Disaster Management Objective Questions Answers for Practice

76. The National Civil Defence college was founded in 1957 at?

1. Nagpur
2. Cochin
3. Hyderabad
4. Bombay

77. The National flood Commission in India was set up in

1. 1985
2. 1995
3. 1980
4. 1980

78. The National Highway which passes through Tripura is:

1. 2
2. 8
3. 12
4. 4

79. The National Policy on Disaster Management was approved by the Union Cabinet in?

1. 2009
2. 2007
3. 2010
4. 2008

80. The NH-44 (presently 8) is affected by which hazard

1. Earthquake
2. Landslide
3. All of the above
4. Floods

81. The nodal department for wind detection IMD refers to

1. Indian metrological department
2. Indian metallurgical department
3. None of these
4. Indian meteorological department

82. The North-East India is seismically one of the six most active regions of the world along with the other five zones of

1. Taiwan, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and Syria
2. Japan, Taiwan, China, South Korea and North Korea
3. Turkey, Japan, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia
4. Mexico, Taiwan, California, Japan and Turkey

83. The phrase WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION entered widespread usage in?

1. 2001
2. 2002
3. 2004
4. 2003

84. The place of origin an earth quake is called

1. Epicentre
2. Centre
3. Core
4. Focus

85. The point within the earth where earthquake generated is called

1. Focus of foci
2. Focus of hypocenter
3. None of these
4. Focus of epicenter

86. The presence of high hill ranges with alternate valleys in Tripura is much similar to the ridge-Vale topography of

1. The Alps of Europe
2. The Appalachian region of USA
3. The Eastern Ghats of India
4. The Manipur hills

87. The primary goal of a disaster preparedness plan is:

1. To protect valuable resources
2. To keep communications lines open
3. To protect environmental health personnel
4. To protect the population

88. The primary result of earthquakes is

1. Rapture of water and gas pipelines
2. Change in course of river and creation of new islands
3. All of the above
4. Building and bridge collapsed

89. The process of identifying the probability of occurrence of a natural hazard of a given intensity at a specific location based on an analysis of natural processes and site conditions is termed as

1. Hazard Assessment
2. Hazard calculation
3. None of the above
4. Disaster calculation

90. The Richter Scale is used for measuring of

1. Speed of Aeroplane
2. Intensity of earthquakes
3. Depth of mines.
4. Density of liquids