This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Polity > Legislation > Disaster > Disaster Management Act – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Disaster Management Act Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is not the head of District Disaster Management Authority-DDMA A) District Collector. B) District Magistrate. C) Deputy Commissioner. D) Councillor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Councillor. 2. 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 guide. C) Disaster Management plan. D) Disaster Management Record. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disaster Management plan. 3. Who has the authority to select the Vice-Chair person of SDMA? A) Governor of the state. B) Chief Minister. C) State Legislature. D) Parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chief Minister. 4. 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. 5. Under which Ministry Of Government Of India does National Disaster Management Authority function? A) Ministry of Environment. B) Ministry of Home Affairs. C) Ministry of Agriculture. D) Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ministry of Home Affairs. 6. Who is the head of State disaster management authority? A) Prime Minister. B) Chief Minister. C) Governor. D) Member of Legislative assembly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chief Minister. 7. Which one among the following is a biological hazard? A) Earthquake. B) Storm. C) Flood. D) Covid-19. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Covid-19. 8. What is the full form of SDMA? A) State Development Management Authority. B) State Disaster Management Authority. C) Shared Drainage Merger Area. D) State Desert Management Area. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) State Disaster Management Authority. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. Which one of the following cause global warming? A) Carbon dioxide. B) Oxygen. C) Nitrogen. D) Hydrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon dioxide. 13. Where did the 2020 train tragedy where more than a dozen of laborers die on a railway track during lockdown A) Aurangabad jalna. B) Mumbai. C) Ratnagiri. D) Bhusawal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aurangabad jalna. 14. What are the three P's of earthquake management? A) Predict, Procrastinate, Prevent. B) Predict, Prepare, Prevent. C) Predict, Postulate, Prevent. D) Predict, Prepare, Paralyse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Predict, Prepare, Prevent. 15. Spatial distribution refers to A) How features or objects are arranged on the earth's surface. B) How two features are linked in a similar pattern on the earth's surface. C) How planets are arranged. D) The arrangement of features over time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How features or objects are arranged on the earth's surface. 16. Which of the following is not part of geological disaster? A) Volcanoes. B) Earthquakes. C) Tsunami. D) Sea Surge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sea Surge. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. 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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