Natural Disasters
Natural Disasters is a Current Affairs concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 3 past MPSC questions (2014, 2017, 2022). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.
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बांगलादेशमधील चक्रीवादळ जगातील सर्वात भीषण नैसर्गिक दुर्घटनांपैकी एक आहे. सुमारे 3,00,000 लोकांनी आपले प्राण गमावले, असे म्हणतात. बांगलादेशामध्ये, म्हणजे त्यावेळच्या पूर्व पाकिस्तानात ही दुर्घटना कधी घडली ? One of the worst natural disasters of the World was the cyclone struck in Bangladesh. As many as 3,00,000 people, lost their lives, it is said. When did the disaster struck Bangladesh, then East Pakistan ?
The 1970 Bhola cyclone struck East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) on November 12, 1970, and remains the deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded.
जोड्या लावा : डिगफुटीचे ठिकाण अ. केदारनाथ ब. लेह-लडाख क. मुंबई ड. चिरगाव Match the following : Places of Cloudburst a. Kedarnath b. Leh-Ladakh c. Mumbai d. Chirgaon
(a)केदारनाथ / Kedarnath
(b)लेह-लडाख / Leh-Ladakh
(c)मुंबई / Mumbai
(d)चिरगाव / Chirgaon
(I)6 ऑगस्ट 2010 / 6th August 2010
(II)15 ऑगस्ट 1997 / 15th August 1997
(III)16 जून 2013 / 16th June 2013
(IV)26 जुलै 2004 / 26th July 2004
Matching the cloudburst locations: Kedarnath experienced it in 2013, Leh-Ladakh in 2010, Mumbai in 2005, and Chirgaon accordingly.
खालील विधाने पहा : (a) सागर चक्रवाळाने 2019 मध्ये अरबी समुद्रात तयार झाले. (b) सागर चक्रवाळाने दक्षिण कोकण किनाऱ्यावर मालमत्तेचे नुकसान केले. Observe the following statements : (a) Sagar cyclonic storm originated in May 2019 in Arabian Sea. (b) Sagar cyclonic storm disrupted properties on South Konkan coast.
(a)सागर चक्रवाळाने 2019 मध्ये अरबी समुद्रात तयार झाले. / Sagar cyclonic storm originated in May 2019 in Arabian Sea.
(b)सागर चक्रवाळाने दक्षिण कोकण किनाऱ्यावर मालमत्तेचे नुकसान केले. / Sagar cyclonic storm disrupted properties on South Konkan coast.
The Sagar cyclone statement is factually incorrect as no such prominent cyclone by this name hit the South Konkan coast in 2019 affecting properties.