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UPSC 2009: Consider the following statements : 1. In the world, the tropical deserts occur along the western margins of continents within the trade wind belt. 2. In India, the East Himalayan region gets high rainfall from north-east winds. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
(a)1 only
(b)2 only
(c)Both 1 and 2
(d)Neither 1 nor 2
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (a) 1 only
Statement 1 is true: most tropical deserts (e.g., Atacama, Namib, Sahara’s west) lie on the western margins of continents within the trade-wind belt where subsiding air and cold currents cause aridity ([britannica.com](https://www.britannica.com/science/tropical-and-subtropical-desert-climate?utm_source=openai)). Statement 2 is false: the extremely heavy rainfall of the eastern/NE Himalaya (Cherrapunji–Mawsynram, Arunachal, etc.) is brought by the Bay-of-Bengal branch of the south-west monsoon, not by north-east winds ([britannica.com](https://www.britannica.com/place/India/Black-soils?utm_source=openai)). Hence only statement 1 is correct.
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