{"id":938,"date":"2023-06-18T13:34:48","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T08:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=938"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:17:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:47:58","slug":"q-consider-the-following-statements-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-consider-the-following-statements-31","title":{"rendered":"Q.\u00a0Consider the following statements:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. In the tropical zone, the western sections of the oceans are warmer than the eastern sections owing to the influence of trade winds.<br>2. In the temperate Zone, westerlies make the eastern sections of oceans warmer than the western sections<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which of the statements given above is\/are correct?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Both 1 and 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Neither 1 and 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (c) Both 1 and 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Warmer water is transported westward<\/strong>&nbsp;in the&nbsp;ocean by the&nbsp;Northeast&nbsp;trade winds&nbsp;in the&nbsp;Northern hemisphere of the&nbsp;tropical zone (as&nbsp;the figure given below shows).&nbsp;So,&nbsp;in tropical zones, the western section of ocean&nbsp;is&nbsp;warmer than eastern sections due to trade winds.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Similarly, the&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/ocean-currents-upsc\/\">Westerlies<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;play an important role in carrying the warm, equatorial waters and winds to the western coasts of continents&nbsp;(that is eastern section of the Oceans in temperate zone).&nbsp;Thus, in temperate zones,&nbsp;<strong>westerlies<\/strong>&nbsp;make the eastern section of&nbsp;the&nbsp;ocean warmer than&nbsp;the&nbsp;western sections.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_61f144-52 .kt-block-spacer{height:40px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_61f144-52 .kt-divider{border-top-width:2px;border-top-color:#eee;width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_61f144-52\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. In the tropical zone, the western sections of the oceans are warmer than the eastern sections owing to the influence of trade winds.2. In the temperate Zone, westerlies make the eastern sections of oceans warmer than the western sections Which of the statements given above is\/are correct? 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