UNIT 1 TEST

1.     How much area is covered under the flood according to National Flood Commission?

•     30 million Hectares

•     40 million Hectares

•    50 million Hectares

•    60 million Hectares

Where did the seismic waves record for the first time on the earth surface?

• Focus

• Epicentre

• Hypocentre

•   Seismograph

Which of the following is/are interrelated with each other?

(a)   Hyogo Framework & ISDR

(b)   Hyogo Framework & the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

(c)   Hyogo Framework & Bonn Convention

(d)   Hyogo Framework & Basel Convention

•         A, B, C & C

        

• B &C Only

       

•   A & B Only

           

• A, B & C Only

Which of the following formula is/are correct?

(a)             Risk= Disaster * Vulnerability

(b)             Risk= Hazard * Vulnerability

(c)             Vulnerability is the subset of Resilience

Resilience is the subset of the Vulnerability

•            B Only

      

• B & C only

          

• A Only

      

•   B, C & D Only

Which of the following approach of vulnerability analysis was not categorised by Wisner?

•      Techno-centric Approach

         

• Target group Approach

     

•   Situational or community-based Approach

•     Social Approach

Which of the following was the deadliest volcano in the history on the basis of number of deaths?

• Mount. Etna Italy

•       Laki (Lakagigar) Volcano, Iceland

•    Kelut, Indonesia

•   Tambora, Indonesia

Which of the following is/are correct?

(a)   Phreatomagmatic type eruption known as ‘Hydrovolcanic eruption’.

(b)   Magma and water mixed in Phreatomagmatic eruption.

(c)   Only water or steam comes out in Phreatic eruption.

(d)   Surtseyan Eruption in Iceland is a type of Phreatomagmatic eruption.

•    A, B & C only

            

• B, C & D only

         

• A, B & D only

• A, B, C & D

What is the meaning of ‘Tsunami’?

(a)             Sea waves

(b)             Harbour waves

(c)             Seismic Sea waves

(d)             High energy tidal waves

•         A, B, & C only

      

• A, B, C, & D only

    

•       C only

     

•    B, C, & D only

Formerly known as the National Centre for Disaster Management (NCDM)?

•   National Institute of Disaster Management {NIDM}

•           Special Centre for Disaster Research {SCDR}

          

• Excellence Centre for Disaster Management {ECDM}

•        National Centre for Disaster Risk Management {NCDRM}

     Disaster Research Centre was founded by the scholars of which discipline?

          

•    Disasterology

          

•   Geology

        

•    Defence Studies

        

• Sociology