Disaster Management MCQs Quiz Multiple Choice Questions & Answers

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

16. Man-made disasters include:

1. Wars
2. Terrorism
3. Industrial hazard
4. All of the above

17. Mapping method used for tracking wind speed and direction is

1. Hazard mapping
2. Mind mapping
3. Speed mapping
4. None of these

18. Mass killing diseases can be referred as

1. Biological disaster
2. Industrial disaster
3. War disaster
4. Flood disaster

19. Mechanisms established under Disaster Management Act, 2005 include?

1. National Disaster Management Authority
2. State Disaster Management Authority
3. District Disaster Management Authority
4. All of the above

20. Mention the major type of Tropical cyclone

1. Hurricans
2. Typhoons
3. Tornadoes
4. All of these

21. Mock drills exercise to create awareness among people are conducted at

1. State level
2. District level
3. GP/Village level
4. All of the above

22. Mount Kilimanjaro is the best example of:

1. Active volcano
2. Dormant volcano
3. Extinct volcano
4. None of them

23. Mt. Etna is a

1. Extinct volcano
2. Dormant volcano
3. Active volcano
4. None of these

24. Name of the first lady Governor of Tripura

1. Dr. Kamala Beniwal
2. Dr. Kajal Lal
3. Dr. Partha Dey
4. Dr. Raju Roy

25. Name one wild life sanctuary in Tripura

1. Gomati
2. Sipahijola
3. Dharmanagar
4. Agartala

26. Name the first high school in Tripura

1. BBI
2. Umakanta Academy
3. RKI
4. DNV

27. National Disaster Management Division of the Govt. of India wherever necessary, sends to disaster affected areas?

1. Coordanation its containing satellite phones
2. Medicines for affected people
3. Provides relief measures
4. All the above

28. National Disaster Reserve Fund is the result of?

1. 12th Finance Commission
2. 11thFinance Commissio
3. 13th Finance Commission
4. None of the above

29. National Institute of Disaster Management is at

1. Manipur
2. Punjab
3. Hyderabad
4. New Delhi

30. National Institute of Disaster Management publishes a biannual journal titled?

1. Disaster India
2. Disaster Mitigation
3. Disaster & Development
4. Indian Disaster

31. Number of human live lost during 1980-2010 due to natural and induced hazards in India?

1. 1,42,265
2. 1,56,897
3. 1,43,039
4. 1,23,987

32. Of the following, which is a natural hazard?

1. Earthquake
2. Cyclone
3. Landslide
4. All the above

33. On November 19,1977, a cyclone, which had been operated to hit Tamil Nadu, instead struck the Central Coast of and diverted several villages?

1. Kerela
2. Andhra Pradesh
3. Orissa
4. Karnataka

34. On what date a powerful earthquake struck South Eastern Iran and Caused heavy loss of life and property?

1. 26.12.2004
2. 26.12.2003
3. 26.12.2002
4. 25.11.2003

35. Pandemic disease is defined as:

1. Outbreak of a disease in international scale
2. Outbreak of a disease beyond the area of a disease
3. congestion in urban areas.

36. Pandemic diseases include:

1. Cholera
2. Small pox
3. Tubercolosis
4. All of the above

37. Passageway which joins vent to crater of volcano is known as

1. Vent
2. Cone
3. Pipe
4. Crater

38. Raima and Sarma are the tributaries of:

1. Muhuri
2. Gomati
3. Khowai
4. Haora

39. Report on Training on Search and Rescue for the members of the village Disaster Management Team is prepared by?

1. Govt. of Manipur
2. Govt. of Indonesia
3. Govt. of Uttaranchal

40. SAARC Disaster Management Centre is at?

1. Dhaka
2. Coloumbo
3. New Delhi
4. Khatmandu

41. Seismic waves during earthquake are recorded and studied with the help of an instrument called as

1. Richter scale
2. Seismograph
3. Lithograph
4. Cardiograph

42. Shallow earthquakes, less than 20 km deep are associated with

1. Convergent plate boundaries
2. Divergent plate boundaries
3. Transform plate boundaries
4. All of the Above

43. Sometimes there are some indications that would indicate that perhaps an earthquake would occur. Such indications are called

1. Indicators
2. Precursors
3. Signal
4. Anticipations

44. Special consideration in order to mitigate earthquake earthquake like disasters is given also to protect

1. Heritage buildings
2. Buildings of cultural and historical importance
3. Scientific and Technological laboratories
4. All of the above

45. Structural and Non-structural measures are elements of high category of Risk Reduction measures

1. Socio-economic measures
2. Physical measures
3. Environmental measures
4. Post disaster measures

46. TB disease generally affects of

1. Kidney
2. Stomach
3. Lungs
4. Skin

47. Tenorist attack known as 9/11 took place in

1. India
2. USA
3. UK
4. None of the above.

48. The Bhopal gas tragedy is an example of:

1. Industrial disasters
2. Natural disasters
3. Nuclear disasters
4. None

49. The centre of a cyclone is a calm area and is called the............of the storm.

1. Eye
2. Focus
3. Centre
4. Radius

50. The centre of the cyclone is characterized by

1. High Pressure
2. Low pressure
3. Very High Pressure
4. All of the above