INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

The Sargasso Sea is situated in the:

A special type of well in which water rises automatically under the pressure of a column of water to the ground surface through a hole is known as:

Isoclines joining places of equal rainfall are called 

Solar energy is received by the earth through:

Which one of the following is a warm ocean current?

Atmospheric temperature increasing at the higher altitudes is called:

The word ‘dendritic’ is associated with—

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?

Basaltic lava is found in the:

In which of the following layer of atmosphere the absorption and scattering of the solar ultraviolet radiation takes place?