INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

The main source of usable water on the Earth is:

Why are winters more severe in Southern Hemisphere than in Northern Hemisphere?

Marble is the metamorphosed form of: 

Who coined the word ‘Geography’?

When the earth is at the maximum distance from the Sun, it is called:

When does the sun shine vertically on the Equator?

Subtropical high pressure belts are otherwise called:

The ‘Pacific Ring of Fire’ is associated with:

Shale is metamorphosed into which of the following rocks?

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?