Disasters, Floods & Emergencies — Part 1: 40 MCQs with Explanations

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif launched an Rs37.2 billion flood relief cash programme on August 19, 2022 .

13 is the correct answer to “How many districts in KPK are declared as `calamity-hit`”. Items of this type are drawn from the Disasters, Floods & Emergencies — Part 1 syllabus of Pakistani competitive exams, where the fact is tested verbatim.

9 September 2022 is the correct answer to “When UN chief Antonio Guterres arrived on a two-day visit at expressing his solidarity with Pakistan over climate-induced floods”. Items of this type are drawn from the Disasters, Floods & Emergencies — Part 1 syllabus of Pakistani competitive exams, where the fact is tested verbatim.

Floods in Pakistan have killed at least 1200+ people since mid-June 2022.

Former Prime Minister imran khan hold international telethon to raise funds for flood affected on 29 August 2022 .

Former Prime Minister Imran Khan raised Rs5 billion funds through an international telethon for flood-affected people.

110 districts is the correct answer to “According to official data, the number of affected districts by floods now stands at:”. Items of this type are drawn from the Disasters, Floods & Emergencies — Part 1 syllabus of Pakistani competitive exams, where the fact is tested verbatim.

32 is the correct answer to “How many districts of Balochistan are declared as `Calamity-hit`”. Items of this type are drawn from the Disasters, Floods & Emergencies — Part 1 syllabus of Pakistani competitive exams, where the fact is tested verbatim.

Angelina Jolie is the correct answer to “Which Humanitarian, activist and Hollywood actress arrived in Pakistan to help flood victims.”. Items of this type are drawn from the Disasters, Floods & Emergencies — Part 1 syllabus of Pakistani competitive exams, where the fact is tested verbatim.

The European Union provides (nearly PKR 76 million) to assist floods victims in Pakistan on on 23 August 2022.

Afghanistan is the correct answer to “Which Country is recently hit by deadliest earthquake on 22nd June 2022 with a magnitude 5.9 earthquake”. Items of this type are drawn from the Disasters, Floods & Emergencies — Part 1 syllabus of Pakistani competitive exams, where the fact is tested verbatim.

A suicide blast kills dozens inside a Shia mosque shook Peshawar’s Kocha Risaldar area on March 4, 2022 .

Baloch Nationalist Army (BNA) is the correct answer to “Which militant group claims the responsibility for the Lahore Anarkali market blast that took place in January 2022”. Items of this type are drawn from the Disasters, Floods & Emergencies — Part 1 syllabus of Pakistani competitive exams, where the fact is tested verbatim.

3 is the correct answer to “How many peoples killed in blast at lahore’s anarkali market”. Items of this type are drawn from the Disasters, Floods & Emergencies — Part 1 syllabus of Pakistani competitive exams, where the fact is tested verbatim.

Murree was declared calamity hit after at least 23 people died in cars stranded in snow.

Biden declared a major federal disaster in Kentucky after deadly tornadoes.

cyclone Jawad is the correct answer to “Which cyclone disturbed Test matches between Pakistan and Bangladesh”. Items of this type are drawn from the Disasters, Floods & Emergencies — Part 1 syllabus of Pakistani competitive exams, where the fact is tested verbatim.

The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Thursday, September 30, 2021 issued warning on torrential rains to hit Karachi in wake of Cyclone Gulab .

Gulab is the correct answer to “What is the name of the third ever September cyclone which developed in the Bay of Bengal”. Items of this type are drawn from the Disasters, Floods & Emergencies — Part 1 syllabus of Pakistani competitive exams, where the fact is tested verbatim.

Haiti,a caribbean country was hit by an earthquake of magnitude 7.2 resulting in many casualties on: 18 August 2021 .

Oman is the correct answer to “Which country has given the name “Yaas” to the cyclone in the Bay of Bengal”. Items of this type are drawn from the Disasters, Floods & Emergencies — Part 1 syllabus of Pakistani competitive exams, where the fact is tested verbatim.

Indonesia is the correct answer to “Which country’s plane crashed into sea, killing 62 passengers on 10the Jan, 2021”. Items of this type are drawn from the Disasters, Floods & Emergencies — Part 1 syllabus of Pakistani competitive exams, where the fact is tested verbatim.

Indonesia is the correct answer to “The Sriwijaya Air passenger plane crashed on Saturday into the sea, off the jakrakrta coast belongs to which country”. Items of this type are drawn from the Disasters, Floods & Emergencies — Part 1 syllabus of Pakistani competitive exams, where the fact is tested verbatim.

According to Dutch consulting firm To70, The number of people killed in large commercial airplane crashes in 2020 stood at 299 Worldwide.

6.4 is the correct answer to “What was the magnitude of the earthquake occurred in Croatia on Dec 29, 2020”. Items of this type are drawn from the Disasters, Floods & Emergencies — Part 1 syllabus of Pakistani competitive exams, where the fact is tested verbatim.

Mahboobullah Mohebi is the correct answer to “Which is Kabul’s deputy governor have been killed in a blast in Afghanistan”. Items of this type are drawn from the Disasters, Floods & Emergencies — Part 1 syllabus of Pakistani competitive exams, where the fact is tested verbatim.

According to ‘Global Report on Internal Displacement 2020’ conflict, violence and disasters led to 50.8 million internal displacement across the world in 2019.

Konarak is the correct answer to “What was the name of the Irani logistical ship accidentally hit by Irani Frigrate near Bander-e-Jask on May 11,2020, killing all 19 on board”. Items of this type are drawn from the Disasters, Floods & Emergencies — Part 1 syllabus of Pakistani competitive exams, where the fact is tested verbatim.

Wild fires is the correct answer to “Australia recently witnessed which disaster that killed many lives and caused huge destruction”. Items of this type are drawn from the Disasters, Floods & Emergencies — Part 1 syllabus of Pakistani competitive exams, where the fact is tested verbatim.

San Juan is the correct answer to “A devastating earthquake hit Puerto Rico recently.Which is the capital city of Puerto-Rico”. Items of this type are drawn from the Disasters, Floods & Emergencies — Part 1 syllabus of Pakistani competitive exams, where the fact is tested verbatim.

The Ukrainian Boeing-737-800 plane crashed at the Imam Khomeini Airport (IKA) in Tehran on January 08, 2020.

The Ukrainian Boeing-737-800 plane crashed at the Imam Khomeini Airport in Tehran on 8th January 2020 .

Japan is the correct answer to “Which nation topped the list of most affected countries in the Global Climate Risk Index 2020”. Items of this type are drawn from the Disasters, Floods & Emergencies — Part 1 syllabus of Pakistani competitive exams, where the fact is tested verbatim.

Recently 23 diplomats visited LoC areas affected by Indian shelling.

The 16-year-old environmental activist Greta Thunberg received Amnesty International’s “Ambassadors of Conscience” award on climate disaster, she belong to Sweden .

5.8 is the correct answer to “What was the magnitude of earthquake which jolted several cities and northern parts of Pakistan on September 24, 2019”. Items of this type are drawn from the Disasters, Floods & Emergencies — Part 1 syllabus of Pakistani competitive exams, where the fact is tested verbatim.

Sri Lanka is the correct answer to “Which South Asian country faced multiple bomb blasts on 21st April 2019 on the event of Easter”. Items of this type are drawn from the Disasters, Floods & Emergencies — Part 1 syllabus of Pakistani competitive exams, where the fact is tested verbatim.

5.6 is the correct answer to “Earthquake which hitted many parts of Pakistan including Islamabad on 5th Feb 2019.What was the magnitude of the earthquake”. Items of this type are drawn from the Disasters, Floods & Emergencies — Part 1 syllabus of Pakistani competitive exams, where the fact is tested verbatim.

Thailand is the correct answer to “The tropical cyclone ‘Pabuk’ has occurred on 5 Jan, 2019 in which of the following countries”. Items of this type are drawn from the Disasters, Floods & Emergencies — Part 1 syllabus of Pakistani competitive exams, where the fact is tested verbatim.

A powerful bomb blast ripped through a busy market outside a religious seminary in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has killed 25 and injured over 35 on 23rd November 2018. The blast was carried out at Orakzai district of KPK.