Choose Language

Select your preferred reading language
🇬🇧
English
🇮🇳
हिन्दी
Full View
UPSC Prelims 2024 Paper-I 📅 16 Jun, 2024

With reference to Coriolis force, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. It increases with increase in wind velocity.
2. It is maximum at the poles and is absent at the equator.

Select the answer using the code given below:

A
1 only
B
2 only
C
Both 1 and 2
D
Neither 1 nor 2
Result Summary
Logo

APEDIA

UPSC Prelims
2024 • 16 Jun, 2024 • Paper-I
With reference to Coriolis force, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. It increases with increase in wind velocity.
2. It is maximum at the poles and is absent at the equator.

Select the answer using the code given below:
Correct Answer
Both 1 and 2
Geography: Climatology.Context: Coriolis force.Mechanism: Both statements are correct. The Coriolis force is directly proportional to wind velocity. It is also ......
💡 Analysis & Explanation
Geography
Climatology.
Context
Coriolis force.
Mechanism
Both statements are correct. The Coriolis force is directly proportional to wind velocity. It is also directly proportional to the sine of the latitude, making it maximum at the poles (sine 90 = 1) and zero at the equator (sine 0 = 0).