- 1UPSC CSE I - 2024With reference to "Coriolis force", which of the following statements is/are correct ?
- It increases with increase in wind velocity.
- It is maximum at the poles and is absent at the equator.
Select the answer using the code given below : - 2UPSC CSE I - 2020
Consider the following statements:
- Jet streams occur in the Northern Hemisphere only.
- Only some cyclones develop an eye.
- The temperature inside the eye of a cyclone is nearly 10 °C lesser than that of the surroundings.
- 3UPSC CSE I - 2015In the South Atlantic and South-Eastern Pacific regions in tropical latitudes, cyclone does not originate. What is the reason?
- 4UPSC CSE I - 2015Consider the following statements :
- The winds which blow between 30° N and 60° S latitudes throughout the year are known as westerlies.
- The moist air masses that cause winter rains in North-Western region of India are part of westerlies.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? - 5UPSC CSE I - 2010
What causes wind to deflect toward left in the Southern Hemisphere?
- 6UPSC CSE I - 2009
Consider the following statements:
- In the world, the tropical deserts occur along the western margins of continents within the trade wind belt.
- In India, the east Himalayan region gets high rainfall from north-east winds.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- 7UPSC CSE I - 2001
Assertion (A): Anticyclonic conditions are formed in winter season when atmospheric pressure is high and air temperatures are low.
Reason (R): Winter rainfall in northern India causes development of anticyclonic conditions with low temperatures. - 8UPSC CSE I - 2001
Which one of the following weather conditions is indicated by a sudden fall in barometer reading?
- 9UPSC CSE I - 1999
Which one of the areas marked as A, B, C & D in the given figure of the cyclone, witnesses heavy torrential short duration rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms?
- 10UPSC CSE I - 1997
Daily weather map showing isobars is an example of: