CSE · GS-1Official PYQ · CSE 2024 · Q16Geography · Physical Geography · 15 marks · 250 words
English
What is a twister? Why are the majority of twisters observed in areas around the Gulf of Mexico?
हिन्दी
ट्विस्टर क्या है? मेक्सिको की खाड़ी के आसपास के क्षेत्रों में अधिकतर ट्विस्टर क्यों देखे जाते हैं?
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2024 (English and Hindi). Source
Syllabus
Geography · Physical Geography
Salient features of world's physical geography.
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