Disasters

Q. Kerala falls under the category of “Flood-prone area”​ What precautions should be taken to minimize the damage?

Q. A/An ______ is a sudden calamity, and is a severe disruption to the functioning of a society and causes significant damage and loss of life and property.

1. accident
2. plague
3. disaster
4. financial crisis

Q. Floods are one of the least common disasters in India.

1. False
2. True

Q. Choose the different types of floods caused by natural factors.

1. Drainage floods
2. River floods
3. Coastal floods
4. Flash floods

Q. Pop the bubbles that contain the name of natural disasters.

1. Terrorist attack
2. Tsunamis
3. War
4. Floods
5. Stampede
6. Earthquakes
7. Avalanches
8. Droughts

Q. What are natural disasters?

1. Disasters that occur naturally and take place at specific time of the year.
2. Disasters that take place at specific time of the year and at specific places in the world.
3. Disasters that occur naturally and take place at any time of the year, in any part of the year.
4. Disasters caused by us that take place at any time of the year, in any part of the year.

Q. How many types of floods do we generally come across?

1. 2
2. 3
3. 5
4. 4

Q. What kind of floods occur within 6 hours of heavy rainfall?

1. Flash floods
2. River floods
3. Coastal floods
4. Pluvial floods

Q. What are floods?

1. The underflow of water.
2. The entering of rivers into seas or oceans.
3. The normal flow of water.
4. The overflow of large amounts of water, beyond its normal limits.

Q. What should we do when a landslide occurs due to earthquake?

1. Not worry about reoccurance of earthquake.
2. Give first aid to injured people.
3. Not worry about recurrance of landslides.
4. Move to safer places as early as possible