(English Medium) ICSE Class 10 - CISCE Important Questions for Geography

Name the following: The winds that bring heavy rain to Cherrapunji

Name the following: The local wind that brings a light rainfall to South India and is good for tea and
coffee crops.

Give geographical reasons for each of the following

Kanpur has extreme temperature conditions.

Give geographical reasons for each of the following:

Kochi is warmer than Mumbai even though both lie on the western coast of India.

Give geographical reasons for each of the following:

The Ganga Plains gets the monsoon rain much later than the west coast of India.

Study the climatic data of station x given below and answer the questions that follow:

1) Calculate the total annual rainfall experienced by the station.

2) What is the annual range of temperature

3) On which coast of India does the station lie? Give the reason for your answer.

Explain two factors that effect the climate of India giving a suitable example for each.

State two differences between the rainfalls that occur from June to September and that from December to February in North India.

Give a geographical reason for each of the following:

Kerala has the longest rainy season.

Give a geographical reason for each of the following:

The Konkan coast experience orographic rainfall.

Give a geographical reason for each of the following:

The city of Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh has a higher range of temperature than that of Chennai in Tamil Nadu.

Study the climate data given below and answer the questions that follow:

1) Identify the hottest month.

2) Calculate the annual rainfall.

3) Name the winds that bring the maximum rainfall to this city.

Mention the different sources of rain in Punjab and Tamil Nadu during the winter season.

State the benefits that are derived from the local winds that blow in summer in Kerala.

Mention the geographical reason for each of the followings:

Patna receives heavier rain than Delhi.

Mention the geographical reason for the following:

Western Rajasthan receives no rain from the Arabian Sea branch of the South West Monsoon winds.

Mention the geographical reason for the following:

Mangalore is not cold even in the month of December.

Study the climate data given below and answer the questions that follow:

1) Calculate the annual temperature range.

2) What is the total annual rainfall?

3) Presuming that the station is located in India, give a reason for its location being on the east coast or west coast of India.

Name two types of cyclonic systems that affect India and two areas that receive rainfall from these systems.

Give two important characteristics of the South West monsoon rainfall.