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

Singur was in the news due to

  1. floods

  2. Communal riots

  3. acquisition of land

  4. bomb blast
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Singur was in the news due to the controversial acquisition of land for the Tata Nano factory.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. Gathering information and monitoring the possibilities of landslide is not only difficult, but also immensely cost-intensive. b. All the Himalayan states and the states from the Northeastern regions, except the plains of Assam, are included in the very high vulnerability zones. c. Mountainous areas in Andaman and Nicobar, high rainfall regions with steep slopes in the Western Ghats and Nilgiris are included in the high vulnerability zones.

  1. a only

  2. b only

  3. c only

  4. b and c

  5. a, b and c
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer. 

Multiple choice

The overflowing of water from the rivers and streams due to excessive rains are called floods. Which of the following is/are the consequence(s) of floods?

  1. Rise in water level

  2. Soil erosion

  3. Damage to the crops

  4. Outbreak of diseases

  5. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option as all of the above are the consequences of floods. Floods cause outbreak of diseases, soil erosion, damage to crops and rise in water level. 

Multiple choice

Hurricanes are generally

  1. active over land

  2. active over sea

  3. high lying areas

  4. dust storms
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Hurricanes are tropical cyclones that derive their energy from the latent heat released by the condensation of moisture over warm ocean waters. They typically dissipate rapidly once they move over land.

Multiple choice

Hail is associated with

  1. thunder storm

  2. cyclone

  3. hurricane

  4. typhoon
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Hail is a form of solid precipitation that occurs during intense thunderstorms, where strong updrafts carry water droplets into freezing layers of the atmosphere.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, the first two words (given in italics) have a definite relationship. Choose one word out of the given four alternatives which will fill in the blank space and show the same relationship with the third word as between the first two.

Cyclone is related to Anticyclone in the same way as Flood is related to _________.

  1. Devastation

  2. Havoc

  3. River

  4. Drought
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The words in each pair represent opposite conditions.