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Answer the following questions.
1. The only active volcano in India is in Barren Island, an island in the Andaman.
2. W
eather updates are important so that a warning can be given to people over the radio, TV or
newspaper about a flood, cyclone and other such weather-related events. People could accordingly
take steps to protect themselves and their belongings.
3. W
hen the land shakes minutes, hours or even days after the main earthquake, we feel
aftershocks.
Exercises:
A. 1. c 2. b 3. a 4. c
B. 1. calamity 2. cyclone 3. drought 4. famine 5. floods
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