Earthquakes

Earthquakes is a Geography concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 2 past MPSC questions (2015, 2023). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations.

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2 · 2015–2023

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'त्सुनामी' या जपानी शब्दातील 'त्सु' आणि 'नामी' म्हणजे / The Japanese terms 'tsu' and 'nami' in the word 'Tsunami' mean

1)संपूर्ण विनाश / total destruction

2)राक्षसी लाट / giant wave

3)बंदर लाट / harbour wave✓ Correct

4)हिंस्र लाट / violent wave

In Japanese, 'tsu' means harbor and 'nami' means wave. Together, 'tsunami' translates to harbor wave, which are giant sea waves caused by underwater earthquakes or volcanic eruptions.

पश्चिम पॅसिफिक महासागराच्या किनारवर्ती भागात प्रामुख्याने सागरीगर्ता आढळतात कारण Trenches are found mainly along the coast of the western Pacific Ocean because

a)पॅसिफिक महासागराच्या पश्चिमेकडील किनारवर्ती भाग अधोगमन क्षेत्राचा आहे / The western margin of the Pacific Ocean is the sub-duction zone✓ Correct

b)पॅसिफिक महासागराच्या पश्चिम किनारी भागाला समांतर पर्वतरांगा पसरल्या आहेत / Along the western border of the Pacific Ocean parallel mountain ranges are aligned

c)पॅसिफिक महासागराच्या पश्चिमेकडील भागात खंडान्त उतार तीव्र आहे / The continental slope of the western part of the Pacific Ocean is steep

d)पॅसिफिक महासागराच्या पश्चिमी भागात सागरीगर्ता मोठ्या प्रमाणावर आढळतात / The western part of the Pacific Ocean is characterised by a large number of trenches

Oceanic trenches are formed along convergent plate boundaries (subduction zones) where oceanic crust sinks beneath another plate, prominently seen in the western Pacific margin.

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