Consider the Statements A and B about ‘climate’ and choose the correct answer.…

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Consider the Statements A and B about ‘climate’ and choose the correct answer.

A. Climate refers to the day to day changes in the atmosphere.
B. Climate of a place is affected only by its altitude and relief.

  1. A.

    A is true, B is false.

  2. B.

    A is false, B is true.

  3. C.

    Both A and B are true.

  4. D.

    Both A and B are false.

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Correct answer: D

Weather is the day-to-day (short-term) state of the atmosphere -- temperature, rainfall, humidity, and wind on a given day -- and it can change within hours. Climate is the average weather condition of a place recorded over a long period, typically 30 years or more. Climate at any place is shaped jointly by several climatic controls -- latitude, altitude, distance from the sea, ocean currents, relief, and the direction of prevailing winds -- no single factor decides it alone.

Statement A describes 'day to day changes in the atmosphere' -- this is exactly the definition of weather, not climate, so Statement A is false. Statement B claims climate is affected 'only' by altitude and relief -- but climate is governed by multiple controls acting together (latitude, distance from the sea, ocean currents, and prevailing winds, in addition to altitude and relief), so limiting it to just two factors makes Statement B false as well.

Checking each combination:

  • A is true, B is false -- fails because the 'day to day changes' description matches weather, not climate; A cannot be counted as true.

  • A is false, B is true -- the A-classification here is right, but this combination still credits altitude and relief as the ONLY controls of climate, ignoring the other climatic controls (latitude, distance from the sea, ocean currents, prevailing winds), so it fails too.

  • Both A and B are true -- cannot hold, since the 'day to day changes' description alone is a weather definition, not a climate one.

  • Both A and B are false -- consistent: A wrongly defines climate as weather, and B wrongly restricts climate's controls to only two factors, so both statements are false.

Hence, the correct choice is: Both A and B are false.

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