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Q67 (CDS-I/2009) Geography › World Physical Geography › Ocean water properties Answer Verified

Which one of the following is the tide produced as a consequence of moon and sun pulling the earth in the same direction ?

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Spring tides occur when the Sun, Moon, and Earth are aligned in a straight line, a configuration known as syzygy [c1, t2]. This alignment happens during both the new moon and full moon phases [c1, t1]. Specifically, during a new moon, the Sun and Moon are on the same side of the Earth, pulling in the same direction [t4, t9]. This combined gravitational force reinforces the tidal bulge, resulting in the greatest tidal range—where high tides are exceptionally high and low tides are significantly lower than average [t1, t3]. In contrast, neap tides occur when the Sun and Moon are at right angles (quadrature) to each other, causing their gravitational forces to partially cancel out and producing moderate tides with a smaller range [c2, t1]. Therefore, the tide produced by the Sun and Moon pulling in the same direction is the spring tide.

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  1. [1] FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, Geography Class XI (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 13: Movements of Ocean Water > Tides based on the Sun, Moon and the Earth Positions > p. 110
  2. [2] Physical Geography by PMF IAS, Manjunath Thamminidi, PMF IAS (1st ed.) > Chapter 32: Ocean Movements Ocean Currents And Tides > Neap Tides > p. 504
  3. [3] https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/springtide.html
  4. [4] https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/restles4.html
  5. [5] https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/cause-effect-tides/
  6. [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_range
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