Fill in the blanks 1. ................. are incidents that cause significant damage or destruction to life and property.

Question

Fill in the blanks

1. ................. are incidents that cause significant damage or destruction to life and property.

2. While most disasters happen suddenly like earthquake, nuclear *****, others like ................. may have a slow beginning and later increase in extent and intensity.

3. Disasters affect people living in .......................... countries more adversely.

4. Earthquakes usually occur without ...............

5. An ................. is a sudden violent movement of a portion of the earth’* crust.

6. .............. are mostly caused due to the overflowing of rivers in the monsoon.

7.............. per cent of the land area in India is drought-prone.

8................ lead to acute shortage of water and crop ***.

1. .................... nuclear disasters mostly occur due to accidents in nuclear power reactors.

2. The Bhopal Gas tragedy is an incident of ...................

3. The ** ** on Parliament of India took place on ......................

4. Nepal **** on the fault called .................

5. ................. horizon ***** is the largest oil spill in the history of petroleum industry.

6. Heavy rainfall in Assam causes the ..................... river and its tributaries to overflow.

7. ............. is the most flood-prone region amongst the great northern plains of India with almost 73 per cent of the state affected by floods.

Answer 1

1. Disasters are incidents that cause significant damage or destruction to life and property.

2. While most disasters happen suddenly like earthquake, nuclear *****, others like droughts may have a slow beginning and later increase in extent and intensity.

3. Disasters affect people living in underdeveloped countries more adversely.

4. Earthquakes usually occur without warning.

5. An earthquake is a sudden violent movement of a portion of the earth’* crust.

6. Floods are mostly caused due to the overflowing of rivers in the monsoon.

7. About 30 per cent of the land area in India is drought-prone.

8. Droughts lead to acute shortage of water and crop ***.

9. Unintentional nuclear disasters mostly occur due to accidents in nuclear power reactors.

10. The Bhopal Gas tragedy is an incident of chemical disaster.

11. The ** ** on Parliament of India took place on 13 December 2001.

12. Nepal ** on the fault called Thrust Fault.**

13. Deep water horizon ***** is the largest oil spill in the history of petroleum industry.

14. Heavy rainfall in Assam causes the Brahmaputra river and its tributaries to overflow.

15. Bihar is the most flood-prone region amongstthe great northern plains of India with almost 73 per cent of the state affected by floods.