INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

The highest grade and best quality coal is:

 _________ affect the rate of humus formation of soil.

The method of soil conservation in which stones, grass, soil is used to build barriers along contours and trenches are made in front of the barriers to collect water is called?

Which one of the following is called North-Easter?

What is a ‘tornado’?

The rate of deforestation is high in:

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?

Volcanoes are scattered:

A broad, low embankment built up along the banks of a river channel during floods is called:

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