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 one the following soils is used for the production of bricks?

A level of atmosphere which is composed partly of electrons and positive ions is called:

Condensation is the reverse of:

The tropical grassland is called:

There is a need to keep larger area under forests for:

As the river enters the plain it twists and turns forming large bends known as .

Which one of the following does not cause soil erosion?

Which of the following wind is blowing from the Mediterranean Sea to the North Western parts of India?

Equinox occurs when the sun is vertically above-