Question

The climate of Assam can be described as:
1. sub-tropical humid climate
2. mountain climate
3. tropical monsoon rainforest climate
4. tropical dry climate

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : tropical monsoon rainforest climate

The correct answer is tropical monsoon rainforest climate.

• The climate of Assam is tropical monsoon because of high hills of Arunachal, Manipur, Mizoram prevent the rain-bearing monsoon winds from escaping this region.
• The Himalayan and the eastern hills ranges cause an orographic rise of the monsoon winds with consequent heavy rainfall in North East India.

Climate	Region/states
sub-tropical humid climate	Parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh
mountain climate	Parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttaranchal
tropical dry climate	Parts of Odisha, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh