UNIT 1 TEST

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

What is the meaning of ‘Tsunami’?

(a)             Sea waves

(b)             Harbour waves

(c)             Seismic Sea waves

(d)             High energy tidal waves

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

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