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 evs when there is a disaster disaster and its types disaster and types disasters

Natural disaster is caused by

  1. Excessive release of industrial effluents

  2. Deforestation

  3. Excessive release of CFC

  4. All of the above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The question asks what causes a natural disaster, but the options provided (industrial effluents, deforestation, CFC release) are primarily causes of environmental degradation or man-made disasters. However, in many educational contexts, these are grouped as human-induced factors that exacerbate natural disasters.

Multiple choice evs when there is a disaster disaster and its types disaster and types disasters

Tsunamis are waves generated by?

  1. Earthquake

  2. Underwater landslide

  3. Volcanic eruption

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Tsunamis are large sea waves typically triggered by sudden displacement of water. This displacement can be caused by underwater earthquakes, landslides, or volcanic eruptions.

Multiple choice evs when there is a disaster disaster and its types disaster and types disasters

Landslide occur because of:

  1. Heavy rainfall

  2. Steep slope

  3. Deforestation

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Landslides occur when the stability of a slope is compromised. Heavy rainfall, steep terrain, and the removal of vegetation (deforestation) are all primary contributing factors to slope failure.

Multiple choice evs when there is a disaster disaster and its types disaster and types disasters

Which of the following are components of disaster management?

  1. Preparedness

  2. response

  3. Mitigation

  4. All of the above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Disaster management involves a cycle of phases including preparedness, response, and mitigation. All these are fundamental components of an effective disaster management framework.

Multiple choice evs when there is a disaster disaster and its types disaster and types disasters

We can greatly reduce the impact of disaster by?

  1. Better planning

  2. Better preparedness and awareness

  3. Better mitigation measures

  4. All of the above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Reducing the impact of disasters requires a multi-faceted approach. Planning, preparedness, awareness, and mitigation measures are all essential strategies to minimize loss of life and property.

Multiple choice safety precautions to be taken while handling electricity electric charge and electric current physics ohm's law current electricity

Earthing is provided in buildings to protect it from:

  1. lightning.

  2. leakage of electric current.

  3. cyclone.

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

Earthing is provided in the building to protect us from electrical shocks due to any leakage of electrical current. It is done to provide safety by minimizing the shock, if someone accidentally touches the faulty wire.

Multiple choice social studies precautions for natural disasters major hazards in india and prevention tsunami and floods hazards disasters - case studies

Which natural disaster forces people to migrate to other areas?

  1. Drought

  2. Floods

  3. Landslide

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

Droughts is expected to result in increased displacement is the area of so-called slow-onset disaster in which climate change has specific long-term environmental effects over time such as desertification and other changes in weather patterns, which means that people’s livelihoods are no longer sustainable and they are forced to migrate to other places.

Multiple choice geography pressure belts and winds climate and seasons winds atmospheric pressure and winds

In which countries the term Western Disturbance is used to describe an extra tropical storm originating in the Mediterranean Sea?

  1. India

  2. Pakistan

  3. Afghanistan and Nepal

  4. All the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Western disturbance is an extra tropical storm originating in Mediterranean Sea and that brings sudden winter rain to Indian subcontinent. These are one of the reason for cyclonic disturbances. Western disturbance are called by the name in India, Nepal, Afghanistan, Pakistan.