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?

If a star is bigger than Sun, but not more than twice as big, it will turn into a 

‘Green House Effect’ means:

The west to east extension of the Himalayas is from:

Spring tides occur on:

Who proposed Continental drift theory?

The Mohorovicic (Moho) Discontinuity separates:

Earthquakes are generally associated with:

Who coined the word ‘Geography’?

As the river enters the plain it twists and turns forming large bends known as .