Disaster Management MCQ Multiple Choice Questions - Page 7 for Practice
Disaster Management MCQ Questions for Practice
181. Which of the following is associated with a La Nina event?
Correct Answer is: All of the above.
182. A flash flood is a flood that
Correct Answer is: is caused by the blocking of drains.
183. Which of the following is not an epidemic
Correct Answer is: Plague
184. A flood can vary in:
Correct Answer is: Duration
185. Which of the following is related to acid rain?
Correct Answer is: Carbon Monoxide
186. A hazard is a situation where there is
Correct Answer is: All of the above
187. Which of the following is true? Flood warnings:
Correct Answer is: All of the above
188. A hazard:
Correct Answer is: may generate social and economic disruption or environmental degradation.
189. Which of the following is used to estimate which areas will be inundated during aflood, based on river height information?
Correct Answer is: all of the above.
190. A pneumonic plague which occurred in Surat, Gujrat in 1994 is:
Correct Answer is: None of the above
191. Which of the following leads to earthquakes:
Correct Answer is: Extraction of minerals
192. A point on the surface of the earth vertically above the focus is known as
Correct Answer is: None of the above
193. Which of the following potentially affects the size of a flood?
Correct Answer is: Vegetation in and around a river
194. A series of earthquakes shook the Central American Nation Of Nicarague and killed many people in the year?
Correct Answer is: 1975
195. Which of the following statements is false?
Correct Answer is: P waves travel faster than both S waves and Surface waves
196. According to the World Bank, during the period 1996 to 2000, the approximate percentage loss of gross domestic produce due to disasters was?
Correct Answer is: 2.50%d.1.95%
197. Which of the following statements is false?
Correct Answer is: All of the above
198. According to U. N. O. there were about............disasters per year between 1992 - 2000 in the world?
Correct Answer is: 800
199. Which of the following waves is the slowest
Correct Answer is: Surface waves
200. According to World Bank Estimate, direct losses from natural disasters are upto percent of GDP?
Correct Answer is: 3%
201. Which one is a major environmental and safety hazard for the people in hilly areas in Tripura which can be considered as “cancer of hill slopesâ€
Correct Answer is: Desertification
202. According to World Disasters Report of 2010, during 2000-09, 85% of affected people belonged to the?
Correct Answer is: Australian region
203. Which one of the following is NOT re commended during Lightening or thunderstorm?
Correct Answer is: Get away from tractors and other metal farm equipment .
204. Amateur Radio is also known as?
Correct Answer is: Silent radio
205. Which techniques are used for prediction of early warning of eruption?
Correct Answer is: GPS and Satellite Inferring Rader
206. An enormous amount of energy is released during an earthquake as seismic waves which are of
Correct Answer is: Long waves or surface waves(L-waves)
207. Which virus is responsible for AIDS
Correct Answer is: HKL
208. An essential to the sanitary maintenance of latrines is
Correct Answer is: All of the above
209. Which volcanic belt is commonly called “Ring of Fire�
Correct Answer is: The Circum- Continental Belt
210. An extreme natural phenomenon capable of causing disaster leading to loss of lives or damage to property is known as
