Q. Volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, droughts, floods, cyclones and soil erosion are known as
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
Both of them
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Q. National Institute of Disaster Management, India Earth sumit at Rio de Janeiro was established at
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
Rio de Janeiro
Q. World conference on Disaster Management at Yokohama was established in
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
1994
Q. A set of rules and conventions that provides explanations to all problems is known as
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
Paradigm
Q. Which one of the following states receive floods in the winter?
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
Tamil Nadu
Q. Natural disasters are
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
Relatively sudden and cause large scale disaster in comparison to hazard.
Q. What was the main cause of latter Earthquakes?
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
Northward drifting of Indian Plate
Q. World conference on Disaster Management at Yokohama was established in
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
1994
Q. According to WHO, the number of countries and territories affected by
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
218
Q. What was the cause of the Koyna Earthquake?
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
Hydraulic Pressure in Koyna reservoir
Q. The issue of damages caused by the natural disasters was raised at
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
U.N. General Assembly
Q. Where International Tsunami information center is located?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
Honolulu
Q. When a mass of earth saturated with water slides down a hill slope it is called:
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
Landslide
Q. The two atom bombs in World war II has been dropped on which of the following:
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan
Q. What was the main cause of lattur Earthquakes?
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
Northward drifting of Indian Plate.
Q. What is the range of the intensity scale used in measuring earthquakes?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
1 to 12
Q. When the situation of hazard arise?
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
When there is a threat to the consequences of the disaster
Q. How many numbers of different activities are defined under disaster management?
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
6
Q. Who among these govern/ head the National Crisis Management Committee?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
Cabinet Secretary
Q. Which of the following is an example of a terrestrial natural disaster?
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
Landslide
Q. National Disaster Management Authority is headed by
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
the Prime Minister.
Q. Which one of the following states of India experiences floods frequently?
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
Assam
Q. In which one of the following districts of Uttaranchal did Malpa Landslide disaster take place?
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
Pithoragarh
Q. Which one of the following states receives floods in the winter months?
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
Tamil Nadu
Q. In which of the following rivers is the Majuli River Island situated?
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
Brahmaputra
Q. Under which type of natural hazards do blizzards come?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
Atmospheric
Q. In how many regions has India been divided on the basis of proneness to earthquake?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
Five Regions
Q. From the point of view of earthquake, which areas of India are most vulnerable?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
Northern Himalayas and Kachchh
Q. Natural calamities which cause heavy loss to life and property are called:
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
Disaster
Q. The center of the cyclone is mostly a warm and low-pressure, cloudless core known as:
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
Eye of the storm
Q. Which regions have highest number of landslides?
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
Mountainous regions
Q. Natural changes which have side effects on human life are called:
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
Natural Hazards
Q. International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) was declared in
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
1990-2000
Q. The river valley project has been constructed to check floods in India is
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
Damodar Valley Corporation.
Q. Debris flow that originates on the slope of a volcano is known as
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
Lahar
Q. What was the cause of Koyna Earthquake?
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
Hydraulic Pressure in Koyna reservoir.
Q. The mass movement of rock, debris or earth down a slope is referred to as:
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
landslide
Q. Which option refer to as Ring of Fire?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
Area encircling the pacific ocean named as Circum-Pacific Belt
Q. Which of the following is the most damaged MSK IX risk zone in the context of an earthquake?
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
North eastern states
Q. In which year largest cyclone-hit Andhra Pradesh displaced 63,40,000 people?
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
1990
Q. The extreme risk zone during a volcanic eruption is
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
At a distance Upto 100 Mtrs
Q. What is the rank of India in the world for natural disasters after China as per UNISDR?
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
Second
Q. Which of the following is not a earthquake prone area?
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
East Coast
Q. Which of the following is not a landslide-prone area?
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
Aravali regions in Rajasthan
Q. Which one of the following states receives floods in the winter?
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
Tamil Nadu
Q. Proportion of the country’s total area identified as drought prone is:
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
30%
Q. Which of the following types of volcanic eruptions associated with Lacroix?
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
All of the above
Q. Natural removal of soil and rocks from slopes is called
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
Mass wasting
Q. On the Bay of Bengal cyclones mostly develop during
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
October and November
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