1. Consider the following statements 1. The winds which blow between 30° N and 60° S latitudes throughout the year are known as westerlies. 2. The moist air masses that cause winter rains in North-Western region of India are part of westerlies.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1 only
2 only
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
2. Tides occur in the oceans and seas due to which among the following? 1. Gravitational force of the Sun 2. Gravitational force of the Moon 3. Centrifugal force of the Earth
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
2 and 3 only
1 and 3 only
1, 2 and 3
3. "Each day is more or less the same, the morning is clear and bright with a sea breeze; as the Sun climbs high in the sky, heat mounts up, dark clouds form, then rain comes with thunder and lightning. But rain is soon over." Which of the following regions is described in the above passage?
Savannah
Equatorial
Monsoon
Mediterranean
4. In the South Atlantic and South-Eastern Pacific regions in tropical latitudes, cyclone does not originate. What is the reason?
Sea surface temperatures are low
Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone seldom occurs
Coriolis force is too weak
Absence of land in those regions
5. What explains the eastward flow of the equatorial countercurrent?
The Earth's rotation on its axis
Convergence of the two equatorial currents
Difference in salinity of water
Occurrence of the belt of calm near the equator