Question

Which of the following statement defines disaster?

• A. The extreme scarcity of food.
• B. A sudden event that leads to the sudden loss of life and property.
• C. The process by which fertile land becomes desert.
• D. All of the above.

Answer 1

The correct option is B

A sudden event that leads to the sudden loss of life and property.

Disaster - A sudden event that leads to the sudden loss of life and property - is the correct definition of disaster.

Famine - The extreme scarcity of food.

Drought- The extreme scarcity of water in a region.

Desertification - The process by which fertile land becomes desert. Famine and desertification are types of disasters.