General Awareness : Natural Disasters Quiz (Set-1)

1. Which of the following locations is a super-volcano?

a) Yellowstone National Park
b) Mt Rainier
c) Iceland
d) Mt Kilimanjaro

The correct answer is - a) Yellowstone National Park

2. The last major super-volcano eruption - 75,000 years ago - killed about which % of the world's humans?

a) 0%
b) 1%
c) 5%
d) 60%

The correct answer is - d) 60%

3. Which was the deadliest hurricane in US History?

a) Katrina
b) Galveston Hurricane of 1900
c) Andrew
d) Camille

The correct answer is - b) Galveston Hurricane of 1900

4. Which European city was almost entirely destroyed by a combination earthquake/fire/tsunami in 1755?

a) Lisbon
b) Rome
c) Barcelona
d) Athens

The correct answer is - a) Lisbon

5. About how many people died in the December 26, 2004 tsunami?

a) 30,000
b) 300,000
c) 3,000,000
d) 30,000,000

The correct answer is - b) 300,000

6. The Great Chilean earthquake of 1960 was the largest earthquake ever recorded. What did it score on the Richter scale?

a) 8.9
b) 9.5
c) 10.1
d) 11.0

The correct answer is - b) 9.5

7. In 1908 an asteroid exploded near the Earth's surface with the force of a 15 megaton nuclear weapon. Where did it strike?

a) New Mexico
b) Siberia
c) South Pacific
d) Pakistan

The correct answer is - b) Siberia

8. Not counting pandemics, the two deadliest natural disasters on record were both:

a) Floodings of the Yellow River in China
b) Monsoons in India
c) Hurricanes in Bangladesh
d) Earthquakes in Pakistan

The correct answer is - a) Floodings of the Yellow River in China

9. In 1974, the so-called "Super Outbreak" struck the United States. What was it?

a) Legionnaires' disease
b) An outbreak of tornados
c) Flooding caused by broken levees
d) A dance craze

The correct answer is - b) An outbreak of tornados