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Unit - 2 : The Tsunami English - Unit - 2 : The Tsunami

CBSE - STD 8 - English (CBSE - English Medium). 57 questions in this chapter.

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Q 7MCQ1 Mark
How many times did Meghna see the relief helicopters?
  • A
    Ten times
  • ✓
    Eleven times
  • C
    Twelve times
  • D
    Thirteen times

Answer: B.

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Q 8MCQ1 Mark
How did Meghna save her life?
  • A
    She was saved by thfe relief helicopters
  • B
    She made use of a parachute
  • ✓
    She kept floating on a wooden board
  • D
    She was saved by Sanjeev

Answer: C.

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Q 9MCQ1 Mark
Why were no animal carcasses found?
  • A
    Animals are smart.
  • ✓
    For being close to the nature
  • C
    Sixth sense
  • D
    Nature saves them

Answer: B.

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Q 12Comprehention Passage (text)4 Marks
Before the giant waves slammed into the coast in India and Sri Lanka, wild and domestic animals seemed to know what was about to happen. They fled to safety. According to eyewitness accounts, elephants screamed and ran for higher ground; dogs refused to go outdoors: flamingoes abandoned their low lying breeding areas; and zoo animals rushed into their shelters and could not be enticed to come back out.
Many people believe that animals possess a sixth sense and know when the earth is going to shake. Some experts believe that animals' more acute hearing helps them to hear or feel the earth's vibration. They can sense an approaching disaster long before humans realise what's going on.
Questions:
$(1)$ What did the wild and domestic animals do anticipating tsunami $?$
$(2)$ What did the elephants and the dogs react$?$
$(3)$ How did the zoo animals behave$?$
$(4)$ What acute faculty do animals have which is far better than that of human beings $?$
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Q 13Comprehention Passage (text)4 Marks
But Tilly Smith sensed that something was wrong. Her mind kept going back to a geography lesson she had taken in England just two weeks before she flew out to Thailand with her family.
Tilly saw the sea slowly rise, and start to foam, bubble and form whirlpools. She remembered that she had seen this in class in a video of a tsunami that had hit the Hawaiian islands in 1946. Her geography teacher had shown her class the video, and told them that tsunamis can be caused by earthquakes, volcanoes and landslides.
Tilly started to scream at her family to get off the beach. "She talked about an earthquake under the sea. She got more and more hysterical," said her mother Penny. "I didn't know what a tsunami was. But seeing my daughter so frightened, I thought something serious must be going on."
Questions:
$(1)$ What did Tilly recall$?$
$(2)$ What are tsunamis caused by$?$
$(3)$ How did Tilly react sensing earthquake under the sea$?$
$(4)$ What seriously? made Tilly's mother think
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Q 14Comprehention Passage (text)4 Marks
When the tremors came early in the morning, the family was sleeping. Almas's father saw the sea water recede. He understood that the water would come rushing back with great force. He woke everyone up and tried to rush them to a safer place.
As they ran, her grandfather was hit on the head by something and he fell down. Her father rushed to help him. Then came the first giant wave that swept both of them away.
Almas's mother and aunts stood clinging to the leaves of a coconut tree, calling out to her. A wave uprooted the tree, and they too were washed away.
Almas saw a log of wood floating. She climbed on to it. Then she fainted. When she woke up, she was in a hospital in Kamorta. From there she was brought to Port Blair.
The little girl does not want to talk about the incident with anyone. She is still traumatised.
Questions:
$(1)$ What was the indication of tsunami that Almas's father sensed $?$
$(2)$ How did Almas's father lose his life$?$
$(3)$ How were Almas's mother and aunts washed away$?$
$(4)$ Why did Almas not want to talk about the incident with anyone$?$
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