SSC Geography Sample Paper NCERT Sample Paper-2

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    Which of the following is true of an anticyclone in the northern hemisphere?

    A)  High pressure area surrounded by low pressure area.

    B) Circular movement of air from centre to peripherals.

    C) Direction of air is anticyclone.

    D)  They are mainly formed over the continents.

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    An anticyclone (that is, opposite to a cyclone) is a weather phenomenon defined by the United States National Weather Service's glossary as "a large-scale circulation of winds around a central region of high atmospheric pressure, clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, anti-clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere".


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