PODAR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (CBSE)

Practise Sheet -2
Grade: IX Topic: Ch 4 Climate
Subject: Social Maximum Marks: 25
Science

Annual Temperature (Bengaluru)

Altitude Annual
Latitude (metres) Rainfall
12055N 909 88.9
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
20.5 22.7 21.0 28.5 26.2 24.2 21.1 22.5 20.4 19.7 17.2 19.5
0.7 0.7 1.2 4.6 9.6 8.2 12.2 13.6 15.2 12.6 6.1 1.3
Annual Temperature (Delhi)

Latitude Altitude Annual

Rainfall
290N 219 42.8
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
12.2 13.3 26.2 28.2 34.2 35.1 30.5 29.4 25.6 19.4 19.5 10.2
2.5 1.7 1.3 1.0 1.0 1.8 15.2 14.2 1.4 1.3 1.2 0.2
Annual Temperature (Bhubaneswar)

Latitude Altitude Annual

Rainfall
20.61° N 45 17.25
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
22.2 25.1 28.6 30.9 30.7 30.7 28.7 28.4 28.5 27.6 24.9 22
0.12 0.28 0.34 0.51 1.34 2.9 3.31 3.34 2.53 1.27 1.27 0.04
Annual Temperature (Shimla)

Latitude Altitude Annual

Rainfall
31. 48° N 2276 8.45
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
4.3 10.3 14.5 19.8 23 23.8 21.0 20.4 18.9 15.4 11.9 5.5
o.45 0.53 0.59 0.46 0.63 1.01 1.72 1.62 0.88 0.22 0.15 0.18

CB/IX/2021 Practise Sheet -2 page 1 of 2

Q. no. Mks/
Year
Q1. Read the tables given above. It has the climate and location data of four [10 ]
Indian cities. On the basis your interpretations of the table answer the
following questions:
i. Rearrange the cities in ascending order: 1
a. According to the distance from the equator.(nearest to farthest)
Bengaluru, Delhi, Shimla, Bhubneswar.
b. According to the altitude above mean sea level (highest to lowest)
Bengaluru, Delhi, Bhubneswar, Shimla. 1

ii. Answer the following: 1

1. Name the city that receives the highest rainfall.
Name the driest city and the two hottest cities in the month of April,
May. 3

iii. Now Find out: 1

1. Why does Delhi receive most of the rain in three months?

2. Why does Shimla have low temperature throughout the year? 1

1
3. Between Delhi and Shimla, which city has a higher range of annual
temperature?
1
4. Which city gets rainfall from the Bay of Bengal branch of monsoon?

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