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SSC HSC Level Previous Paper (Held on: 2 Aug 2022 Shift 2)

Answer 1

The correct answer is The wind blowing in the northern plains in summers is known as Loo.

Key Points

Loo is the name of the summertime breeze that blows across the northern plains. A loo is a summer afternoon wind that blows over the western Indo-Gangetic Plain region of North India and Pakistan. It is a strong, hot, and dry wind that originates in the west. May and June are very good months for it.
The highlands of north India block any cold air from the higher latitudes from entering throughout the summer. Therefore, the northwest region and the Indo-Gangetic Plains are exposed to regular heat waves due to the dry, hot, and dusty winds that sweep across these regions.
During the colder months, it blows from the northeast, and during the hottest months of the year, it switches directions to blow from the southwest.

Additional Information

In the northern plains, summertime weather is hot and muggy. 45 to 50 degrees are reached, which could result in sunstroke.
Loo: Thunderstorms in West Bengal and Assam. Kalbaisakhi: Hot, dry winds from Rajasthan to Western U.P.
Loo has spread to new regions, and is presently raging over West Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Maharashtra. Furthermore, there are heat wave conditions in some areas of this region.