Quiz 2021: Prelims Power Play 15 January 2022

1. Consider the following statements regarding dugong

1. It is found throughout the coast of India.
2. It is listed as critically endangered on IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
3. It is the only herbivorous marine mammal in the world and it feeds exclusively on seagrass.

Which of the above statements is /are correct?

2. Supreme Court is a Court of Record. It allows Supreme Court to

1. Preserves all its judgement and proceedings for perpetual memory.
2. Punish for contempt of Court

Which of the above statement is true?

3. Consider the following with respect to glaciers:

1. Glaciers are permanently frozen rivers of ice.
2. Glaciers are formed by the process of firnification.
3. Siachen Glacier, a huge glacier in the Himalayan Mountains, is sometimes called the Third Pole which is 760 km long.
4. Glaciers are important indicators of global warming and climate change.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

4. Ocean appears blue because

1. Scattering of light
2. Water absorbs colors in the red part of the light spectrum. Like a filter, this leaves behind colors in the blue part of the light spectrum for us to see.

5. Consider the following regarding glaciers

1. The deposits of glacier are called marines.
2. Rocks carried hundreds and even thousands of kilometers by glaciers are called glacial erratic.
3. The processes that remove snow, ice, and moraine from a glacier or ice sheet are called ablation.

Which of the above are correct statements? Select the correct answer: