- Most Tsunami’s occur in ?
(1) Mediterranean Sea
(2) Indian Ocean
(3) Atlantic Ocean
(4) Pacific Ocean
- Vice-Chairman of National Disaster Management Authority is ?
(1) C. Raj Narsimha
(2) N. Raghuveera Reddy
(3) N. Kiran Kumar Reddy
(4) M. Shahsidhar Reddy
- Author of the recently published book Natural Hazards and Disaster Management is ?
(1) Ranjan Basu
(2) Kalyan Sarkar
(3) Satyesh Chakraborthy
(4) Chandan Surabhi Das
- National Disaster Management Act created ?
(1) National Disaster Authority
(2) National Institute of Disaster Management
(3) National Disaster Response Force Authority
(4) All the above
- Movement Magnitude Scale replaced Richter Scale by Tom Hanks and Hiroo Kanamori in the year ?
(1) 1979
(2) 1978
(3) 1977
(4) 1976
- Which one of the following was a major earth tremor ?
(1) Chile, May 1960
(2) Alaska, May 1964
(3) Japan, March 2011
(4) All the above
- Who suffers maximum when drought comes ?
(1) Children
(2) Women
(3) Young men
(4) Old men
- The impact of disasters can be greatly reduced by ?
(1) Better planning
(2) Better preparedness awareness
(3) Better mitigation measures
(4) All the above
- What percent of Indian land is prone to floods ?
(1) About 22%
(2) About 20%
(3) About 18%
(4) About 12%
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- According to World Disasters Report of 2010, during 2000-09, 85% of affected people belonged to ?
(1) Asia Pacific Region
(2) North Asian Region
(3) South Asian Region
(4) West Asian Region
Answer
1) d
2) d
3) c
4) d
5) a
6) d
7) a
8) d
9) d
10) a