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?

Spring tides occur on:

Which of the following pairs related to the types of mountains is/are correctly matched?

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Why is the South Pole colder than the North Pole?

Taiga means:

What percentage of world’s freshwater is stored as glacial ice?

Marble is the metamorphosed form of: 

Which of the following absorbs part of the insolation and preserves earth’s radiated heat?

In sea, plants are restricted up to the depth of:

The Mediterranean region are characterized by heavy rain in: