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

How many people die daily in Tamil Nadu due to road accidents?

  1. 43

  2. 34

  3. 50

  4. 20
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

While on an average 17 people die every hour in India, the death rate is about two every hour on Tamil Nadu's deadly roads. As many as 43 people die every day in road mishaps in the state, which also retained the dubious honour of having been host to the most number of accidents in all the states in the country.  The total number of people killed in 2015 in TN was 15,642, up from 15,176 in 2014.

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

What is practiced to reduce the impacts of disaster?

  1. Mitigation

  2. Legislation

  3. Utilisation

  4. Civilization
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
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 important aspect of disaster risk reduction is mitigation which is to reduce the effect of disaster for example, construction of wooden houses instead of concrete in disaster prone countries like Japan.

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

US and which Asian country have agreed to deepen cooperation in counter terrorism?

  1. Pakistan

  2. India

  3. Afghanistan

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

US and Bangladesh have agreed to deepen cooperation in counter terrorism via capacity enhancement and this formed the basis of the fifth partnership dialogue between the two countries

  • Partnership Dialogue was established in 2012.
  • It is a regular consultation to advance common agenda and opportunities for cooperation through regional and bilateral issues.

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

UNISDR full form is ____________.

  1. United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

  2. Universal Nations International Service for Disaster Reduction

  3. Unlimited National-International Source for Distraction Rules

  4. United National Intensive Strategy for Disease Reduction
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

UNISDR Stands for United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction. It was created in the year December 1999. It was established with goals to implement Strategies for Disaster Reduction. It is a part of the United Nations Secretariat.

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

Without _____, the training and evacuation methods can be irrelevant.

  1. Non-structural measures of mitigation

  2. Structural measures of mitigation

  3. Early warning system

  4. Recovery from the disaster
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C 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. One such precaution is early warning system. It provides information regarding disaster before hand and provides ample time to move people from disaster prone areas to safety. Without early warning system the training and evacuation methods can be irrelevant.

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

Educational programmes on disaster risk reduction are the _____.

  1. Structural measures of mitigation

  2. Non-structural measures of mitigation

  3. Early warning system

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B 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, early warning system establishment, disaster preparedness, recovery etc. Educational programmes on disaster risk reduction are the examples of Non-structural measures of mitigation.

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

Disaster preparedness builds capacity at _____ levels.

  1. Individual

  2. Social

  3. National

  4. Global

  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. The impact of disaster depends on the precautions we take to save our lives and our environment. Disaster preparedness refers to measures taken to prepare for and reduce the effects of disasters. Disaster preparedness builds capacity at all levels like at individual, social, national and global levels.

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

_____ is a programme of long term activities to manage all types of disaster related emergencies.

  1. Mitigation measures

  2. Early warning system

  3. Disaster preparedness

  4. Recovery
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C 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. Disaster preparedness refers to measures taken to prepare for and reduce the effects of disasters. . It is a programme of long term activities to manage all types of disaster related emergencies. Disaster preparedness builds capacity at all levels like at individual, social, national and global levels.

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

What is early warning system in disaster risk reduction?

  1. A provision of information on an emergency

  2. A loud speaker

  3. An audio system

  4. An electronic message
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
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. One such precaution is early warning system. It provides information regarding disaster before hand and provides ample time to move people from disaster prone areas to safety. 

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

Building community shelters at various hazard prone areas is a ______.

  1. Non-structural measure of mitigation

  2. Structural measure of mitigation

  3. Early warning system

  4. Recovery from the disaster
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B 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. Building community shelters at various hazard prone areas is one such example.