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प्रश्न
How are disasters classified?
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उत्तर
Disasters can be broadly categorised into :
- Natural disasters — It includes floods, cyclones, earthquakes
and droughts that happen with natural forces and no human intervention. - Man-made disasters — It includes train accidents, plane crashes, nuclear or industrial accidents, biological disasters, terrorist attacks, use of weapons and mass destruction which are caused by human acts.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Choose the correct answer
Biological disasters occur when______, which are grown in laboratories, get released in the air.
State whether the following are true or false
Floods wash away the top layer of the soil, which is the most infertile.
State whether the following are true or false
The attacks carried out on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States during World War II were an example of unintentional nuclear disaster.
What are the effects of a drought?
How do biological disasters occur?
Give some examples of travel-related disaster.
What causes fire? Give one example.
Name two state of India where floods cause massive damages every year.
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While most disasters happen suddenly like earthquake, nuclear explosion, others like ______ may have a slow beginning and later increase in extent and intensity.
Fill in the blanks
______ lead to acute shortage of water and crop failure.
