Air Pressure Quiz

Question 1. Which of the following latitudes (North or South) would you associate with ‘Horse Latitudes’?

(A) 23½º

(B) 60º

(C) 45º

(D) 30º

Question 2. Air pressure is lowest in________.

(A) Summer season

(B) Autumn season

(C) Spring season

(D) Winter season

Question 3. Consider the following statements.

1. Either of the two belts over the oceans at about 30º to 35º N and S latitudes is known as Horse Latitude.
2. Horse Latitudes are low pressure belts.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(A) Neither 1 nor 2

(B) Both 1 and 2

(C) Only 2

(D) Only 1

Question 4.

• Assertion (A): 60º-65º latitudes in both the hemispheres have a low pressure belt instead of high pressure.
• Reason (R): The low pressure areas are stable over oceans rather than on land. 

(A) (A) is false, but (R) is true

(B) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(C) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)