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 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 5 Evs Chapter 14 When The Earth Shook! Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. (9) ..... is the place inside the earth where an earthquake originates. A) Core. B) Epicenter. C) Crust. D) Focus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Focus. 2. The people who study about earth quakes are called ..... A) Scientists. B) Seismologists. C) Architects. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seismologists. 3. HOW DO WE KNOW ITS AN EARTHQUAKE? A) SCARCITY OF WATER. B) IF SPEEDY WIND STARTS. C) HEAVY RAIN. D) IF GROUND STARTS SHAKING. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) IF GROUND STARTS SHAKING. 4. The instrument which is used to detect and record earthquakes is ..... A) Earthometer. B) Thermometer. C) Richter scale. D) Seismograph. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seismograph. 5. Because of the mirrors there houses were shining like ..... A) Diamond. B) Gold. C) Platinum. D) Coal. E) Silver. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diamond. 6. Bhuj is a state of? A) Kerala. B) Rajasthan. C) Telenganana. D) Gujrat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gujrat. 7. Who don't want to build houses like cities A) Villagers. B) City people. C) Architects. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Villagers. 8. All the time all the villagers were worried that there may be another ..... A) Tornado. B) Sinkhole. C) Earthquake. D) Flood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earthquake. 9. Which magnitude of Earthquake is felt little by people? A) 8 up. B) 3-4. C) 2-3. D) 0-2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2-3. 10. Who made the Richter Scale? A) Louis Braille. B) Graham Bell. C) Charles Fransis Richter. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Charles Fransis Richter. 11. Name the natural disaster-If there is no rain, crops can fail and there can be a. A) Earthquake. B) Flood. C) Famine. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Famine. 12. (3) Excessive rainfall lead to- A) Drought. B) Tsunami. C) Flood. D) Famine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flood. 13. What do we use to record seismic waves? A) Seisnoneter. B) Seismograph. C) Earthquake. D) Seismoscope. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seismograph. 14. What is the location deep inside the earth where the earthquake began called? A) Epicenter. B) Zero Point. C) Focus. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Focus. 15. In case of earthquake, we should not go to an open area. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 16. Jasma lives in ..... A) Mumbai. B) Ahmedabad. C) Kutch area. D) Delhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kutch area. 17. When did earthquake in Bhuj (Gujarat) occur? A) 26 January 2002. B) 26 January 2004. C) 26 January 2003. D) 26 January 2001. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 26 January 2001. 18. Even guests had to clean the toilets in Gandhiji's Ashram. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. What causes Earthquakes? A) The flow of magma. B) The explosion of volcanoes. C) The expansion of the Earth's crust. D) The Earth's plates rubbing together. E) The contraction of the Earth's crust. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Earth's plates rubbing together. 20. Can a magnitude 3 earthquake destroy a house? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 21. When was the earthquake occured in gujrat? A) 1 feb 2013. B) 26 January 2002. C) 26 January 2001. D) 30 January 2010. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 26 January 2001. 22. When there is no rain, crops can fail so then there can be a A) Drought. B) Famine. C) Cyclone. D) Flood. E) Drizzle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drought. 23. What is the name of the girl in the chapter A) Nandita. B) Jasma. C) Dhanu. D) Shreya. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jasma. 24. How does government help? A) By giving advice. B) Giving medicine, Shelter, Clothes. C) By doing nothing. D) Ans a and b. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ans a and b. 25. How many tectonic plates are there A) 7. B) 6. C) 20. D) 1900000000000000000000000. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 20. 26. 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. 27. How are extinct volcanoes formed? A) Due to hardening of lava in their opening. B) Due to heavy rainfall. C) Due to global warming. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Due to hardening of lava in their opening. 28. Seismic waves which travel through interior part of earth are known as A) Inner waves. B) Surface waves. C) Body waves. D) Deep waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Body waves. 29. The instrument that measures the intensity of an earthquake is called a ..... A) Richter scale. B) Thermometer. C) Seismograph. D) Pulley. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seismograph. 30. Who is the Sarpanch of the village A) If you have it,. B) Jasma. C) If you have it,. D) Jasma's Father. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If you have it,. 31. Which natural calamity occurred on 26th January, 2001? A) Flood. B) Tsunami. C) Cyclone. D) Earthquake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Earthquake. 32. Earthquake intensity is measure by help of A) Seismograph. B) Earthquake chart. C) Richter scale. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Richter scale. 33. (7) What should we not do at the time of the earthquake? A) Keep yourself away from buildings. B) If you are inside take cover under a strong thing such as table, bed etc. C) Put out all fires. D) Drive your vehicle fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Drive your vehicle fast. 34. We should build skyscrapers in earth quake prone regions A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 35. Q7) Who designs our houses? A) Contractor. B) Builder &contractor. C) Artist. D) Engineers & Architects. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Engineers & Architects. 36. Largest tsunami occurred was at A) Sri Lanka. B) India. C) Korea. D) Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sri Lanka. 37. Cake and cow dung are mixed to make walls. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 38. What is epicenter? A) A hypocenter is the point of origin of an earthquake or a subsurface nuclear explosion. In seismology, it is a synonym of the focus. B) Other name for richer scale. C) The study of earth quake. D) The point on the earth's surface where the effects of a sudden movement (earthquake) are felt most strongly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The point on the earth's surface where the effects of a sudden movement (earthquake) are felt most strongly. 39. Scarce rainfall in any area can result in ..... A) Drought. B) Earthquake. C) Famine. D) Flood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drought. 40. WHEN DID EARTHQUAKE IN BHUJ OCCUR A) 26 JAN 2002. B) 26 JAN 2001. C) 26 JAN 2003. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 26 JAN 2001. 41. Earthquake affected people gets help in the form of ..... A) Food, medicines, clothing. B) Shelters, needy things, water. C) Both (i) and (ii). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both (i) and (ii). 42. WHICH IS THE "APPEX BODY FOR DIASTER MANAGEMENT" IN INDIA A) ARMY. B) AIR FORCE. C) Ndrff ndrf. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ndrff ndrf. 43. If an earthquake begins to happen, the safest place to be is: A) Next to a window. B) Underground. C) Laying on the floor. D) In a doorway. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In a doorway. 44. The story is from state of A) Rajasthan. B) Assam. C) Gujrat. D) Bihar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gujrat. 45. Police Station number is ..... A) 103. B) 100. C) 101. D) 108. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 100. 46. Bhopal Gas Disaster is a kind of: A) Natural disaster. B) Manmade disaster. C) None of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Manmade disaster. 47. How much damage is registered for more than 7 A) Damage. B) Major damage. C) No damage. D) Cannot be felt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Major damage. 48. WHO ARE THE PEOPLE TO DESIGN THE BUILDINGS? A) TEACHER. B) ARCHITECT. C) SINGER. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ARCHITECT. 49. (4) Shortage of food and water can result in a- A) Famine. B) Drought. C) Tsunami. D) Flood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Famine. 50. What kind of help is needed after the earthquake? A) Money. B) Gold. C) Food and tent canvas. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Food and tent canvas. 51. How can we protect ourselves from earthquakes? A) We can do nothing. B) We can build broader streets. C) We can build well designed and constructed houses. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We can build well designed and constructed houses. 52. Jasma's ..... was also burried under the houses A) Grandmother [Nani]. B) Grandfather [Nana]. C) Mother [Maa]. D) Father [Papa]. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grandfather [Nana]. 53. What is the Primary Cause of Earthquakes? A) Plate Tectonics. B) Volcanic activity. C) Human Activities. D) Weather Changes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plate Tectonics. 54. Excessive rainfall can lead to which natural disaster? A) Drought. B) Famine. C) Flood. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flood. 55. The situation in ..... was even worse A) Kutch. B) Bhuj. C) Ahmedabad. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bhuj. 56. WHAT IS THE FULL FORM OF WHO A) World Healthy Organization. B) World Health.org. C) World House Organization. D) World Health Organization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) World Health Organization. 57. Q2) Shortage of food and water results in:- A) Famine. B) Flood. C) Cyclone. D) Earthquake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Famine. 58. What is the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale? A) The Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale. The effect of an earthquake on the Earth's surface is called the intensity. The intensity scale consists of a series of certain key responses such as people awakening, movement of furniture, damage to chimneys, and finally-total destruction. B) It can measure an earthquake intensity. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale. The effect of an earthquake on the Earth's surface is called the intensity. The intensity scale consists of a series of certain key responses such as people awakening, movement of furniture, damage to chimneys, and finally-total destruction. 59. Metamorphic rocks form when ..... and ..... are subjected to high heat and pressure. A) Sedimentary and igneous. B) Metamorphic and igneous. C) Sedimentary and metamorphic. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sedimentary and igneous. 60. Factor which causes earthquake A) Tectonic plates. B) Drought. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tectonic plates. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEvs QuizzesClass 5 QuizzesClass 5 Evs Chapter 14 When The Earth Shook! Quiz 1Class 5 Evs Chapter 14 When The Earth Shook! Quiz 3 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books