Natural Calamities (Flood and Earthquake) Class 6 GK MCQ Question and Answers. Important MCQ on Natural Calamities (Flood and Earthquake) 6th Standard General Knowledge (GK) Subject.
Natural Calamities (Flood and Earthquake) Class 6 GK MCQ
MCQ. –
(1) What is flood and earthquake?
(a) Both are Natural Disaster.
(b) Both are Manmade problem.
(c) Both are Happened due to Heavy Rain.
(d) None of these.
Ans. – (a) Both are Natural Disaster
(2) How can we face natural calamities such as flood and earthquake?
(a) Stay at home.
(b) Going to religions temples.
(c) Stay away from buildings, streetlights, and utility wires.
(d) None of these.
Ans. – (c) Stay away from buildings, streetlights, and utility wires.
(3) What are the causes of earthquake?
(a) When the plates squeeze or stretch, huge rocks form at their edges.
(b) When the heavy rain falls earth surface also flowing
(c) Due to heavy storms earth balance is changed.
(d) None of these.
Ans. – (a) When the plates squeeze or stretch, huge rocks form at their edges.
(4) Which are the natural disasters mention below?
(a) Earthquakes, Floods
(b) Tsunamis, Storms
(c) Volcanic Eruptions
(d) All of above
Ans. – (d) All of above
(5) What are the causes of Flood?
(a) Heavy rainfall, Sudden Snow melt
(b) Industries increase the value and rate of water discharge after storm
(c) Clearing of forest for agriculture
(d) All of above
Ans. – (d) All of above
(6) Which continent ( Country) has no active volcano?
(a) America(b) Switzerland
(c) Australia(d) China
Ans. – (c) Australia
(7) Which earthquakes are destructive whose magnitude on the Richter Scale is……………
(a) More than 5(b) More than 7
(c) More than 9(d) Less than 7
Ans. – (b) More than 7
(8) ‘ITEWC’ The Indian Tsunami Early Warning Centre is located at……….
(a) Hyderabad(b) Goa
(c) Kochi(d) Chennai
Ans. – (a) Hyderabad
(9) Most of the cyclones occur in the Indian coastline from………………
(a) Costal area of south India
(b) Costal area of west India
(c) Bay of Bengal
(d) From North Sea
Ans. – (c) Bay of Bengal
(10) The First goal of a disaster preparedness plan is…………………
(a) To protect environmental health personnel
(b) To keep communication lines open
(c) To protect the population
(d) To protect valuable resources
Ans. – (c) To protect the population
(11) How much India’s coastline is vulnerable to Disasters?
(a) 6200km(b) 5400km
(c) 5340km(d) 5700km
Ans. – (d) 5700km
(12) Hazards and Disasters are mainly classified as
(a) Natural and Human induced
(b) Physical and Human
(c) Social and cultural
(d) Physical and chemical
Ans. – (a) Natural and Human induced.
(13) What are the Control measures of ‘Cyclone’?
(a) Planting more trees on hostel/residential areas.
(b) Construction dams.
(c) Radar system is used to detect cyclone e. g. Cyclone in AP.
(d) All of above.
Ans. – (d) All of Above
(14) What are the Causes of ‘Landslides’?
(a) Earthquake, shock, vibration.
(b) Deep water ground mining.
(c) Movement of heavy vehicles on the unstable region.
(d) All of above.
Ans. – (d) All of above.
(15) What is the effect of ‘Landslides’?
(a) Increase erosion of soil
(b) Block the roads
(c) Damage the houses, crop yield, life stock etc.
(d) All of above
Ans. – (d) All of above
(16) What are the effects of ‘Earthquake’?
(a) Cause Tsunami
(b) Deformation of ground surface
(c) In hilly and mountain areas may cause landslides
(d) Depending on the severity of the quake collapses houses and People died in 1000. e. g. Earthquake in Bhuj town, Gujrat.
(e) All of above
Ans. – (e) All of above
(17) What are the Control measures of ‘Earthquake’?
(a) Government can inform the earthquake prone zone & caution residence.
(b) Building should be designed to withstand tremors.
(c) Plantation of more trees.
(d) All of above
Ans. – (d) All of above
(18) The District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) is headed by?
(a) President(b) District Collector
(c) Governor(d) Chief Minister
Ans. – (b) District Collector
(19) Name of the Scale/instrument used to measure earthquakes?
(a) Seismograph
(b) Wind Vane
(c) Rain Gauge
(d) Richter Scale
Ans. – (d) Richter Scale
(20) Agency which is used for forecasting Cyclone is?
(a) Government of India
(b) Indian National Centre for Oceanic Information Services
(c) Center Water Commission
(d) Indian Metrological Department
Ans. – (d) Indian Metrological Department
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