INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Asteroids have their orbits between which of the following planets?

Speed of wind is measured by:

Meanders are the features formed by:

The layer where the decrease in temperature with increasing altitude is totally absent is:

In the context of the characteristic features of the climate of the Tropical Savannah region, consider the following statements: 

1. Savanna type of climate is found between equatorial rainforests and hot deserts.

2. Plants found in Savannas have extra-long roots that are capable of reaching the water table deep beneath the soil. 

3. Soil in Savannas is usually formed by laterization, a type of chemical weathering. 

4. The prevailing winds of the region are the Trade Winds which are strongest during summers.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

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:

Contours are imaginary lines showing:

__________ is the thinnest layer of Earth.

Laterite soils are found in area where–

The deepest surface depression on the earth is: