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

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
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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.

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

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
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Explanation

Bihar receives the majority of its annual rainfall during the monsoon season, which spans from June to October.

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

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
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Explanation

Flooding in Bihar is caused by a combination of factors, including deforestation in the Nepal hills, increased siltation, and the high discharge of the Kosi river.

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

In Assam, floods are caused by two river systems- the mighty Brahmaputra in the north and Barak in the _______.

  1. East

  2. West

  3. South

  4. North-West
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Explanation

The Brahmaputra river flows through the northern part of Assam, while the Barak river system is located in the southern part of the state.

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

The state prone to floods is  ___________.

  1. Rajasthan

  2. Madhya Pradesh

  3. Assam

  4. Delhi
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Explanation

Assam is the state prone to flood in India. Area prone to flood in Assam is 3.15 million hectares. Assam faces frequent flood problem because it lies on the basins of Brahmaputra and Barak rivers. 

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

The river that is known as the "Sorrow of Bihar" is ______.

  1. Kosi.

  2. Mahanadi.

  3. Godavari.

  4. Krishna.
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The Kosi River is known as the "Sorrow of Bihar" as the yearly floods influence around 21,000 sq km of fertile farming grounds in this way disturbing the rural economy. Floods claim numerous thousand of life of Human and Cattle.
Multiple choice social studies precautions for natural disasters floods, droughts and landslides and cyclones major hazards in india and prevention tsunami and floods

Which of the following is an environmental consequence of floods?

  1. Dispersal of weed species

  2. Erosion of soil

  3. Release of pollutants into waterways

  4. All of the above
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Floods can have negative environmental consequences, such as soil erosion, release of pollutants and excess sediments into waterways and the ocean, dispersal of weed species, and negative impacts on fish and other aquatic life. Floods can also have positive environmental consequences, such as recharging groundwater systems, filling wetlands, moving useful nutrients around the landscape, and triggering breeding events (for example, of water birds).