QUESTION 17
GS1
15 marks
What characteristics can be assigned to monsoon climate that succeeds in feeding more than 50 percent of the world population residing in Monsoon Asia?
WRITE IN
11 min
250 words
What the examiner wants
Identify the features of monsoon climate that let it sustain over half of humanity in Monsoon Asia.
What characteristicsAnswer exactly what the question asks.
Demand-wise check
- 1Seasonal wind reversal bringing heavy summer rain over large areas; warm temperatures through the year≈40 words
- 2Rain coincides with growing season: ideal for water-intensive rice; dry winter allows a second crop with irrigation≈40 words
- 3Rivers fed by monsoon and Himalayan snow; fertile alluvial plains and deltas (Ganga, Mekong, Yangtze)≈40 words
- 4Long growing season allowing multiple cropping and intensive farming≈40 words
- 5Limits: variability, floods and droughts≈40 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
Define monsoon climateCharacteristicsLink each to food productionLimitsConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Explaining monsoon origin theories only
- Not connecting features to population support
Draw this
- Climograph of a monsoon station (e.g. Kolkata) showing summer rainfall peak
Value addition
- DataJune–September monsoon gives about 75% of India's annual rainfall.IMD
- ThinkerFlohn explained the monsoon through the seasonal shift of the ITCZ.Hermann Flohn
Mapped topper copies
Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Akansh Dhull · AIR 3 · Page 32 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Monika Srivastava · AIR 16 · Page 9 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 19 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 41 ↗Same syllabus reference
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