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?

The main cause of global climatic change is:

Frontal Rain is caused by:

Land and sea-breezes occur due to:

Which is the second nearest star to the Earth after the Sun?

Mangrove forests occur in:

Laterite soils are found in area where–

Which among the following ecosystem have inverted biomass pyramid?

What are the imaginary lines encircling the earth horizontally called?

With what bio-region is the term ‘‘Steppe’’ associated?