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Test your UPSC CSE 2026-27 preparation with today’s GS 1 Daily Mains Question — covering cloudbursts, extreme weather events, orographic rainfall, flash floods, landslides, climate change impacts, Himalayan vulnerability and disaster risk reduction in India’s mountainous regions. Q. Cloudbursts have emerged as a recurring climate-related hazard in India’s mountainous regions. What are cloudbursts? Explain why they occur predominantly in mountainous regions. Discuss their impa

If you missed Monthly Current Affairs Pointers (CAP) | Sept - Oct 2025, read it here. QUESTION “Night-time minimum temperatures are more influenced by local conditions than large-scale geography.” Discuss the role of wind patterns, humidity, cloud cover, and land cover in influencing local climate, with an example. Answer: Night-time minimum temperatures show high spatial variability even within the same climatic zone. While latitude, altitude and distance from the sea shape

Welcome to your Daily UPSC Mains Answer Writing Practice – GS Paper 1 (Geography & Environmental Issues). Today’s question examines...

Welcome to your Daily UPSC Mains Answer Writing Practice – GS Paper 1 (Geography & Environmental Issues). Today’s question explores how...

Western Disturbances, once vital for India’s winter rainfall and Himalayan snow, are undergoing a major transformation due to climate change. Their shifting behaviour—intruding into the monsoon season, intensifying extreme events, and altering rainfall–snowfall balance—has triggered disasters like the Kedarnath floods (2013) and Himachal deluge (2023). For UPSC GS Paper 1, this topic connects climatology, monsoon dynamics, and natural hazards, making it essential for analytic