INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

Which amidst the following planets has its orbit closest to Sun?

The minimum short-term natural hazard is:

What process takes place during the youthful stage of a river?

The term territorial water means:

Land and sea-breezes occur due to:

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?

Global warming is expected to result in:

The deflection of the winds to the right in the northern hemisphere is caused by:

Volcanoes are scattered:

Which of the following is not an example of a metamorphic rock?