Q. With reference to India Meteorological Department (IMD), consider the following statements:
1.It is the principal agency responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasting and seismology.
2.The IMD predicts a “normal”, “below normal”, or “above normal” monsoon in relation to a benchmark “Long Period Average”(LPA).
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: C
Notes:
Both the statements are correct.
Recently, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) released its first Long Range Forecast (LRF) for 2022 which says that the country is likely to receive a normal monsoon for the fourth consecutive year.
IMD is the principal agency responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasting and seismology.
The IMD predicts a “normal”, “below normal”, or “above normal” monsoon in relation to a benchmark “Long Period Average” (LPA). According to the IMD, the “LPA of rainfall is the rainfall recorded over a particular region for a given interval (like month or season) averaged over a long period like 30 years, 50 years, etc”.
Source: The Hindu
