{"id":92184,"date":"2025-06-01T11:16:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=92184"},"modified":"2025-06-01T11:16:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:16:34","slug":"consider-the-following-statements-the-red-sea-receives-very-little","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-statements-the-red-sea-receives-very-little\/","title":{"rendered":"Consider the following statements :\n  The Red Sea receives very little"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Consider the following statements :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Red Sea receives very little precipitation in any form.<\/li>\n<li>No water enters the Red Sea from rivers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Which of the statements given above is\/are correct ?<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1 only&#8221; option2=&#8221;2 only&#8221; option3=&#8221;Both 1 and 2&#8243; option4=&#8221;Neither 1 nor 2&#8243; correct=&#8221;option3&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"psc-box-pyq-exam-year-detail\">\n<div class=\"pyq-exam\">\n<div class=\"psc-heading\">This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n<div class=\"psc-title line-ellipsis\">UPSC IAS &#8211; 2024<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-ias-2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-ias-2024\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">The correct option is C, as both statements are correct.<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">Statement 1 is correct because the Red Sea region is characterized by an arid to semi-arid climate with very low average annual precipitation. Statement 2 is also correct because the land areas surrounding the Red Sea are predominantly desert, lacking any major perennial rivers that would flow into the sea. The primary source of water input to the Red Sea is through exchange with the Gulf of Aden and evaporation is very high, leading to high salinity.<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">Due to limited precipitation and lack of riverine input combined with high evaporation rates, the Red Sea is one of the warmest and saltiest seas in the world. The primary water exchange occurs at its southern end through the Bab-el-Mandeb strait, connecting it to the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consider the following statements : The Red Sea receives very little precipitation in any form. No water enters the Red Sea from rivers. Which of the statements given above is\/are correct ? [amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1 only&#8221; option2=&#8221;2 only&#8221; option3=&#8221;Both 1 and 2&#8243; option4=&#8221;Neither 1 nor 2&#8243; correct=&#8221;option3&#8243;] This question was previously asked in UPSC IAS &#8211; &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Consider the following statements :\n  The Red Sea receives very little\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-statements-the-red-sea-receives-very-little\/#more-92184\">Detailed Solution<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Consider the following statements :<br \/>\n  The Red Sea receives very little<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1092],"tags":[1103,1278,1106],"class_list":["post-92184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc-ias","tag-1103","tag-important-seas-of-the-world","tag-world-and-physical-geography","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Consider the following statements :  The Red Sea receives very little<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The correct option is C, as both statements are correct. Statement 1 is correct because the Red Sea region is characterized by an arid to semi-arid climate with very low average annual precipitation. Statement 2 is also correct because the land areas surrounding the Red Sea are predominantly desert, lacking any major perennial rivers that would flow into the sea. 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Statement 1 is correct because the Red Sea region is characterized by an arid to semi-arid climate with very low average annual precipitation. Statement 2 is also correct because the land areas surrounding the Red Sea are predominantly desert, lacking any major perennial rivers that would flow into the sea. The primary source of water input to the Red Sea is through exchange with the Gulf of Aden and evaporation is very high, leading to high salinity.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-statements-the-red-sea-receives-very-little\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Consider the following statements :  The Red Sea receives very little","og_description":"The correct option is C, as both statements are correct. 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