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In what ways students can respond to drought?

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

  1. Harvest rainwater at home and school

  2. Plant trees

  3. Conserve water

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D
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.

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

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

  1. earthquake

  2. volcano

  3. draught

  4. flood

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Correct Option: D

What to do in drought situation?

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

  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

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Correct Option: D

What not to do in drought situation?

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

  1. Hoard food grains

  2. Hoard fodder

  3. Holding large scale dinner parties

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D

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

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  1. Hudhud

  2. Ockhi

  3. Vardah

  4. Nilofar

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Correct Option: C

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

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

  1. wind speed

  2. cloud pattern

  3. atmospheric pressure

  4. climate

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Correct Option: B

The Cyclone name Vardah, was suggested by __________.

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

  1. India

  2. Pakistan

  3. Sri Lanka

  4. Saudi Arabia

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Correct Option: B

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

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

  1. India

  2. Sri Lanka

  3. Thailand

  4. Japan

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Correct Option: D

Hurricane is a tropical cyclone that occurs in the ___________.

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

  1. Atlantic Ocean

  2. North-eastern Pacific Ocean

  3. Indian Ocean

  4. Both A & B

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Correct Option: D

 The term Vardah, refers to ________.

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

  1. white rose

  2. eye

  3. national bird of Pakistan

  4. red rose

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Correct Option: D