Disaster Management MCQ Questions and Answers for Practice

1. In which year the violent explosion of the famous Volcano, Krakatoa in Indonesia, produced Tsunamis measuring 40 feet?

1. 1881
2. 1882
3. 1883
4. 1884

2. In which year Tripura Legislative Assembly Election held

1. 18th Jan, 2018
2. 18th Feb, 2018
3. 1st Jan, 2018
4. 14th Feb, 2018

3. Indian Meteorological Department declared “Super Cyclone”

1. When the wind blows at a speed of more than 216 kmph
2. When the wind blows at a speed of more than 220 kmph
3. When the wind blows at a speed of more than 194 kmph
4. When the wind blows at a speed of more than 172 kmph

4. Indian National Tsunami Warning System became operational in?

1. 2003
2. 2007
3. 2009
4. 2012

5. Industrial hazards comes under the category of:

1. Natural hazards
2. Human induced hazards
3. Meteorological hazard
4. Wild fire hazard

6. Instrument used to measure earthquake is known as

1. Quake meter
2. Quake graph
3. Seismograph
4. Typanicgraph

7. International Secretariat for Disaster Reduction stands for

1. ISAR
2. ISER
3. ISDR
4. ISFR

8. International Tsunami Information Centre is in?

1. Honolulu
2. Goa
3. Jakartha
4. Pondicherry

9. IPCC means

1. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
2. Intergovernmental Panel on Climatic Condition
3. Intergovernmental Programme on Climate Change
4. International Panel on Climate Change

10. ITCZ stands for

1. Inter Tropical Convergence Zone
2. Intra Tropical Convergence Zone
3. Inter Tectonic Convergence Zone
4. Inter Temperate Convergence Zone

11. Kalbaisakhi is a kind of thunder storm witnessed in the states of

1. Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim
2. Mizoram, Assam and Manipur
3. Assam, Tripura and West Bengal
4. West Bengal, Manipur and Mizoram

12. Landslides occur because of?

1. Intensity of rainfall
2. Steep slopes
3. Deforestation leading it soil erosion
4. All the above

13. Latur Earthquake occurred in

1. 1991
2. 1992
3. 1993
4. 1994

14. Latur earthquake occurred in

1. 30 September, 1993
2. 30 November, 1993
3. 21 April, 1993
4. 15 April, 1993

15. Magnitude of earthquake indicates amount of

1. Vibrations per second
2. Vibrations per minute
3. Oscillations
4. Energy released