| Consider the following statements about Western disturbances. |
| 1. These are the extra-tropical storms originating in the Mediterranean sea. |
| 2. It brings sudden winter rain and snow to the North-Western parts of the Indian sub-continent. |
| 3. This is a non-monsoonal precipitation pattern driven by the Easterlies. |
| 4. Western disturbances are important to the development of the kharif crop in Northern India. |
| Which of the statements given above are correct? |
A) 1 and 2
B) 2 and 3
C) 1, 2 and 3
D) 1, 2 and 4
Correct Answer: A
Solution :
[a] Western disturbance is the term used to describe an extra tropical storms originating in the Mediterranean sea, that brings sudden winter rain and snow to the North-Western parts of the Indian sub-continent. This is a non-monsoonal precipitation pattern driven by the Westerlies. Precipitation caused by Western disturbances has great importance to important to the development of the rabi crop in the Northern India, which includes the locally important staple wheat.
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