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1. |
An active volcano Mauna Loa is located in: |
A. | Hawaii, USA |
B. | Brazil |
C. | Japan |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» A. Hawaii, USA |
2. |
Which of the following diseases appeared as public health concern in the last quarter of 20th century |
A. | HIV |
B. | Ebola virus |
C. | Escherichia coli O157:H7 |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» D. All of the above |
3. |
A disease that becomes unusually widespread and even global in its reach is referred to as |
A. | Epidemic |
B. | Pandemic |
C. | Spanish flu |
D. | Hyperendemic |
Answer» B. Pandemic |
4. |
Zika virus is related to which of the following diseases |
A. | Dengue |
B. | Yellow fever |
C. | Japanese encephalitis |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» D. All of the above |
5. |
Which of the following volcanoes is known for its most destructive volcanic eruption in recorded history |
A. | Mount Kilimanjaro |
B. | Mauna Loa |
C. | Krakatoa |
D. | Mount St Helens |
Answer» C. Krakatoa |
6. |
Bhopal Gas Disaster is a kind of |
A. | Natural disaster |
B. | Manmade disaster |
C. | None of the above |
Answer» B. Manmade disaster |
7. |
What is Ring of Fire? |
A. | Belt of volcanoes in the Circum Pacific region |
B. | Belt of volcanoes in the mid-continental region |
C. | Belt of volcanoes in the mid-atlantic region |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» A. Belt of volcanoes in the Circum Pacific region |
8. |
Which of the following rivers in Tripura experience tide |
A. | Gumti |
B. | Fenny |
C. | Howra |
D. | Khowai |
Answer» C. Howra |
9. |
Which of the following buildings of Tripura are identified as vulnerable to earthquake |
A. | MBB College |
B. | Nir Mahal |
C. | Ujjayanta Palace |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» D. All of the above |
10. |
Who is known as the father of modern seismology |
A. | Charles Richter |
B. | R.D. Oldham |
C. | W.M. Davis |
D. | None of the above. |
Answer» B. R.D. Oldham |
11. |
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is headed by |
A. | Prime Minister of India |
B. | President of India |
C. | Governor of States |
D. | Chief Minister of States |
Answer» A. Prime Minister of India |
12. |
Volcanoes are generally found where |
A. | Intraplates pull apart or are coming together |
B. | Tectonic plates pull apart or are coming together |
C. | Earth's crust pull apart or are coming together |
D. | None of these pull apart or are coming together |
Answer» B. Tectonic plates pull apart or are coming together |
13. |
Volcanic erupted material when inside the hill/earth/mountain it is called |
A. | Lava |
B. | Magma |
C. | Lahars |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Magma |
14. |
International Tsunami information Center is located in |
A. | Honolulu |
B. | Goa |
C. | Jakarta |
D. | Puducherry |
Answer» A. Honolulu |
15. |
Which of the following is not a man-made hazard? |
A. | Leakage of Toxic waste |
B. | Wars and Civil Strife |
C. | Drought |
D. | Environmental pollution |
Answer» C. Drought |
16. |
Cyclones occurring in North Atlantic ocean are called |
A. | Typhoon |
B. | Hurricanes |
C. | Tornado |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» B. Hurricanes |
17. |
High intensity and long duration of rainfall in Tripura causes --- |
A. | Earthquakes |
B. | Floods |
C. | Landslides |
D. | Cyclone |
Answer» B. Floods |
18. |
Most of the Principal rivers in Tripura meets with which river of Bangladesh |
A. | Meghna |
B. | Titas |
C. | Padma |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» A. Meghna |
19. |
The vector of zika virus is |
A. | Aedes egypti |
B. | Aedes albopictus |
C. | Both a &b |
D. | Different species of mosquitoes |
Answer» C. Both a &b |
20. |
Generally the number on Richter Scale ranges between – |
A. | 0 and 6 |
B. | 0 and 9 |
C. | 1 to 5 |
D. | 1 to 12 |
Answer» B. 0 and 9 |
21. |
Disaster Management includes: |
A. | Mitigation |
B. | Reconstruction |
C. | Rehabilitation |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» D. All of the above |
22. |
Tsunami’s can occur only during |
A. | Evening |
B. | Afternoon |
C. | Any time of the day or night |
D. | Morning |
Answer» C. Any time of the day or night |
23. |
United Nations disaster management team are responsible for solving problems resulting from disaster in |
A. | Asia |
B. | Africa |
C. | Australia |
D. | All continents |
Answer» D. All continents |
24. |
In India National Institute of Disaster Management is located at |
A. | Manipur |
B. | Punjab |
C. | Hyderabad |
D. | New Delhi |
Answer» D. New Delhi |
25. |
The Disaster Management Act was made in |
A. | 2006 |
B. | 2003 |
C. | 2005 |
D. | 2009 |
Answer» C. 2005 |
26. |
Effective hazard management largely rely on |
A. | Govt. agencies |
B. | Emergency responses |
C. | Pre-disaster planning |
D. | Volcanoes |
Answer» C. Pre-disaster planning |
27. |
Which of the following is seasonally related hazard |
A. | Earthquake |
B. | Volcanic eruption |
C. | Terrorist attack |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» D. None of the above |
28. |
The level of harm by a hazard is governed by |
A. | Magnitude of the hazard |
B. | Frequency of the hazard |
C. | Intensity at the impact point |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» D. All of the above |
29. |
Which of the following is not an atmospheric hazard |
A. | Epidemic in human |
B. | Hail |
C. | Heavy rainfall |
D. | hurricanes |
Answer» A. Epidemic in human |
30. |
The level of risk of a disaster depends on |
A. | Nature of the hazard |
B. | Vulnerability of the elements which are affected |
C. | Economic value of the elements which are affected |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» D. All of the above |
31. |
The extent to which a community ,structure , services or geographic area is likely to be damaged or disrupted by the impact of particular hazard is termed as |
A. | Capacity |
B. | Vulnerability |
C. | Risk |
D. | Hazard assessment |
Answer» B. Vulnerability |
32. |
The Richter scale expresses an earthquakes |
A. | Magnitude |
B. | Location |
C. | Duration |
D. | Depth |
Answer» A. Magnitude |
33. |
The point of the earth’s surface directly above the point where an earthquake occurs is called the: |
A. | Focus |
B. | Epicenter |
C. | Fracture |
D. | Fault |
Answer» B. Epicenter |
34. |
Which of the following is a man-made disaster |
A. | Terrorism |
B. | Major fire |
C. | Pollution |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» D. All of the above |
35. |
Vulnerability analysis comes in which part of the Disaster Management Cycle |
A. | Mitigation |
B. | Preparedness |
C. | Response |
D. | Recovery |
Answer» A. Mitigation |
36. |
Floods can be prevented by |
A. | Afforestation |
B. | Cutting the forest |
C. | Tilling the land |
D. | Removing the top soil |
Answer» A. Afforestation |
37. |
Bhopal Gas Disaster is a kind of |
A. | Natural disaster |
B. | Manmade disaster |
C. | None of the above |
Answer» E. |
38. |
The word disaster comes from |
A. | Greek word |
B. | Latin word |
C. | French word |
D. | German |
Answer» B. Latin word |
39. |
High vulnerability and high hazard are associated with |
A. | Low disaster risk |
B. | medium disaster risk |
C. | high disaster risk |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» C. high disaster risk |
40. |
Which of the following organization is the apex authority of disaster management in India? |
A. | NDA |
B. | NDMA |
C. | CDMA |
D. | INDR |
Answer» B. NDMA |
41. |
Which of the following is not a component of disaster management cycle? |
A. | Preparedness |
B. | Response |
C. | Construction |
D. | Recovery |
Answer» C. Construction |
42. |
The Bhopal Gas disaster occurred in |
A. | 1986 |
B. | 2003 |
C. | 1984 |
D. | 2009 |
Answer» C. 1984 |
43. |
Which of the following groups of people is more vulnerable in the event of disaster? |
A. | Men, boys, old people |
B. | Men, women, boys |
C. | Women, children, old people |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» C. Women, children, old people |
44. |
The instrument which records earthquake wave is called |
A. | Climograph |
B. | Seismograph |
C. | Hythergraph |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» B. Seismograph |
45. |
Which is known as seismic wave ? |
A. | Tsunami |
B. | Hurricane |
C. | El Nino |
D. | Typhoon |
Answer» A. Tsunami |
46. |
The name of the largest active volcano in the world is |
A. | Mauna Lao in Hawaii |
B. | Mount Fuji in Japan |
C. | Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» A. Mauna Lao in Hawaii |
47. |
Latur earthquake occurred in |
A. | 1991 |
B. | 1992 |
C. | 1993 |
D. | 1994 |
Answer» C. 1993 |
48. |
Which wave of the earthquake produces rolling effect along the surface? |
A. | P wave |
B. | S wave |
C. | L wave |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» C. L wave |
49. |
Which of the following is known as the light house of the Mediterranean sea? |
A. | Vesuvius |
B. | Stromboli |
C. | Krakatoa |
D. | Popa |
Answer» B. Stromboli |
50. |
Which country is known as the most forest fire prone country in the world ? |
A. | Uganda |
B. | Canada |
C. | Australia |
D. | India |
Answer» C. Australia |
51. |
The Chernobyl disaster of 1986 in Ukraine was a case of |
A. | Epidemic disaster |
B. | Toxic gas disaster |
C. | Nuclear disaster |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» C. Nuclear disaster |
52. |
What is it called when a large number of people in a community get a disease at the same time ? |
A. | Influx |
B. | Black death |
C. | Epidemic |
D. | Pandemic |
Answer» C. Epidemic |
53. |
Zika virus is spread by |
A. | Rat |
B. | Mosquito |
C. | Fly |
D. | Pig |
Answer» B. Mosquito |
54. |
In India, Cyclone is tracked through which satellite? |
A. | INSAT |
B. | IRS |
C. | Ocean SAT |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» A. INSAT |
55. |
Intensity of an earthquake is measured by |
A. | Modified Mercalli scale |
B. | Richter scale |
C. | Seismograph |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» A. Modified Mercalli scale |
56. |
About 2/3rd of the cyclones that occur in the Indian coastline occur in the |
A. | Bay of Bengal |
B. | Coastal area of south India |
C. | Coastal area of west India |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» A. Bay of Bengal |
57. |
International Tsunami information centre is in |
A. | Honolulu |
B. | Goa |
C. | Jakarta |
D. | Puducherry |
Answer» A. Honolulu |
58. |
Tuberculosis generally affects |
A. | Kidney |
B. | Stomach |
C. | Lungs |
D. | Skin |
Answer» C. Lungs |
59. |
Hurricanes are common in |
A. | India |
B. | Bangladesh |
C. | USA |
D. | Australia |
Answer» C. USA |
60. |
The most calm part of the tropical cyclone is |
A. | Limb |
B. | Eye |
C. | Periphery |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» B. Eye |
61. |
In India Tsunami Warning centre is located at |
A. | Kolkata |
B. | Hyderabad |
C. | Ahmadabad |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» B. Hyderabad |
62. |
The word Tsunami has been derived from |
A. | French word |
B. | Latin word |
C. | Japanese word |
D. | Greek word |
Answer» C. Japanese word |
63. |
An example of Civil war is |
A. | Kargil war |
B. | World war I |
C. | Syrian war |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» C. Syrian war |
64. |
The common factors of wildfire hazards are: |
A. | Lightening |
B. | Volcanic eruption |
C. | El-nino |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» D. All of the above |
65. |
Wild fire in north America is known as |
A. | Bush fires |
B. | Brush fires |
C. | Forest fire |
D. | Noine of the above |
Answer» B. Brush fires |
66. |
Which is the most landslide prone area in India |
A. | Ganges valley region |
B. | South Indian plateau |
C. | Himalaya and north eastern hill |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» C. Himalaya and north eastern hill |
67. |
The two atom bombs dropped in Hiroshima and Nagashaki in Japan by USA during |
A. | World war I |
B. | World war II |
C. | Gulf war I |
D. | Gulf war II |
Answer» B. World war II |
68. |
The twin tower of world trade centre in USA was destroyed by terror attack in the year |
A. | 2000 |
B. | 2001 |
C. | 2008 |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» B. 2001 |
69. |
In northern hemisphere, the wind of the tropical cyclone blows in |
A. | Anticlockwise direction |
B. | Clockwise direction |
C. | Straight |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» A. Anticlockwise direction |
70. |
Tropical cyclones rarely develop within 50 of the equator because coriolis effect is |
A. | weakest there |
B. | moderate there |
C. | Strongest there |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» A. weakest there |
71. |
Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) calls a storm ‘Super cyclone” when the wind blows |
A. | More than 120 km /hour |
B. | More than 100km/hour |
C. | More than 220km/ hour |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» C. More than 220km/ hour |
72. |
During volcanic eruption , the extreme risk zone is within a distance |
A. | Upto 100 mtrs |
B. | 100-300 mtrs |
C. | 300mtrs- 3 km |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» A. Upto 100 mtrs |
73. |
What is Lahars ? |
A. | Magma |
B. | Lava |
C. | Volcanic mud flow |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» C. Volcanic mud flow |
74. |
Which is the only active volcano in India? |
A. | Volcano Popa |
B. | Volcano of Barren Island |
C. | Volcano Etna |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» B. Volcano of Barren Island |
75. |
Which of the following is a non-precipitation food? |
A. | Coastal flood |
B. | Cloud burst flood |
C. | Flash flood |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» A. Coastal flood |
76. |
The highest volcanic mountain in the world is |
A. | Mauna Lao |
B. | Cotopaxi |
C. | Vesuvius |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» A. Mauna Lao |
77. |
Percentage of drought prone area in the India is |
A. | 8% |
B. | 30% |
C. | 15% |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» C. 15% |
78. |
Name the earthquake vulnerable building/s identified by Govt of Tripura |
A. | MBB College |
B. | Ujjayanta palace |
C. | Neer mahal |
D. | All of he above |
Answer» D. All of he above |
79. |
Ultimate consequences of war are |
A. | Decline in human population |
B. | Outbreak of diseases and epidemics |
C. | Rise in refugees |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» D. All of the above |
80. |
The terrorist attack in Mumbai took place on |
A. | 2005 |
B. | 2006 |
C. | 2007 |
D. | 2008 |
Answer» D. 2008 |
81. |
In disaster management, mitigation measures involves |
A. | Governmental action and administration |
B. | Community action and administration |
C. | Military action and administration |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» D. None of the above |
82. |
The total flood prone area in India is |
A. | 30% |
B. | 20% |
C. | 12% |
D. | 10% |
Answer» C. 12% |
83. |
The total cyclone prone area in India is |
A. | 15% |
B. | 10% |
C. | 8% |
D. | 20% |
Answer» C. 8% |
84. |
Which body in the state of Tripura can declare emergency in case of state level disaster? |
A. | TDMA |
B. | SEC |
C. | DDMA |
D. | SCMG |
Answer» B. SEC |
85. |
The mount Vesuvius is the example of a/an |
A. | Active volcano |
B. | Dormant volcano |
C. | Extinct volcano |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» B. Dormant volcano |
86. |
Which one of the following is a geological disaster? |
A. | Tsunami |
B. | Storm surge |
C. | Flood |
D. | Wild fire |
Answer» A. Tsunami |
87. |
The State Disaster Management Authority is headed by |
A. | Governor |
B. | Chief minister |
C. | Chief Secretary of the State |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» B. Chief minister |
88. |
What is/are the factor/s of river bank erosion in Tripura ? |
A. | Absence of deep rooted vegetables |
B. | Steep bank angle |
C. | Non-cohesive material in soil |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» D. All of the above |
89. |
Which is the longest river in Tripura |
A. | Haora |
B. | Gumti |
C. | Muhuri |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» B. Gumti |
90. |
The cycle of disaster consists of the following components |
A. | Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, Recovery |
B. | Preparedness, vulnerability assessment, risk assessment, recovery |
C. | Mitigation, Risk assessment, Response and Recovery |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» A. Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, Recovery |
91. |
DDMA is headed by |
A. | District magistrate |
B. | Chief secretary |
C. | BDO |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» A. District magistrate |
92. |
What is drought? |
A. | No rainfall for a long continuous period |
B. | Heavy rainfall for a long continuous period |
C. | Moderate rainfall for a long continuous period |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» A. No rainfall for a long continuous period |
93. |
Sahel region of West Africa known for |
A. | Recurring drought |
B. | Food crisis |
C. | Famine |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» D. All of the above |
94. |
One of the main reasons for farmers commit suicide in India is |
A. | Crop failure |
B. | Earthquake |
C. | Tsunami |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» A. Crop failure |
95. |
What do you mean by ‘ doldrums’ ? |
A. | Environmental condition found during El nino |
B. | Environmental condition found on equatorial calm over the sea |
C. | Both (A) and (B) are correct |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» B. Environmental condition found on equatorial calm over the sea |
96. |
Which department of Govt of Tripura is responsible for issuing warning regarding drought /dry spells ? |
A. | Health Department |
B. | Agricultural Department |
C. | Home Department |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» B. Agricultural Department |
97. |
In Tripura, The State Executive Committee (SEC) is headed by |
A. | Chief Secretary of state |
B. | Chief Minister |
C. | Governor |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» A. Chief Secretary of state |
98. |
The smallest river of Tripura is |
A. | Fenny |
B. | Haora |
C. | Juri |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» A. Fenny |
99. |
The longest hill range in Tripura is |
A. | Baramura range |
B. | Atharamura range |
C. | Jampui range |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» B. Atharamura range |
100. |
The highest peak of Tripura is |
A. | Bethling sib |
B. | Jarimura |
C. | Feng pui |
D. | Sakhan |
Answer» A. Bethling sib |
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