UPSC Geography Climate / जलवायु Question Bank Climatology

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    Assertion (A): Wind patterns are clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anti-clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
    Reason (R): The directions of wind pattern in the northern and the southern hemisphere are governed by the Coriolis Effect.

    A)  Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

    B)  Both A and R are correct but R is not a correct explanation of A

    C)  A is true but R is false

    D)  A is false but R is true

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

     Both A and R are correct and R explains A correctly. Wind pattern all over the globe are governed by the Coriolis Effect


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