छाया क्षेत्र किसी दिए गए भूकंप से १०४ से १४० डिग्री की कोणीय दूरी से पृथ्वी का वह क्षेत्र है जिसे कोई सीधी पी तरंगें प्राप्त नहीं होती हैं। छाया क्षेत्र S तरंगों के तरल कोर द्वारा पूरी तरह से बंद होने और P तरंगों के तरल कोर द्वारा मुड़े (अपवर्तित) होने के परिणामस्वरूप होता है। शैडो ज़ोन दो प्रकार के होते हैं: एक P तरंगों के लिए और दूसरा S तरंगों के लिए। पी तरंग छाया 104-140 डिग्री, दोनों तरफ; S तरंग छाया एक तरफ के 105 से दूसरी तरफ 105 तक।

Answer: A) Musician Explanation: An actor performs in a play. A musician performs at a concert. Choices b, c, and d are incorrect because none is people who perform.   Hence, Play is to actor as concert is to Musician.

Answer: A) Saturday Explanation: We know that, After every 400 years, the same day occurs.Thus, if 9th August 2016 is Saturday, before 400 years i.e., on 9th August 1616 has to be Saturday.

Answer: C) 4 (1/2) Explanation: Work done by P alone in one day = 1/6th of the total work done by Q alone in one day = 1/3(of that done by P in one day) = 1/3(1/6 of the total) = 1/18 of the total.    Work done by P and Q, working together in one day = 1/6 + 1/18  = 4/18 = 2/9    They would take 9/2 days = 4 (1/2) days to complete the work working together.

Answer: B) 19 Explanation: The given figure can be labelled as :     Straight lines : The number of straight lines are 19 i.e. BC, CD, BD, AF, FE, AE, AB, GH, IJ, KL, DE, AG, BH, HI, GJ, IL, JK, KE and DL.

Answer: C) 2029 Explanation: How to find the years which have the same Calendars :   Leap year calendar repeats every 28 years. Here 28 is distributed as 6 + 11 + 11.   Rules: a) If given year is at 1st position after Leap year then next repeated calendar year is Givenyear+6. b) If given year is at 2nd position after Leap year then next repeated calendar year is Givenyear+11. c) If given year is at 3rd position after Leap year then next repeated calendar year is Givenyear+11.   Now, the given year is 2018 We know that 2016 is a Leap year. 2016    2017    2018    2019  2020 Lp Y      1st     2nd      3rd     Lp Y   Here 2018 is at 2 nd position after the Leap year. According to rule b) the calendar of 2018 is repeated for the year is 2018 + 11 = 2029.

Answer: C) astronomical units Explanation: The Length of the Day is determined in Astronomical Units. The length of a day corresponds to the time the Earth takes to turn around on its axis, which is approximately 24 hours. But it's not exactly 24 hours.  This phenomenon is due to tides raised by the Moon which slow Earth's rotation. Because of the way the second is defined, the mean length of a day is now about 86 400.002 seconds, and is increasing by about 1.7 milliseconds per century.

Answer: A) Mother Board Explanation: RAM is located in The central processing unit (CPU), also called a processor, is located inside the computer case on the motherboard. It is sometimes called the brain of the computer, and its job is to carry out commands.