Ans.) Agriculture is the dominant occupation in the monsoon region.
• Q.) In many areas, ___ or even _____ crops are grown every year.

  Ans.) two, three
• Q.) Agriculture is of what type? (Or agriculture is of ____________ type.)

  Ans.) Subsistent type.
• Q.) ____ is the most important crop.

  Ans.) Rice
• Q.) What are other crops grown?

  Ans.) Other crops grown are wheat, millets, barely, sugarcane, beans, peas , oilseeds and peanuts etc.
• Q.) What has developed in scattered areas?

  Ans.) Commercial agriculture.
• Q.) What are the chief commercial crops?

  Ans.) They are jute, sugarcane, tea, coffee, cotton and tobacco.
• Q.) Where is jute grown?

  Ans.) Ganga-Brahmaputra delta.
• Q.) Where is sugarcane grown?

  Ans.) In India, the West Indies, eastern Brazil, Southeast Africa and the Queensland coast of Australia.
• Q.) Where is tea grown?

  Ans.) In the Himalayan foothills of India, Bangladesh, and the central uplands of Sri Lanka.
• Q.) Where is coffee grown?

  Ans.) It is grown on the eastern slopes of the Brazilian plateau.
• Q.) Where is cotton grown?

  Ans.) It is is grown in India and Pakistan
• Q.) Where is tobacco grown?

  Ans.) It is grown in Indian and Cuba.
• Q.) Which country produces 50% of the world's coffee?

  Ans.) Brazil.
• Q.) Where is commercial grazing practiced?

  Ans.) In the fringe of northern Australia.
• Q.) Where is lumbering practiced?

  Ans.) In the forests of Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam
• Q.) Where is mining practiced?

  Ans.) In the uplands of India.
• Q.) Where is manufacturing most highly developed?

  Ans.) India
• Q.) What are the main industries of India manufacturing?

  Ans.) They are cotton textiles, iron and steel, sugar, jute goods and cement.