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NDA 1 2024 GAT, question 118

Topic: Geography

Q118

Which of the following statements regarding tropical cyclones is/are correct ?

  1. These storms develop during the summer and autumn in every tropical ocean except the South Atlantic and eastern South Pacific Oceans.

  2. Tropical cyclones that occur in the North Atlantic and eastern North Pacific Oceans are known as typhoons.

  3. Tropical cyclones that occur in the Indian and South Pacific Oceans are called cyclones.

Select the answer using the code given below :

  1. (a) 3 only
  2. (b) 1 and 2 only
  3. (c) 1 and 3 onlyCorrect answer
  4. (d) 1, 2 and 3

Solution.

Answer: (c) 1 and 3 only

  1. Statement 1 is correct: tropical cyclones form in summer and autumn over every tropical ocean except the South Atlantic and the eastern South Pacific.
  2. Statement 2 is wrong: in the North Atlantic and eastern North Pacific they are hurricanes; typhoons are in the western North Pacific.
  3. Statement 3 is correct: in the Indian and South Pacific Oceans they are called cyclones.

Trap: A rare South Atlantic cyclone (Catarina, 2004) has occurred, but statement 1 describes the normal pattern.