EXERCISES
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Questions from EXERCISES with Hints & Solutions
Which of the following plays an important role in the early-warning systems for cyclones?

Which of these things would you do if you live in the earthquake prone area?
You would always keep an emergency kit ready.
You would have only open book shelves and open cupboards in your house.
You would fix the cupboards to the walls.
You would not keep breakable items on the upper shelves.

When we remove polyester or woollen cloth in dark, we can see spark and hear a cracking sound. These are due to

Match the column I with the column II and select the correct option.
Column | Column | ||
Electrically neutral particle | Copper | ||
The charges acquired by a glass rod rubbed with silk cloth | Neutron | ||
Unlike charges | Positive | ||
Lightning rod | Attract each other |

In the given figure, layers of Earth are shown. Identify and respectively, and choose the correct option.
Outer core | Mantle | Crust | Inner core | |
Inner core | Outer core | Mantle | Crust | |
Mantle | Crust | Inner core | Outer core | |
Crust | Mantle | Inner core | Outer core |

Read the following passage and select the option which correctly fill the blanks.
(i) is the point of origin of an earthquake. (ii) measure the strength of an earthquake by estimating the amount of energy released at the focus. The point vertically above the origin point on the surface of the Earth, is (iii). Seismic waves are detected, recorded and measured using (iv).
Option | (I) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) |
A | Epicentre | Seismograph | Focus | Seismologists |
B | Focus | Seismology | Epicentre | Seismograph |
C | Focus | Seismologists | Epicentre | Seismograph |
D | Epicentre | Seismology | Focus | Seismologists |

Earthquakes at two places and were measured by a seismograph which recorded the magnitude as and . The magnitude of tremors and the destructive energy at and can be compared as

A negatively charged rod is moved near conducting sphere as shown. What will be the movements of the electrons and protons in the conducting sphere?
Electrons | Protons | |
move to left | move to right | |
move to right | move to left | |
does not move | move to left | |
move to right | does not move |
