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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Can we prevent natural disasters?
a)
Yes
b)
No
2.

What is a natural disaster?

a)

A red letter day

b)

A bad thing caused by a bad person

c)

An event that causes suffering brought on by nature

d)

An event that causes suffering brought on by an enemy

3.

What are some natural disasters?

a)

A war

b)

hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, tsunamis, and rain

c)

hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, tsunamis, and volcanoes

d)

A very bad day

4.

Where is a safe place to be during an earthquake?

a)

Outside

b)

On the roof of your house

c)

In a bathtub

d)

In a doorway

5.

What are giant ocean-going waves that are caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruptions called?

a)

Tsunamis

b)

Earthquake

c)

Tornadoes

d)

Hurricanes

6.

What is the device called that uses special weights and magnetic fields to measure the movement of the ground?

a)

Barometer

b)

Speedometer

c)

Seismograph

d)

Telegraph

7.

What is the Richter Scale?

a)

A system of measuring the wind

b)

A system of measuring the depth of the ocean

c)

A system of measuring the height of volcanoes

d)

A system of measuring the strength of earthquakes

8.

Who invented the Richter Scale?

a)

Charles Richter

b)

Richard RIchter

c)

Robert Richter

d)

Charlene Richter

9.
A natural hazard occurs when natural physical processes become...
a)
dormant and inactive.
b)
extreme and unpredictable.
c)
scary!
d)
faster than usual. 
10.

What is the molten rock inside a volcano called?

a)

lava

b)

magma

c)

metamorphic

11.
The act of being ready for something; the state of being prepared.
a)
Preparedness
b)
Recovery
c)
Mitigation
d)
Disaster 
12.

What is this?

a)

Earthquake

b)

Flood

c)

Fire fighter

d)

Wildfire

13.

What is this?

a)

Flood

b)

Earthquake

c)

Tsunami

d)

Windstorm

14.

What is this natural disaster?

a)

Landslide

b)

Windstorm

c)

Tsunami

d)

Flood

15.

What is this?

a)

Flood

b)

Global warming

c)

Wildfire

d)

Tsunami

16.

Catastrophic events caused by nature that changes the Earth's surface.

a)

Natural Resources

b)

Natural Disaster

c)

Natural selection

d)

Natural weather

17.

Gas tragedy of Union Carbide happened in which city.

a)

Mumbai

b)

Banglore

c)

Chennai

d)

Bhopal

18.

Which is a man made disaster

a)

Weapons

b)

Flood

c)

Cyclone

d)

Volcana

19.

Which is a natural disaster

a)

Riots

b)

earthquake

c)

Terrorist attack.

d)

Bio weapon

20.

26/11 attack happened in which hotel

a)

Regenz

b)

Lemontree

c)

Taj

d)

Hyatt

21.

What is the full form of W.H.O

a)

Novel Corona Virus

b)

World health organization

c)

World heavyweight organization

d)

World home order

22.

Which one among the following is a biological hazard?

a)

Earthquake

b)

Storm

c)

Flood

d)

Covid-19

23.

National Disaster Management Act was passed in...

a)

2001

b)

2003

c)

2005

d)

2009

24.

National Institute of Disaster Management is at

a)

Dehradun

b)

Bangalore

c)

Chennai

d)

New Delhi

25.

The chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority

a)

Minister of Human Resource Development

b)

Home minister

c)

Prime Minister

d)

President