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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following volcanoes is known for its most destructive volcanic eruption in recorded history

a)

Mount Kilimanjaro

b)

Mauna Loa

c)

Krakatoa

d)

Mount St Helens

2.

Bhopal Gas Disaster is a kind of

(a)  

3.

What is Ring of Fire?

a)

Belt of volcanoes in the Circum Pacific region

b)

Belt of volcanoes in the mid-continental region

c)

Belt of volcanoes in the mid-atlantic region

4.

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is headed by

a)

Prime Minister of India

b)

President of India

c)

Governor of States

d)

Chief Minister of States

5.

Who is known as the father of modern seismology

a)

Charles Richter

b)

R.D. Oldham

c)

W.M. Davis

d)

None of the above

6.

Volcanoes are generally found where

a)

Intraplates pull apart or are coming together

b)

Tectonic plates pull apart or are coming together

c)

Earth's crust pull apart or are coming together

d)

None of these pull apart or are coming together

7.

Volcanic erupted material when inside the hill/earth/mountain it is called

a)

Lava

b)

Magma

c)

Lahars

d)

None of these

8.

International Tsunami information Center is located in

a)

Honolulu

b)

Goa

c)

Jakarta

d)

Puducherry

9.

Which of the following is not a man-made hazard?

a)

Leakage of Toxic waste

b)

Wars and Civil Strife

c)

Drought

d)

Environmental pollution

10.

United Nations disaster management team are responsible for solving problems resulting from disaster in

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Australia

d)

All continents

11.

The Disaster Management Act was made in

a)

2006

b)

2003

c)

2005

d)

2009

12.

The Richter scale expresses an earthquakes

a)

Magnitude

b)

Location

c)

Duration

d)

Depth

13.

The point of the earth’s surface directly above the point where an earthquake occurs is called the:

a)

Focus

b)

Epicenter

c)

Fracture

d)

Fault

14.

The Bhopal Gas disaster occurred in

(a)  

15.

The instrument which records earthquake wave is called

(a)