Oceanography

In the South Atlantic and South-Eastern Pacific regions in tropical latitudes, cyclone does not
originate What is the reason?

Options

(a)

Sea surface temperatures are low

(b)

Inter-Tropical convergence Zone seldom occurs

(c)

Coriolis force is too weak

(d)

Absence of land in those regions

(B)

What explains the eastward flow of the equatorial counter-current?

(a)

The Earth’s rotation on its own axis

(b)

Convergence of the two equatorial currents

(c)

Difference is salinity of water

(d)

Occurance of the belt of calm near the equator What explains the eastward flow of the equatorial counter-current?

(B)

Which one of the following countries of South-West Asia does not open out to the Mediterranean Sea?

(a)

Syria

(b)

Jordan

(c)

Lebanon

(d)

Israel

(B)