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MCQ 11 Mark
How many times did Meghna see the relief helicopters?
  • A
    Ten times
  • Eleven times
  • C
    Twelve times
  • D
    Thirteen times
Answer
Correct option: B.
Eleven times
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MCQ 21 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
Correct option: C.
She kept floating on a wooden board
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MCQ 31 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
Correct option: B.
For being close to the nature
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MCQ 41 Mark
Where is the Yala National Park situated?
  • A
    Thailand
  • B
    England
  • C
    India
  • Sri Lanka
Answer
Correct option: D.
Sri Lanka
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MCQ 61 Mark
How was Tilly forewarned?
  • Because of her geography lesson
  • B
    Because of the warning written on the board near the beach
  • C
    Because of her friends who called her up.
  • D
    Because of the news she saw on the television.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Because of her geography lesson
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MCQ 71 Mark
What was the occupation of Sanjeev?
  • Policeman
  • B
    Guesthouse cook
  • C
    Doctor
  • D
    Teacher
Answer
Correct option: A.
Policeman
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MCQ 81 Mark
How did Tilly become aware of the upcoming calamity?
  • Video on tsunami
  • B
    Through a friend
  • C
    Through a Manager
  • D
    Through books
Answer
Correct option: A.
Video on tsunami
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MCQ 91 Mark
The tsunami waves were triggered by a massive earthquake
  • off northern Sumatra
  • B
    off Thailand
  • C
    off Andamans islands
  • D
    off the Nicobar islands
Answer
Correct option: A.
off northern Sumatra
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MCQ 101 Mark
The little girl who saved many lives during the tsunami rage was
  • A
    Meghna
  • B
    Almas Javed
  • Tilly Smith
  • D
    Penny Smith
Answer
Correct option: C.
Tilly Smith
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MCQ 111 Mark
$6$. Almas Javed, the $10$ year old girl was saved
  • A
    because of her father who had sensed the danger
  • B
    by her mother and aunts who stood clinging to a coconut tree
  • by a log of wood floating in the water
  • D
    by a policeman
Answer
Correct option: C.
by a log of wood floating in the water
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MCQ 121 Mark
Meghna saved herself from tsunami by
  • A
    swimming towards the shore
  • holding on to a wooden door
  • C
    the help of the other $77$ people who were swept away with her
  • D
    the relief helicopters
Answer
Correct option: B.
holding on to a wooden door
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MCQ 131 Mark
Sanjeev was swept away
  • while trying to save someone else
  • B
    while trying to save his family
  • C
    because he was a policeman on duty near the sea
  • D
    because he tried to save the guesthouse cook
Answer
Correct option: A.
while trying to save someone else
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MCQ 141 Mark
Two of Ignesious’s children died because
  • A
    they were separated from their parents
  • B
    Ignesious could not hold their hands
  • they had gone in the opposite direction
  • D
    they remained sleeping
Answer
Correct option: C.
they had gone in the opposite direction
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MCQ 151 Mark
Ignesious and his family rushed out of the house because
  • A
    they feared the coming of tsunami
  • they felt an earthquake
  • C
    they heard the noise
  • D
    they just wanted to go out
Answer
Correct option: B.
they felt an earthquake
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MCQ 161 Mark
A tsunami is a sea wave caused by
  • A
    the high tide
  • B
    the sea storm
  • C
    earthquakes on the land
  • earthquakes under the sea
Answer
Correct option: D.
earthquakes under the sea
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