quiz Earthquake Engineering MCQ Practice

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Which of the following earthquakes helped researchers to discover the actual cause of earthquakes?

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How are magnitudes of the earthquake classified?

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The moment magnitude of an earthquake is measured by measuring which of these phenomena in an earthquake?

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What does the Reid's elastic rebound theory explain about an earthquake?

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Which of these theories explain the occurrence of earthquakes at specific locations?

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Which of the following is not used to measure the intensity of an earthquake?

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Which of these earthquakes occur within a plate?

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What is the term given to the maximum earthquake ground motion that is expected to occur once during the design life of the structure?

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What is the range of depth of focus for a deep focus earthquake?

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Which of these earthquakes is more harmful?

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Basin edge induces which type of seismic waves?

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Which of the following statement is not true for local site effects caused due to earthquakes?

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Which of these earthquakes caused the largest number of casualties in the history of Indian earthquakes?

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Which of these earthquakes has the lowest frequency and can be picked up only by a seismometer?

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Which of these earthquakes indicated a need of demarcating earthquake zones even in the Indian peninsular region?

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Which of these approaches of earthquake zoning considers the occurrence of earthquake from multiple sources?

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Which of these recording instruments are being used to maintain earthquake records of the Himalayan belt in India?

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Tsunamis are caused because of which of these phenomena?