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GS Geography Physical Geography of World
Q.

Match List I and List II and mark the correct answer.

List I                                               List II

(Winds)                                           (Locations)

a. Chinook                                      1.  Alps

b. Foehn                                         2. India

c. Sirocco                                        3. USA

d. Loo                                             4. Egypt

 

Explanation:

ANS. (B) 
Chinook: a warm, westerly wind of Canada and USA; Foehn: a warm, dry, gusty wind of the Alps; Sirocco: blows by the local name of Kham sin in Egypt; Loo: hot and dry summer afternoon wind that blows in Indo-Gangetic Plain region of North India during May-June.
 

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