From the following options, select the factors that cause monsoon in India:

Heating of the Deccan plateau

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Formation of low pressure over Indian subcontinent

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Motion of the sun

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Shifting of ITCZ

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Solution

The correct option is D Shifting of ITCZ
The factors that cause the Indian monsoon are: apparent motion of the sun, shifting of the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ), heating of the Tibetan Plateau, the formation of a low pressure zone over the Indian subcontinent, and the presence of a high pressure zone on the coast of Madagascar.

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