INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Soil factors are otherwise known as:

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

The area which is resistant to any massive structural transformation is called:

The final boundary between the Earth and the outer space is called .

The deepest surface depression on the earth is:

The temperature increases rapidly above:

In the context of Pressure Belts, which of the following statements is/are NOT correct?

1. High pressure center are developed during winter in the North of the Himalayas.

2. The Convergence of Tropical and sub-tropical winds results in the formation of cyclones in the sub-polar region.

3. Pressure belts shift northwards and southwards with the shift of thermal equator. 

Select the correct statements using the codes given below:

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

In an iceberg floating in the sea, out of 10 parts of its mass, how much will remain above the surface of the water?

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