Question

Which one among the following statements relating to an anticyclone is correct ? 

(a) Anticyclone is a wind system with a high pressure centre 

(b) In anticyclone the movement of wind is inward 

(c) The contribution of an anticyclone towards determining weather of an area is quite significant 

(d) The movement of wind is clockwise in an anticyclone of southern hemisphere

Answer 1

(d) An anticyclone is a large scale circulation of wind around a central region of high atmospheric pressure. It is clockwise in northern hemisphere but anticlockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.