The sun is vertically overhead at the tropic of Caprison in
September 23rd
March 21st
June 21st
December 22nd
Correct answer is D
On December 22nd, the sun is overhead at the Tropic of Capricon, resulting in December winter solstice which means that the southern hemisphere will have its longest day and shortest night
The land-use activities which can be considered responsible for soil erosion in the tropics are
irrigation, terrace farming and crop rotation
mining, bush fallowing and market gardening
industrialization, monoculture and lumbering
bush fallowing, overgrazing and monoculture
Correct answer is C
Industrial activities such as production, construction etc, monoculture and lumbering are responsible for erosion in the tropics
The instrument used to measure the duration of sunshine is the
campbell-stokes recorder
cup-anemometer
aneroid barometer
aneroid barometer
Correct answer is A
The direction of sunshine is measured using either campbell-stokes recorder or modern sunshine sensor.
Which of the following stations is situated in a region of tropical monsoon climate?
Valencia
In salah
Bombay(Munbai)
Durban
Correct answer is C
Bombay (Mumbai) is located in a region of tropical monsoon climate. A tropical monsoon climate is characterized by high temperatures throughout the year and a significant amount of rainfall, usually in the form of a pronounced wet season. Bombay (Mumbai) experiences this type of climate, with a heavy monsoon season.
One of the features of wind deposition is
a mesa
an inselberg
a ventifact
barchan
Correct answer is B
Inselberg is formed from the existence of extensive old plateau. It is caused as a result of weathering and remval of weathered materials