Consider the following two statements:A. There are deserts between 10�

1.	Consider the following two statements:A. There are deserts between 10° and 20° latitudes in both the hemispheresB. Between 10° and 20° latitudes evaporation exceeds precipitation 1. Both (A) and (B) are true and (B) is the reason for (A)2. Both (A) and (B) are true but (B) is not the reason for (A) 3. Only (A) is true 4. Only (B) is true
Answer» Correct Answer - Option 4 : Only (B) is true The correct answer is option 4. The major hot deserts of the world are located on the western coasts of continents between latitudes 15° and 30°N. and S. Hence statement A is incorrect. Deserts are regions where evaporation exceeds precipitation. Hence statement B is correct. There are mainly two types of deserts- Saharan type hot deserts Gobi type mid-latitude temperate desert There is rarely any cloud in the continuous blue sky. The relative humidity is extremely low, decreasing from 60 percent in coastal districts to less than 30 percent in the desert interiors. Major Deserts include- Great Australian Desert - Australia Kalahari Desert - Africa Atacama Desert - South America Mohave and Sonoran Deserts - North America Gobi Desert-China and Mangolia Takla Makan - China Thar- India and Pakistan

Consider the following two statements:A. There are deserts between 10° and 20° latitudes in both the hemispheresB. Between 10° and 20° latitudes evaporation exceeds precipitation 1. Both (A) and (B) are true and (B) is the reason for (A)2. Both (A) and (B) are true but (B) is not the reason for (A) 3. Only (A) is true 4. Only (B) is true

Answer» Correct Answer - Option 4 : Only (B) is true

The correct answer is option 4.

The major hot deserts of the world are located on the western coasts of continents between latitudes 15° and 30°N. and S. Hence statement A is incorrect.
Deserts are regions where evaporation exceeds precipitation. Hence statement B is correct.
There are mainly two types of deserts-
- Saharan type hot deserts
- Gobi type mid-latitude temperate desert
There is rarely any cloud in the continuous blue sky.
The relative humidity is extremely low, decreasing from
60 percent in coastal districts to less than 30 percent in the desert interiors.

Major Deserts include-
- Great Australian Desert - Australia
- Kalahari Desert - Africa
- Atacama Desert - South America
- Mohave and Sonoran Deserts - North America
- Gobi Desert-China and Mangolia
- Takla Makan - China
- Thar- India and Pakistan