Tag: precautions for natural disasters

Quizzes (8) Questions (99)

Questions Related to precautions for natural disasters

Multiple choice social studies precautions for natural disasters floods, droughts and landslides and cyclones major hazards in india and prevention tsunami and floods

In what ways students can respond to drought?

  1. Harvest rainwater at home and school

  2. Plant trees

  3. Conserve water

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

Harvesting rainwater at home and school generally help in using it up in times of scarcity.

Trees, especially drought-tolerant, native species, also provide critical services that directly attack some of the consequences of drought. Native trees send out deep, water-seeking roots into the soil to tap into local groundwater and draw it to the surface.

Conserving water makes us use the water the less so that water is not wasted and could put in use during droughts.

Multiple choice social studies precautions for natural disasters floods, droughts and landslides and cyclones major hazards in india and prevention tsunami and floods

Contagious diseases like cholera, malaria etc spread after a ________.

  1. earthquake

  2. volcano

  3. draught

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

Floods often lead to the contamination of water sources and the creation of stagnant water, which are ideal conditions for the spread of waterborne and vector-borne diseases like cholera and malaria.

Multiple choice social studies precautions for natural disasters floods, droughts and landslides and cyclones major hazards in india and prevention tsunami and floods

What to do in drought situation?

  1. Drip irrigation in agriculture should be intensified

  2. Food rationing and use of water should be planned after estimating their availability

  3. Construction activity should be stopped except for the inevitable work

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

All listed actions are appropriate strategies for drought management: drip irrigation saves water, rationing ensures fair distribution, and stopping non-essential construction saves resources.

Multiple choice social studies precautions for natural disasters floods, droughts and landslides and cyclones major hazards in india and prevention tsunami and floods

What not to do in drought situation?

  1. Hoard food grains

  2. Hoard fodder

  3. Holding large scale dinner parties

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

Hoarding food and fodder, or holding large parties, exacerbates the scarcity of resources during a drought. These are all actions that should be avoided.

Multiple choice social studies precautions for natural disasters cyclonic winds monsoon phenomena and its mechanism tsunami, floods, cyclones, droughts and landslides

________ was very severe Cyclonic Storm and the most intense tropical cyclone of the 2016 in North Indian Ocean.

  1. Hudhud

  2. Ockhi

  3. Vardah

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

Cyclone Vardah was a severe cyclonic storm that struck the east coast of India in December 2016, making it one of the most intense storms of that year in the North Indian Ocean.

Multiple choice social studies precautions for natural disasters cyclonic winds monsoon phenomena and its mechanism tsunami, floods, cyclones, droughts and landslides

In the satellite based techniques, track and intensity of cyclones are forecast based on the _________ associated with cyclone.

  1. wind speed

  2. cloud pattern

  3. atmospheric pressure

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

Satellite imagery allows meteorologists to monitor the cloud patterns, such as the spiral bands and the eye of the cyclone, to estimate the track and intensity of the storm.

Multiple choice social studies precautions for natural disasters cyclonic winds monsoon phenomena and its mechanism tsunami, floods, cyclones, droughts and landslides

Which of the following country does not decide the naming the cyclone in the Indian Ocean region?

  1. India

  2. Sri Lanka

  3. Thailand

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

The panel on Tropical Cyclones for the North Indian Ocean consists of eight countries: Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. Japan is not part of this regional panel.

Multiple choice social studies precautions for natural disasters cyclonic winds monsoon phenomena and its mechanism tsunami, floods, cyclones, droughts and landslides

Hurricane is a tropical cyclone that occurs in the ___________.

  1. Atlantic Ocean

  2. North-eastern Pacific Ocean

  3. Indian Ocean

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

Hurricanes are tropical cyclones that form over the North Atlantic Ocean and the Northeast Pacific Ocean. Those in the Northwest Pacific are called Typhoons, and those in the Indian Ocean are simply called Cyclones.