- What is cyclone ?
(1) A low pressure system with clockwise winds in the northern hemisphere
(2) A high pressure system with anticlockwise winds in the northern hemisphere
(3) A low pressure system with anticlockwise winds in the northern hemisphere
(4) A high pressure system with clockwise winds in the northern hemisphere
- The National day for disaster reduction is ?
(1) 28th October
(2) 29th October
(3) 30th October
(4) 31st October
- Unpleasant impact of cyclones ?
(1) Infrastructrual damage
(2) Landslides
(3) Power disruption
(4) All the above
- Which one of the following is running training programmes on Disaster Management ?
(1) National Police Academy
(2) Forest Research Instute
(3) National Institute of Nutrition
(4) National Fire Fighting Academy
- Disaster Management covers ?
(1) Mitigation
(2) Rehabilitation
(3) Relief
(4) All the above
- On what date an off shore earthquake triggered a tsunami that killed 19,000 people along Japan’s north-eastern coast ?
(1) 11-03-2011
(2) 10-03-2010
(3) 12-03-2010
(4) 09-02-2011
- The word CYCLONE is dervied from the Greek word CYCLOS meaning ?
(1) Cyclone
(2) Coils of snake
(3) Circular
(4) Lower
- Which of the following institutions, conducted programme for the officers of Tehri Hydro Development Corporation on the basics of Disaster Management in January 2012 ?
(1) National Institute of Rural Development
(2) National Disaster Management Authority
(3) Indian Institute of Public Administration
(4) National Civil Defence College
- Floods account for_______of the world’s disasters ?
(1) 20%
(2) 30%
(3) 35%
(4) 40%
- A four-day international seminar on population, development and disaster management was organised in the first part of February, 2012 by ?
(1) Tripura University
(2) Mizoram University
(3) Guwahati Universioty
(4) Nagaland University
Answer
1) b
2) b
3) d
4) d
5) d
6) a
7) b
8) c
9) b
10) a