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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

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

  1. Geological

  2. Hydrological

  3. Artificial

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
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.

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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
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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C Correct answer
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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
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.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
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.