INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

‘Green House Effect’ means:

As the river approaches the sea, the speed of the flowing water decreases and the river begins to break up into a number of streams called______.

The Mohorovicic (Moho) Discontinuity separates:

The remedies to soil erosion are:
I. Contour bunding
II. Regulation of land use
III. Cutting of trees
IV. Allowing grazing of animals

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?

Which of the following is considered to be the largest volcano on Earth (in terms of its mass and footprint)?

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

The minimum short-term natural hazard is:

Which one is not a non-conventional energy source?

The ash–grey soils of high–latitude coniferous forests a known as: