Disaster Management

First phase in disaster management cycle

• Recovery

• Preparedness

• Mitigation

• Response

Which one among the following is a biological hazard?

• Earthquake

• Storm

• Flood

• Covid-19

The susceptibility to damage or harm caused by a hazard

• Risk

• Vulnerability

• Capacity

• Resilience

Smallest unit of preparedness analysis

• Family

• Individual

• Society

• Government

National Disaster Management Act was passed in...

• 2001

• 2003

• 2005

• 2009

National Institute of Disaster Management is at

• Dehradun

• Bangalore

• Chennai

• New Delhi

Present Home Secretary of India

• Nirmala Sitaraman

• Ajay Kumar Bhalla

• Prakash Javadekar

• Nitin Gadkari

A geophysicist who studies earthquakes and the mechanical characteristics of the Earth is called ___________.

• Seismologist

• Geologist

• Geographer

• Archaeologist

What causes Tsunami?

• Sudden vertical movement of the Earth

• Convergence of destructive plates in the ocean floor

• Explosive volcanic eruptions in the seas/oceans.

• All of the above

The chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority

• Minister of Human Resource Development

• Home minister

• Prime Minister

• President