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Q45 (IAS/1996) Geography › Indian Physical Geography › Indian monsoon system Answer Verified

High temperature and low pressure over the Indian Sub-Continent during the summer season, draws air from the Indian Ocean leading to the in-blowing of the

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During summer, intense heating creates a low-pressure zone over the Indian subcontinent that draws in moist air from the southern Indian Ocean. These winds originate as south-easterly surface flows from the high-pressure belt over the southern oceans, cross the equator and are deflected to a south-westerly direction as they approach India. The south-east trade winds of the Southern Hemisphere thus become the onshore south-west monsoon, bringing abundant moisture and widespread rainfall to the subcontinent [2]. Therefore, the in-blowing air described in the question refers to the Southwest monsoon.

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  1. [1] CONTEMPORARY INDIA-I ,Geography, Class IX . NCERT(Revised ed 2025) > Chapter 4: Climate > Pressure and Winds > p. 28
  2. [2] INDIA PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT, Geography Class XI (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 4: Climate > THE SOUTHWEST MONSOON SEASON > p. 35
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