INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Winds blowing constantly in one direction in rocky deserts form:

The method of soil conservation in which stones, grass, soil is used to build barriers along contours and trenches are made in front of the barriers to collect water is called?

Meanders are the features formed by:

The west to east extension of the Himalayas is from:

Earthquakes are generally associated with:

Convectional Rainfall occurs in:

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

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 crop mainly grown in hills is:

The deepest surface depression on the earth is: