Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists : List – I (Tropical cyclones) A) Baguios B) Hurricanes C) Typhoons D) Willy-Willies List – II (Country) 1) Australia 2) China 3) Philippines 4) United States of America Codes:

The correct match is A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1, which is option B. Each term is a local name for the same physical system, a tropical cyclone, so the question tests regional nomenclature.

• Baguios is the Philippine term for these storms, which is why it pairs with the Philippines (3).
• Hurricanes are intense tropical cyclones of the North Atlantic and northeast Pacific, which strike the United States of America (4).
• Typhoons form in the North-West Pacific and hit China (2) and East Asia.
• Willy-willies is the Australian term for whirlwinds and severe cyclones on its coast (1).

Option A puts typhoons with Australia and willy-willies with China, so it is wrong. Option C places baguios with China and hurricanes with the Philippines, and option D places hurricanes with Australia. Each of these breaks a basin-specific pairing.

Core concept: Tropical cyclones are named by ocean basin, and regional bodies like the WMO and ESCAP Typhoon Committee coordinate this. Mains angle: disaster management and early warning, where basin-wise naming helps issue region-specific alerts.

Trap: Aspirants confuse typhoons and hurricanes because both are the same storm type in different oceans, then guess the country from news memory instead of anchoring each name to its basin.