1. International Tsunami information Center is located in?
(A) Honolulu
(B) Goa
(C) Jakarta
(D) Puducherry
2. An active volcano Mauna Loa is located in?
a. Hawaii, USA
b. Brazil
c. Japan
d. None of the above
3. Bhopal Gas Disaster is a kind of?
a. Natural disaster
b. Manmade disaster
c. None of the above
4. In India National Institute of Disaster Management is located at
a. Manipur
b. Punjab
c. Hyderabad
d. New Delhi
5. Who is known as the father of modern seismology
a. Charles Richter
b. R.D. Oldham
c. W.M. Davis
d. None of the above.
6. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is headed by
a. Prime Minister of India
b. President of India
c. Governor of States
d. Chief Minister of States
7. The Disaster Management Act was made in
a. 2006
b. 2003
c. 2005
d. 2009
8. Which of the following is not a man-made hazard?
(a) Leakage of Toxic waste
(b) Wars and Civil Strife
(c) Drought
(d) Environmental Pollution
9. Cyclones occurring in North Atlantic ocean are called?
(a) Typhoon
(b) Hurricanes
(c) Tornado
(d) None of the above
10. The cycle of disaster consists of the following components
A. Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, Recovery
B. Preparedness, vulnerability assessment, risk assessment, recovery
C. Mitigation, Risk assessment, Response and Recovery
D. None of the above
11. DDMA is headed by
A. District magistrate
B. Chief secretary
C. BDO
D. None of the above
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12. Generally the number on Richter Scale ranges between –
(A) 0 and 6
(B) 0 and 9
(C) 1 to 5
(D) 1 to 12
13. Disaster Management includes:
a. Mitigation
b. Reconstruction
c. Rehabilitation
d. All of the above
14. Tsunami’s can occur only during
a. Evening
b. Afternoon
c. Any time of the day or night
d. Morning
15. United Nations disaster management team are responsible for solving problems resulting from
disaster in
a. Asia
b. Africa
c. Australia
d. All continents
16. What is Ring of Fire?
a. Belt of volcanoes in the Circum Pacific region
b. Belt of volcanoes in the mid-continental region
c. Belt of volcanoes in the mid-atlantic region
d. None of the above
17. Volcanoes are generally found where
a. Intraplates pull apart or are coming together
b. Tectonic plates pull apart or are coming together
c. Earth’s crust pull apart or are coming together
d. None of these pull apart or are coming together
18. Effective hazard management largely rely on
a. Govt. agencies
b. Emergency responses
c. Pre-disaster planning
d. Volcanoes
19. Which of the following is seasonally related hazard
a. Earthquake
b. Volcanic eruption
c. Terrorist attack
d. None of the above
20. The level of harm by a hazard is governed by
a. Magnitude of the hazard
b. Frequency of the hazard
c. Intensity at the impact point
d. All of the above
21. Which of the following is not an atmospheric hazard
a. Epidemic in human
b. Hail
c. Heavy rainfall
d. hurricanes
22. The level of risk of a disaster depends on
a. Nature of the hazard
b. Vulnerability of the elements which are affected
c. Economic value of the elements which are affected
d. All of the above
23. The extent to which a community ,structure , services or geographic area is likely to be
damaged or disrupted by the impact of particular hazard is termed as
a. Capacity
b. Vulnerability
c. Risk
d. Hazard assessment
24. The Richter scale expresses an earthquakes
a. Magnitude
b. Location
c. Duration
d. Depth
25. The point of the earth’s surface directly above the point where an earthquake occurs is called
the:
a. Focus
b. Epicenter
c. Fracture
d. Fault
26. Which of the following is a man-made disaster
a. Terrorism
b. Major fire
c. Pollution
d. All of the above
27. Vulnerability analysis comes in which part of the Disaster Management Cycle
a. Mitigation
b. Preparedness
c. Response
d. Recovery
28. Floods can be prevented by
a. Afforestation
b. Cutting the forest
c. Tilling the land
d. Removing the top soil
29. Bhopal Gas Disaster is a kind of
d. Natural disaster
e. Manmade disaster
f. None of the above
30. The word disaster comes from
A) Greek word
B) Latin word
C) French word
D) German
31. High vulnerability and high hazard are associated with
A) Low disaster risk
B) medium disaster risk
C) high disaster risk
D) None of the above
32. Which of the following organization is the apex authority of disaster management in India?
A) NDA
B) NDMA
C) CDMA
D) INDR
33. The Bhopal Gas disaster occurred in
A) 1986
B) 2003
C) 1984
D) 2009
34. The instrument which records earthquake wave is called
A) Climograph
B) Seismograph
C) Hythergraph
D) None of the above
35. Which is known as seismic wave ?
A) Tsunami
B) Hurricane
C) El Nino
D) Typhoon
36. The name of the largest active volcano in the world is
A) Mauna Lao in Hawaii
B) Mount Fuji in Japan
C) Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
D) None of the above
37. Which wave of the earthquake produces rolling effect along the surface?
A) P wave
B) S wave
C) L wave
D) none of the above
38. Which of the following is known as the light house of the Mediterranean sea?
A) Vesuvius
B) Stromboli
C) Krakatoa
D) Popa
39. Which country is known as the most forest fire prone country in the world?
A) Uganda
B) Canada
C) Australia
D) India
40. The Chernobyl disaster of 1986 in Ukraine was a case of
A) Epidemic disaster
B) Toxic gas disaster
C) Nuclear disaster
D) None of the above
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