Consider the following statements 1. The winds which blow between 30 degrees N and 60 degrees S latitudes throughout the year are known as westerlies. 2. The moist air masses that cause winter rains in North-Western region of India are part of westerlies.

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Q: 16 (IAS/2015)
Consider the following statements
1. The winds which blow between 30 degrees N and 60 degrees S latitudes throughout the year are known as westerlies.
2. The moist air masses that cause winter rains in North-Western region of India are part of westerlies.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

question_subject: 

Geography

question_exam: 

IAS

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{'westerlies': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'winds': [1, 0, 0, 1], 'winter rains': [0, 1, 0, 1], 'western region': [1, 0, 0, 2], 'moist air masses': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'degrees': [0, 1, 0, 3]}

The correct answer is "2 only."

Statement 1 is incorrect. The winds that blow between 30 degrees N and 60 degrees S latitudes throughout the year are actually known as the trade winds, not the westerlies. The trade winds blow from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere.

Statement 2 is correct. The moist air masses that cause winter rains in the northwestern region of India are indeed part of the westerlies. During winter, the westerly winds bring in moisture from the Mediterranean Sea, resulting in winter rainfall in parts of northwestern India.

Therefore, the correct answer is "2 only." Statement 2 is correct.