UPSC Prelims GS Mock Test - 2025

Question 75
EASYCorrect: +2Incorrect: -2

Consider the following statements:
1. In a seismograph, P waves are recorded earlier than S waves.
2. In P waves, the individual particles vibrate to and fro in the direction of wave propagation whereas in S waves, the particles vibrate up and down at right angles to the direction of wave propagation.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

    a
    1 only
    b
    2 only
    c
    Both 1 and 2
    d
    Neither 1 nor 2