INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Consider the following statements with reference to ‘Blue Stragglers’:

1. It is a class of stars on globular clusters that is smaller than the rest of the stars.

2. They are formed through the mass transfer from a close binary companion star and through collision of two stars. 

3. The Milky Way's largest and brightest globular is Omega Centauri.

Which of the statements given above is/are NOT correct?

Match List I and List II and mark the correct answer.

List I                                               List II

(Winds)                                           (Locations)

a. Chinook                                      1.  Alps

b. Foehn                                         2. India

c. Sirocco                                        3. USA

d. Loo                                             4. Egypt

Alluvial soils are rich soil for crop cultivation but are poor in:

The Equator does not pass through which of the following countries?

From which of the following continent, all three latitudes i.e. equator, tropic of cancer and tropic of Capricorn pass?

As the river approaches the sea, the speed of the flowing water decreases and the river begins to break up into a number of streams called______.

The highest grade and best quality coal is:

The temperature increases rapidly above:

The largest planet in our solar system is:

The soil which originate under tall-grass prairie vegetation is called: