This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 5 > Evs > When The Earth Shook > Class 5 Evs Chapter 14 When The Earth Shook! – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 5 Evs Chapter 14 When The Earth Shook! Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Shortage of food and water can result in ..... A) Famine. B) Flood. C) Earthquake. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Famine. 2. What is the 'Richter Scale' used for? A) Measuring Temperature. B) Measuring Earthquake Magnitude. C) Measuring Atmospheric Pressure. D) Measuring Wind Speed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Measuring Earthquake Magnitude. 3. Excessive rainfall can result in A) Flood. B) Volcanic eruption. C) Famine. D) Drought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flood. 4. Q1) Earthquake is caused by:- A) Shaking of earth. B) Shking of river. C) Shaking of trees. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shaking of earth. 5. ..... IS NOT A NATURAL CALAMITY A) TSUNAMI. B) POLLUTION. C) EARTHQUAKE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) POLLUTION. 6. What is earthquake? A) Excessive rainfall. B) Drought. C) Shaking of the earth's Surface. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shaking of the earth's Surface. 7. Example of Natural Disaster ..... A) Flood. B) Bom blast. C) Accident. D) Spreading diseases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flood. 8. What is the name of the top layer of the earth? A) Mantle. B) Crust. C) Outer core. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crust. 9. The Kutch area is situated at ..... state in India. A) Rajasthan. B) Kerala. C) Gujarath. D) Tamilnadu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gujarath. 10. Engineers show special designs of houses A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. THE INSTRUMENT USED FOR DETECTING EARTHQUAKE WAVES IS CALLED A) Seismograph. B) RICHTER SCALE. C) STETHOSCOPE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seismograph. 12. Which Country experienced the 'Great Chilean Earthquake'? A) Indonesia. B) Japan. C) Mexico. D) Chile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chile. 13. Which of these may be caused due to a damaged dam? A) Flood. B) Volcanic eruption. C) Cyclones. D) Drought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flood. 14. The outermost layer of Earth us called ..... A) Mental. B) Crust. C) Core. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crust. 15. (8) What should we do at the time of the earthquake? A) Light a candle. B) Keep yourself calm. C) Turn on the gas knob. D) Use lift to go on upper floors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Keep yourself calm. 16. The magnitude of an Earthquake is measured by the help of A) Seismograph. B) Earthquake chart. C) Richter scale. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Richter scale. 17. THE LOCATION BELOW THE EARTH'S WERE THE EARH QUAKE STARTS- A) HYPOMETER. B) EPICENTER. C) HYPOCENTER. D) EPICMETER. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) HYPOCENTER. 18. What is the consequence of no rainfall? A) Crops. B) Cars. C) Clothes. D) Carpet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crops. 19. When did Bhuj Earthquake took place? A) 26 january 2001. B) 26 january 2008. C) 15 aug 2001. D) 26 january 2009. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 26 january 2001. 20. If there is no rainfall, there will be no crops. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 21. Can scientists predict earthquakes? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 22. Kutch is in the state of A) Gujarat. B) Kerala. C) Tamilnadu. D) Rajasthan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gujarat. 23. Draught leads to A) Flood. B) Famine. C) Earthquake. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Famine. 24. Q5) Jasma lives in ..... A) Mumbai. B) Delhi. C) Kutch area. D) Ahmedabad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kutch area. 25. Identify 'Man made Disaster'- A) Earthquake. B) Flood. C) Deforestation. D) Volcanic eruption. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deforestation. 26. The outermost layer of earth is called? A) Crust. B) Mental. C) Core. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crust. 27. When there is light rain with very small drops is called A) Blizzard. B) Drizzle. C) Flood. D) Rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drizzle. 28. Natural calamities occur due to unpredictable changes in ..... A) Nature. B) House. C) Park. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nature. 29. People of only one community have to do cleaning work. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 30. Give one example of dormant (sleeping) volcanoes? A) Mt Everest. B) Mt etna. C) Mt fuji. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mt fuji. 31. If your'e in car don't drive A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 32. What is the epicenter of an earthquake? A) The duration of an earthquake. B) Place on the earth's surface, exactly above the hypo-center of the earthquake. C) The Region where the earthquake was felt. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Place on the earth's surface, exactly above the hypo-center of the earthquake. 33. Who all came to help the village people in earthquake? A) Doctor. B) Police. C) Goverment. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 34. Atleast ..... buildings have cracks A) 450. B) 250. C) 350. D) 150. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 150. 35. True or False:Natural disasters don't cause a lot of damage, and the injuries to human lives and plants are very minimal. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 36. Which is "Appex body for disaster management" in India? A) Army. B) Airforce. C) Ndrff ndrf. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ndrff ndrf. 37. Starting point of earth's surface of an earthquake is called A) Epicenter. B) Earthquake. C) Seismograph. D) Focus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epicenter. 38. Giant ocean-going waves that are caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruptions are called? A) Tornadoes. B) Volcanoes. C) Tsunamis. D) Hurricanes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tsunamis. 39. Study of earth quake is A) Seismology. B) Seismologist. C) Seismograph. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seismology. 40. Give an example of igneous rocks. A) Obsidian. B) Conglomerate. C) Marble. D) Gniess. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Obsidian. 41. Jasma lived in which area of Gujarat A) Ahmedabad. B) Surat. C) Kutch. D) Rajkot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kutch. 42. Tornadoes frequently occur at ..... country A) U.S.A. B) Sri Lanka. C) India. D) Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) U.S.A. 43. Villagers lived in ..... tents in the ..... was very difficult A) Pyamid, Cold Winter. B) Nylon, Cold Winter. C) Tunnel, Cold Winter. D) Plastic, Cold Winter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plastic, Cold Winter. 44. The ground was ..... and people were ..... around A) Shaking, Running. B) Shocking, Shaking. C) Running, Shaking. D) Running, Shocking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shocking, Shaking. 45. IN CASE OF AN EARTHQUAKE WE SHOULD TAKE THE FOLLOWING PRECAUTIONS A) IF POSSIBLE LEAVE THE HOUSE AND GO TO AN OPEN GROUND. B) LIE DOWN UNDER STRONG TABLE, DESK OR CHAIR. C) STAY AWAY FROM GLASS WINDOWS AND ELECTRIC APPLIANCE. D) ALL OF THE ABOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ALL OF THE ABOVE. 46. Which is the only volcano in India? A) Barren Island volcano, andaman and nicobar islands India. B) Mount Etna, Italy. C) Mauna Loa, Hawaii. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Barren Island volcano, andaman and nicobar islands India. 47. Q6) Sarpanch of village is ..... A) Pearl brother. B) Thick brother. C) Motababu. D) If you have it,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) If you have it,. 48. Kutch is located in ..... state. A) Gujarat. B) Delhi. C) Mumbai. D) Chennai. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gujarat. 49. If there is no rainfall, there will be no ..... A) Crops. B) Cars. C) Clothes. D) Carpet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crops. 50. Which scale is used to measure earthquake? A) Compass. B) Ruler. C) Richter scale. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Richter scale. 51. ..... is a scale used for measuring the intensity of an earthquake. A) Meter scale. B) Richter scale. C) Thermometer. D) Barometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Richter scale. 52. Villagers dug and bought clay from the ..... A) City people. B) Pot maker. C) Pond. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pond. 53. Choose the write spelling. A) Earthquick. B) Earthquack. C) EARTQUES. D) Earthquake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Earthquake. 54. On which date the earthquake struck in Gujarat A) 26 January 2005. B) 26 January 2006. C) 26 January 2007. D) 26 January 2008. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 26 January 2006. 55. Natural calamities can be controlled by human beings. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 56. We can stop Natural calamities A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 57. Bhuj was not affected by the earthquake of Gujarat A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 58. Who all are there in a rescue team at the time of natural calamities or disasters? A) Police and Fire brigade. B) Doctors and Natural Disaster Rescue Force Organisations (NDRF). C) Army. D) Navy. E) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of these. 59. IDENTIFY THE MAN MADE DISASTER? A) FLOOD. B) VOLCANIC ERUPTION. C) DEFORESTATION. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) DEFORESTATION. 60. (10) ..... is the point on the Earth's surface directly above a focus. A) Epicenter. B) Focus. C) Crust. D) Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epicenter. Next →Related QuizzesEvs QuizzesClass 5 QuizzesClass 5 Evs Chapter 14 When The Earth Shook! Quiz 2Class 5 Evs Chapter 14 When The Earth Shook! Quiz 3 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books