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Winds — Geography Questions & Practice

Practise 11 Winds questions from Geography for competitive exams such as UPSC, Banking, SSC and Railway. Read the worked questions below, check every answer with an explanation, and track what you get wrong.

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1. Which of the following describes the 'Trade Winds'?

  1. AA hot, dry, local wind that blows over the Indo-Gangetic plains during summer afternoons
  2. BA warm, dry local wind that blows down the leeward side of the Alps in Europe
  3. CPlanetary winds blowing from the subtropical high-pressure belts towards the equatorial low-pressure belt
  4. DPlanetary winds blowing from the polar high-pressure areas towards the sub-polar low-pressure belts
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Answer: C

'Trade Winds': Planetary winds blowing from the subtropical high-pressure belts towards the equatorial low-pressure belt.

2. Which of the following describes the 'Polar Easterlies'?

  1. APlanetary winds blowing from the polar high-pressure areas towards the sub-polar low-pressure belts
  2. BA hot, dry, local wind that blows over the Indo-Gangetic plains during summer afternoons
  3. CPlanetary winds blowing from the subtropical high-pressure belts towards the sub-polar low-pressure belts, in middle latitudes
  4. DSeasonal winds that reverse direction with the change of seasons, prominent in South and Southeast Asia
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Answer: A

'Polar Easterlies': Planetary winds blowing from the polar high-pressure areas towards the sub-polar low-pressure belts.

3. Which of the following describes the 'Land and Sea Breeze'?

  1. ALocal winds caused by differential heating and cooling of land and sea on a daily cycle
  2. BA warm, dry local wind that blows down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains in North America
  3. CA warm, dry local wind that blows down the leeward side of the Alps in Europe
  4. DSeasonal winds that reverse direction with the change of seasons, prominent in South and Southeast Asia
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Answer: A

'Land and Sea Breeze': Local winds caused by differential heating and cooling of land and sea on a daily cycle.

4. Which type of wind is described as: 'Planetary winds blowing from the subtropical high-pressure belts towards the equatorial low-pressure belt'?

  1. ALoo
  2. BWesterlies
  3. CTrade Winds
  4. DPolar Easterlies
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Answer: C

This describes Trade Winds.

5. Which type of wind is described as: 'Planetary winds blowing from the subtropical high-pressure belts towards the sub-polar low-pressure belts, in middle latitudes'?

  1. APolar Easterlies
  2. BTrade Winds
  3. CWesterlies
  4. DMonsoon Winds
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Answer: C

This describes Westerlies.

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