Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists : List I (Tropical Cyclone) A. Hurricanes B. Willy Willy C. Baguio D. Typhoons List II (Country) 1. China 2. Philippines 3. Australia 4. USA Code :
- (a)A-4 B-3 C-2 D-1
- (b)A-1 B-2 C-3 D-4
- (c)A-4 B-2 C-3 D-1
- (d)A-1 B-3 C-2 D-4
Correct — option A: A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1. A tropical cyclone is the same kind of storm everywhere, but it carries a different local name by region: it is a Hurricane over the USA/Caribbean and North Atlantic (A-4), a Willy-Willy off north-west Australia (B-3), a Baguio in the Philippines (C-2), and a Typhoon over the China Sea and East Asia (D-1). That gives the pairing A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1.
- (b)A-1 B-2 C-3 D-4 — Every pair is misassigned — it makes Hurricanes-China, Willy Willy-Philippines, Baguio-Australia and Typhoons-USA, all of which are wrong.
- (c)A-4 B-2 C-3 D-1 — It keeps Hurricanes-USA and Typhoons-China correct but swaps the middle pair, giving Willy Willy-Philippines and Baguio-Australia — both reversed.
- (d)A-1 B-3 C-2 D-4 — It keeps Willy Willy-Australia and Baguio-Philippines correct but swaps the ends, giving Hurricanes-China and Typhoons-USA — both reversed.
A tropical cyclone is an intense low-pressure storm system with spiralling winds and heavy rain that forms over warm tropical oceans (sea surface above about 27 °C). The physics is identical worldwide; only the local name changes with the region where it occurs.
The two rare names are the giveaways: 'Willy-Willy' fixes Australia and 'Baguio' fixes the Philippines. Once those are locked, Hurricane must go with the USA/Atlantic and Typhoon with the China Sea. The trap options keep two pairs right and quietly swap the other two.
- Hurricane — North Atlantic, Caribbean and north-east Pacific (USA region).
- Typhoon — north-west Pacific and the China Sea / East Asia.
- Willy-Willy — off north-west Australia.
- Baguio — the Philippines; the Indian Ocean/Bay of Bengal storm is simply called a 'Cyclone'.
- Swapping Willy-Willy (Australia) and Baguio (Philippines).
- Assuming 'Typhoon' belongs to the USA — it is the East-Asia/China-Sea name.
Match the local name of a tropical cyclone to the region or country where it occurs.
Willy Willy is
- (a) a type of tree grown in temperate regions
- (b) a wind that blows in a desert
- (c) a tropical cyclone of north-west Australia
- (d) a kind of common fish found near Lakshadweep islands
Answer(c) a tropical cyclone of north-west Australia
Exactly the same concept — regional names of tropical cyclones. UPSC asked what a 'Willy Willy' is (the north-west Australian tropical cyclone), which is precisely the B-3 pairing in this NDA question.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Cyclonic storms of the China Sea and the north-western Pacific are locally known as:
- (a)Hurricanes
- (b)Typhoons
- (c)Willy-Willies
- (d)Tornadoes
Answer(b) Typhoons — the East-Asia / China-Sea name for a tropical cyclone.
- practice — not a real PYQ
'Baguio' is the local name for a tropical cyclone in which country?
- (a)Australia
- (b)The Philippines
- (c)Japan
- (d)Mexico
Answer(b) The Philippines — a tropical cyclone there is called a Baguio.