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What is the Focus of an Earthquake?

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A Focus of an earthquake is the location where the earthquake begins. The ground ruptures at this spot, then seismic waves radiate outward in all directions.

At this focus point, the release of energy due to faulting actually occurs during an earthquake. The point directly above the focus on the surface is called Epicenter.


The focus is also called as Hypocenter as it is the synonym of the focus.

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A trader buys 500 kgs of cotton for Rs 9,000. 10% of this cotton is spoiled due to rain. At what rate (Rs/Kg) should he sell the rest to earn 10% profit?

A) 25 B) 30
C) 22 D) 20
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 22

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Primary productivity is not limited by

A) Time B) Availability of sunlight
C) Water D) Nutrients
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Time

Explanation:

Primary productivity refers to plants that make their own food using sunlight, water and availability of nutrients. Hence, they are not limited by time.

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Systems biology is mainly an attempt to

A) Understand the behavior of entire biological systems B) Speed up the technological application of scientific knowledge
C) Analyze genomes from different species. D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Understand the behavior of entire biological systems

Explanation:

An approach to studying biology that aims to model the dynamic behavior of whole biological systems based on a study of the interactions among the system's parts.

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Smallest units of meaning in a language

A) Pragmatics B) phoneme
C) morpheme D) syntax
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) morpheme

Explanation:

A morpheme is the smallest unit of a word that provides a specific meaning to a string of letters.

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The base of a pyramid is a rectangle whose length and breadth are 16 cm and 12 cm respectively. If the length of all the lateral edges passing through the vertex of the right rectangular pyramid is 26 cm, then find the volume of the pyramid in cubic centimeter?

A) 1536 B) 1024
C) 718 D) 2072
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1536

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Economics involves marginal analysis because

A) marginal benefits always exceed marginal costs B) much economic behavior is irrational
C) most decisions involve changes from the present situation D) marginal costs always exceed marginal benefits
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) most decisions involve changes from the present situation

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Variation in human skin color is an example of

A) Heredity B) Polygenic traits
C) Multiple alleles D) Incomplete dominance
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Polygenic traits

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