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Climate Extremes (Stations) 📌
NCERT-aligned UPSC Core Geography topic from NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar). Every item is anchored to a real location on India's map — built for boards (CBSE, ICSE, state) and UPSC aspirants.
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Class UPSC Geography — NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar) — Chapter: Atlas: India Climate — Records & Extremes.
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101QUESTIONS
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Key locations covered (18)
- Dras — Ladakh
- Mawsynram — Meghalaya
- Cherrapunji (Sohra) — Meghalaya
- Phalodi — Rajasthan
- Jaisalmer — Rajasthan
- Leh — Ladakh
- Agumbe — Karnataka
- Amini Divi / Lakshadweep — Lakshadweep
- Port Blair — Andaman & Nicobar Islands
- Thiruvananthapuram — Kerala
- Churu — Rajasthan
- Banswara — Rajasthan
- Sri Ganganagar — Rajasthan
- Kargil — Ladakh
- Siachen Glacier (base camp area) — Ladakh
- Pasighat — Arunachal Pradesh
- Anantapur — Andhra Pradesh
- Munsiyari — Uttarakhand
Sample questions (12 of 101)
Which Indian station is regarded as the coldest inhabited place, with a record minimum of about -45 degC?
Dras
Dras lies in which Union Territory?
Ladakh
Dras is situated at an elevation of approximately:
3280 m
The extreme winter minima at Dras are mainly due to:
High altitude + rain-shadow + clear-sky radiation cooling
Dras lies in which Himalayan valley?
Dras valley, west of the Zoji La pass
Which range shields Dras from the SW monsoon, contributing to its cold-desert climate?
Great Himalayas (Pir Panjal + Zanskar combined effect)
Mean January temperature near Dras on the atlas falls in which class?
Below 5 degC
Annual rainfall near Dras (atlas) typically falls in which band?
0-50 mm (very low; cold-desert)
The Köppen climatic class assigned to Dras (atlas) is:
Polar/Tundra (ET)
Which is the closest district HQ to Dras?
Kargil
Dras in Ladakh is famous for which Indian climate record?
One of the coldest inhabited places in India, with minima below −45 °C in winter; often cited as the second-coldest inhabited place on earth.
Which Köppen climate covers Dras?
Subarctic / cold-desert (Dfc / Dwc).
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About this topic
This topic is part of the NCERT UPSC Core Geography syllabus, specifically the textbook NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar), drawn from the chapter Atlas: India Climate — Records & Extremes. Content is cross-referenced against the latest NCERT textbook editions + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar, Satish Chandra for history; G.C. Leong, Savindra Singh for geography; the UPSC Civil Services prelims + mains syllabus).
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