Question

Jyoti and her family had gone to the Little Andaman Island for a holiday. It was a clear day when the sky became dark with clouds and there was heavy rain late in the afternoon. This was the case every day that they spent there. What type of rainfall is this?

Options

• Relief

• Convectional

• Cyclonic

• Frontal

Answer 1

Convectional

Explanation:

On hot, clear days, the sun heats the Earth's surface, causing warm air to rise. In humid tropical areas like Little Andaman, this rising moist air cools and condenses, forming thick clouds and resulting in afternoon rainfall almost daily. This is typical of convectional rainfall.