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?

‘Flash floods’ are associated with:

A stretch of sea water, partly or fully separated by a narrow strip from the main sea is called:

Frontal Rain is caused by:

The moon is showing its same face to the earth because:

Cloud burst means:

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

Equinox occurs when the sun is vertically above-

The cause of loss of forest cover is:

Match List I and List II and mark the correct answer.

List I                                               List II

(Winds)                                           (Locations)

a. Chinook                                      1.  Alps

b. Foehn                                         2. India

c. Sirocco                                        3. USA

d. Loo                                             4. Egypt