WorksheetsDISASTER MANAGEMENT
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of the following volcanoes is known for its most destructive volcanic eruption in recorded history
Mount Kilimanjaro
Mauna Loa
Krakatoa
Mount St Helens
Bhopal Gas Disaster is a kind of
(a)
What is Ring of Fire?
Belt of volcanoes in the Circum Pacific region
Belt of volcanoes in the mid-continental region
Belt of volcanoes in the mid-atlantic region
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is headed by
Prime Minister of India
President of India
Governor of States
Chief Minister of States
Who is known as the father of modern seismology
Charles Richter
R.D. Oldham
W.M. Davis
None of the above
Volcanoes are generally found where
Intraplates pull apart or are coming together
Tectonic plates pull apart or are coming together
Earth's crust pull apart or are coming together
None of these pull apart or are coming together
Volcanic erupted material when inside the hill/earth/mountain it is called
Lava
Magma
Lahars
None of these
International Tsunami information Center is located in
Honolulu
Goa
Jakarta
Puducherry
Which of the following is not a man-made hazard?
Leakage of Toxic waste
Wars and Civil Strife
Drought
Environmental pollution
United Nations disaster management team are responsible for solving problems resulting from disaster in
Asia
Africa
Australia
All continents
The Disaster Management Act was made in
2006
2003
2005
2009
The Richter scale expresses an earthquakes
Magnitude
Location
Duration
Depth
The point of the earth’s surface directly above the point where an earthquake occurs is called the:
Focus
Epicenter
Fracture
Fault
The Bhopal Gas disaster occurred in
(a)
The instrument which records earthquake wave is called
(a)
