This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > English > The Tsunami > Class 8 English Chapter 2 The Tsunami – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 English Chapter 2 The Tsunami Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The tsunami hit areas of ..... and ..... A) Thailand and South England. B) Thailand and South India. C) South India and South England. D) Thailand and North India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thailand and South India. 2. THE ..... NATIONAL PARK IN SRI LANKA IS A HOME TO a VARIETY OF ANIMALS INCLUDING ELEPHANTS, LEAPARDS, AND 130 SPECIES. A) YALA. B) Patnangala. C) NANCOWRY. D) NONE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) YALA. 3. Almas Javed, the ten years old girl was saved A) Because of her father who had sensed the danger. B) By her mother and aunts who stood clinging to a coconut tree. C) By a log of wood floating in the water. D) By a police man. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By a log of wood floating in the water. 4. What is the meaning of trigger A) Block. B) Deactivate. C) Sudden violent reaction. D) Destroy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sudden violent reaction. 5. THE JET AEROPLANE WAS FLYING AT THE HEIGHT OF ..... A) 20000 FEET. B) 11, 000 FEET. C) 1000 FEET. D) 10, 000 FEET. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 10, 000 FEET. 6. The scale that we measure magnitude is ..... A) The Reinhart Scale. B) The Rose Scale. C) The Richter Scale. D) The Roosevelt Scale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Richter Scale. 7. Q1 A tsunami is a very large and powerful wave caused by A) Trigger in the sea. B) Tornado in the sea. C) .earthquakes under the sea. D) Hurricane in the sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) .earthquakes under the sea. 8. In the tsunami 150, 000 people died. How many animals died? A) 2000 animals died in the tsunami. B) The number of dead animals was far less compared to human casualties. C) 40 elephants and 25 water buffaloes were found dead in the tsunami. D) All the animals living in Thailand died while in other countries, all were safe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The number of dead animals was far less compared to human casualties. 9. The water referred to in the above lines is? A) The boiling water in a pot. B) The water of a river. C) The sea water. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The sea water. 10. Archipelago means A) A group of lands. B) A group of lands surrounding the sea. C) A group of islands and the surrounding sea. D) An island. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A group of islands and the surrounding sea. 11. How old was Alma Javed A) 13 years old. B) 8 years old. C) 10 years old. D) 22 years old. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10 years old. 12. How many senses do the humans have? A) Nine. B) Five. C) Eight. D) Six. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Five. 13. The number of animals that died in tsunami was ..... than the number of humans that lost their lives A) More. B) Less. C) Equal. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Less. 14. Alma's mother and aunts were washed away with the tree that they were holding on to. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 15. What were alms mother and aunt clinging on A) Wooden log. B) Wooden door. C) Branch of coconut tree. D) Leaves of coconut tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leaves of coconut tree. 16. How many visitors were washed away from Patanangala beach A) 80. B) 70. C) 60. D) 50. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 60. 17. Who did Ignesious lose in the waves? A) His wife. B) His two children. C) His wife's father and brother. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 18. The little girl who saved many lives during the tsunami rage was A) Penny Smith. B) Tilly Smith. C) Almas Javed. D) Meghna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tilly Smith. 19. Who was Ignesious? A) A policeman. B) Father of Alma. C) Manager of cooperative society in Katchall. D) Member of Smith Family. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Manager of cooperative society in Katchall. 20. "The little girl does not want to talk about the incident with anyone. She is still traumatised." Who is she? A) Tilly. B) Almas. C) Meghna. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Almas. 21. Ignesious was a manager of a ..... in katchall. A) HDFC bank. B) Axis bank. C) Cooperative society. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cooperative society. 22. Who were saved by Ignesious A) His brother-in-law. B) His father-in-law. C) Three children. D) His wife. E) Two children. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Three children. 23. Who were the parents of Tilly Smith A) Penny and Colin Smith. B) Louis and Sara Smith. C) Harry and Dolly Smith. D) Till and Jenny Smith. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Penny and Colin Smith. 24. THE AUTHOR OF GEOGRAPHY LESSON ..... A) T.S. ELIOT. B) Zulfikar Ghose. C) SATYAJIT RAY. D) RABINDRANATH TAGORE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zulfikar Ghose. 25. Sanjeev made it to safety after the tsunami. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 26. Sanjeev returned safely after rescuing their helper A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 27. What was the time when Ignesious's wife woke him up? A) 4 AM. B) 12 PM. C) 8 AM. D) 6 AM. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 6 AM. 28. Some experts believe that animals' more acute hearing helps them to hear or feel the earth's vibration A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 29. What did Almas climb on? A) A tall tree. B) A building. C) A log of wood floating in the sea. D) A hill. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A log of wood floating in the sea. 30. A tsunami hit Thailand and parts of India on A) 25 December 2004. B) 26 December 2004. C) . 27 December 2014. D) 28 December 2004. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 26 December 2004. 31. Ignesious lost his wife, two children, his father-in-law, and his brother-in-law in the tsunami. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 32. Meghna saved herself from tsunami by A) The help of the other 77 people who were swept away with her. B) Swimming towards the shore. C) Holding on to a wooden door. D) The relief helicopters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Holding on to a wooden door. 33. Where had Tilly seen the sea behaving in the same strange fashion? A) She had never seen the sea behaving in such a strange fashion. B) She had seen such a strange behaviour of the sea on her previous vacation at Hawaii. C) Tilly had seen the video of tsunami at Hawaiian islands in her geography class. D) It was usual for her to see such activities of the sea in her home town. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tilly had seen the video of tsunami at Hawaiian islands in her geography class. 34. Alma's father realised that a tsunami was going to hit the island. State whether the statement is TRUE or FALSE. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 35. Sanjeev was swept away A) Because he tried to save the guesthouse cook. B) Because he was a police man on duty near the sea. C) While trying to save someone else. D) While trying to save his family. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) While trying to save his family. 36. TWO OF IGNESIOUS CHILDREN DIED BECAUSE OF? A) THEY HAD GONE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. B) THEY WERE SWEPT AWAY. C) BECAUSE THE ELEPHANTS HAD ATTCKED OON THEM. D) NONE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) THEY HAD GONE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. 37. The Smith family were celebrating Christmas.at a beach resort A) In northern Thailand. B) Malaysia. C) Indonesia. D) In southern Thailand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In southern Thailand. 38. The family took refuge in ..... A) A resort. B) Third floor of a hotel. C) Hospital. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Third floor of a hotel. 39. Animals' sense of hearing-as compared to human beings-is A) Worse. B) Better. C) Negligible. D) Same. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Better. 40. Why did Tilly's family come to Thailand? A) Tilly's family came to Thailand to meet their aunts. B) They came to Thailand on a vacation to celebrate Christmas. C) Tilly's family wanted to witness a tsunami. D) Her father had an important meeting to attend and the others came along with him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They came to Thailand on a vacation to celebrate Christmas. 41. Penny Smith was? A) Tilly's mother. B) A teacher. C) An iron-smith. D) An American woman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tilly's mother. 42. HOW MANY TIMES MEGHNA SAW RELIEF HELICOPTERS? A) 6TIMES. B) 11 TIMES. C) 13 TIMES. D) 9 TIMES. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 11 TIMES. 43. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF TERRIFYING A) CANNOT BE AVOIDED. B) CAUSE EXTREME FEAR. C) HUMBLE. D) SHOWN. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CAUSE EXTREME FEAR. 44. How old was Almas Javed? A) 12 years. B) 11 years. C) 13 years. D) 10 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 10 years. 45. Ignesious and his family rushed out of the house because A) (a) they feared the coming of tsunami. B) (b) they felt an earthquake. C) (d) they just wanted to go out. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) (b) they felt an earthquake. 46. How many times did Meghna see the relief helicopters? A) Twelve times. B) Thirteen times. C) Ten times. D) Eleven times. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eleven times. 47. The tsunami came on 26 December, ..... A) 2005. B) 2001. C) 2003. D) 2004. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2004. 48. SIXTY VISITORS WERE WASHED AWAY FROM THE ..... BEACH INSIDE THE PARK. A) YALA. B) NANCOWRY. C) PARIS. D) Patnangala. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Patnangala. 49. A tsunami is a sea wave caused by A) The high tide. B) The sea storm. C) Earthquakes on the land. D) Earthquakes under the sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Earthquakes under the sea. 50. Did Ignesious anticipate it to be a tsunami? A) Yes. B) No. C) Maybe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 51. One among the following is not a character in the chapter "The Tsunami" A) Almas Javed. B) Sanjeev. C) Tilly Smith. D) Velu. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Velu. 52. On December 26, 2004, a tsunami hit ..... and parts of ..... such as the ..... and ..... island. A) India, Thailand, Bangkok, Chiang Mai. B) Thailand, India, Andman, Nicobar. C) Kanpur, India, Lucknow, Assam. D) New York, Washington, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thailand, India, Andman, Nicobar. 53. WHERE ALMAS JAVED STUDYING? A) PARIS. B) THAILAND. C) PORT BLAIR. D) ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLAND. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) PORT BLAIR. 54. Meghna saw ..... relief helicopters overhead A) 10. B) 11. C) 12. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 11. 55. What did the dogs in Galle do? A) The dogs in Galle barked tirelessly looking at the sea. B) The dogs ran as fast as they could, dragging their owner along. C) In Galle, the dogs stubbornly refused to go for their daily run on the beach, thereby saving themselves and the owner from the ferocious sea waves. D) There were no dogs in Galle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In Galle, the dogs stubbornly refused to go for their daily run on the beach, thereby saving themselves and the owner from the ferocious sea waves. 56. The word " Tsu" means ..... A) Wave. B) Harbour. C) Rock. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harbour. 57. Meghna was saved by a relief helicopter A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 58. The tsunami waves were triggered by a massive earthquake A) Off northern Sumatra. B) Off Thailand. C) Off Andamans islands. D) Off the Nicobar islands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Off northern Sumatra. 59. Where is Yala National park situated? A) Sri Lanka. B) India. C) Sumatra. D) Thailand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sri Lanka. 60. ..... visitor and ..... water buffaloes were washed away A) 60 & 2. B) 50 & 3. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 60 & 2. Next →Related QuizzesEnglish QuizzesClass 8 QuizzesClass 8 English Chapter 2 The Tsunami Quiz 2 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books