INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

The rapidly growing mass of phytoplankton covering the surface water of a lake or pond is known as:

Which is a tropical food crop requiring a temperature of 270 C and a rain fall more than 100 cm?

Blizzards are characteristic features of—

Trees are leafless for a shorter or longer season of the year in:

Sea breeze is formed during:

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?

The ash–grey soils of high–latitude coniferous forests a known as:

Consider the following geological phenomena:
I. Development of a fault
II. Movement along a fault
III. Impact produced by a volcanic eruption
IV. Folding of rocks
Which of the above causes earth-quakes?

The rapid sliding of large masses of bed rocks is called:

Which from the following, is a landlocked sea?