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Most of India's annual rainfall is received from the:
- anorth-east monsoon
- bsouth-west monsoon
- cwestern disturbances
- dcyclones
Original Khojo Papers practice question — not from a past board paper.
Answer
south-west monsoon
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Explanation
It accounts for about three-quarters of the total, between June and September.
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