Analyst Questions

The amplitude of a wave is a measure of the displacement of the wave from its rest position i.e, half the distance from its highest point to its lowest point.

Amplitude is proportional to the energy of a wave.

National Deworming Day is observed in our country India to reduce the cases of worm infections among kids, on 10th February every year. It was observed for the first time in 2015.

The new Attorney General of the United States is William Barr from 2019.

Thousands of US and Filipino prisoners of war died as they are marched to death by Japanese Military in 1942.

The Chief Financial Officer for a city is called the City Controller.

The Berlin Conference of 1884–85 was a meeting between European nations to create rules on how to peacefully divide Africa among them for colonization. The conference was convened by Portugal but led by Otto von Bismarck, chancellor of the newly united Germany. 

The 14 countries that attended included all the major European powers, as well as Russia, Turkey and the United States. The conference began with a dispute about the Congo River basin.Slavery was forbidden throughout Africa. The attendees agreed upon a principle of effective occupation by which rights over African colonies would be assessed.

Before the conference, about 80 percent of African territory was still in local hands. By 1902, European powers controlled 90 percent of Africa.

A cold front is defined as the transition zone where a cold air mass is replacing a warmer air mass. A cold front usually bring the temperature down by more than 15 deg and heavy rainfall with thundering and lighting.