Maharashtra State PSC Model Paper 4

The correct answer is option 1, i.e 1 and 2 only

• Koeppen based his scheme of climatic classification on monthly values of temperature and precipitation.
• Accordingly he identified five major climatic types i.e Tropical climates, Dry climates, Warm temperate climates, Cool temperate climates, and Ice climates.
• Each type is further sub-divided into sub-types on the basis of seasonal variations in the distributional pattern of rainfall and temperature.
• Accordingly, India can be divided into eight climatic regions. Hence, statement 1 is correct.
• These eight climatic regions according to their location are given below:
  1. Monsoon with short dry season - West coast of India south of Goa
  2. Monsoon with dry summer - Coromandel coast of Tamil Nadu. Hence, statement 2 is correct.
  3. Tropical savannah - most of the peninsular plateaus, south of the Tropic of Cancer. Hence, statement 3 is not correct.
  4. Semi-arid steppe climate - north-western Gujarat, some parts of western Rajasthan and Punjab
  5. Hot desert - extreme western Rajasthan
  6. Monsoon with dry winter - Ganga plain, eastern Rajasthan, northern Madhya Pradesh, most of North-east India
  7. Cold humid winter with short summer - Arunachal Pradesh
  8. Polar type - Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand