IV. SHORT QUESTIONS.
1) What is an earthquake?
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2) What happened on 26th January, 2001?
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3) What is drought?
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4) What do you mean by famine?
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1) earthquakes are caused by faulting, a sudden lateral or vertical movement of rock along a rupture (break) surface.An earthquake is the shaking that radiates out from the breaking rock. People have known about earthquakes for thousands of years, of course, but they didn't know what caused them.
2) The 2001 Gujarat earthquake, also known as the Bhuj earthquake, occurred on 26 January, India's 52nd Republic Day, at 08:46 am IST. The earthquake killed between 13,805 and 20,023 people (including 18 in southeastern Pakistan), injured another 167,000 and destroyed nearly 340,000 buildings.
3) A drought is an event of prolonged shortages in the water supply, whether atmospheric, surface water or ground water. A drought can last for months or years, or may be declared after as few as 15 days.
4) extreme scarcity of food.
the above answer is correct