pyq/2015/prelims/66

Consider the following statements

1. The winds that blow between 30 degrees N and 60 degrees S latitudes throughout the year are known as westerlies.

2. The moist air masses that cause winter rains in the North-Western region of India are part of westerlies.

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