Reading Comprehension
Q.1. Complete the table with the help of the information in the lesson.
| Disaster | Conditions | Results |
| using lifts in big buildings | large plates of land collide | cholera and dysentery people especially, children. |
| 2. Avoid | using lift in big buildings | could be dangerous. |
| 3. Flood | river water flows into the sea very fast | results in high tide. |
| 14. Drought | less rainfall | acute scarcity of water, food and fodder |
| 5. Flood | using tap water without boiling | cholera and dysentry people especially, children. |
Q.2. Write phrases or words to tell how the following are affected during natural calamities.
Example: During a flood, people become homeless, and they die.
Q. 3. State True or False :
(i) The earthquake in Gujrat in 2001 killed 13,000 people. (T)
(ii) We should run out of homes as soon as we feel tremors. (T)
(iii) We should bend down under cots and desks during floods. (F)
(iv) 70,000 people became homeless in Assam due to the earthquake. (F)
(v) Eating food that has got wet in flood water is harmful. (T) (vi) The local radio warns us about earthquakes and floods(T)
(vii) People in Bikaner always enjoy the rain. (F)
(viii) The villagers become poor and unemployed (T)