INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

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?

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

Which of the following does not belong to physical environment?

Who among the following has given the term rhizosphere:

A group of inter-connected islands is known as  .

El Nino occurs over:

The topography of plateau is ideal for:

A landscape which is caused due to the fissure in the earth along which one side has moved down with reference to the other is known as:

The soil conservation method in which mountain slope is cut into step is:

Winds blowing constantly in one direction in rocky deserts form: