INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

__________ is the thinnest layer of Earth.

Echo sounding is the technique applied to—

The tropical grassland is called:

Which one of the following is the correct sequence of ecosystem in the order of decreasing productivity?

Maps on large scale, representing both natural and man-made features are called:

The darkest portion of the shadow cast during an eclipse is:

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?

How many minutes for each degree of longitude does the local time of any place vary from the Greenwich time?

Prime Meridian passes through:

The Milky Way Galaxy was first observed by: