Attempt this previous-year question. The correct option stays hidden until you choose.
Consider the following statements:
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?
Pick an option to check yourself.
• Correct Answer: C
• Trade winds in tropics push warm surface water westward, making western ocean sections warmer than eastern.
• Westerlies in temperate zones transport warm water eastward, warming eastern ocean sections.
• Both statements correctly describe wind-driven ocean thermal asymmetry.
Attempt Prelims MCQs or open Mains questions by paper — then continue the same bank inside the app with visual decks.
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