Food Corporation Of India

General Awareness Questions Papers

Q.1.What is the population of India ?

1. 98 crores
2. More than 2 billion
3. More than 1 billion
4. Less than 96 crores
5. 96 crores
Q.2.Thermostat is an instrument used to"

1. measure flow of current

2. measure intensity of voltage
3. regulate temperature
4. regulate velocity of sound
5. None of these
Q.3.Wimbledon Trophy is associated with"

1. Football
2. Cricket
3. Hockey
4. Basketball
5. Lawn Tennis

Q.4.GNP stands for"

1. Gross National Product

2. Group Net Product
3. Grand Nuclear Process
4. Group Networking Process
5. None of these
Q.5.'Acoustics' is the science of the study of"

1. Light
2. Sound
3. Electricity
4. Magnetism
5. None of these
Q.6.Noise pollution is measured in the unit called"

1. micron
2. nautical miles
3. ohms
4. ampere
5. decibel
Q.7.'Heavy Water' is used in which of the following types of industries ?

1. Sugar

2. Nuclear Power
3. Textile
4. Coal
5. None of these
Q.8.Who amongst the following is the author of the book 'Indomitable Spirit'?

1. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

2. Dr. Manmohan Singh
3. Justice K. G. Balakrishna
4. Mr. Natwar Singh
5. None of these
Q.9.Which of the following is not the name of popular IT/Software Company ?

1. Wipro
2. Mastek
3. Toyota
4. IBM
5. Infosys
Q.10.'Yen' is the currency of"

1. South Korea
2. China
3. Indonesia

4. Malaysia
5. None of these
Q.11.Baichung Bhutia whose name was in news is a well known"

1. Music Director of Indian films

2. English author of Indian origin
3. Journalist
4. Politician
5. Sports Personality
Q.12.'Richter Scale' is used to measure which of the following ?

1. Intensity of Tsunami Waves

2. Intensity of Earthquake
3. Density of salt in Sea water
4. Flow of electric current
5. None of these
Q.13.Which of the following best explains 'e-governance'?

1. Improving the functioning of government

2. Teaching government employees the basics of computing
3. Delivery of public services through internet
4. Framing of cyber-laws of chatting on internet
5. Convergence of e-mail and video-conferencing

Q.14.CAS is associated with which of the following ?

1. Legal System Reforms

2. Piped gas line
3. Cable T.V.
4. Mobile phone regulation
5. None of these
Q.15.Tata Steel recently acquired the Corus, a steel giant situated in"

1. South Africa
2. Ukraine
3. Australia
4. Italy
5. Britain
Q.16.Which of the following is the abbreviated name of the Organization/Agency working in
the field of Space Research ?

1. ISBN
2. ISRO
3. INTELSET
4. INTACH
5. None of these
Q.17.'Handshaking' in Networking parlance means"

1. connecting computers to a hub

2. distributed Networks
3. having same operating system on different computers
4. sending e-mail
5. None of these
Q.18.VAT stands for"

1. Value And Tax

2. Value Added Tax
3. Virtual Action Tasks
4. Virtual Assessment Technique
5. None of these
Q.19.Alzheimer's diseaseistheailment of which of the following organs /parts of the human
body ?

1. Kidney
2. Heart
3. Liver
4. Stomach
5. Brain
Q.20.Global warming is a matter of concern amongst the nations these days.Which of the
following countries is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the World ?

1. U.S.A.

2. China
3. India
4. Britain
5. None of these
Q.21.Which of the following books has been written by Bill Gates ?

1. Microsoft Secrets
2. The Road Ahead
3. The Elephant Paradigm
4. e-commerce
5. None of these
Q.22.Which of the following is the name of the social network service run by the Google on
the internet ?

1. Online Space
2. Orkut
3. Net-Space
4. Wikipedia
5. None of these
Q.23.Which of the following states is a relatively new addition ?

1. Goa
2. Delhi-Answer
3. Uttarakhand

4. Himachal Pradesh
5. Bihar
Q.24.DOT stands for"

1. Disc Operating Therapy

2. Department of Telephones
3. Directorate of Technology
4. Damage on Time
5. None of these (Dot stands for Department of Telecommunications)
Q.25.Which of the following States/ parts of India is completely land locked having no contact
with sea ?

1. Karnataka
2. Orissa
3. Maharashtra
4. North-East
5. None of these
Q.26.TRAI regulates the functioning of which of the following services ?

1. Telecom
2. Trade
3. Port
4. Transport
5. None of these

Q.27.At present for the ATMs in India, the most commonly used net-work communication
mode is"

1. Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT)

2. General Packet Radio Ser-vice (GPRS)
3. Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
4. Dial-in Connection
5. None of these
Q.28.Which of the following is not a foreign bank operating in India ?

1. DBS Bank Ltd.

2. Sonali Bank
3. J. P. Morgan Chase Bank
4. Shinhan Bank
5. All are Foreign Banks
Q.29.Who is the author of the book 'Future Shock' ?

1. Alvin Toffler
2. Tom Peters
3. Napoleon Hill
4. Kenneth Blanchard
5. None of these
Q.30.Apex fares are"

1. more than the normal fare

2. less than the normal fare
3. offered only to corporate clients
4. applicable to late night flights only
5. applicable to international flights only

Q.1.Who amongst the following is the Director of the film 'Water' which was in news ?

Vidhu Vinod Chopra

Mrinal Sen

Gulzar

Mahesh Bhatt

None of these

Q.2.The 10th plan period is upto"

2007

2008

2009

2010

None of these

Q.3.OPEC is a group of countries which are"

exporting oil

producing cotton

rich and developed

developing and poor

nuclear powers

Q.4.Intel Company mainly produces"

Hard disks

VCDs

Monitors

Software

None of these

Q.5.Who amongst the following is the M.D./Chairman of one of the major Steel Companies ?

Shri L. N. Mittal

Shri K. K. Birla

Shri Vijaypat Singhania

Shri Mukesh Ambani

Shri Anil Agarwal

Q.6.Who is the President of Nasscom?

Kiran Karnik

Narayana Murthy

Pramod Desai

Devang Mehta

None of these

Q.7.Which of the following awards is not given for excellence in the field of literature ?

Booker Prize

Nobel Prize

Pulitzer Price

Arjun Award

Bharatiya Gnanpith Award

Q.8.'Singur' which was in news is a place in"

Orissa

West Bengal

Jharkhand

Bihar

Maharashtra

Q.9.Who amongst the following is the author of the book series named as 'Harry Potter' ?

J. K. Rowling

Lindsay Lohan

Julia Roberts

Sandra Bullock

None of these

Q.10.Which of the following Satellites recently dedicated to nation helps Direct to Home
Television Service in India ?

Matsat

Edusat

Insat"4b

Insat"IB

None of these

Q.11.Many a times we read some news items about the 'West Bank'.'West Bank' is situated at
the western side of the river"

Mississippi

Amazon

Nile

Jordan

None of these

Q.12.Which of the following phenomenon is considered responsible for 'Global Warming' ?

Greenhouse Gas Effect

Fox Fire

Dry Farming

Radioactivity

None of these

Q.13.Which of the following instruments is not issued by a bank ?

Demand Draft

Pay Order

Debit Card

Credit Card

National Saving Certificate

Q.14.Name of Jyoti Randhawa is associated with which of the following games ?

Golf

Badminton

Hockey

Chess

None of these

Q.15.Which of the following Software Companies recently launched its education portal
'Unlimited Potential' in India ?

Microsoft

Infosys

Wipro

TCS

None of these

Q.16.Polly Umrigar who died was a well known"

Cricketer

Tennis Player

Golfer

Chess Player

Hockey Player

Q.17.In India Census is done after a gap of every"

Five years

Seven years

Eight years

Ten years

Fifteen years

Q.18.Prof. Muhammad Yunus the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize 2006 is the exponent of
which of the following concepts in the field of banking ?

Core Banking

Micro Credit

Retail Banking

Real Time Gross Settlement

Internet Banking

Q.19.Who amongst the following was India's official candidate for the post of UNO's
Secretary General ?

Mr. Shyam Saran

Dr. C. Rangarajan

Mr. Shashi Tharoor

Mr. Vijay Nambiar

None of these

Q.20.Mr. Gordon Brown has taken over as the Prime Minister of"

Italy

Canada

France

South Africa

Britain

Q.21.Which of the following Departments of the Govt. of India is helping banks in

disbursement of rural credit by the bank ?

Railways

State Road Transports

Post and Telegraph

Ministry of Health

None of these

Q.22.Which of the following organization/agencies has established a fund known as "

investor production fund" ?

SEBI

NABARD

Bombay stock exchange

AMFI

None of these

Q.23.Who amongst the following is the Head of the RBI at present ?

Mr. M.V.Kamath

Mr. Y.V.Reddy

Mr. N.R.Narayanmurthy

Mr.O.P.Bhatt

None of these

Q.24.Majority of rural people still prefer to go to which of the following for their credit needs ?

Money lenders

Foreign Bankers

NABARD

RBI

None of these

Q.25.India has different categories of commercial banks.Which of the following is NOT one
such categories ?

Private Banks

Commodities Banks

Nationalized Banks

Cooperative Banks

Foreign Banks

Q.26.Which of the following types of Banks are allowed to operate foreign currency
accounts ?
(1) Foreign Banks
(2) Regional Rural Banks
(3) Nationalized Banks

Only 1

Only 2

Only 3

All 1,2and 3

None of these

Q.27.Which of the following countries does not play International Cricket ?

Russia

England

South Africa

Pakistan

India

Q.28.The money which Govt. of India spends on the development of infrastructure in country
comes from the which of the following sources Pick up the correct Statement(s)
(1) Loan from World Bank/ADB etc
(2) Taxws collected from the people
(3) Loan from the RBI

Only 1

Only 2

Only 3

Both 1 and 2

All 1,2 and 3

Q.29.The Securities & Exchange Board Of India (SEBI) recently imposed a restriction on
money flow in equity through P Notes'.What is the full form of P Notes' ?

Permanent Notes

Perchase Notes

Participatory-Notes

Private Notes

None of these

Q.30.Who amongst the following was the captain of the India cricket team who won the
Twenty-20 World Cup-2007 ?

Yuvraj Singh

M.S.Dhoni

Rahul Dravid

Saurav Ganguly

None of these

Q.1. Reasons for the growth of Regional Political Parties in India is

lack of effective opposition

economic disparities among the States

failure of the national parties

All the above

Q.2. The first State in India to be formed on linguistic basis is

Andhra Pradesh

Odisha

Karnataka

Maharashtra

Q.3. The only Union Territory which has a High Court of its own is

Chandigarh

Daman and Diu

Delhi

Lakshadweep

Q.4. One of the following subjects is not in the State List

Market and fairs

Bankruptcy and insolvency

Police and prisons

Public health and sanitation

Q.5. Who was the founder of the Slave dynasty in India ?

Balban

Qutub-ud-din Aibak

Muhammad Ghori

Iltutmish

Q.6. Chandragupta Maurya was the

Great-grandfather of Ashoka

Brother of Ashoka

Father of Ashoka

Grandfather of Ashoka

Q.7. Who was known as Lakh Baksh ?

Iltutmish

Raziya

Qutub-ud-din Aibak

Babar

Q.8. Who was the pioneer among the social reformers ?

Ramakrishna Paramhans

Swami Vivekanand

Raja Rammohun Roy

Dayanand Saraswati

Q.9. Which of the following classes did not participate in the Revolt of 1857 ?

1. 1Agricultural labourers
2. Money lenders
3. Peasants
4. Zamindars

2 only

2 and 4

1 only

D) land 2

Q.10. Pradhanmantri Bharat Jodo Pariyojna is related to

Linking of Rivers

Development of Roads

Communication

Social Integration

Q.11. The difference between G.D.P. at market prices and G.D.P. at factor prices is

Net factor income from abroad

Net export

Depreciation

Net indirect taxes

Q.12. With increase in the price of commodity X, the demand of Y decreases. The commodity Y is
a/an

inferior good

composite good

substitute good

complementary good

13. Match the following

List A
a. Perfect competition
b. Monopoly
c. Discriminating monopoly
d. Monopolistic competition

a b cd

4231

2413

3142

1324

List B
1. One seller
2. Product differentiation
3. Homogeneous commodity
4. Price differentiation

Q.14. Corporate Tax is imposed by

Central Government

Both Central and State Government

State Government

Local Government

Q.15. Which one of the following is essential for proper working of democracy?

Responsible and efficient opposition

Written constitution

Universal adult franchise

Parliamentary system

Q.16. The sound of explosions in a distant star is not heard from the Earth because

the frequency of sound produced is below 10 Hz

the frequency of sound produced is above 100 kHz

there is no continuous medium from the star to Earth

the distance of the star is so large that sound intensity falls below the audible range

Q.17. Combustion is the process in which

only heat is, produced

heat and light are produced

no heat is produced

no light is produced

Q.18. In a dynamo

electrical energy is converted to mechanical energy

electrical energy is converted to magnetic energy

mechanical energy is converted to electrical energy

mechanical energy is converted to heat energy

Q.19. Among the materials listed below, sound travels the fastest in

Hydrogen

Vacuum

Steel

Water

Q.20. In an e-mail address, the symbol that is used to separate the user name and the domain
name is

://

Q.21. CD-ROM is a

Magnetic Memory

Secondary Memory

Semiconductor Memory

Memory Register

Q.22. pH value of blood is

in between 8 and 9

greater than 10

less than 6

in between 7 and 8

Q.23. Great Barrier Reef is situated in

Australia

Nova Scotia

North Sea

Southern China

Q.24. In India, the longest day occurs on

April 13

October 13

June 21

March 21

Q.25. Which one of the following is not found in new alluvial soil ?

Humus

Gas

Minerals

Water

Q.26. Palghat Gap connects Tamil Nadu with

Kerala

Karnataka

Andhra Pradesh

Both and (B)

Q.27. Jodhpur receives less rainfall than Delhi because

Arabian Sea runs parallel to Aravali

it is on leeward side of the winds

condensation does not take place there

all of above factors

Q.28. Bamboo is a

Tree

Climber

Shrub

Herb

Q.29. Which vitamins are those which if taken in excess can be dangerous as they are stored in the
body ?

B Complex

E and C

B and C

A and D

Q.30. Which one of the following constitutes two best reasons for distinguishing the living from the
non-living?

Respiration and excretion

Reproduction and locomotion

Irritability and locomotion

Growth and locomotion

Q.31. The expansion of D.D.T. is

Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane

Dichloro Diamine Trichloroethane

Dichloro Diphenyl Tetrachloroethane

None of the above

Q.32. Which of the following animals is a parasite?

Amoeba

Sponge

Plasmodium

Earthworm

Q.33. Which one of the. following respires by gills ?

Cray-fish

Star-fish

Silver-fish

Jelly-fish

Q.34. The book Friends and Foes was written by

Rajmohan Gandhi

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Lord Tennyson

Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

Q.35. On the lines of Palace on Wheels, a new train Deccan Odyssey is operated between

Karnataka and Kerala

Kerala and Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu and Karnataka

Maharashtra and Goa

Q.36. Name the famous paper which Gandhiji edited to propagate his ideas.

Harijan

Satyagrah

Khadi

Swadeshi

Q.37. The aeroplane that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima was

White Storm

Thunder Power

Enola Gay

Black Light

Q.38. Which Indian Commercial Bank became the first in providing mobile ATM Service ?

HDFC Bank

SBI

ICICI Bank

IDBI Bank

Q.39. Sivakasi, which recently witnessed major explosions in the cracker manufacturing units, is
situated in the State of

Kerala

Chhattisgarh

Tamil Nadu

Andhra Pradesh

Q.40.Who has brought laurels to the country by winning a Silver Medal in the London Paralympic
Games in High Jump?

Bhimrao Kesarkar

Devendra Singh

Joginder Singh Bedi

H. N. Girisha

Q.41. Sunita Williams has set the record for the maximum number of space-walks by a woman
astronaut recently. The exact number of the walks is

Q.42. Who among the following Indian economists has recently been appointed as the Chief
Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank ?

B. B. Bhattacharya

Jagdish Bhagwati

Raghuram Rajan

Kaushik Basu

Q.43. When water is heated from 0C to 10C, the volume of water

decreases steadily

increases steadily

first increases then decreases

first decreases then increases

Q.44. From which of the following endocrine glands is GTH secreted ?

Adrenal gland

Islets of Langerhans in pancreas

Pituitary gland

Thyroid gland

Q.45. Which of the following is an acid?

H2O

Na2CO3

HZSO4

NaCl

Q.46. Which of the following is the major component of ecosystem ?

Biotic

Abiotic

Energy

All of the above

Q.47.There has been an increasing incidence of floods in Northern India in recent years because

there has been increase in deforestation in the catchment area

the rate of silting of, dams has gone up

there has been an increase in annual rainfall

the ice has been melting faster due to slight increase in atmospheric temperature

Q.48. Which of the following is the most dangerous pollutant ?

Carbon dioxide

Sulphur dioxide

Carbon monoxide

Nitrous oxide

Q.49. Which country loses highest amount of top soil from its crop lands due to erosion ?

Brazil

U.S.A.

China

India

Q.50. Ajanta-Ellora Caves are situated near

Ajmer

Aurangabad

Patna

Jaipur

. Who of the following brought the Sikh Kingdom of Punjab under direct British rule by an official
proclamation?

Lord Hastings

Lord Cornwallis

Lord Minto

Lord Dalhousie

2. India is comparatively not rich in which one of the following minerals compared to the other three?

Bauxite

Copper

Iron

Manganese

3. Among the following, which one has recorded the highest population growth rate during 19912001?

Arunachal Pradesh

Manipur

Nagaland

Sikkim

4. In which one of the following regions does the Indus river originate?

Laddakh

Lahaul

Nepal

Tibet

5. What is the term used to denote the temperature at which the water vapour present in the
atmosphere is sufficient to saturate?

Condensation point

Dew point

Sublimation point

Saturation point

6. The earths reflectivity of solar radiation, termed albedo, is highest in which one of the following?

Cropland

Forest area

Sand desert

Snow area

7. Who of the following wrote the book Precepts of Jesus?

Raja Rammohan Roy

Devendranath Tagore

Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar

Keshab Chandra Sen

8. Who for the first time saw bacteria through a microscope made by himself?

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Louis Pasteur

Robert Hooke

Robert Virchow

9. Which of the following contain enzymes for cellular respiration?

Dictyosomes

Endoplasmic reticula

Lysosomes

Mitochondria

10. To which of the following types of animals are Salamanders closely related ?

Dolphins and Whales

Frogs and Toads

Prawns and Crabs

Seals and Walruses

11. Which one of the following statements is correct? A seed is a ripened

ovary

flower

gynoecium

ovule

12. Historical materialism is a tenet of which one of the following political theories ?

Capitalism

Liberalism

Fascism

Marxism

13. What is Look East Policy often in the news?

Government of Indias initiative for the infrastructural development in the North Eastern
States

Indias search for oil and gas in its Eastern shoreline

Indias collaboration with some East Asian countries in the exploration of oil and gas

Indias continuing pursuit of close relations with South-East Asian countries

14. Who of the following published a famous pamphlet known as Right of Mass and urged the
people in England, America and France to fight for their liberty ?

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Paine

John Locke

Jean Jacques Rousseau

15. Who of the following invented the cotton gin that separates the seeds from cotton three hundred
times faster than by hand?

Eli Whitney

George Stephenson

McAdam

James Watt

16. Whose duty is it to recommend to the President of India on the issue of the distribution and
allocation of the net proceeds of taxes in the context of Centre State fiscal relations ?

Planning Commission

National Development Council

Union Ministry of Finance

Finance Commission

17. In the Union Government, under whose charge is the Cabinet Secretariat?

The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs

The President of India

The Prime Minister of India

The Union Home Minister

18. Which Five-Year Plan had an objective of Rapid Industrialization with particular emphasis on
development of basic and heavy industries?

First

Third

Second

Fourth

19. Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the given rulers of ancient India?

Ashoka Kanishka Milinda

Milinda Ashoka Kanishka

Ashoka Milinda Kanishka

Milinda Kanishka Ashoka

20. Which one of the following is not a disease caused by virus?

Bird-flu

Chickenpox

Cholera

Dengue

21. In terms of the evolution of organisms,which one among following is the most advanced?

Bat

Shark

Pigeon

Vulture

22. Which one of the following is not a genetic disorder?

Colour blindness

Downs syndrome

Hemophilia

Xerophthalmia

23. Which one of the following is an enzyme?

Gastrin

Keratin

Trypsin

Vasopressin

24.In human body,which one of the following secretes hormones as well as digestive enzymes ?

Oesophagus

Pancreas

Spleen

Large intestine

25. In the human body, which of the following store / stores extra blood for release when
shortages occur?

Liver

Pancreas

Spleen

Lymph nodes

26. A bullet travelling horizontally hits a block kept at rest on a horizontal surface & gets embedded
into it, the two together then move with a uniform velocity. Which one of the following conservation
laws holds?

Conservation of angular momentum

Conservation of kinetic energy

Conservation of linear momentum

Conservation of velocity

27. Which one of the following is correct? A negatively charged glass rod has always

less electrons than protons

less electrons than neutrons

less protons than electrons

less neutrons than protons

28. Who among the following was sent by Lord Hardings to South Africa to plead the cause of
Indians led by the young Gandhi?

B. G. Tilak

G. K. Gokhale

M. G. Ranade

Motilal Nehru

29. Which one of the following is not a current of North Atlantic Ocean?

Falkland Current

Canary Current

Labrador Current

Gulf Stream

30. Which one of the following States does not share boundary with Jharkhand ?

Chattisgarh

Madhya Pradesh

Orissa

Uttar Pradesh

31. Through which States does Vamsadhara river flow?

Andhra Pradesh and Chattisgarh only

Chattisgarh and Orissa only

Andhra Pradesh and Orissa only

Andhra Pradesh, Chattisgarh and Orissa

32. Whose entry into India resulted in the introduction of maize crop in India?

Dutch

English

French

Portuguese

33. The efforts of who of the following led to the Age of Consent Act, 1891?

Rabindranath Tagore

M. G. Ranade

Surendra Nath Bannerjee

Mulbari

34.What was the name of the party formed by Subhas Chandra Bose after leaving Indian National
Congress?

Congress Socialist Party

Forward Bloc

Indian National Conference

Swaraj Party

35. Among the following who was a prominent leader of Khilafat Movement?

Jawaharlal Nehru

Mahatma Gandhi

Rajendra Prasad

Vallabhbhai Patel

36. Who was the architect of the Drain Theory and the author of the book Poverty & Un-British Rule
in India?

Dadabhai Naoroji

Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Abul Kalam Azad

Ramesh Chandra Dutt

37. The Civil Disobedience Movement started with which of the following?

No-tax campaign in Bardoli district

Demonstration of Akali Sikhs at Nabha

Demonstration against the Simon Commission

Dandi March

38. The most abundant gas in the atmosphere is

Oxygen

Nitrogen

Hydrogen

Carbon dioxide

39. Which dance form are Birju Maharaj and Gopi Krishna renowned for?

Kathak

Chhau

Kathakali

Odissi

40.Which is the official language of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep?

Tamil

Marathi

Malayalam

Konkani

41. Who is known as the Father of Indias missile programme?

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

R. Santhanam

Raja Ramanna

Homi Bhabha

42. The birthday of which sportsperson is celebrated as National Sports Day?

Sunil Gavaskar

PT. Usha

Prakash Padukone

Dhyan Chand

43. Who among the following holds a record of the fastest 100 test wickets taken by an Indian
bowler?

Erapalli Prasanna

Bhagawat Chandrasekhar

Bishan Singh Bedi

Kapil Dev

44 In which city were the first Asian Games held?

Bangkok

Kuala Lumpur

New Delhi

Moscow

45. The First Five Year Plan covered the period

1951-56

1952-57

1947-52

1950-55

46. The breadth of the railway broad gauge is approximately

1.67m

1.33m

2.00m

1.83m

47. Modulation used in a GSM mobile phone is

PSK

BPSK

MSK

GMSK

48. The light in optical fibre cable propagates due to

Refraction

Diffraction

Total internal reflection

Interference

49. When a TV receiver is switched n, the picture comes late, Why ?

Video bandwidth is large

Video signal takes longer to arrive

Electron emission takes time

All of the above.

50. Seismograph is used in the study of

Moon

Earthquake

Floods

Tides