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Kartikeya_Arorasaid

@Thinker 

Sir  , various other Web  sites have mentioned that Furious Fifties and Shrieking Sixties are more stronger in intensity than roaring forties.

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/roaring-forties.html

That's why I have changed the answer to both B and C.

Test 29, Q30

Amit_Kumar98said

Test 29, Q30

Why the option b is correct? 

Eastward flow of equatorial counter current is to maintain the volume of water in each side. 

The North Equatorial Current and South Equatorial Current take the water from east to the western part of the ocean basins. As a result, there is a piling up of water in the western parts of ocean basins. This piled up water then flows from west to east in the form of a weaker counter current. It is this counter current in the pacific ocean, which becomes stronger during el Nino conditions.

@Thinker also for que 25 , Test no. 29 - the upsc answer key marks the answer as 'b' and not 'a'

@Thinker 

Sir, there is a slight mis-match (1question) in estimated and actual correct questions in my case.

Is it the case that Question 42, has been awarded for B only? Kindly check the program awarding marks please.

Saying because the last time we had double answers, faced the same issue, mailed and it came out to be exactly this.

Please check once if marks have been awarded for double answer as per revised key.

Thanks

Yes Q 25. The correct answer should be B as mentioned in the official answer key of upsc prelims 2015 and not a

amandhar96394said

Yes Q 25. The correct answer should be B as mentioned in the official answer key of upsc prelims 2015 and not a

@Thinker 

please check 

test 30

Q. 36

one of the option should be 2,3 and 4

Dpk_25said

please check 

test 30

Q. 36

one of the option should be 2,3 and 4

Newfoundlands is clearly Laurentian type climate as per G C Leong. 

Answer should be 234

amandhar96394said

Yes Q 25. The correct answer should be B as mentioned in the official answer key of upsc prelims 2015 and not a

It will get updated in the final weekly result.

TheMiddlePathsaid

@Thinker 

Sir, there is a slight mis-match (1question) in estimated and actual correct questions in my case.

Is it the case that Question 42, has been awarded for B only? Kindly check the program awarding marks please.

Saying because the last time we had double answers, faced the same issue, mailed and it came out to be exactly this.

Please check once if marks have been awarded for double answer as per revised key.

Thanks

I will look into it.

Thinkersaid

amandhar96394said

Yes Q 25. The correct answer should be B as mentioned in the official answer key of upsc prelims 2015 and not a

It will get updated in the final weekly result.

@Thinker Sir, agreed that UPSC answer key has given B. But, it isn't sacred or infallible.

Giving answer A wasn't a mistake, but a conscious step, I believe.

As discussed in class too, not (or seldom) having ITCZ in South Atlantic and South eastern pacific regions in tropical latitudes, has no relation with cyclone formation.

Indeed, option A i.e low surface temperature in the region will definitely prevent cyclone formation, because warm sea temperature is prerequisite to tropical cyclones. Thus, the answer should be A itself, irrespective of UPSC key.

The same issue was mentioned specifically in post test discussion, and the faculty too, asserted that conceptually, the answer should be A.

As you said that key would be updated accordingly in weekly result,

Kindly enlighten regarding the concept behind option B being the answer.

Doubts test 30

Q6. Statement 2: in British type climate,  thers adequate rainfall with a tendency towards a slight winter/autumn maximum from cyclonic sources. So that would mean there is rainfall because of some cyclonic activity.

Should this be read as the climate is "characterized by High cyclonic activity" altogether?! Isn' it an extreme statement to rule out?

Q7. China type climate is prone to cyclones, hurricanes, typhoons. Rainfall all time (south east and north west). So answer shd be D?!

Q11. Statement 3: is right! CRZ notification permits temporary tourism facilities in beaches and in the “No Development Zone” (NDZ) of the CRZ-III areas.

Q16. Statements 1 and 2 are right. Precipitation is well dostributed throughout the year. Temp is low throught tge year (bitterly cold winter and cool brief summer).

Q36. Newfoundland has Laurentian type climate. So ans shd be option b) 

Q39. Statement1; Laurentian type has cold dry winters, and warm wet summers. So 1st statement is wrong.

@Thinker 

Q6: Ofcourse regions of high Extra Tropical cyclonic activity and since extra tropical cyclones move from west to east,they affect this climatic region.

Q7: Specific mention of Trade winds influence, so Tropical marine.

Q16: Annual range of almost 54°F and no uniform distribution as evident from graph given in book.

I agree with Q11 and 36 doubt.  

q16. But its written that precipitation is well distributed throughout the year.

Q11) Answer will be changed in revised key.

Q36) In North America,  Cool Temperate Continental Climate is found in Alaska, northern Canada in Labrador and rocky mountains, as mentioned in GC Leong. Labrador is a geographic and cultural region within the Newfoundland region of Canada