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Coastal Odisha was hit by strong winds and heavy rainfall as Cyclone Dana
made landfall between Bhitarkanika National Park and Dhamra at around
12:10 am on Thursday (October 24, 2024), according to the India
Meteorological Department (IMD). Manorama Mohanty, Regional Director of
IMD Bhubaneswar, said that the landfall process would continue until Friday
morning, after which the cyclone would weaken and recurve towards
Dhenkanal and Angul districts instead of Keonjhar.
When the cyclone’s centre reached land, wind speeds were expected to
increase to 120 kmph, with the landfall process likely to last four to five
hours. The system was being closely monitored by the Doppler Weather
Radar at Paradip. Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Mahi said that both
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah had
inquired about the state’s preparedness to handle the cyclone’s impact.
Majhi added that approximately 5.84 lakh people had been evacuated from
high-risk, low-lying zones in coastal areas. The Odisha government initially
planned to evacuate one million people. However, officials revised this
estimate aftere
that Realizing Cyclone Dana would be much weaker than originally feared.
The IMD stated that scattered, heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 20 cm), with
isolated extremely heavy rainfall (over 20 cm), was likely in the districts of
Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Bhadrak, Jaipur, Balasore and
Mayurbhanj.
From Friday morning to Saturday morning, similar conditions were expected
in isolated areas of Jaipur, Bhadrak, Puri, Dhenkanal, Khordha, Cuttack,
Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, and Angul, according to an IMD
official.
1 Wind speeds caused by Cyclone Dana were expected to rise to-
(a) 100 kmph(b)120 kmph (c)50kmph(d)200kmph
2 Cyclone Dana made landfall between –a) Dhenkanal and Angul
(b)Bhitarkanika National Park and Dhamra
(c) Khordha and Cuttack( d )Bhadrak and Jaipur.
3 Choose the correct alternative:
(I) The full form of IMD is India Meteorological Department.
(II) The Regional Director of IMD Bhubaneswar, said that the landfall
process would continue till Saturday morning.
III) From Friday to Saturday some areas in Odisha were expected to
experience rain.
(a) All are true.
(b)(I) and (II) are true.
(c) (I) and (III) are true.
(d)Only (I) is false.
4 Cyclone Dana made landfall around 12:10 am.”-The tense of the
sentence is –( a)Present Perfect
(a) Past Indefinite
(C)Future Indefinite
(D) Perfect.
5 Manorama Mohanty stated that cyclone Dana would weaken and
recurve towards Dhenkanal and Angul districts instead of
(a) Kendrapada
(b) Bhadrak
(C)Keonjhar
(d) Cuttack.
6 Assertion (A): The Odisha government revised their initial evacuation
estimate.
Reason (R): The cyclone was expected to be much weaker than
originally feared.
(a)A is true, but R is false.
(b)Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation for A.
(C)Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation for A.
(D)A is false, but R is true
7. The sentence “The system was being closely monitored by the
Doppler Weather Radar at Paradip.” When changed into
interrogative becomes-
(A)Was not the system being closely monitored by the Doppler Weather
Radar at Paradip?(B)Do the system being closely monitor by the Doppler
Weather Radar at Paradip?
(C)Did the system being closely monitor by the Doppler Weather
Radar at Paradip?
(D)Is the system closely monitoring by the Doppler Weather Radar at
Paradip?
8 The Odisha government initially planned to evacuate one
million people.
Choose the correct option containing the noun form of the underlined
word –
(a) The Odisha government initially had planned evacuation of one
million people.
(b)The Odisha government was initially planning to evacuate one
million people in a planned manner.
© The Odisha government initially had a plan to evacuate one million
people.
D )The Odisha government initially was planning on evacuating one million
people.
9 What does the term ‘evacuate’ mean in the context of the
passage?
(A)To take shelter(b) To move to a safer place c) to monitor (d) To stay in one
place.
10 What is the meaning of the term ‘landfall’ as used in the
passage,?
(A)The arrival of a storm over land.
(B)The increase in wind speeds.
(C)The weakening of a cyclone.
(D)The monitoring of weather systems.
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