Question

Q. Consider the following characteristics:

Which one of the following climatic phenomena would exhibit the above characteristics?

• A.
  Tropical Cyclone in Southern Hemisphere.
• B.
  Anticyclone in the Northern Hemisphere.
• C.
  Extra-tropical cyclone in Southern Hemisphere.
• D.
  Tropical Cyclone in Northern Hemisphere.

Answer 1

The correct option is A

Tropical Cyclone in Southern Hemisphere.

Explanation: The tropical cyclone winds rotate in anti or counter-clockwise/cyclonic in the northern hemisphere and clockwise/anti-cyclonic in the southern hemisphere around the low pressure, because of the Coriolis Effect (which deflects the wind direction to the right side of the actual movement of the wind in the northern hemisphere and left side in the southern hemisphere) due to the earth’s rotation.