BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · প্রশ্ন 40
The Roaring Forties, Furious Fifties and Shrieking Sixties blow in which hemisphere?
উত্তর দেখান ও ব্যাখ্যা
উত্তর: (A) Southern Hemisphere
ব্যাখ্যা
These are westerlies at 40°, 50° and 60° South, intensified by the absence of land.
- (A) সঠিক
Correct: strong westerlies blow unobstructed over the vast southern oceans.
- (B) ভুল
Wrong: these are latitudinal winds.
- (C) ভুল
Wrong: these are latitudinal winds.
- (D) ভুল
Wrong: land masses weaken westerlies there.
- (E) ভুল
Wrong: only one of the options A–D is correct.