INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Contours are imaginary lines showing:

Earthquakes are generally associated with:

The distribution of characteristic vegetation of a region is determined mainly by:

In which two layers of the Earth does the “The Gutenberg Discontinuity” lies?

The Sargasso Sea is situated in the:

The formation of ‘Mushroom rock’ in desert region is an example of:

The main cause of global climatic change is:

The method of soil conservation in which rocks are piled up to slow down the flow of water which prevents gullies and further soil loss is called?

Which imaginary line, located at zero-degree latitude, divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres?

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?