INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Maps on large scale, representing both natural and man-made features are called:

How many minutes for each degree of longitude does the local time of any place vary from the Greenwich time?

In predation between:
I. A lion and a deer
II. A snake and a frog
III. A lizard and an insect and
IV. An owl and a rat
Which predator will have greater control over its prey?

The land forms formed by wave erosion is:

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______.

There is a need to keep larger area under forests for:

Which of the following layers of the atmosphere makes Radio Communication possible?

If speed of rotation of the earth increases, the weight of the body:

With reference to the ‘Continental Shelf’, consider the following statements:

1. Legally, it is the stretch of the seabed adjacent to the shores of a particular country to which it belongs. 

2. Canyons and trenches are observed in this region.

3. Fossil fuels and metallic nodules are found in the continental shelves. 

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The presence of a lion in the forest is essential in order to: