Which of the following districts receives higher rainfall during the rainy season?
- (a)Narsinghpur
- (b)Mandsaur
- (c)Mandla
- (d)Chhatarpur
Correct — C, Mandla. Mandla lies in Madhya Pradesh's south-eastern Mahakoshal region, on the hilly, forested fringe of the Maikal-Satpura tract that catches the Bay of Bengal branch of the south-west monsoon early and heavily — this eastern belt (Mandla, Balaghat, Dindori, Seoni) is consistently the wettest part of the state.
- (a)Narsinghpur — Sits in the central Narmada valley — it gets a fair, dependable monsoon but well below the high-rainfall eastern hill belt.
- (b)Mandsaur — In the north-western Malwa Plateau — one of MP's comparatively drier tracts, largely out of reach of the Bay of Bengal branch.
- (d)Chhatarpur — In the Bundelkhand region of northern MP — a comparatively low and erratic-rainfall, drought-prone tract.
Rainfall across Madhya Pradesh is not uniform: the south-eastern Mahakoshal districts (Mandla, Balaghat, Dindori, Seoni) receive the heaviest monsoon rainfall because they lie in the path of the Bay of Bengal branch of the south-west monsoon and have hilly, forested terrain that forces the moisture-laden air to rise and shed rain. Rainfall broadly decreases moving from the state's south-east toward its north-west.
The trap is assuming agriculturally prominent, well-known districts (like Narsinghpur in the Narmada valley) must get more rain than a less-discussed eastern district — the real driver is a district's location relative to the monsoon branch and relief, not its farming importance.
- MP's south-eastern Mahakoshal belt (Mandla, Balaghat, Dindori, Seoni) is the state's highest-rainfall zone
- Rainfall broadly decreases from south-east to north-west across Madhya Pradesh
- The Bay of Bengal branch of the south-west monsoon is the main moisture source for eastern MP
- The Malwa Plateau (Mandsaur) and Bundelkhand (Chhatarpur) are comparatively low-rainfall regions
- Assuming an agriculturally prominent district (Narsinghpur) gets more rain than a less-famous eastern one
- Confusing 'higher rainfall' with 'more irrigated area' — these are not the same fact
MPPSC frequently lists 4 districts from different regions and asks which gets the highest/lowest rainfall — anchor the answer to the region (Mahakoshal = wet, Malwa/Bundelkhand = dry), not the district name alone.
MPPSC_2024_PRE_PaperI_Q542024The south-eastern part of Madhya Pradesh receives maximum rainfall from:
- (a) Arabian Sea branch of monsoon
- (b) Bay of Bengal branch of monsoon
- (c) Retreating monsoon
- (d) Cyclones
Answer(b) Bay of Bengal branch of monsoon
Same underlying fact from the mechanism side — this explains WHY south-eastern MP (Mandla's Mahakoshal region) gets more rain than the rest of the state.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Which physiographic region of Madhya Pradesh receives the highest rainfall?
- (a)Malwa Plateau
- (b)Bundelkhand
- (c)Mahakoshal (south-eastern MP)
- (d)Nimar Plain
Answer(c) Mahakoshal — the hilly, forested south-eastern belt that catches the Bay of Bengal monsoon branch first and heaviest.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The south-eastern part of Madhya Pradesh receives its maximum rainfall mainly from:
- (a)Arabian Sea branch of monsoon
- (b)Bay of Bengal branch of monsoon
- (c)Retreating monsoon
- (d)Western disturbances
Answer(b) Bay of Bengal branch of the south-west monsoon.