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

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  1. cyclones

  2. earthquakes

  3. landslides

  4. tornadoes

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Correct Option: A
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.

DRR stands for ________.

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  1. Disaster Risk and Recovery

  2. Drug Risk Reduction

  3. Disaster Risk Reduction

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
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 tiggers them.

The preparation for disaster management includes ______, 

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  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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Correct Option: E

Who is at the bottom of hierarchy of disaster management in India?

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  1. Prime Minister

  2. District Magistrate

  3. Panchayat Raj

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

India’s hierarchical disaster management structure, it is essential to ensure that measures taken at the local, district, state, and national levels are all integrated and coordinated with one another. As villages, cities and towns are the sites of all disaster management actions, it is even more imperative to ensure that the district, state and national-level programs are properly linked with their everyday processes and activities. On some of the matters the activities must be coordinated at all levels. The Panchayati Raj stays at the lowest most point in the Hierarchy System concerned to the villages and local taalukas.

District Disaster Management Authority works under the _____.

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  1. Governor

  2. Commissioner

  3. District Magistrate

  4. Superintendent of Police

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Chairperson of District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) will be the Collector or District Magistrate or Deputy Commissioner of the district. The elected representative of the area is member of the DDMA as an ex officio co-Chairperson.

To effective disaster management, the government must be ______.

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  1. Repaired

  2. Prepared

  3. Responsible

  4. Neglecting

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Correct Option: B

State Disaster Management Authority is headed by the _____.

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  1. Prime Minister

  2. Governor

  3. Chief Minister

  4. Home Minister

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Correct Option: C

When was the Disaster Management Act introduced?

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  1. 2001

  2. 2005

  3. 2006

  4. 2009

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Disaster Management Act was passed on 23rd December 2005 by the Rajya Sabha. The Act provides for "the effective management of disasters and for matters connected there with or incidental thereto."

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

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  1. Reconstruction and Rehabilitation

  2. Mitigation

  3. Emergency response

  4. All the above

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Correct Option: D

The _____ heads the Block Disaster Management Committee.

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  1. SDO

  2. BDO

  3. DSO

  4. PSO

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

B.  BDO

As the head of the Block administration, Block Development Officer plays a very significant role in the implementation of Disaster Management operations like Preparedness, Prevention and Mitigation. As the main functionary of the Block administration, he will act in the following sectors:

  1. Monitoring of functioning of all kinds of Disaster Management operations in his area and sending report to the Sub Divisional Officer and other higher authorities,
  2. To monitor the functioning of all committees related to Disaster Management at the Panchayat Samity and Gram Panchayat level,
  3. To visit every part of his area and to see that the social assistance measures are promptly, properly & effectively given to disaster victims whenever required and make periodical routine examination/assessment of the socio-economic status of his area,
  4. To make assessment of fund required for infrastructural reconstruction after any disaster,
  5. Will maintain all the accounts of the Disaster Management operations that have to be started during any natural calamity,She/he will prepare Block Disaster Management Plan every year and also revise it from year to year.
  6. She/he will undertake preparedness, mitigation and rehabilitation measurers every year.She/he will keep the Block level India Disaster Resource Network updated every year.
  7. After every calamity, s/he will prepare and send preliminary report in CAII form to the Sub Divisional Officer at once.