GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -India has a varying degree of seismicity or regions ranging from the Stable Continental Region (SCR) in the south with strong (M> 6.0) earthquakes to the Himalayas, NE India, Indo-Burma and Indian Ocean regions with large (M>7.0), great (M>8.0) and mega (Mw > 9.0) earthquakes.

Detailed explanation-2: -The IS code assigns a zone factor of 0.24 for Zone 4. Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, parts of the Indo-Gangetic plains (North Punjab, Chandigarh, Western Uttar Pradesh, Terai, a major portion of Bihar, North Bengal, the Sundarbans) and the capital of the country Delhi fall in Zone 4.