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Which natural disaster forces people to migrate to other areas?

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  1. Drought

  2. Floods

  3. Landslide

  4. Volcanic eruption

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Correct Option: A
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.

______ lowers the agricultural productivity of the areas affected.

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

  1. Earthquake

  2. Floods

  3. Drought

  4. Cyclone

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Correct Option: C

What to do in earthquake situation?

social studies precautions for natural disasters major hazards in india and prevention tsunami and floods hazards

  1. During an earthquake, stay beneath a large bench or a table

  2. Stay away from buildings and electric wires

  3. If you are driving a vehicle, then bring your vehicle to a halt

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D

What not to do in earthquake situation?

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  1. Shout or flee in panic

  2. Attempt to prevent the things falling down after the earthquake tremours

  3. Use elevators

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D
Millets have been found at Hallur.
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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Hallur (in present-day Andhra Pradesh). Here evidence of grains of millets have been found.

People in Burzahom lived in rectangular houses.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Archaeologists have found traces of huts or houses at some sites. For instance, in Burzahom (in present-day Kashmir) people built pit-houses, which were dug into the ground, with steps leading into them. These may have provided shelter in cold weather.

What is domestication?

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  1. Process in which people grow plant and look after animals.

  2. Process in which people do trade

  3. Process in which people do farming

  4. All of above

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Domestication is the name given to the process in which people grow plants and look after animals. Very often, plants and animals that are tended by people become different from wild plants and animals.

Who are tribes?

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  1. Two to three generation live together

  2. Group of family in settlements or villages

  3. Families who are related to one another

  4. All of above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Usually two or three generations live together in small settlements or villages. Most families are related to one another and groups of such families form a tribe.

The earliest 'man like creature' which racially differed from 'Homo sapiens' is generally known as ____________.

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  1. Eoanthropus

  2. Pithecanthropus

  3. Sinanthropus

  4. Hominid

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
  • The earliest 'man-like creature' which racially differed from 'Homo sapiens' is generally known as Hominid.
  • They are also known as great apes and are a taxonomic family of primates that includes eight extant species.

The total amount of winter rainfall is known as __________ in northern India.

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  1. Mango showers

  2. El Nino

  3. Mahawat

  4. Jet stream

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Mahawat in terms of geography is a small amount of winter rainfall occurring in the northern parts of India due to western and north western cyclonic disturbances. This is best for rabi crops which are grown during the winter season.