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Which of the following are the cause of natural disasters?
a) loss of property                              

b) personal injury
c) disability                          

d) all of these

d

Any natural event that causes loss to human lives and property is called……..
a) destruction      

b) destructive event
c) natural destruction       

d) natural disaster

d

Sometimes the bursting of dams or levees also causes………………….
a) Landslides                       

b) Earthquakes   
c) Floods                                              

d) Volcanism

c

The sudden shaking of the earth is called……..
a) Wave 

b) Cyclone           

c) Earthquake    

c

The scale used to measure the intensity of…… .is called Richter scale.
a) Wind    

b) Cyclones          

c) Earthquakes   

c

The most disastrous earthquake in the history of Pakistan occurred in………….
a) 2007 

b) 2008                 

c) 2009 

d) 2005

d