World Geography
2024
Winds and Cyclones
UPSC Practice Question

With reference to "Coriolis force”, which of the following statements is/are correct?

  1. It increases with increase in wind velocity.
  2. It is maximum at the poles and is absent at the equator. Select the answer using the code given below:
B.2 only
D.Neither 1 nor 2
C.Both 1 and 2
A.1 only