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Evaporation vs Precipitation

Evaporation vs Precipitation is a Geography concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 2 past MPSC questions (2014, 2017). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.

Real questions
2
Years tested
2 · 2014–2017
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20172014

What you need to know first

Global pressure beltsLatitudinal climate controlsPressure belts of the earthClimatic factors of aridity

Real questions that test this

पुढील दोन विधानांचा विचार करा. / Consider the following two statements :

(a)दोन्ही अर्ध्यागोलात 10° ते 20° अक्षांशत वाळवंट आहेत / There are deserts between 10° and 20° latitudes in both the hemispheres

(b)10° ते 20° अक्षांशत पावसापेक्षा बाष्पेचे प्रमाण अधिक आहे / Between 10° and 20° latitudes evaporation exceeds precipitation

1)दोन्ही (A) व (B) खरे आहेत व (B) हे (A) चे कारण आहे / Both (A) and (B) are true and (B) is the reason for (A)
2)दोन्ही (A) व (B) खरे आहेत परंतु (B) हे (A) चे कारण नाही / Both (A) and (B) are true but (B) is not the reason for (A)
3)केवळ (A) खरे आहे / Only (A) is true
4)केवळ (B) खरे आहे / Only (B) is true✓ Correct

Deserts are typically found in the subtropical high-pressure belts (10° to 30° latitudes) where descending air causes high atmospheric stability and dryness. In these regions, high temperatures lead to high evaporation rates which vastly exceed precipitation, resulting in arid conditions.

वाढत्या क्षारतेनुसार समुद्रांचा बरोबर क्रम ओळखा. / Identify the correct sequence of the seas on the basis of increasing salinity.

1)मृत समुद्र, कॅरिबियन समुद्र, अंदमान समुद्र, बाल्टिक समुद्र / Dead Sea, Caribbean Sea, Andaman Sea, Baltic Sea
2)बाल्टिक समुद्र, अंदमान समुद्र, कॅरिबियन समुद्र, मृत समुद्र / Baltic Sea, Andaman Sea, Caribbean Sea, Dead Sea✓ Correct
3)अंदमान समुद्र, बाल्टिक समुद्र, कॅरिबियन समुद्र, मृत समुद्र / Andaman Sea, Baltic Sea, Caribbean Sea, Dead Sea
4)बाल्टिक समुद्र, कॅरिबियन समुद्र, अंदमान समुद्र, मृत समुद्र / Baltic Sea, Caribbean Sea, Andaman Sea, Dead Sea

The official MPSC answer key confirms the correct answer is "बाल्टिक समुद्र, अंदमान समुद्र, कॅरिबियन समुद्र, मृत समुद्र / Baltic Sea, Andaman Sea, Caribbean Sea, Dead Sea". This question's original explanation was written against an earlier, since-corrected answer-key reading and has been cleared pending a verified rewrite, rather than leaving it arguing for the wrong option.

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