Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Geography

Consider the following statements:

  1. With increasing latitude, the Sun’s rays generally become more oblique.
  2. Oblique rays spread their energy over a larger surface and pass through a greater depth of atmosphere.
  3. Vertical rays distribute their energy over a larger area than oblique rays.
  4. The rotation of the Earth is one of the factors producing temporal variation in insolation.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

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