Earthquake Quiz

Question 1. Richter Scale is used to measure__________.

(A) Height of a building

(B) Velocity of Space-craft

(C) Depth of Ocean

(D) Intensity of Earthquake

Question 2. The intensity of Earthquakes is measured

(A) In pascal

(B) In decibel

(C) On the Kelvin scale

(D) On the Richter scale

Question 3. During an Earthquake, which type of waves get generated?

(A) P.S.L.

(B) R.S.L.

(C) A.B.L.

(D) B.S.L.

Question 4. Seismometer measures________.

(A) Heart beat

(B) Earthquake

(C) Height of trees

(D) None of the above

Question 5. Tsunami word belongs to which of the following languages?

(A) Latin

(B) Hebrew

(C) Japanese

(D) Arabic

Question 6. Which one of the following statements about the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and the resulting Tsunami is not correct?

(A) Bangladesh had very few casualities because the quake-affected fault line was in a nearly North-South orientation, the greatest strength of the tSunami waves was in an East-West direction

(B) As per the current estimates the quake-generated tSunami killed more than 50 lakh people, in addition to unaccounted dead bodies swept out to sea

(C) The resulting tSunami devastated the shores ranging from the coast of Indonesia to the East coast of Africa, some 8,500 km away from the epicentre

(D) The Earthquake originated due to slipping of about 1,200 km of fault line by 15 m along the subduction zone where the India Plate subducts the Burma plate at the Sunda Trench

Question 7. Which city of Japan had faced tsunami and nuclear radiation?

(A) Kobe

(B) Fukushima

(C) Tokyo

(D) Hiroshima

Question 8. The North-Western Region of the Indian Sub-continent is susceptible to Earthquake activity because of_______.

(A) Volcanic activity

(B) Coral formation activity

(C) Plate tectonic activity

(D) All of the above

Question 9. The ‘Ring of Fire’ is associated with
1. Earthquake
2. Volcanoes
3. Pacific Ocean
4. Forest Fires
Choose your answer with the help of code given below.

(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4

(B) 2 and 4

(C) 2 and 3

(D) 1, 2 and 3

Question 10. Consider the following statements.
1. The Richter scale is a logarithmic scale and so an increase of 1 magnitude unit represents a factor of 10 in amplitude.
2. Each integer reading of the Richter scale has an energy 100 times than the previous integer reading.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

(A) Neither 1 nor 2

(B) Both 1 and 2

(C) Only 2

(D) Only 1

Question 11. Consider the following statement about Earthquake.
1. Intensity of Earthquake is measured on Mercalli Scale.
2. Earthquake’s magnitude is measurement of energy released.
3. Magnitude of Earthquake depends directly upon amplitude of Earthquake waves.
4. Every integer on Richter Scale shows a 100 times increase in energy released.
Which of the statements are true?

(A) 1 and 3

(B) 1 and 4

(C) 2, 3 and 4

(D) 1, 2 and 3