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The World Conference on Disaster Management in May 1994 was held in which city?Read the answer and worked solution →Which decade did the Yokohama conference declare the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction?Read the answer and worked solution →Of all natural disasters, which is described as the most unpredictable and destructive?Read the answer and worked solution →At what speed is the Indian plate moving towards the north and northeast?Read the answer and worked solution →Gujarat suffered severe earthquakes in 1819, 1956 and which recent year?Read the answer and worked solution →Scientists suspect a fault line near Latur and Osmanabad along which river?Read the answer and worked solution →Analysing over 1,200 past earthquakes, India was divided into how many earthquake zones?Read the answer and worked solution →Which region of India is safest from earthquakes?Read the answer and worked solution →Sea waves caused by an undersea earthquake are called tsunamis. What does the word mean?Read the answer and worked solution →A ship in deep ocean barely feels a tsunami, but near the coast the wave can rise to what height?Read the answer and worked solution →The tsunami of 26 December 2004 killed about how many people?Read the answer and worked solution →How far up does a tropical cyclone extend vertically?Read the answer and worked solution →The calm, warm, cloudless centre of a cyclone is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Bay of Bengal cyclones mostly develop in which months?Read the answer and worked solution →Severe cyclonic storms hit India's coasts with an average wind speed of about:Read the answer and worked solution →The Rashtriya Barh Ayog identified how much land as flood-prone in India?Read the answer and worked solution →Tamil Nadu sometimes floods in November to January. Why?Read the answer and worked solution →Majuli in Assam, the world's largest riverine island, benefits from floods how?Read the answer and worked solution →Low soil moisture causing crop failure is which kind of drought?Read the answer and worked solution →An area with over 30 per cent of its cropped area irrigated is excluded from which category?Read the answer and worked solution →About what share of India's total area is identified as drought prone?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the quake zonesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the flood StatesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the disaster numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the natural hazardsRead the answer and worked solution →Natural or human madeRead the answer and worked solution →Kinds of droughtRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Disaster bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A geographer calls human geography the synthetic study of the relationship between human societies and the earth's surface. Who said this?Read the answer and worked solution →

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The World Conference on Disaster Management in May 1994 was held in which city?

  1. New Delhi, India
  2. Yokohama, Japan
  3. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  4. Geneva, Switzerland
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Correct answer: B. Yokohama, Japan

1. The UN raised disasters in 1989. 2. The 1994 conference met in Yokohama. 3. It produced the Yokohama Strategy for a Safer World. _Source: syllabus Geography, India Physical Environment, Chapter 7, Natural Hazards and Disasters._

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Which decade did the Yokohama conference declare the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction?

  1. 1990 to 2000
  2. 1980 to 1990
  3. 2000 to 2010
  4. 1970 to 1980
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Correct answer: A. 1990 to 2000

1. The Yokohama Strategy guided the rest of the decade. 2. It declared 1990 to 2000 the International Decade. 3. Poor countries were given priority. _Source: syllabus Geography, India Physical Environment, Chapter 7, Natural Hazards and Disasters._

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Of all natural disasters, which is described as the most unpredictable and destructive?

  1. Landslides
  2. Earthquakes
  3. River floods
  4. Droughts
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Correct answer: B. Earthquakes

1. Earthquakes strike without warning. 2. Tectonic earthquakes affect large areas. 3. Floods, by contrast, are slow and predictable. _Source: syllabus Geography, India Physical Environment, Chapter 7, Natural Hazards and Disasters._

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