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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Sections 9 -14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nuclear facility is located near Mumbai's urban limits?
(a) The Tarapur Nuclear Reactor, Maharashtra.
(b) The Rajasthan Atomic Power Project.
(c) The Bhabba Atomic Research Centre at Trombay.
(d) The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, Tamil Nadu.

2. The author states in Part 1, Section 10 that the city of Mumbai's health infrastructure was intended to cater to a population what times its size?
(a) 1/4.
(b) 3/4.
(c) 1/2.
(d) 4/5.

3. When did the site of today's Mumbai first come under European rule when it was ceded to the Portuguese by the ruler of Gujarat?
(a) 1535.
(b) 1502.
(c) 1556.
(d) 1602.

4. The death toll of the 1882 Bombay cyclone was said to be upward of what number, according to the initial articles examined by the author in Part 1, Section 10?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 200,000.
(c) 150,000.
(d) 25,000.

5. How many people were injured by the cyclone that the author encountered while in Delhi?
(a) 500.
(b) 600.
(c) 800.
(d) 700.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the author attribute the tendency for the proximity to water being a status symbol in Part 1, Section 9?

2. What was the author doing as a part-time job while earning his MA at Delhi University?

3. How many people were killed when a great cloud of carbon monoxide burst forth in the Congo in 1988?

4. How did the tsunami's actions respond to the system of military rank in how it hit the Nicobar Islands?

5. When did Hurricane Sandy hit New York?

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