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State PCS PYQPrelims 2022

BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · வினா 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
விடையைக் காட்டு & விளக்கம்

விடை: (A) Southern Hemisphere

விளக்கம்

These are westerlies at 40°, 50° and 60° South, intensified by the absence of land.

  • (A) சரி

    Correct: strong westerlies blow unobstructed over the vast southern oceans.

  • (B) தவறு

    Wrong: these are latitudinal winds.

  • (C) தவறு

    Wrong: these are latitudinal winds.

  • (D) தவறு

    Wrong: land masses weaken westerlies there.

  • (E) தவறு

    Wrong: only one of the options A–D is correct.