Disaster Management-2021
1. The Term ‘Disaster’ is derived from which of the following language?
a. French
b. Arabic
c. Latin
d. Greek
2. An example of natural disaster is
a. COVID19
b. An outbreak of food poisoning.
c. A hurricane
d. Mine explosion
3. Disaster management activities may be conducted
a. Before disaster
b. During disaster
c. After disaster
d. All the above
4. The chairman of the National Disaster management authority is
a. Home Minister
b. Vice President
c. Prime Minister
d. Governor .
5. Disaster Management includes
a. Mitigation
b. Reconstruction
c. Rehabilitation
d. All the above.
6. Hazards and disasters are mainly classified as
a. Physical and chemical
b. Natural and Human induced.
c. Physical and Human
d. Social and Cultural
7. A hazard is a situation where there is
a. Threat to natural calamity
b. Threat to property and lives from calamities.
c. Threat for consequence of disaster
d. All the above.
8. The scientific study of earthquake is called
a. Seismograph
b. Seismology
c. Both a and b.
d. None of the above.
9. The primary result of earthquake is
a. Building and bridge collapse
b. Rapture of water and gas pipe
c. Change in the course of the river and creation of island.
d. All the above
10.The major man made causes of floods are
a. Deforestation
b. Siltation
c. Bursting of dam
d. All of the above.
11.The Bhopal gas tragedy is an example of
a. Industrial disaster
b. Natural disaster
c. Nuclear disaster
d. None of the above.
12.Industrial hazards comes under the category of
a. Natural hazards
b. Human induced hazards
c. Meteorological hazards
d. Wild fire hazard
13.Tropical cyclone, drought, wild fire is
a. Industrial hazard
b. Man induced hazard
c. Meteorological hazard
d. Hydrological hazard
14.Example of anthropogenic hazards are
a. Chemical explosion
b. Earthquake
c. Flood
d. Wild fire
15.Which type of disaster is most prominent in India?
a. Flood
b. Drought
c. Cyclone
d. earthquake
16. National Disaster Management Act was introduced in
a. 2004
b. 2005
c. 1981
d. 1972
17. Land slide occurs due to
a. High intensity of rain
b. Steep slopes
c. Deforestation leading to soil erosion.
d. All the above.
18. A place where an earthquake originates is called
a. Epicenter
b. Focus
c. Fault line
d. Crust.
19. National Institute of Disaster Management is located at
a. Manipur
b. Kerala
c. Chandigarh
d. New Delhi
20. Magnitude of energy released by an earthquake is calculated using
a. Richter scale
b. Tectonic scale
c. Seismic scale
d. Tremor scale
21. Richter scale measures factors of
a. 2
b. 4
c. 10
d. 5
22. Amount of energy released by an earthquake is also known as
a. unit
b. magnitude
c. direction
d. scale
23. Most tropical cyclones form between which latitudes?
a. From the equator to 10°N and S
b. From 5° to 30°N
c. From the equator to 20°N and S
d. From 10° to 15°N and S.
24. Which was the most costly tropical cyclone of all time, in economic terms?
a. 2013 Typhoon Haiyan, Philippines
b. 1979 Typhoon Tip in the Pacific
c. 2005 Hurricane Katrina in the USA
d. 1970 Cyclone Bhola in Bangladesh.
25. Tripura is situated in wihich seismic zone.
a. 2
b. 3
c. 5
d. 4
26. What is a tsunami?
a. a series of huge waves
b. a kind of volcano
c. Earthquake
d. a type of fish.
27. Warm air is ___________than cold air
a. Heavier
b. Lighter
c. no difference in weight
d. very much lighter.
28. The centre of a cyclone is a calm area and is called the _________of the storm.
a. eye
b. Focus
c. Centre
d. Radius.
29. A cyclone is called a________in the American Continent.
a. Hurricane
b. Typhoon
c. Tornado
d. Thunderstorm
30. A cyclone is called a____________in Philippines and Japan.
a. Hurricane
b. Typhoon
c. Tornado
d. Thunderstorm.
31. A flash flood is a flood that
a. is caused by heavy rain rather than from the flooding of a river
b. occurs in urban areas
c. occurs suddenly and unexpectedly and for a short duration
d. is caused by the blocking of drains.
32. Absence of normal pattern of rainfall in a region for a extended period of time
is called_________.
a. Deforestation
b. landslide
c. flood
d. drought.
33. Situation in which there is no enough food in an area to feed people is called
a. Famine
b. drought
c. monsoon
d. thunderstorms.
34. If the deficiency of a particular year’s rainfall more than 50 % of normal it is
termed as_______.
a. Onset Of Drought
b. Moderate Drought
c. Severe Drought
d. none of the above.
35. Earthquakes occur most frequently at
a. plate surface
b. plate boundaries
c. plate vacuum
d. ocean beds
