Which of the following statements regarding the rainfall patterns in India is correct ........

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Which of the following statements regarding the rainfall patterns in India is correct?

High rainfall regions in India witness high variability in rainfall.

Low rainfall regions in India witness high variability in rainfall.

Low rainfall regions in India witness low variability in rainfall.

There is no relationship between absolute rainfall and variability of rainfall.

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Explanation:

Explanation:
Parts of the western coast and northeastern India receive about over 400 cm of rainfall annually. However, it is less than 60 cm in western Rajasthan and adjoining parts of Gujarat, Haryana and Punjab. Rainfall is equally low in the interior of the Deccan plateau and east of the Sahyadris. Owing to the nature of monsoons in India, the annual rainfall is highly variable from year to year. Variability is high in the regions of low rainfall, such as parts of Rajasthan, Gujarat and the leeward side of the Western Ghats. As such, while areas of high rainfall are liable to be affected by floods, areas of low rainfall are drought-prone.