Q.   Consider the following pairs of winds with regions in which they blow:

1. Haboob - Sahara Desert
2. Simoom - Andes Mountain
3. Khamsin - Rocky Mountain

   Which of the above is/are correct?
Answer: 1 Only
Notes: Simoom is a dry dust laden winds strong, dry, dust-laden local wind that blows in the Sahara, Israel, Jordan, Syria, and the deserts of Arabian Peninsula. Khamsin is a hot, dry, sandy local wind, blowing from the south, in North Africa and Arabian Peninsula along Egypt. A Haboob is a wall of dust as a result of a microburst or downburst. It is a thick dust storm or sandstorm that blows in the deserts of North Africa and Arabia or on the plains of India.