This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 8 > Class 8 Science Chapter 15 Some Natural Phenomena – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 Science Chapter 15 Some Natural Phenomena Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The process of transfer of charges from a charged object to the earth is called lightning. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. The waves produced on the earth surface is called ..... A) Seismic Waves. B) Longitudinal Waves. C) Micro Waves. D) Radio Waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seismic Waves. 3. Which of the following can be charged with static electricity? A) Metal. B) Conductor. C) Insulator. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Insulator. 4. Benjemin franklin has showed lightning in A) 1725. B) 1527. C) 1752. D) 1572. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1752. 5. Which is the surest test of charge on a body? A) Insulation. B) Repulsion. C) Combustion. D) Lightening. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repulsion. 6. Which of the following causes large scale destruction? A) Lightning. B) Earthquake. C) Floods. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 7. A charged ballon repell a charged ballon. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Like charges when brought near each other then they ..... A) Repel. B) Attract. C) Sometimes attract and sometimes repel. D) Have no effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repel. 9. What is a lightning container A) A metal rod that helps the lightning to reach the ground. B) Anything that conducts lightning. C) A metal container that takes lightning and converts it into electricity and that is used to power an electric appliance. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A metal rod that helps the lightning to reach the ground. 10. When a refill and a balloon are rubbed together they A) Attract each other. B) Repel each other. C) Blast. D) No reaction they just stay the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attract each other. 11. The spot on the Earth's surface exactly above the hypocentre of an earthquake is the ..... A) Epicentre. B) Seismic center. C) Fault line. D) Focus point. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epicentre. 12. Sudden shaking of earth is called A) Earthquake. B) Tsunami. C) Thunderstorm. D) Lightning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earthquake. 13. A major tsunami occured in the Indian Ocean on 26 December ..... A) 2000. B) 2007. C) 2004. D) I don't know. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2004. 14. Two objects rubbed against each other A) Will lose electrons. B) One will loses and the other will gain electrons. C) Will gain electrons. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One will loses and the other will gain electrons. 15. The sudden rush of electrical charges heats the air to about ..... (three times the temperature of the surface of the sun) producing a bright glow of lightning. A) 20000 degrees Celsius. B) 16500 degrees Celsius. C) 12000 degrees Celsius. D) 15000 degrees Celsius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 20000 degrees Celsius. 16. Which of the following can be charged by rubbing? A) Ebonite. B) Plastic. C) Amber. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 17. Richter scale is used to measure the ..... A) Magnitude of Lightning. B) Magnitude of charges. C) Magnitude of Earth quake. D) Magnitude of Rainfall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Magnitude of Earth quake. 18. What is a wave generated by earthquake vibrations called? A) Earthquake chart. B) Surface wave. C) Seismic wave. D) Seismology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seismic wave. 19. How Do We Protect Our Building From Lighting? A) Plastic Rod. B) Metal Rod. C) Copper(Lighting Rod). D) None Of The Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Copper(Lighting Rod). 20. Static electricity charges can be produced by A) Heating. B) Rubbing. C) Beating. D) Hammering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rubbing. 21. Major earthquakes are less likely to occur in A) North East India. B) Rajasthan. C) Rann of Kutch. D) Chhattisgarh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chhattisgarh. 22. The waves produced on the earth surface during earthquake are called ..... A) Seismic Waves. B) Longitudinal Waves. C) Micro Waves. D) Radio Waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seismic Waves. 23. The transfer of charges from charged object to ..... (i) ..... is called ..... (ii) ..... A) (i):Sky(ii):Skying. B) (i):Earth(ii):Skying. C) (i):Space(ii):Spacing. D) (i):Earth(ii):Earthing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) (i):Earth(ii):Earthing. 24. The point on the Earth's surface, right above the source of an earthquake is called ..... A) Focus. B) Epicentre. C) Seismic Point. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epicentre. 25. What is a natural disaster? A) Events that have a negative effect on a large number of people. B) Events that have a positive effect on a large number of people. C) Events that occur in the Universe. D) None of the above. 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