This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Polity > Legislation > Disaster > Disaster Management Act – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Disaster Management Act Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The molten rocks that comes out on the earth surface are called A) Magma or Lava. B) Ash. C) Molten Ash. D) Molten Minerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Magma or Lava. 2. Gas tragedy of Union Carbide happened in which city. A) Bhopal. B) Chennai. C) Mumbai. D) Banglore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bhopal. 3. The worst industrial disaster took place in: A) Bhopal gas tragedy, 1984. B) Bombay docks explosion, 1944. C) Korba chimney collapse, 2009. D) Chasnala mining disaster, 1975. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bhopal gas tragedy, 1984. 4. What is the full form of NDMA A) National Disaster Management Authority. B) National Drainage Management Authority. C) National Disaster Management Area. D) Natural Disasters Manmade Authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) National Disaster Management Authority. 5. Present Home Secretary of India A) Nirmala Sitaraman. B) Ajay Kumar Bhalla. C) Prakash Javadekar. D) Nitin Gadkari. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ajay Kumar Bhalla. 6. The term disaster is derived from A) Japanese word. B) French word. C) Latin word. D) Greek word. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Greek word. 7. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2001. 8. It is a road map on how the DRRMP shall contribute to gender-responsive and rights-based sustainable development. A) The Philippine National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan. B) The Philippine Nation Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan. C) The Philippine National Disaster Risk Reduce and Manage Plan. D) The Philippine Nation Disaster Risk Reduce and Manage Plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Philippine National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan. 9. A place where an earthquake originates is called the A) Dip. B) Epicenter. C) Fault line. D) Focus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Focus. 10. Which of the following is NOT considered a natural phenomena A) Earthquake. B) Landslide. C) Oil Spill. D) Tornado. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oil Spill. 11. The Chairman of the National Disaster management Authority is? A) Prime Minister. B) Home Minister. C) Vice President. D) Minister, Human Resource Development. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prime Minister. 12. Who released the first Disaster Management Plan of India? A) Sh Atal Bihari Vajpayee. B) Sh Narendra Modi. C) Sh Manmohan Singh. D) Sh H. D. Deve gowda. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sh Narendra Modi. 13. How climate change leads to conflicts in vulnerable regions? A) By shortage of human resources. B) By shortage of food and water. C) By shortage of land. D) By shortage of chemical manures. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By shortage of food and water. 14. International Tsunami Information Centre is in? A) Honolalu. B) Jakartha. C) Goa. D) Pondicherry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Honolalu. 15. Where is National Institute of Disaster Management located? A) Kanpur. B) New Delhi. C) Bengaluru. D) Mumbai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New Delhi. 16. Which of the following is NOT occur as a consequence of earthquake A) Damage to buildings. B) Drought. C) Tsunami. D) Fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drought. 17. As the magnitude of natural disaster increases, their frequency of occcurrence A) Decreases. B) Increases. C) Remain same. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decreases. 18. Where is a safe place to be during an earthquake? A) Outside. B) In a doorway. C) On the roof of your house. D) In a bathtub. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In a doorway. 19. A natural hazard occurs when natural physical processes become ..... A) Dormant and inactive. B) Extreme and unpredictable. C) Scary!. D) Faster than usual. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extreme and unpredictable. 20. Full form of PRI A) Premiere Revenue Institutions. B) Panchayat Raj Institutions. C) Power Regional Information. D) Poor Relief Institute. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Panchayat Raj Institutions. 21. High vulnerability and high hazard are associated with A) Low disaster risk. B) Medium disaster risk. C) High disaster risk. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High disaster risk. 22. Which man-made disaster is unintentional A) Terrorist attack. B) Bio weapon. C) Traffic accidents. D) Riots. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Traffic accidents. 23. International Tsunami information Center is located in A) Goa. B) Jakarta. C) Puducherry. D) Honolulu. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Honolulu. 24. Vulnerability analysis comes in which part of the Disaster Management Cycle A) Recovery. B) Response. C) Preparedness. D) Mitigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mitigation. 25. The susceptibility to damage or harm caused by a hazard A) Risk. B) Vulnerability. C) Capacity. D) Resilience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vulnerability. 26. Which are the major controlling systems for reduction of volcanic disaster? A) Prediction for early warning of eruption. B) Timely evolution and relief work. C) Both a and b. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both a and b. 27. Richter scale is a A) Calculus scale. B) Volumetric scale. C) Logarithmic scale. D) Area to vibration ratio scale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logarithmic scale. 28. In which month in India, floods are likely to occur? A) May-October. B) Jully-December. C) April-June. D) June-September. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) June-September. 29. What will u do when some one is drowning and u also don't know to swim A) Jump into the water. B) Take a video. C) Scream. D) Throw a floating object. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Throw a floating object. 30. Which one of these is not considered as a biological weapon? A) Munitions. B) Plague. C) Ricin. D) Anthrax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Munitions. 31. Which natural hazard has caused the greatest number of deaths in a single event? A) Earthquakes. B) Floods. C) Volcanic eruptions and related disasters. D) Hurricanes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earthquakes. 32. When the outbreak of any disease spread from one country to the other, it is called A) Epidemic. B) Endemic. C) Pandemic. D) Hypodermic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pandemic. 33. Under which Ministry National Disaster Management Authority comes? A) Ministry of Environment. B) Ministry of Home Affairs. C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs. D) Ministry of Pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ministry of Home Affairs. 34. What is called for the manuals that identify the role of each officer in State for managing the natural disasters? A) State Disaster Manuals. B) State Environmental Protection Manuals. C) State Protection Manuals. D) State Relief Manuals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) State Relief Manuals. 35. Which one is not a Natural disaster A) Tsunami. B) Cyclone. C) Bomb explosion. D) Volcanic eruption. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bomb explosion. 36. Who shall be the first responders in disaster management situation? A) Central Government. B) Community. C) State Government. D) Local Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Community. 37. Structural and Non-structural measures are elements of high category of Risk Reduction measures A) Environmental measures. B) Post disaster measures. C) Socio-economic measures. D) Physical measures. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Socio-economic measures. 38. Mechanisms established under Disaster Management Act, 2005 include? A) National Disaster Management Authority. B) State Disaster Management Authority. C) District Disaster Management Authority. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 39. Disaster management is aimed at A) Resettling people in the closest unaffected urban area. B) Collection of valuable data for future management objectives. C) Strengthening sewage and drinking water treatment facilities to resist the impact of a future disaster. D) Restoring a communitys services, facilities and residences to pre-disaster levels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Restoring a communitys services, facilities and residences to pre-disaster levels. 40. Which of the following is NOT a social impact of drought A) Malnutrition. B) Stress and tension. C) Rise in inflation rate. D) Loss of soil moisture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loss of soil moisture. 41. Which of the following is NOT a epidemic disease A) Dengue. B) Cholera. C) Cancer. D) Malaria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cancer. 42. Full form of DDMA is A) District Disaster Management Authority. B) District Disaster Management Agency. C) Double Disaster Management Agency. D) District Disaster Mitigation Agency. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) District Disaster Management Authority. 43. What should not be done in case of fire? A) Stay low and crawl on your elbows. B) Turn on the electric switch. C) Raise the alarm. D) Test doors before opening them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Turn on the electric switch. 44. Which material melts ice the fastest? A) Air. B) Salt. C) Sugar. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Salt. 45. Which storm can cause flooding? A) Hurricanes. B) Blizzards. C) Tsunamis. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 46. DSO is required for efficient stock of essentials and its role is identified during preparing DDMP for a district. DSO means A) District Sales Officer. B) District Supply Officer. C) Durable Stock Organizer. D) Direct Shop Owner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) District Supply Officer. 47. What are giant ocean-going waves that are caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruptions called? A) Tsunamis. B) Tornadoes. C) Hurricanes. D) Earthquake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tsunamis. 48. RANDOM:What country did the section Rizal represent during United nations. [Grade 7] A) India. B) Uzbekistan. C) Philippines. D) Kazakhstan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kazakhstan. 49. What is risk management? A) Looking both ways before crossing a 2 lane highway. B) Auto Insurance. C) The forecasting and evaluation of financial risks together with the identification of procedures to avoid or minimize their impact. D) The ability to plan for the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The forecasting and evaluation of financial risks together with the identification of procedures to avoid or minimize their impact. 50. The Disaster Management Act was made in? A) 2005. B) 2009. C) 2006. D) 2003. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2005. 51. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tectonic plates pull apart or are coming together. 52. The point within Earth's interior where the crust breaks by stress (faulting) is called A) Epicentre. B) Hypocentre. C) Geo-centre. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypocentre. 53. What are the important measures to be taken in community level of disaster preparedness A) Increased awareness. B) Provision of early and timely warning. C) Landuse planning. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 54. Name the cyclone that hit West Bengal in May 2020 A) Amphan. B) T-Sunami. C) Vayu. D) Fani. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amphan. 55. Suppose there is an electric fire what will u do A) Throw water. B) Throw oil. C) Cut the electric supply. D) Take out valuable stuff and run. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cut the electric supply. 56. United Nations disaster management team are responsible for solving problems resulting from disaster in A) Asia. B) Africa. C) Australia. D) All continents. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All continents. 57. When the outbreak of any disease was restricted to one country, it is called A) Epidemic. B) Endemic. C) Pandemic. D) Hypodemic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epidemic. 58. The National Centre for Disaster Management (NCDM), established in 1995 on the call of the UN, later on was renamed as: A) The National Institute of Renewable Energy Sources.(NIRES). B) The National Institute of Engineering (NIE). C) The National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM). D) The National Institute of Sustainable Development (NISD). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM). 59. What is the Richter Scale? A) A system of measuring the depth of the ocean. B) A system of measuring the wind. C) A system of measuring the height of volcanoes. D) A system of measuring the strength of earthquakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A system of measuring the strength of earthquakes. 60. What is the main reason for melting of ice sheets? A) Global warming. B) Increase in the oxygen content. C) Noise pollution. D) Decrease in carbon dioxide content. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Global warming. Next →Related QuizzesLegislation QuizzesIndian Polity QuizzesDisaster Management Act Quiz 2Disaster Management Act Quiz 3 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books