Question

The term ‘monsoon’ is derived from ___ word ‘Mausim.’
A.Sanskrit
B.Hindi
C.Marathi
D.Arabic

Answer 1

Hint: Mausim refers to seasons. It goes on a o describe a seasonal wind shift over a region that is usually accompanied by a dramatic increase in precipitation. Monsoons are very crucial in India for agricultural purposes, and have a concrete place in the Indian culture with many compositions written on in. Monsoon term has its origin in another language.

Complete answer:
The word monsoon comes from the Arabic word ‘Mausim’ which means season.
In the context of India, monsoon refers to Indian-Asian monsoon which brings heavy rains during the summer months over widespread areas of India and SouthEast Asia. These rains often lead to major flooding. On the other hand, they are vital to agriculture and the economy. As a lot of the world’s population lives in this region, a delayed or reduced rainfall season can have a devastating effect on the livelihood of a significant fraction of the world’s population.
Indian monsoon blows from the northeast during cooler months and reverses direction to blow from the southwest during the warmest months of the year in order to bring about crucial rains in the month of June and July.

There are three distinct areas of relative upper tropospheric warmth like above the southern Bay of Bengal, above the Plateau of Tibet, and across the trunks of the various peninsulas which are relatively dry during this time. They combine to form a vast heat-source region and the relatively warm area above the southern Bay of Bengal occurs mostly at the level of 500–100-millibar.

Hence, the correct answer is option (D).

Note: During June, the easterly jet becomes firmly established at 150 to 100 millibars. It decelerates and descends in the Arabia’s middle troposphere around this time.