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Natural Hazards and Disasters

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Natural hazards and disasters involve the study of extreme natural events like earthquakes, floods, and cyclones, alongside their management and mitigation strategies. This geography and environmental studies topic is heavily tested in civil services and state public service examinations. Use these questions to prepare for inquiries on disaster response, community recovery, and tremor causes.

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Natural Hazards and Disasters Questions

Multiple choice geography for a safer future disaster and management disaster management and precautionary measures disaster management: responding to disasters man made disaster tsunami and floods

Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Odisha often face natural disasters due to _________.

  1. cyclones

  2. earthquakes

  3. landslides

  4. tornadoes
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Cyclones,

Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Orissa often face natural disasters due to Cyclones. India is highly vulnerable to natural hazards especially earthquakes, floods, drought, cyclones and landslides. Four States (Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal) and one UT (Pondicherry) on the East Coast and One State (Gujarat) on the West Coast are more vulnerable to cyclone disasters.

Multiple choice geography for a safer future disaster and management disaster management and precautionary measures disaster management: responding to disasters man made disaster tsunami and floods

The preparation for disaster management includes ______, 

  1. Strengthening of basic information

  2. Identifying disaster-prone local areas

  3. Prepare schemes to deal with disasters

  4. Involvement of local people

  5. All of the above mentioned
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E Correct answer
Explanation

Disaster management preparation is a comprehensive process that requires information, identification of risks, planning, and community involvement.

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To effective disaster management, the government must be ______.

  1. Repaired

  2. Prepared

  3. Responsible

  4. Neglecting
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Preparedness is the cornerstone of effective disaster management, as it allows for a faster and more organized response when a disaster occurs.

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Which of the following activities is covered by Disaster Management before, during and after a disaster?  

  1. Reconstruction and Rehabilitation

  2. Mitigation

  3. Emergency response

  4. All the above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Disaster management is a cycle that includes mitigation (before), emergency response (during), and reconstruction/rehabilitation (after).

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Natural disasters such as _____ usually occur without warning.

  1. Earthquakes

  2. Fires

  3. Terrorist attacks etc

  4. All of these
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A Correct answer
Explanation

A.  Earthquakes

An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth, resulting from the sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can be violent enough to toss people around and destroy whole cities. The seismicity or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency, type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time. In modern popular culture, the portrayal of earthquakes is shaped by the memory of great cities laid waste, such as Kobe in 1995 or San Francisco in 1906.Fictional earthquakes tend to strike suddenly and without warning

Multiple choice geography for a safer future disaster and management disaster management and precautionary measures disaster management: responding to disasters man made disaster tsunami and floods

Generation of disaster warning is a _____ effort.

  1. Multi-institutional

  2. Organisational

  3. Multi-branded

  4. None of these
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Generation of disaster warning is a multi-institutional effort, which has direct application in disaster mitigation and management, urban development, planning, design and construction, and risk assessment to existing life and property, defense installations, heavy industry and public utilities and services, etc. During the last few years’ efforts have been made to take up microzonation studies for Delhi, Guwahati, Sikkim and Bangalore

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The recovery from the disaster includes ______, 

  1. Providing temporary housing

  2. Medical care facilities

  3. Rehabilitation, reconstruction etc

  4. All of these
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Recovery is the phase after a disaster that aims to restore normal life, which includes housing, medical care, and rebuilding infrastructure.

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The financial losses incurred as a result of Hurricane Betsy led to the creation of which of the following ?

  1. The National Civil Defense Administration

  2. The Department of Homeland Security

  3. The National Flood Insurance Program

  4. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Hurricane Betsy was an intense and destructive tropical cyclone that brought widespread damage to areas of Florida and the Central United States Gulf Coast in September 1965. Hurricane Betsy was the first natural disaster to generate more than a billion dollars in damages. At that time there was no standardized floodplain management strategy throughout the country and flood insurance was not widely available through private companies.Hurricane Betsy was the final push for the creation of national flood legislation. The implementation of the National Flood Insurance Program was intended to make flood insurance more affordable, but also to manage development in floodplains.

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Which of the following is the correct order of the aspects of disaster management ?

  1. Management, response, recovery, preparedness

  2. Response, recovery, preparedness, management

  3. Preparation, response, recovery, management

  4. Recovery, response, preparedness, management
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The  phases of disaster management planning are Preparation, Response and Recovery, Management.  The preparation phase is centred around arranging or developing a plan to approach events after the incident crops up. Activities are tailored to minimize the damage disaster causes, improving response operations on institutional and individual levels. Unlike prevention and preparation phase, response is undertaken during a disaster situation. The aim of the response procedures is to save lives, reduce victim's suffering and alleviate economical losses. Crucial for this phase is the implementation of the plans formulated and prepared prior to the event in the preparation phase. During a recovery phase, which takes place after an incident had occurred, affected community is assisted in restoration of concerned area. Disaster management forces can help by removing people and property from a threatened location and by facilitating timely and effective rescue, relief and rehabilitation at the place of disaster thereby reducing loss of property, protecting people and reducing trauma among people.

Multiple choice geography for a safer future disaster and management disaster management and precautionary measures disaster management: responding to disasters man made disaster tsunami and floods

What is the full form of DRR?

  1. Disaster Risk Reduction

  2. Deficit Risk Reduction

  3. Disaster Reduced Risk

  4. Drug Rehabilitation Risk
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A Correct answer
Explanation

DRR stands for Disaster Risk Reduction, which refers to policies and practices designed to minimize vulnerabilities and disaster risks.

Multiple choice geography for a safer future disaster and management disaster management and precautionary measures disaster management: responding to disasters man made disaster tsunami and floods

All activities that reduce the impact of the disaster are called ______ activities.

  1. preparation

  2. mitigation

  3. agitation

  4. creation
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Mitigation activities are those taken to reduce the severity or impact of a disaster, such as building flood defenses or earthquake-resistant structures.

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1. Creation of plans through which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters is called disaster management.

2. Measures that eliminate or reduce the impacts and risks of hazards is called disaster mitigation.

    Which of the above statements are true?

  1. Only A

  2. Only B

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Among the given statements, both A and B are true. Disaster management is to survive through disaster with various measures like making use of technology to save causalities, making use of proper medical facility etc. Disaster mitigation is nothing but reducing the effect of disaster. It is more of a preplanning. It involves shifting of people to safe areas etc.

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Warning systems is included in which of the following steps of disaster management?

  1. Recovery

  2. Rehabilitation

  3. Preparedness

  4. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The goal of emergency preparedness programs is to achieve a satisfactory level of readiness to respond to any emergency situation through programs that strengthen the technical and managerial capacity of governments, organizations, and communities. Preparedness measures include preparedness plans; emergency exercises/training; warning systems; emergency communications systems; evacuations plans and training; and public information/education.

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Man made disaster is____________.

  1. Drought

  2. Flood

  3. Landslide

  4. Road accident
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D Correct answer
Explanation

A man-made disaster is caused by human action or negligence, such as a road accident. Drought, floods, and landslides are generally classified as natural disasters.

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The activity that involves immediate assistance, continuing assistance and restoration of infrastructure.

  1. Preparedness

  2. Response

  3. Recovery

  4. Mitigation
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The response phase of emergency management involves immediate assistance, relief operations, and initial restoration of critical infrastructure. Mitigation aims to prevent hazards, preparedness focuses on planning, and recovery involves long-term rebuilding.