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 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 5 Evs Chapter 14 When The Earth Shook! Quiz 3 (48 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In which state on 26th January, 2001 an earthquake occurred in the Kuch area? A) Kerala. B) Gujarat. C) Karnataka. D) Assam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gujarat. 2. Degree of earthquake felt and its damage is called its A) Consistency. B) Power. C) Magnitude. D) Intensity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intensity. 3. What are seismic waves caused by? A) Thunder. B) Traffic. C) Volcanoes. D) Earthquakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Earthquakes. 4. Q3) The outermost layer of earth is called? A) Crust. B) Mental. C) Core. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crust. 5. Strength of earthquake is measured by help of A) Earthquake. B) Barometer. C) Richter scale. D) Seismograph. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Richter scale. 6. What is the largest record of an earthquake A) 9.5. B) 99. C) 1.0. D) 29. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 9.5. 7. Name the unusually low rainfall leading to failure of crops? A) Famine. B) Flood. C) Drought. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drought. 8. IN WHICH DIRECTION (ON THE MAP OF INDIA) GUJARAT IS LOCATED? A) WEST. B) SOUTH. C) EAST. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) WEST. 9. Name the natural disaster-If there is no rain for long and crops fail to survive. A) Earthquake. B) Flood. C) Drought. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drought. 10. Which is the largest district of India? A) Bhuj. B) Gujarat. C) Delhi. D) Raw. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Raw. 11. ..... bodies have been removed from these buildings only in the morning. A) 450. B) 350. C) 150. D) 250. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 250. 12. Full form of 'WHO' is A) WORLD HEALTH OFFICE. B) WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION. 13. Excessive Rainfall can lead to what? A) Flood. B) Famine. C) Cyclone. D) Waterspout. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flood. 14. People are running all around in ..... and ..... A) Happy, Sad. B) Embaressed, Sad. C) Happy, Suprised. D) Shock, Panic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shock, Panic. 15. When an Earthquake occur we should not use lift A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. What is the Richter scale? A) It measure an earthquake. B) It measure total destruction due to earth quake. C) The Richter scale is a scale which is used for measuring how severe an earthquake is. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Richter scale is a scale which is used for measuring how severe an earthquake is. 17. (2) When there is no rain, then there can be- A) Cyclone. B) Drought. C) Flood. D) Famine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drought. 18. Sometimes the ground shakes and people run out of houses.What is this disaster called? A) Earthquake. B) Wild fire. C) Flood. D) Tsunami. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earthquake. 19. On 26 jan 2001 High intensity earthquake was experienced at A) (Gandhinagar) Gujarat. B) (Madurai) Tamilnadu. C) (Bhuj)Gujarat. D) (Jaipur) Rajasthan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (Bhuj)Gujarat. 20. Q8) Which is not a natural disaster? A) War & Bombing. B) Flood. C) Earthquakes. D) Tsunami. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) War & Bombing. 21. ..... is the place where wheat and rice are stored? A) Godown. B) Avairy. C) Hanger. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Godown. 22. Motabapu was who in the village? A) Sarpanch. B) Old man. C) Contractor. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sarpanch. 23. Name the device that measures the relative intensity of an earthquake. A) Seismograph. B) Graph. C) Richter scale. D) Earthquake graph. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Richter scale. 24. We put up the ..... roof A) Hatched. B) Thatched. C) Good. D) Beautiful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thatched. 25. What precautions should be taken during an earthquake? A) Run towards the nearest building. B) Hide under a tree. C) Stay away from glass windows and electric appliances. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 26. Villagers ..... the walls and decorated them. A) Make. B) Sketched. C) Painted. D) Whitewashed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Whitewashed. 27. What causes strong earthquakes to happen? A) A strong earthquake is caused by a sudden slip on a fault?. B) A strong earthquake is caused by people, as in explosions?. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A strong earthquake is caused by a sudden slip on a fault?. 28. What is a waterspout? A) It is a tropical storm with very strong winds. B) It is a collection of huge waves. C) It is a tornado passing over water & picking up a column of water & mist. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is a tornado passing over water & picking up a column of water & mist. 29. When Earthquake occur we should sit under table A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 30. Choose the one from the options which is not a natural disaster. A) Flood. B) Cyclones. C) Earthquakes. D) Road accident. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Road accident. 31. People live together in a neighbourhood so that A) They can fight each other. B) They can see each other. C) They can walk each other. D) They can share their happinaess each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They can share their happinaess each other. 32. In a few ..... , our village was flat on the ground. A) Years. B) Hours. C) Minutes. D) Days. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Minutes. 33. Name the disaster-shortage of water and food can result in A) Famine. B) Drought. C) Flood. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drought. 34. People help the affected people with ..... and ..... during earthquakes. A) Air and Water. B) Food and Medicines. C) Clothes and carpets. D) Fruits and Vegetables. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Food and Medicines. 35. Which ocean has the most earthquake? A) Pacific Ocean. B) Atlantic Ocean. C) Indian Ocean. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pacific Ocean. 36. ..... were called for help to save the people in Gujarat A) Navy Jawans. B) Police. C) NCB Officials. D) Army Jawans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Army Jawans. 37. What was age of Jasma when Earthquake occured in ..... A) 11 years old, Gujrat. B) 12 years old, Maharashtra. C) 11 years old, Pune. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 11 years old, Gujrat. 38. (1) In Gujarat, which calamity occurred on 26th January, 2001? A) Cyclone. B) Flood. C) Tsunami. D) Earthquake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Earthquake. 39. Now the house of the villagers shines like a ..... in the dark night A) Cow Dung. B) Daimond. C) Clay. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Daimond. 40. When a earthquakes occurs, it releases energy in the form of waves that radiate from the earthquake source in all directions. Which is the fastest wave? A) P-Wave. B) S-Wave. C) Surface wave. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) P-Wave. 41. What is the name of the most commonly used earthquake magnitude scale? A) Seismo Scale. B) Richter scale. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Richter scale. 42. Example of Manmade Disaster ..... A) War. B) Tsunami. C) Earthquake. D) Volcanic eruption. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) War. 43. Q9) Bhuj earthquake strucked on ..... A) 26 003. B) 26jan.2001. C) 26jan2002. D) 26jan2010. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 26jan.2001. 44. Earthquake ground motion is recorded with a ..... ? A) Seismograph. B) Seismogram. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seismograph. 45. ..... people died in the earhquake which struck in Kutch A) 4. B) 5. C) 7. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 6. 46. (5) The country most prone to earthquake is- A) India. B) Indonesia. C) England. D) Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Japan. 47. What number should be called for an ambulance? A) 100. B) 103. C) 101. D) 108. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 108. 48. Q4) The instrument used for measuring earthquake on Richter scale is:- A) Ammeter. B) Seismograph. C) Barometer. D) Voltameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seismograph. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesEvs QuizzesClass 5 QuizzesClass 5 Evs Chapter 14 When The Earth Shook! Quiz 1Class 5 Evs Chapter 14 When The Earth Shook! Quiz 2 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books