Geography · Environmental Studies

Natural Hazards and Disasters

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Natural hazards and disasters involve the study of extreme natural events like earthquakes, floods, and cyclones, alongside their management and mitigation strategies. This geography and environmental studies topic is heavily tested in civil services and state public service examinations. Use these questions to prepare for inquiries on disaster response, community recovery, and tremor causes.

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Natural Hazards and Disasters Questions

Multiple choice

Which one is not an effect of a cyclone?

  1. Flood

  2. Enhanced soil fertility

  3. Damage to the communication system

  4. Endangered domestic life
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Cyclones with violent height of 10 – 15 km can cause floods, damage to communication systems and cause harm to life. They never result in enhancing soil fertility.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is the first indication of an approaching cyclone?

  1. Rising water wall up to 13 feet.

  2. The low air pressure

  3. Continuous heavy rainfall

  4. Strong winds pushing water

  5. Rain and lightning
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

 Correct. Strong winds push water towards the shore even if the storm is hundreds of kilometres away. These are the first indications of an approaching cyclone.

Multiple choice

Which of the following options best explains a storm surge?

  1. High winds accompanied by rain that uproots trees, houses and other property.

  2. A high wall of water moving towards the shore from the ocean.

  3. A high tide and then the storm reaching an area that might otherwise have been safe.

  4. Heavy rainfall that worsens the flood situation.

  5. Flooding of agricultural land by sea water making it infertile.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

 A high wall of water moving towards the shore from the ocean is called a storm surge. This wall of water can rise up from 3 feet to 12 feet.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements are incorrect about tornadoes?

A. The diameter of a tornado can be as small as a meter and as large as a kilometer. B. The funnel sucks everything near the base and throws out every thing from the top. C. The funnel sucks everything due to high pressure.

  1. Only A

  2. Only B

  3. Only C

  4. Both A and B

  5. Both A and C
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

It is correct. As this statement is incorrect. The funnel sucks everything due to low pressure, not high pressure.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is not a destruction caused through a cyclone?

  1. Flooding of agricultural land by sea water making it infertile.

  2. Heavy rainfall that worsens the flood situation.

  3. A high wall of water moving towards the shore from the ocean.

  4. A severe winter storm characterized by heavy snow and strong winds.

  5. Extremely high speed winds.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Correct. This is caused by a blizzard, not a cyclone.

Multiple choice

Directions: Complete the given paragraph by selecting the most appropriate answer from the given options and fill blank (3).

The tornado ________ (3) the whole town to the point that nothing was left standing. A black funnel cloud _________ (4) by _________ (5) winds _________ (6) into south Brooklyn and Queens at around 11 a.m., with reports of the _______ (7) storm hitting the ground on the Rockaway Peninsula and Canaries. The unusual storm _______ (8) siding from homes and threw patio furniture high into the sky in the quiet beach neighbourhood.

  1. annihilated

  2. revalidated

  3. prospered

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The meaning of Option 1 is destroyed completely.