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 types disasters forest fire

Which of the following are effects of Tsunami?

  1. Loss of man-made and natural property

  2. Destruction of ecological habitats

  3. Death and destruction of human property

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
  • A tsunami or tidal wave, also known as a seismic sea wave, is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake.
  • A tsunami can be caused due to various reasons such as Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other underwater explosions (including detonations, landslides, glacier, meteorite impacts, and other disturbances) above or below water. Among them, the most destructive Tsunamis are caused by earthquakes.
  • The effects of Tsunami include Loss of man-made and natural property, Destruction of ecological habitats and Death and destruction of human property, great damage to the human life, etc.
  • So, the correct answer is 'All the above'.
Multiple choice evs when there is a disaster disaster and types disasters forest fire

All of the following is associated with the natural disaster except

  1. Landslide

  2. Flood

  3. Drought

  4. Car accident
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
  • A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples are floods, hurricanes, drought, landslide tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, etc that causes great damage or loss of life.
  • A car accident is not a natural disaster it is caused by human negligence and does not lead to great damage or loss of life. Hence car accident is not a natural disaster.
  • Hence All of the following is associated with the natural disaster except car accident.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Car accident'.
Multiple choice evs when there is a disaster disaster and types disasters forest fire

In an average year, more people die from this than from any other natural disaster.

  1. Lightning

  2. Earthquakes

  3. Tornadoes

  4. Flash floods and flooding
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Flooding is globally recognized as one of the most frequent and deadly natural disasters, causing significant loss of life annually.

Multiple choice evs when there is a disaster disaster and types disasters forest fire

Which of the following is exclusively man-made disaster?

  1. Bomb explosion

  2. Fire

  3. Floods

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

An exclusively man-made disaster is bomb explosion. Bomb is an explosive weapon that uses the exothermic reaction of explosive material or provide an extremely sudden and evident release of energy. This is invented by humans and any disaster caused by it is exclusively man-made. while fire, floods, and famine are not exclusively man-made disasters. Nature itself trigger or aids in these disasters. Therefore they are not exclusively man-made. 

Multiple choice evs when there is a disaster disaster and types disasters forest fire

Which of the following impacts can be related to the earthquake?

  1. Damaged buildings

  2. Floods

  3. Destruction of flora and fauna

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

Earthquakes can cause structural damage to buildings, trigger secondary disasters like floods (via dam failure or tsunamis), and destroy natural habitats.

Multiple choice evs when there is a disaster disaster and types disasters forest fire

Which of the following destruction is caused by a cyclone?

  1. Disturbance in electric and telecommunication system

  2. Destruction of flora and fauna

  3. Deforestation

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

Cyclones cause widespread damage, including structural failure in communication systems, loss of biodiversity, and vegetation damage. All listed options are common consequences.

Multiple choice evs when there is a disaster disaster and types disasters forest fire

Floods mainly leads to 

  1. Soil erosion

  2. Water pollution

  3. Radioactive pollution

  4. Both A and B
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Floods cause soil erosion by washing away topsoil and lead to water pollution by carrying sewage, chemicals, and debris into water sources.

Multiple choice evs when there is a disaster disaster and types disasters forest fire

The human impact of natural disaster is

  1. Food scarcity

  2. Health hazards

  3. Water Scarcity

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

Natural disasters disrupt supply chains and infrastructure, leading to food scarcity, health hazards due to poor sanitation, and water scarcity through contamination.

Multiple choice evs when there is a disaster disaster and types disasters forest fire

The impact of natural disaster on environment

  1. Destruction of flora and fauna

  2. Soil erosion

  3. Soil infertility

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

Natural disasters cause extensive environmental damage, including the destruction of habitats, loss of topsoil through erosion, and degradation of soil quality.

Multiple choice evs when there is a disaster disaster and types disasters forest fire

Which of the following areas are more affected by landslides?

  1. Barren lands

  2. Slope made up of low strength

  3. Areas underwent soil erosion

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

Landslides occur more frequently in areas with unstable slopes, poor soil strength, or existing erosion, as these factors reduce the slope's resistance to gravity.

Multiple choice evs when there is a disaster disaster and types disasters forest fire

Which of the following causes storms?

  1. Formation of high and low pressure belt in atmosphere

  2. Earthquake

  3. High precipitation

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Storms are meteorological phenomena driven by atmospheric pressure differences, where air moves from high-pressure areas to low-pressure areas.

Multiple choice evs when there is a disaster disaster and types disasters forest fire

In which condition, electricity supply get disrupt?

  1. Forest fire

  2. Drought

  3. Storm

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Storms, characterized by high winds and falling debris, frequently damage power lines and infrastructure, leading to widespread electricity supply disruptions.