INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

What is meant by the term “midnight sun”?

The core of the earth is also known as:

The only planet whose period of rotation is longer than the period of revolution around the sun?

The sphere of living matter together with water, air and soil on the surface of the earth is known as:

The fur of the animals living in colder regions:

A place where there is constant intermingling of salt water and fresh water is   

The rhythmic rise and fall of ocean water twice in a day is called:

The latitude of a place is expressed by its angular distance in relation to:

Approximately what is the normal rate of temperature rise with depth from the surface of the Earth to the interior of the Earth?

Which of the following absorbs part of the insolation and preserves earth’s radiated heat?