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Multiple choice geography traffic education traffic and road safety natural hazards : understanding of disaster, management in practice man-made disasters

Petitions in the US and UK have declared which state as a state sponsor of terrorism?

  1. Iran

  2. Iraq

  3. Afghanistan

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

An online White House petition seeking to designate Pakistan a state sponsor of terrorism has gained a record half a million signatures, five times the number needed to get a response from the Obama Administration.
Petition was created on Sept 21 by a person with the initials RG and needs 100000 signatures in 30 days to get a response form the White House.

Multiple choice geography traffic education traffic and road safety natural hazards : understanding of disaster, management in practice man-made disasters

US has added which militant outfit to its list of global terrorists?

  1. Jamaat-ur-Ahrar

  2. Jaish-e-Mohammad

  3. Hizbul Mujahideen

  4. Students Islamic Movement of India
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

US has added the Pakistani militant outfit Jamaat-ur-Ahrar to its global terrorists list, stepping up sanctions against a group which has attacked people many times. It is a splinter faction of the Pakistani Taliban movement which declared loyalty to Islamic States leadership in Middle East.

  • Designation announced by the US State department means those who support the terrorist group could have their assets frozen by the US government
  • Pakistan has also cracked down on movements targeting its own citizens and institutions including the Pakistani Taliban who are fighting to topple the Nawaz Sharif government.

Multiple choice geography traffic education traffic and road safety natural hazards : understanding of disaster, management in practice man-made disasters

Disasters frequently result in all of the following except __________.

  1. Damage to the ecological environment

  2. Displacement of populations

  3. Destruction of a population's homeland

  4. Sustained public attention during the recovery phase
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The natural and man-made disasters have adversely affected the flora(plants) and fauna(animals) of the Earth. These disasters have resulted in a massive loss of life and the environment.  The time and cost overrun in some cases have been enormous but their indirect impact on our economy is far-reaching. Disasters can be defined as a sudden, accidental event of great magnitude that causes considerable damage to life and property. 

For example leakage of toxic chemicals from the industries or nuclear attack or leakage from the nuclear reactors have resulted in both short-term and long-term effects on the environment and human health. 
The environmental effect being damage to the natural cycle, water and soil also remain polluted for a long time. Impact on human being health includes genetic imbalances in humans and its impact on a future generation. Moreover, the man-made disaster results in the destruction of property of the population and also displacement of population, as the affected population is compelled to leave their inhabited place.

Multiple choice geography traffic education traffic and road safety natural hazards : understanding of disaster, management in practice man-made disasters

Embankments or strengthening of the embankments is a ____________.

  1. Structural measure of mitigation

  2. Non-structural measure of mitigation

  3. Early warning system

  4. Recovery
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A Correct answer
Explanation

A sudden accident or a natural catastrophe that causes great damage or loss of life and property is called a disaster. It can be natural like earth quakes, tsunami, floods etc and artificial disasters like terrorist attack etc. Structural measures are any physical construction to reduce or avoid possible impacts of hazards by the application of engineering techniques or technology. For example construction of dams and embankments to control floods.

Multiple choice geography traffic education traffic and road safety natural hazards : understanding of disaster, management in practice man-made disasters

The structural measures of mitigation includes ______________.

  1. Designing electrical power systems to withstand weather and earthquake

  2. Enforcing strict building codes

  3. Seismic resistant designs of buildings

  4. Retrofitting public buildings to withstand

  5. All of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

A sudden accident or a natural catastrophe that causes great damage or loss of life and property is called a disaster. It can be natural like earth quakes, tsunami, floods etc and artificial disasters like terrorist attack etc. Structural measures are any physical construction to reduce or avoid possible impacts of hazards by the application of engineering techniques or technology. For example construction of dams and embankments to control floods, designing electrical power systems to withstand weather and earthquake, enforcing strict building codes to maintain minimum loss in case of collapse during earthquake, seismic resistant designs of buildings, retrofitting public buildings to withstand which is renovation to resist disaster etc.

Multiple choice geography traffic education traffic and road safety natural hazards : understanding of disaster, management in practice man-made disasters

Which are the important aspects of Disaster Risk Reduction?

  1. Mitigation

  2. Early warning system

  3. Disaster preparedness

  4. Recovery

  5. All of these
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E Correct answer
Explanation

A sudden accident or a natural catastrophe that causes great damage or loss of life and property is called a disaster. It can be natural like earth quakes, tsunami, floods etc and artificial disasters like terrorist attack etc. The impact of disaster depends on the precautions we take to save our lives and our environment. The important aspects of disaster risk reduction are mitigation which is to reduce the effect of disaster for example, construction of wooden houses instead of concrete in disaster prone countries like Japan, early warning system establishment, disaster preparedness and recovery by providing proper health and rehabilitation facilities.

Multiple choice geography traffic education traffic and road safety natural hazards : understanding of disaster, management in practice man-made disasters

What is meant by structural measures of disaster risk reduction?

  1. Any physical construction to reduce impact

  2. Any non-physical work

  3. A plan

  4. None of these
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A Correct answer
Explanation

A sudden accident or a natural catastrophe that causes great damage or loss of life and property is called a disaster. It can be natural like earth quakes, tsunami, floods etc and artificial disasters like terrorist attack etc. Structural measures are any physical construction to reduce or avoid possible impacts of hazards by the application of engineering techniques or technology. For example construction of dams and embankments to control floods.

Multiple choice geography traffic education traffic and road safety natural hazards : understanding of disaster, management in practice man-made disasters

The impact of _____ depends on the precautions we take to save our lives and our environment.

  1. Disaster

  2. Accident

  3. Mishap

  4. Crash
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A Correct answer
Explanation

A sudden accident or a natural catastrophe that causes great damage or loss of life and property is called a disaster. It can be natural like earth quakes, tsunami, floods etc and artificial disasters like terrorist attack etc. The impact of disaster depends on the precautions we take to save our lives and our environment.

Multiple choice social science traffic education traffic and road safety natural hazards : understanding of disaster, management in practice man-made disasters

These things should be done if a road accident occurs _________________.

  1. Call for an ambulance

  2. Provide medical assistance to the injured people

  3. Inform the police about it.

  4. All of these.
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D Correct answer
Explanation

In the event of a road accident, it is standard safety protocol to call for emergency medical help, assist the injured if possible, and notify the authorities. All these actions are essential for managing the situation effectively.

Multiple choice geography traffic education traffic and road safety natural hazards : understanding of disaster, management in practice man-made disasters

India and which country will proactively engage with one another on combating terror outfit ISIS?

  1. Malaysia

  2. Indonesia

  3. Pakistan

  4. Afghanistan
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Following deadly attacks by ISIS in Nice and Istanbul, India and Malaysia have agreed to engage with one another on combating the threat posed by the global terrorist organisation.

  • These countries are democratic and oppose the terror groups which are attracting youngsters with extremist ideology
  • MoU on combating transnational crime between Malaysia and India is also being finalised.