What is the name of the first Reserve Forest established in India?
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A term ,commonly used in Zoology, that refers to all the animal life within a specified region and time or both is called :
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What is the name of the scientific instrument used in earlier days to detect the presence of electric charges on a body by the motion of a test object due to the application of Coulombic electrostatic forces?
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Electrical charge can be transferred from a charged object to another through a :
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The process of transferring of charge from a charged object to the ground is called :
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How does the Lightning Conductor rod protect a building from the effect of lightning?
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An earthquake occurs due to the:
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The boundaries of tectonic plates are the weak zones where earthquakes are more likely to occur. These zones are called :
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An instrument used to record the seismic waves produced due to an earthquake is called :
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The the point on the Earth's surface directly above the point of origin of an earthquake is called :
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The the point point of origin of an earthquake located below the Earth's surface is called :
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Which scale is generally used to measure the intensity of an earthquake ?
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An undersea earthquake might sometimes trigger a :
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How does a lightning discharge take place in air although air is a bad conductor of electricity ?
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The tectonic plate that lies north of the Indian plate and Arabian Plate comprising the vat landmass of Asia and Europe is called:
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What is the name of the electrical charges produced on a glass rod by rubbing it with a silk cloth?
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How much on a Richter scale do destructive earthquakes measure ?
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