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Disaster can be classified into _____ types. 

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  1. 2

  2. 3

  3. 4

  4. 5

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Correct Option: A

Who is the head of the National Disaster Management Authority?

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  1. Chief Minister

  2. President

  3. Collector

  4. Prime Minister

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

National Disaster Management Authority has been constituted with the Prime Minister of India as its Chairman, a Vice Chairman with the status of Cabinet Minister, and eight members with the status of Ministers of State.

_______ is an event resulting in great loss and misfortune caused by both natural and man-made phenomena.

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  1. Calamity

  2. Disaster

  3. Catastrophe

  4. Tragedy

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Correct Option: B

People who live together in a village or urban areas which can be identified as a local group with a common way of life.

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  1. First responders

  2. Family

  3. Community

  4. League

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Correct Option: C

A phenomenon which may cause injury or loss of life, damage to property, economic disruption.

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  1. Hazards

  2. Disaster

  3. Calamity

  4. Catastrophe

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Correct Option: A

Disaster management cycle includes stages namely preparation, _____.

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  1. response

  2. recovery

  3. mitigation

  4. all of these

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The four phases of disaster: 

  1. mitigation 
  2. preparedness
  3. response
  4. recovery.


Disaster management involves ______ measures.

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  1. Planning

  2. Organizing

  3. Coordinating

  4. Implementing

  5. All of these

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Correct Option: E

Which out of these is an example of man-made disaster?

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  1. Volcanic eruption

  2. Tsunami

  3. Industrial hazard

  4. Earthquake

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Manmade disasters: These can be divided into different categories and they include technological hazards, sociological hazards and transportation hazards among others.

Some types of manmade disasters which are just as catastrophic include chemical spill, oil spill, arson and terrorism. There are also some technological hazards which include power outages structural collapse, industrial hazards and fire. In cases of the last example, thousands of kilometers of land can be destroyed and anything else that is in the wake of the fires path.

Which out of these is an example of natural disaster?

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  1. Industrial fire

  2. Volcanic eruption

  3. Vehicular accident

  4. Building collapse

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Correct Option: B

Why India is prone natural disasters?

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  1. Due to its geological set up

  2. Due to its proximity to Himalaya

  3. Due to seasonal weathers

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A. Due to its geological set up.

India, due to its, physio-graphic and climatic conditions is one of the most disaster prone areas of the world. It is vulnerable to windstorms from both the Arabian Seaand Bay of Bengal. There are active crustal movements in the Himalaya leading to earthquakes. About 58.7 % of the toatal land mass is prone to earthquake of moderate to very high intensity. Floods brought about by heavy rain and drought in arid and semi arid areas. About 12 % of the o f the total land mass is flood prone and 68 % of the arable land is vulnerable to drought. The Western region of the country is represented by the Thar Desert and the central India by the Deccan Plateau face recurring droughts due to acute shortage of rainfall. India has increasingly become vulnerable to Tsunamis since the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. India has a coastline running 7600 km long.