Disaster Management

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is headed by

• President of India

• PM of India

• CM of States

• Governor of States

Effective hazard management largely depends on

• Govt. agencies

• Emergency responses

• Pre-disaster planning

• NGOs

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

• capacity

• vulnerability

• risk

• hazard assessment

Risk is the product of

• capacity & vulnerability

• vulnerability & likelihood

• likelihood & cost

• cost & capacity

Relationship between disaster return period (T) and probability (P) of disaster occurance

• P=1/T

• P=T

• T/P=1

• P & T not related

Vulnerability analysis comes in which part of the Disaster Management Cycle

• mitigation

• preparedness

• response

• recovery

Which of the following is not a component of disaster management cycle?

• response

• recovery

• preparedness

• construction

If the impact of disaster (A) on an area is twice as important as disaster (B), then calculate the net risk, provided the vulnerability score for the area due to both the disasters is 80.

• 80

• 160

• 240

• 320

The combination of all the strengths, attributes and resources available within a community, society or organization that can be used to achieve agreed goals is called

• risk reduction

• recovery

• preparedness

• capacity

The characteristics and circumstances of a community, system or asset that make it susceptible to the damaging effects of a hazard.

• resilience

• vulnerability

• mitigation

• risk