Option “3” is correct. A line drawn on a weather map connecting points that receive equal amounts of precipitation(rainfall, snow etc) during a given period of time is called Isohyets.
233. Which of the following wind is blowing from the Mediterranean Sea to the North Western parts of India?
1. Western disturbances
2. Norwesters
3. Loo
4. Mango showers
Option “1” is correct. A Western Disturbance is an extratropical storm originating in the Mediterranean region that brings sudden winter rain to the northwestern parts of the Indian subcontinent.
234. Which layer of the earth’s atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
Option “4” is correct. About 90% of the ozone in the Earth’s atmosphere is found in the region called the Stratosphere. This is the atmospheric layer between 16 and 48 kilometers (10 and 30 miles) above the Earth’s surface.
Option “1” is correct. The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system. The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia in Pacific Ocean.
Option “4” is correct. Rainfall caused by intense evaporation in equatorial areas is called Conventional rainfall.
239. A landscape which is caused due to the fissure in the earth along which one side has moved down with reference to the other is known as –
1. Rift Valley
2. U Shaped Valley
3. V Shaped Valley
4. Hanging Valley
Option “1” is correct. A landscape which is caused due to the fissure in the earth along which one side has moved down with reference to the other is known as Rift Valley.
240. One of the leading producers of asbestos in the world is :
1. Australia
2. Russia
3. Canada
4. Armenia
Option “2” is correct. Russia is the leading producer of Asbestos
