Disaster Management Questions and Answers in Quiz Form 8 for Practice

106. The typical examples of man-made disasters are

1. Chemical explosion
2. Leakage of toxic waste
3. War and civil strife
4. All of the above

107. The word disaster owes its origin from

1. Greek word
2. Latin word
3. French word
4. German word

108. The word Hazards originated from-

1. Latin word
2. Greek word
3. French word.
4. Indian word

109. Tremors that have occurred in Earth's crust are known as

1. Earthquakes
2. Volcanic eruptions
3. Bed eruptions
4. Volcano

110. Tropical cyclone, drought, wildfire is:

1. Industrial hazard
2. Man induced hazard
3. Meteorological hazard
4. Hydrological hazard

111. Tropical cyclones originate within

1. Intermediate between Polar and temperate zones
2. Mainly tropical area
3. Mainly equatorial Zones
4. Intermediate between Tropics of Capricorn and cancer

112. Tsunami in the Indian Ocean occurred in the year

1. 2003
2. 2004
3. 2005
4. 2006

113. Tsunami is a

1. Japanese origin word
2. Latin origin word
3. Greek origin word
4. Portuguese origin word

114. Tsunami is also known as

1. Tectonic Sea waves
2. Seismic Sea waves
3. Plactonic Sea waves
4. Systonic Sea waves

115. Tsunami is:

1. Earthquake on land mass
2. Volcanic eruption
3. Earthquake in ocean crust
4. None of these

116. Tsunami's can occur only during?

1. Evening
2. Afternoon
3. Anytime in day or night
4. Morning

117. Tsunamis are waves generated by?

1. Earthquakes
2. Volcanic eruptions
3. Underwater landslides
4. All the above

118. Typhoid causing bacteria

1. Shigella
2. Salmonella
3. HIV
4. HCV

119. Typhoons cyclone are formed in

1. India
2. China
3. Philipines
4. Japan

120. U.N. Disaster Management Team UNDMT is responsible for solving problems resulting from disasters in?

1. India
2. Iran
3. Bangladesh
4. All countries the world