Geography · Environmental Studies

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 civics road safety rules and regulations road safety education general awareness road safety

Disaster occurring due to human mistake________.

  1. Drought

  2. Flood

  3. Landslide

  4. Road accident
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Droughts, floods, and landslides are generally classified as natural disasters, although human activity can exacerbate them. A road accident is a direct result of human error or mechanical failure, making it a man-made disaster.

Multiple choice physics electric charges and fields conductors and insulators introduction to electrostatics electricity

Earthing is provided in buildings to protect it form

  1. lightning

  2. leakage of electric current

  3. cyclone

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

Earthing means to connect electrical system to earth or soil in such a manner as it ensures an immediate discharge of electrical energy night out any danger. it is essentially done to product the building from any miss happening.

Multiple choice elements of accounts applications of computers in accounting introduction to computer and accounting information system meaning of computerised accounting system application of computerised accounting system

What is a detailed process for recovering information or an IT system in the event of a catastrophic disaster such as a fire or flood?

  1. Disaster recovery plan

  2. Hot site

  3. Cold site

  4. Disaster recovery cost curve
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A disaster recovery plan is a structured approach that describes how an organization can quickly resume work after an unplanned incident.

Multiple choice geography disaster management: responding to disasters hazards and types of hazards introduction to disaster hazards

A ______ is an event which causes enormous physical damage to property, huge loss of life and drastic change in the environment.

  1. mishap

  2. hazard

  3. disaster

  4. accident
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

A Disaster is an event which causes enormous physical damage to property, huge loss of life and drastic change in the environment. The economic, social and cultural life of the people is affected and they need external help for food, shelter, medicine, financial and social support to overcome the disaster. Disaster is classified according to the origin as natural and man-made Disaster.

Multiple choice geography disaster management: responding to disasters hazards and types of hazards introduction to disaster hazards

Which of the following is not an example of natural disaster?

  1. Floods

  2. Earthquake

  3. Terrorist attack

  4. Tsunami
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Terrorism is the unlawful use of force or violence by a person or group. The goal is to intimidate or coerce societies or governments in an effort to promote political or ideological beliefs. These attacks can take many forms, and could happen at any time in any place. Terrorists typically exploit vulnerabilities, and may use technology, hazardous materials, biological agents or other methods to create devastating disruptions to the community.

Multiple choice geography hazards hazards and types of hazards introduction to disaster natural disasters and hazards

Systematic approach to identifying, assessing and reducing the risks of disaster is called ________.

  1. Biodiversity conservation

  2. Environmental protection

  3. Disaster Risk Reduction

  4. Globalisation
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

'Disaster risk reduction (DRR) is a systematic approach to identifying, assessing and reducing the risks of disaster. It aims to reduce socio-economic vulnerabilities to disaster as well as dealing with the environmental and other hazards that trigger them. DRR is very wide-ranging. Its scope is much broader and deeper than conventional emergency management.