This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Polity > Legislation > Disaster > Disaster Management Act – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Disaster Management Act Quiz 3 (35 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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 above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Belt of volcanoes in the Circum Pacific region. 2. Which state has maximum corona cases in India A) Maharashtra. B) Delhi. C) Andhra Pradesh. D) West Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maharashtra. 3. Which word is not connected with disaster relief activity? A) Relief. B) Rehabilitation. C) Reference. D) Reconstruction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reference. 4. Which method cannot be used to reduce the effects of a fire hazard A) Fire extinguisher. B) Fire blankets. C) Sun screen. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sun screen. 5. The point of the earth's surface directly above the point where an earthquake occurs is called the: A) Focus. B) Fault. C) Epicenter. D) Fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epicenter. 6. How do you protect from a hurricane? A) Evacuate the area and put all outside belongings indoors. B) Go to your basement. C) Call 911. D) Get materials for warmth and hide in your house. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Evacuate the area and put all outside belongings indoors. 7. What causes Tsunami? A) Sudden vertical movement of the Earth. B) Convergence of destructive plates in the ocean floor. C) Explosive volcanic eruptions in the seas/oceans. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 8. What is the rank of India in the world for natural disasters as per UNISDR? A) Eighth. B) Seventh. C) Third. D) Second. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Second. 9. Smallest unit of preparedness analysis A) Individual. B) Society. C) Government. D) Family. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Family. 10. Who heads the National Crisis Management Committee? A) Ministry of Environment. B) Cabinet Secretary. C) President. D) Prime Minister. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cabinet Secretary. 11. The wind of hurricanes spins the clouds into what shape? A) Squares. B) Circles. C) Triangles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Circles. 12. Which is a man made disaster A) Volcana. B) Flood. C) Weapons. D) Cyclone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weapons. 13. What is a flood? A) A large amount of water that overflowed from a lake or river. B) A large amount of water from the ocean. C) A deep lake. D) A deep river. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A large amount of water that overflowed from a lake or river. 14. Hazards and Disasters are mainly classified as A) Physical and chemical. B) Nature and Human Induced. C) Physical and Human. D) Social and cultural. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nature and Human Induced. 15. Name the instrument used for measuring the magnitude of earthquake A) Seismograph. B) Barometer. C) Ergograph. D) Thermometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seismograph. 16. Who is not the head of District Disaster Management Authority-DDMA A) District Magistrate. B) District Collector. C) Deputy Commissioner. D) Councillor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Councillor. 17. A clear concise document which outlines preventive and preparatory measures in the event of a disaster to minimize its effect is A) Disaster Management manual. B) Disaster Management plan. C) Disaster Management guide. D) Disaster Management Record. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disaster Management plan. 18. Who has the authority to select the Vice-Chair person of SDMA? A) State Legislature. B) Parliament. C) Chief Minister. D) Governor of the state. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chief Minister. 19. Tropical cyclones are called ..... in the Atlantic Ocean, ..... in the western Pacific Ocean and ..... in the Indian Ocean A) Hurricanes, typhoons, cyclones. B) Cyclones, typhoons, hurricanes. C) Cyclones, hurricanes, typhoons. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hurricanes, typhoons, cyclones. 20. Under which Ministry Of Government Of India does National Disaster Management Authority function? A) Ministry of Environment. B) Ministry of Foreign Affairs. C) Ministry of Home Affairs. D) Ministry of Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ministry of Home Affairs. 21. Who is the head of State disaster management authority? A) Governor. B) Member of Legislative assembly. C) Prime Minister. D) Chief Minister. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chief Minister. 22. Which one among the following is a biological hazard? A) Flood. B) Covid-19. C) Storm. D) Earthquake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Covid-19. 23. What is the full form of SDMA? A) Shared Drainage Merger Area. B) State Disaster Management Authority. C) State Desert Management Area. D) State Development Management Authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) State Disaster Management Authority. 24. Which techniques are used for prediction of early warning of eruption? A) Electric Distance Measures. B) Tilt Meters. C) GPS and Satellite Inferring Rader. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 25. Which of the following group of people are more vulnerable in the event of a disaster A) Men, boys, old people. B) Men, Women, boys. C) Women, children, Old people. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Women, children, Old people. 26. Who is the present Chairman of Kerala State Disaster Management Authority? A) Pinarayi Vijayan. B) Tom Jose. C) E Chandrasekharan. D) Shylaja. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pinarayi Vijayan. 27. Which one of the following cause global warming? A) Hydrogen. B) Oxygen. C) Nitrogen. D) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carbon dioxide. 28. Where did the 2020 train tragedy where more than a dozen of laborers die on a railway track during lockdown A) Ratnagiri. B) Bhusawal. C) Aurangabad jalna. D) Mumbai. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aurangabad jalna. 29. What are the three P's of earthquake management? A) Predict, Prepare, Paralyse. B) Predict, Procrastinate, Prevent. C) Predict, Prepare, Prevent. D) Predict, Postulate, Prevent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Predict, Prepare, Prevent. 30. Spatial distribution refers to A) How planets are arranged. B) The arrangement of features over time. C) How two features are linked in a similar pattern on the earth's surface. D) How features or objects are arranged on the earth's surface. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) How features or objects are arranged on the earth's surface. 31. Which of the following is not part of geological disaster? A) Sea Surge. B) Tsunami. C) Volcanoes. D) Earthquakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sea Surge. 32. What are the three phases of disaster management planning? A) Evacuating, Rebuilding and Re-branding. B) Preparation, Planning and Perception. C) Planning, Evacuating and Recovery. D) Preparation, Response and Recovery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Preparation, Response and Recovery. 33. What is the full form of SARS A) Social and racial struggle. B) Soil and river sewage. C) Severely affected river sides. D) Severe acute respiratory syndrome. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Severe acute respiratory syndrome. 34. What is a flash flood? A) A sophisticated flood. B) Power lines fallen in flood waters. C) A deep flood. D) A flood that happens fast with little warning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A flood that happens fast with little warning. 35. 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. 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