The Tsunami | Class 8 MCQ Questions with Answers English Chapter 2

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Q1. Almas Javed, the 10 year old girl was saved

(1) because of her father who had sensed the danger
(2) by her mother and aunts who stood clinging to a coconut tree
(3) by a log of wood floating in the water
(4) by a policeman

Answer

Answer: by a log of wood floating in the water


Q2.How was Tilly forewarned?

(1) Because of her geography lesson
(2) Because of the warning written on the board near the beach
(3) Because of her friends who called her up.
(4) Because of the news she saw on the television.

Answer

Answer: Because of her geography lesson


Q3.Where was Tillys school?

(1) Thailand
(2) India
(3) England
(4) Sri Lanka

Answer

Answer: England


Q4.Where is the Yala National Park situated?

(1) Thailand
(2) England
(3) India
(4) Sri Lanka

Answer

Answer: Sri Lanka


Q5.Why were no animal carcasses found?

(1) Animals are smart.
(2) For being close to the nature
(3) Sixth sense
(4) Nature saves them

Answer

Answer: For being close to the nature


Q6.How did Meghna save her life?

(1) She was saved by thfe relief helicopters
(2) She made use of a parachute
(3) She kept floating on a wooden board
(4) She was saved by Sanjeev

Answer

Answer: She kept floating on a wooden board


Q7.How many times did Meghna see the relief helicopters?

(1) Ten times
(2) Eleven times
(3) Twelve times
(4) Thirteen times

Answer

Answer: Eleven times


Q8.Which incident is talked about here?

(1) The earthquake
(2) The Tsunami
(3) The drought
(4) The flood

Answer

Answer: The Tsunami


Q9.When did Tsunami hit SouthIndia?

(1) Dec. 26, 2004
(2) Dec. 26, 2005
(3) Dec. 25, 2004
(4) Dec. 25, 2006

Answer

Answer: Dec. 26, 2004


Q10.Who were saved?

(1) All his children
(2) Only Ignesious
(3) His wife
(4) Only Ignesious and his three children

Answer

Answer: Only Ignesious and his three children


Q11.Name the lesson.

(1) The Last Bargain
(2) The Tsunami
(3) The Summit Within
(4) The School Boy

Answer

Answer: The Tsunami


Q12.Who was Ignesious?

(1) Manager of a co-operative society
(2) Teacher
(3) Officer
(4) Philosopher

Answer

Answer: Manager of a co-operative society


Q13.Why did his wife woke him up?

(1) Because she was going to somewhere
(2) Because she was not feeling well
(3) Because she felt an earthquake
(4) None of these

Answer

Answer: Because she felt an earthquake


Q14.Why did he put the television down on the ground?

(1) So that it would not fall
(2) So that it would not break
(3) So that they could take it out safely
(4) So that it would not fall and break

Answer

Answer: So that it would not fall and break


Q15.What did he and his family do?

(1) They stayed in the house
(2) They began to cry
(3) They all hugged together Answers
(4) They rushed out of the house

Answer

Answer: They rushed out of the house


Q16.Which incident is being talked about?

(1) The earthquake
(2) The Tsunami
(3) The draught
(4) The flood

Answer

Answer: The Tsunami


Q17.Whose family is being described here?

(1) Ignesious
(2) Meghna’s
(3) Almas’s
(4) Tilly’s

Answer

Answer: Almas’s


Q18.Who were killed in the incident?

(1) Alma
(2) Almas’s mother
(3) Almas’s aunts
(4) Both her mother and aunts

Answer

Answer: Both her mother and aunts


Q19.How did Alma save her life?

(1) By swimming.
(2) By a boat
(3) By climbing on a log of wood
(4) With the help of army men

Answer

Answer: With the help of army men


Q20.In which hospital was she admitted?

(1) A hospital in Kamorta
(2) A hospital in Kambi
(3) A hospital in Kerala
(4) A hospital in Karnatka

Answer

Answer: A hospital in Kamorta


Q21.Who saw the sea slowly rise and start to foam?

(1) Megha
(2) Alma
(3) Tilly
(4) Almas’s friend

Answer

Answer: Tilly


Q22.Where had she studied about Tsunami?

(1) Geography lesson
(2) English lesson
(3) History lesson
(4) None of these

Answer

Answer: Geography lesson


Q23.Tillys Geography teacher told her that Tsunami can be caused by

(1) earthquakes
(2) volcanoes
(3) land slide
(4) all of them

Answer

Answer: all of them


Q24.What happened in 1946?

(1) A draught hit the Hawaiian Islands
(2) A tsunami had hit the Hawaiian Islands
(3) An earthquake hit Gujrat
(4) None of these

Answer

Answer: A tsunami had hit the Hawaiian Islands


Q25.A tsunami is a sea wave caused by

(1) the high tide
(2) the sea storm
(3) earthquakes on the land
(4) earthquakes under the sea

Answer

Answer: earthquakes under the sea


Q26.A —— is a very large and powerful wave caused by earthquakes under the sea.

(1) Landslides
(2) Tsunami
(3) Tornado
(4) Volcano

Answer

Answer:- Tsunami.


Q27.Ignesious and his family rushed out of the house because

(1) they feared the coming of tsunami
(2) they felt an earthquake
(3) they heard the noise
(4) they just wanted to go out

Answer

Answer: they felt an earthquake


Q28.On — a tsunami hit Thailand and parts of India.

(1) 25 Dec, 2004
(2) 26 Dec, 2005
(3) 24 Dec, 2004
(4) 26 Dec, 2004

Answer

Answer:- 26 Dec, 2004.


Q29.Two of Ignesiouss children died because

(1) they were separated from their parents
(2) Ignesious could not hold their hands
(3) they had gone in the opposite direction
(4) they remained sleeping

Answer

Answer: they had gone in the opposite direction


Q30.Which places in India, Tsunami attacked?

(1) Andaman and Nicobar island
(2) Maharashtra
(3) Tamil Nadu
(4) Both (i) & (ii)

Answer

Answer:- Both & .


Q31.Sanjeev was swept away

(1) while trying to save someone else
(2) while trying to save his family
(3) because he was a policeman on duty near the sea
(4) because he tried to save the guesthouse cook

Answer

Answer: while trying to save someone else


Q32.How Tsunami is caused?

(1) Heavy rainfall
(2) Strom
(3) Earthquake under the sea
(4) None of these

Answer

Answer:- Earthquake under the sea.


Q33.Meghna saved herself from tsunami by

(1) swimming towards the shore
(2) holding on to a wooden door
(3) the help of the other 77 people who were swept away with her
(4) the relief helicopters

Answer

Answer: holding on to a wooden door


Q34. —— was the manager of a cooperative society in Katchal.

(1) Ignesious
(2) Sanjeev
(3) Lilly smith
(4) John

Answer

Answer:- Ignesious.


Q35.Almas Javed, the 10 year old girl was saved

(1) because of her father who had sensed the danger
(2) by her mother and aunts who stood clinging to a coconut tree
(3) by a log of wood floating in the water
(4) by a policeman

Answer

Answer: by a log of wood floating in the water


Q36.Ignesious was the manager of a cooperative society in ——.

(1) Majuli
(2) Baratang
(3) Katchal
(4) Kalpeni

Answer

Answer:- Katchal.


Q37.The little girl who saved many lives during the tsunami rage was

(1) Meghna
(2) Almas Javed
(3) Tilly Smith
(4) Penny Smith

Answer

Answer: Tilly Smith


Q38.Which object did Ignesious take and put down on the ground?

(1) Radio
(2) Refrigerator
(3) Mobile
(4) Television

Answer

Answer:- Television.


Q39.The tsunami waves were triggered by a massive earthquake

(1) off northern Sumatra
(2) off Thailand
(3) off Andamans islands
(4) off the Nicobar islands

Answer

Answer: off northern Sumatra


Q40.Whom did Ignesious never see again?

(1) His two children
(2) Father-in-law
(3) His mother
(4) Both (i) & (ii)

Answer

Answer:- Both & .


Q41.How did Tilly become aware of the upcoming calamity?

(1) Video on tsunami
(2) Through a friend
(3) Through a Manager
(4) Through books

Answer

Answer: Video on tsunami


Q42.Who was saved with Ignesious?

(1) His wife
(2) Three other children
(3) His father
(4) All of them

Answer

Answer:- Three other children.


Q43.What was the occupation of Sanjeev?

(1) Policeman
(2) Guesthouse cook
(3) Doctor
(4) Teacher

Answer

Answer: Policeman


Q44.Who was the policeman?

(1) Sanjeev
(2) Rajeev
(3) Sandeep
(4) Sudeep

Answer

Answer:- Sanjeev.


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