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Flooding of fields controls

  1. Fungi

  2. Bacteria

  3. Viruses

  4. Nematodes.


Correct Option: D

Floods can be checked by

  1. Making dams

  2. Deforestation

  3. Reforestation

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Reforestation is a process of replanting trees in an area, reforestation is an effective way of checking floods, planting trees can reduce the height of flood by 20%.

So, the correct answer is 'Reforestation'

How are earthquakes recorded?

  1. By a seismograph

  2. With the help of quake meter

  3. Richter meter

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  • Earthquake is a sudden violent shaking of the ground, typically causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust and the sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves.
  • A seismograph, or seismometer, is an instrument used to detect and record earthquakes. Generally, it consists of a mass attached to a fixed base. During an earthquake, the base moves and the mass does not.
  • Hence earthquakes recorded by a seismograph.
  • So, the correct answer is 'By a seismograph'.

Tsunami can be caused due to

  1. Volcanic eruption

  2. Landslide

  3. Floods

  4. Underwater earthquake


Correct Option: D
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. Among them, the most destructive Tsunamis are caused by earthquakes 
  • Hence a tsunami can be caused due to Underwater earthquake.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Underwater earthquake'.

Earthquake occurs in the region of jammed tectonic plates during

  1. Jamming

  2. Build up of pressure after jamming

  3. Release of stress from the area of jammed tectonic plates

  4. Both B and C.


Correct Option: C

Which of the following can act as natural barriers to control Tsunami?

  1. Coral Reefs

  2. Mangroves

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: C
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.
  • Mangroves are forests of salt-tolerant trees and shrubs that grow in the shallow tidal waters of estuaries and coastal areas in tropical regions. Mangroves protect shorelines from damaging storm and hurricane winds and tsunami.
  • A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs are formed of colonies of coral polyps held together by calcium carbonate. Coral reefs provide protection to our coasts from the tsunami, storms, and floods.
  • Hence Coral Reefs and Mangroves can act as natural barriers to control Tsunami.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Both A and B'.

The word Tsunami is derived from two Japanese words

  1. Tsu(big) and nami(flow)

  2. Tsu(harbour) and nami(wave)

  3. Tsu(big wave) and nami(wave)

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

The deadliest Tsunami in recorded history took place on

  1. 26-Dec-2004

  2. 26-Dec-2000

  3. 15-Nov-1990

  4. 15-Dec-1999


Correct Option: A

Slip erosion is also known as

  1. landslide

  2. Earthquake

  3. Volcano

  4. Floads


Correct Option: A
Disaster impact of disaster
A) Flood 1) Food scarcity
B) Earthquake 2) Soil erosion
C) Drought 3) Landslide
  1. A- 1, B- 2, C-3

  2. A- 2, B- 3, C- 1

  3. A- 3, B- 2, C- 1

  4. A-3, B- 1, C- 2


Correct Option: B