Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Geography

Consider the following statements:

  1. Solar heating causes equatorial ocean water to expand and stand slightly higher than water in middle latitudes.
  2. Wind transfers motion to surface water through friction.
  3. Gravity tends to pull accumulated water down the resulting gradient.
  4. The Coriolis force deflects moving water towards the right in the Northern Hemisphere and towards the left in the Southern Hemisphere.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

  1. 1, 2 and 3 only.
  2. 2 and 4 only.
  3. 1, 2, 3 and 4.
  4. 1 and 4 only.
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