Question

Due to India's location in tropical regions most of the rain is brought by monsoon winds.
A.True
B. False

Answer 1

Hint: The temperature in Land becomes significantly warmer or cooler than that of the ocean. It leads to an imbalance between temperatures as absorption of heat is different in land and ocean. This leads to a rise in moist winds, i.e. monsoon, from the seas to the upper layers of the atmosphere.

Complete Answer:
Introduction: The monsoon of India is made up of various geographically disturbed monsoonal winds. These winds of the south-west region bring the maximum rain to the Indian subcontinent. The summer monsoonal winds bring heavy rainfall with a humid climate to these areas.

Origin: The monsoon is caused by a net difference in the temperature over land and sea. In the Indian subcontinent, the summer monsoon is caused by the attraction of low-pressure areas that are caused by the extreme heat from the Thar desert of Rajasthan. As after the ending of winters, warm and moist air blows from the southwest Indian Ocean towards India’s coastal regions which include Malabar coast, western ghats and Karnataka and Maharashtra. Further till the mid of July monsoon covers the whole part of the country.

Importance: As Indian agriculture is dependent upon the monsoon season and 70% of Indian lives are engaged in agricultural activities, this means about 70% of India Lives are tied with the monsoon. Thus, it is considered as a very important season in India.

Thus the above-given statement is true and the correct answer is A.

Note:
- There are about 500,000 lightning strikes during the period of monsoon.
- In the year 2020 the month of August has recorded the highest rainfall in the last 4 decades with an exceeding level of 27% of the whole rainfall.
- Mango showers in Kerala and Karnataka are pre-monsoon showers which help in mango ripening, that’s why these are called mango showers.