216. Which one of the following statements regarding EI Nino is NOT true ?

1. 1. It is an extension of the Equatorial current towards

   
   
   

   2. It is a occasional warm current leading to an increase of about 10^°C in surface water temperatures

   
   
   

   3. It develops as an temporary replacement of the usual cold Peruvian current

   
   
   

   4. It cause and increase in planktons which thrive in the cold Peruvian current

   
   
   

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   Correct Option: D

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217. Many of the world's hot deserts are found in the

1. 1. Subtropical low - pressure belt

   
   
   

   2. Tropical high - pressure belt

   
   
   

   3. Subtropical high - pressure belt

   
   
   

   4. Tropical low - pressure belt

   
   
   

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   Correct Option: C

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218. One of the two belts of high atmosphere pressure that are centered, in the mean, near 30^° N and 30^° S latitudes is called

1. 1. Polar winds

   
   
   

   2. Trade winds

   
   
   

   3. Prevailing Winds

   
   
   

   4. Subtropical high - pressure belt

   
   
   

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   Correct Option: D

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219. A sea - breeze front is weather front created by a sea-breeze, also known as a

1. 1. Divergence zone

   
   
   

   2. Convergence zone

   
   
   

   3. Submergence zone

   
   
   

   4. Emergence zone

   
   
   

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   Correct Option: B

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220. The tropical climate zone shifts north of the equator in summer and south of it in winter as the region of most intense solar radiation fluctuates with

1. 1. The monsoon

   
   
   

   2. The weather

   
   
   

   3. The Seasons

   
   
   

   4. None of these

   
   
   

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   Correct Option: C

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