State PCS PYQPrelims 2022

BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · প্রশ্ন 40

The Roaring Forties, Furious Fifties and Shrieking Sixties blow in which hemisphere?

  1. Southern Hemisphere
  2. Eastern Hemisphere
  3. Western Hemisphere
  4. Northern Hemisphere
  5. None of the above / More than one of the above
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.