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?

Which among the following is false about Earth?

Which current is responsible for increase in the temperature of the western Europe?

The deflection of the winds to the right in the northern hemisphere is caused by:

Who had used the term “Ecology” first time?

Extensive deserts occur in the western tropical regions of continents because:

Which one of the following planets has no moon?

Tropical storm in Chinese Sea is known as–

Storms of gases are visible in the chromosphere of the Sun during:

In mountainous areas a natural cause for road blocks is often