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Which among the following is the most recent landslide incident in India?

  1. Amboori landslide

  2. Kedarnath landslide

  3. Malin landslide

  4. Mumbai landslide


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

On 30 July 2014, a landslide occurred in the village of Malin in the Ambegaon taluka of the Pune district in Maharashtra, India. The landslide, which hit early in the morning while residents were asleep, was believed to have been caused by a burst of heavy rainfall, and killed at least 151 people. The landslide was first noticed by a bus driver who drove by the area and saw that the village had been overrun with mud and earth. In addition to those dead, more than 160 people, and possibly up to 200, were believed to have been buried in the landslide in 44 separate houses. Rains continued after the landslide making rescue efforts difficult.

Nodal agency for landslides which has functions of coordinating all the activities related to landslide hazard mitigation, and monitoring the occurrence of landslides in the country is _________.

  1. International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

  2. Geological Survey of India

  3. National Disaster Response Force

  4. National Institute of Disaster Management


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Keeping in view the terms of reference of the Core Group, the Government of India has declared the Geological Survey of India as the ‘Nodal Agency’ on 29 January 2004.

Geological Survey of India as a Nodal Agency is responsible for:

  1. Coordinating and undertaking geological studies for landslide hazard mitigation
  2. Carrying out landslide hazard zonation
  3. Monitoring landslides and avalanches
  4. Studying the factors responsible for sliding and suggesting precautionary as well as preventive measure
  5. National Core Group has finalized the action plan for landslide studies with inputs of GSI and other organization.

sturzstrom is a unique type of landslide which consists of _________.

  1. Soil

  2. Rock

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C

Coastal erosion is more severe along the coast of the state ______.

  1. Kerala

  2. Tamil Nadu

  3. Orissa

  4. West Bengal.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Coastal erosion is confined to southwest monsoon season when the waves are rough. Seawalls and groynes are the major management strategies adopted for coastal protection along Kerala coast. As per Shoreline Change Assessment data, about 63 percent of the coastline of Kerala is eroding.

Flood is included in which of the following types of disasters?

  1. Geological

  2. Hydrological

  3. Artificial

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A Hydrological Disaster is a violent, sudden and destructive change either in quality of earth's water or in distribution or movement of water on land below the surface or in atmosphere.

A flood is an overflow of water that submerges land. The EU Floods Directive defines a flood as a temporary covering by water of land which is usually not covered by water. Flooding may result from the volume of water within a body of water, such as a river or lake, which overflows causing the result that some of the water escapes its usual boundaries.

How many people were affected by flooding in Bihar on 27th August 2008?

  1. 1.4 million

  2. 5 million

  3. 10 million

  4. 14.5 million


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

$1.4$ million people were affected by flooding in Bihar on $27th$ August $2008$. Flooding occurred throughout the Kori river valley in northern Bihar, in the district of Supaul, Araria, Saharsa, Madhepura, Bhagalpur, Khagaria and Purnea.

Much of Bihar's misery has been caused by the Kosi river, which is a major tributary of _____.

  1. Yamuna

  2. Ganga

  3. Brahmaputra

  4. Indus


Correct Option: B

Bihar receives heavy rainfall ________.

  1. All through June to October

  2. All through March to July

  3. All through July to December

  4. All through January to June


Correct Option: A

In which year Bihar was shaken by an earthquake which was again followed by floods?

  1. 1930

  2. 1934

  3. 1937

  4. 1939


Correct Option: B

What are the major causes of floods in Bihar?

  1. Increased conversion of forests to agricultural and pastoral land in the middle hills of Nepal

  2. Increase in the annual run-off in the Sapt Kosi river

  3. The flow of Sapt Kosi river has grown 2.5 times

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D