Prelims Test Series 2025 HISTORY OPTIONAL COURSES
Office: 011-45090051, 9818333201

INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Select Your Subject

GS Geography Physical Geography of World
Q.

Which one of the following is not the example of planetary winds?
Explanation:

ANS. (D) 
“Chinook”, originally meant a warming wind from the ocean into the interior regions of the Pacific Northwest (the Chinook people lived near the ocean, along the lower Columbia River). A strong Chinook can make snow one foot-deep almost vanish in one day. The snow partly melts and partly evaporates in the dry wind. Chinook winds have been observed to raise winter temperature, often from below-20°C (-4°F) to as high as 10-20°C (50-68°F) for a few 

More Questions Selected Just For You. Attempt Now!

Select Your Subject