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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) .
Chapters
| 251. |
Effective hazard management largely rely on |
| A. | Govt. agencies |
| B. | Emergency responses |
| C. | Pre-disaster planning |
| D. | Volcanoes |
| Answer» C. Pre-disaster planning | |
| 252. |
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 | |
| 253. |
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 | |
| 254. |
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 | |
| 255. |
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 | |
| 256. |
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 | |
| 257. |
The Richter scale expresses an earthquakes |
| A. | Magnitude |
| B. | Location |
| C. | Duration |
| D. | Depth |
| Answer» A. Magnitude | |
| 258. |
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 | |
| 259. |
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 | |
| 260. |
Vulnerability analysis comes in which part of the Disaster Management Cycle |
| A. | Mitigation |
| B. | Preparedness |
| C. | Response |
| D. | Recovery |
| Answer» A. Mitigation | |
| 261. |
Floods can be prevented by |
| A. | Afforestation |
| B. | Cutting the forest |
| C. | Tilling the land |
| D. | Removing the top soil |
| Answer» A. Afforestation | |
| 262. |
Bhopal Gas Disaster is a kind of |
| A. | Natural disaster |
| B. | Manmade disaster |
| C. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 263. |
The word disaster comes from |
| A. | Greek word |
| B. | Latin word |
| C. | French word |
| D. | German |
| Answer» B. Latin word | |
| 264. |
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 | |
| 265. |
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 | |
| 266. |
Which of the following is not a component of disaster management cycle? |
| A. | Preparedness |
| B. | Response |
| C. | Construction |
| D. | Recovery |
| Answer» C. Construction | |
| 267. |
The Bhopal Gas disaster occurred in |
| A. | 1986 |
| B. | 2003 |
| C. | 1984 |
| D. | 2009 |
| Answer» C. 1984 | |
| 268. |
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 | |
| 269. |
The instrument which records earthquake wave is called |
| A. | Climograph |
| B. | Seismograph |
| C. | Hythergraph |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Seismograph | |
| 270. |
Which is known as seismic wave ? |
| A. | Tsunami |
| B. | Hurricane |
| C. | El Nino |
| D. | Typhoon |
| Answer» A. Tsunami | |
| 271. |
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 | |
| 272. |
Latur earthquake occurred in |
| A. | 1991 |
| B. | 1992 |
| C. | 1993 |
| D. | 1994 |
| Answer» C. 1993 | |
| 273. |
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 | |
| 274. |
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 | |
| 275. |
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 | |
| 276. |
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 | |
| 277. |
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 | |
| 278. |
Zika virus is spread by |
| A. | Rat |
| B. | Mosquito |
| C. | Fly |
| D. | Pig |
| Answer» B. Mosquito | |
| 279. |
In India, Cyclone is tracked through which satellite? |
| A. | INSAT |
| B. | IRS |
| C. | Ocean SAT |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. INSAT | |
| 280. |
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 | |
| 281. |
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 | |
| 282. |
International Tsunami information centre is in |
| A. | Honolulu |
| B. | Goa |
| C. | Jakarta |
| D. | Puducherry |
| Answer» A. Honolulu | |
| 283. |
Tuberculosis generally affects |
| A. | Kidney |
| B. | Stomach |
| C. | Lungs |
| D. | Skin |
| Answer» C. Lungs | |
| 284. |
Hurricanes are common in |
| A. | India |
| B. | Bangladesh |
| C. | USA |
| D. | Australia |
| Answer» C. USA | |
| 285. |
The most calm part of the tropical cyclone is |
| A. | Limb |
| B. | Eye |
| C. | Periphery |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Eye | |
| 286. |
In India Tsunami Warning centre is located at |
| A. | Kolkata |
| B. | Hyderabad |
| C. | Ahmadabad |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Hyderabad | |
| 287. |
The word Tsunami has been derived from |
| A. | French word |
| B. | Latin word |
| C. | Japanese word |
| D. | Greek word |
| Answer» C. Japanese word | |
| 288. |
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 | |
| 289. |
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 | |
| 290. |
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 | |
| 291. |
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 | |
| 292. |
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 | |
| 293. |
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 | |
| 294. |
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 | |
| 295. |
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 | |
| 296. |
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 | |
| 297. |
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 | |
| 298. |
What is Lahars ? |
| A. | Magma |
| B. | Lava |
| C. | Volcanic mud flow |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Volcanic mud flow | |
| 299. |
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 | |
| 300. |
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 | |
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