Match the following :(a) 1737 1. Orissa cyclone (b) 1970 2. Calcutta cyclone (c) 1991 3. Bhola cyclone (d) 1999 4. Bangladesh cyclone
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 3 4 1
The Calcutta cyclone of 1737 struck the Hooghly region of Bengal and is one of the earliest recorded deadly cyclones, so (a) - 2.
The Bhola cyclone of November 1970 hit East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and killed several lakh people, so (b) - 3. The 1991 Bangladesh cyclone struck the Chittagong coast in April 1991, so (c) - 4.
The Orissa super cyclone of October 1999 devastated the Odisha coast, so (d) - 1.
The matching order is (a) 2, (b) 3, (c) 4, (d) 1.
Hence, (a) (b) (c) (d)
2 3 4 1.
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