Select the incorrect statement about trade winds:

a) Trade winds are also called as easterlies.
b) They are the part of Hadley cell.
c) In N-hemisphere they are deflected anticlockwise and clockwise in S-hemisphere.
d) None of these

Ans – [C] 
Explanation – Due to Coriolis force trade winds get deflected in clockwise direction in N-hemisphere and in anticlockwise direction in S-Hemisphere.

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