Consider the following pairs State UT Seismic Zone 1 Karnataka Plateau Zone II 2 Andaman a...........

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Consider the following pairs:

How many of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

Only One

Only Two

Only Three

All Four

Pair 2 and 3 are incorrectly matched: Andaman & Nicobar Islands are located in Zone V and Kerala is classified under Zone III.

Bureau of Indian Standards, based on the past seismic history, divided the country into four seismic zones, viz. Zone II, III, IV and V.

The area covered under different seismic zones include,

Zone II:
It falls under low intensity zone.
It covers 93% areaof the country.
It comprises of major parts of peninsular region and Karnataka Plateau.
Zone III :
It falls under moderate intensity zone.
It covers 79% areaof the country.
It comprises of Kerala, Goa, Lakshadweep islands, remaining parts of Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and West Bengal, Parts of Punjab, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
Zone IV :
It falls under severe intensity zone.
It covers 49% areaof the country.
It comprises of remaining parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, Sikkim, Northern Parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, parts of Gujarat, small portions of Maharashtra near the west coast and Rajasthan.
Zone V :
It falls under very severe intensity zone.
It covers 79% areaof the country.
It comprises of the entire northeastern India, parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, part of North Bihar and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.