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With reference to earthquakes, which of the following statements are correct?

A. Earthquakes largely occur along the converging plate boundaries.

B. Point of origin of earthquake in lithosphere is known as focus/hypocenter.

C. Intensity of earthquake decreases with distance from the epicenter.

D. Epicentre of earthquake always remains over continents only.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

A) 1 and 2 only B) 1, 2 and 3
C) 2 and 3 only D) 1 and 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1, 2 and 3

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Epicentre of Earthquakes can be over both oceanic and continental surface. Epicentres above oceanic surface are cause of tsunamisof large intensity. Anearthquake's hypocentreis the position where the strain energy stored in the rockis first released, marking thepointwhere the fault begins to rupture.

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Which one of the following rivers is recharged by subsoil water?

A) Godavari B) Damodar
C) Narmada D) Krishna
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Narmada

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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

 


Doing an internship at the University of Lille in France, I almost always found myself stuck whenever I had to speak to non-Indians about India or on anything 'Indian'. This was more because of the subtle differences in the way the French understood India in comparison to what I thought was 'Indian'. For instance, when I, or any Indian for that matter, say 'Hindi' is an Indian language, what it means is that it is one of the languages widely spoken in India. This need not be similar to the understanding that the French would have when they hear of 'Hindi' as an Indian language. Because for them Hindi then becomes the only language spoken in India. This is a natural inference that the French, Germans, Italians and many other European nationals would tend to make, because that is generally how it is in their own respective countries. The risk of such inappropriate generalisations made about 'Indian' is not restricted to language alone but also for India's landscape, cuisine, movies, music, climate, economic development and even political ideologies. The magnitude of diversity of one European country can be easily compared to that of one of the Indian State, isn't it? Can they imagine that India is one country whose diversity can be equated to that of the entire European continent? The onus is upon us to go ahead and clarify the nuances in 'Indianness' while we converse. But why should one do so? How does it even matter to clarify?

 

The writer was working at a university in which country?

 

A) France B) Germany
C) Italy D) India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) France

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First Indian woman to win Man Booker Prize?

A) Kiran Desai B) V.S. Naipaul
C) Salman Rushdie D) Arundhati Roy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Arundhati Roy

Explanation:

Arundhati Roy was the first Indian woman to win the Man Booker Prize in the year 1997.

An Indian writer, Arundhati Roy, was awarded England's prestigious Booker Prize this evening for her first novel, ''The God of Small Things,'' a soaring story about a set of twins struggling to make sense of the world, themselves and their strange and difficult family in southern India.

 

Kiran Desai was the youngest woman to win the Man Booker Prize.

Bernice Rubens became the first woman to win the Booker Prize in 1970. Man Booker Prize is one of the world's richest literary prizes.

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

Ramesh says, he has already repaid me but I can't recall, so I'll have (to take his word).

 

A) to take his word as true B) to take him at his word
C) to take his for word for it D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) to take him at his word

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As per Indian Protocol, who among the following ranks highest in the order of precedence?

A) Deputy Prime Minister B) Former President
C) Governor of a State within his state D) Speaker of Lok Sabha
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Governor of a State within his state

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Which among the famous danseuses is not an exponent of the Odissi dance style

A) Sanjukta Panigrahi B) Sonal Man singh
C) Madhavi Mudgal D) Yamini Krishnamurthy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Yamini Krishnamurthy

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When did India's population touch 100 crore mark

A) May, 2001 B) May 2000
C) May, 2002 D) May, 2003
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) May 2000

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