CBSE Class 5 Social Science Natural Disasters MCQs

Question: Earthquakes are caused due to the collision of

a) tectonic plants

b) crust

c) core

Answer: tectonic plants

Question: Tsunami occurs due to underwater

a) earthquakes

b) cyclones

c) droughts

Answer: earthquakes

Question: Active volcanoes erupt

a) frequently

b) once in two years

c) every day

Answer: frequently

Question: Cylones have a wind speed of nearly

a) 320km/hr

b) 150km/hr

c) 200km/hr

Answer: 320km/hr

Question: Rain water harvesting should be practiced to prevent

a) droughts

b) floods

c) earthquakes

Answer: droughts

Question: Excessive rainfall is the cause of

a) floods

b) deforestation

c) droughts

Answer: floods

Question: The crust is made up of a number of plates called ________ plates.

a) tectonic

b) mantle

c) core

Answer: tectonic

Question: Volcanic eruptions occur when the pressure inside the earth

a) increases

b) decreases

c) none of these

Answer: increases

Question: Dormant volcanoes are also called _________ volcanoes.

a) sleeping

b) extinct

c) none of these

Answer: sleeping

Question: Melting of glaciers may cause

a) floods

b) global warming

c) drought

Answer: floods

Question: When water from dam is released, it results into _________ floods.

a) man-made

b) none of these

c) natural

Answer: man-made

Question: Very strong and violent windstorm moving in a spiral is called a

a) cyclones

b) droughts

c) Thunder storm

Answer: cyclones

Question: to move somewhere safe means

a) evacuate

b) vacate

c) collide

Answer: evacuate

Question: leave a place means

a) vacate

b) devastation

c) collide

Answer: vacate

Question: clash with each other means

a) collide

b) evacuate

c) stable

Answer: collide

Question: Severe loss and damage means

a) devastation

b) vacate

c) collide

Answer: devastation

Question: We can control ________ disasters.

a) man-made

b) none of these

c) natural

Answer: man-made

Question: Land slides are also known as landslips.

a) True

b) False

c) none of these

Answer: True

Question: Land slides are also known as landslips.

a) True

b) False

c) none of these

Answer: True

Question: Series of gigantic waves hit the sea shore during

a) tsunami

b) floods

c) earthquake

Answer: tsunami

Question: There are ________ types of volcanoes.

a) 3

b) 4

c) 5

Answer: 3

Question: The ________ is the thinnest layer of lithosphere.

a) crust

b) core

c) mantle

Answer: crust

Question: ________ is the movement of a mass of rock, debris or earth down a slope due to gravity.

a) Landslides

b) cyclones

c) earthquakes

Answer: Landslides

Question: Tsunami occurs due to underwater

a) earthquakes

b) cyclones

c) droughts

Answer: earthquakes