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#25)With reference to the ‘tropical cyclones’, consider the following statements:

(1) They are known as Willy-willies in Western Australia and Hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean.

(2) The cyclonic wind movements are clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anti-clockwise in the southern hemisphere

(3) The tropical cyclones are formed mostly on the western margins of the oceans.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

a. 1 and 2 only

b. 1 and 3 only

c. 2 and 3 only

d. 1, 2 and 3


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