This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Art Humanities > Geography > Class 12 Geography Chapter 10 Disaster Management – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Geography Chapter 10 Disaster Management Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Triage in disaster management refers to: A) Counting the number of injured. B) Rapid assessment of injuries and prioritizing care. C) Reducing or eliminating long-term risk to human life and property. D) Insurance compensation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reducing or eliminating long-term risk to human life and property. 2. Why did the United States form and lead a coalition to invade Afghanistan? A) To force bin Laden's terrorist cells into hiding in Pakistan. B) To force the Taliban government to hand over Bin Laden. C) To root out bin Laden's terrorist cells and remove the Taliban government. D) To determine whether bin Laden's terrorist cells were responsible for 9/11. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To root out bin Laden's terrorist cells and remove the Taliban government. 3. What is the meaning of Prefectures? A) Hospitals. B) An army office. C) A place which is perfect. D) A district under the authority of the governor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A district under the authority of the governor. 4. Vulnerability analysis comes in which part of the Disaster Management Cycle A) Preparedness. B) Mitigation. C) Response. D) Recovery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mitigation. 5. How many workers were sleeping when the fire broke out? A) 8. B) 7. C) 15. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 15. 6. Examples of rapid onset of disaster are ..... A) Cyclone & Earthquake. B) Volcanic eruption & Flash floods. C) All of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of the above. 7. Expansion of NDRF A) National Disaster Relief Force. B) National Disaster Reserve Force. C) National Disaster Response Force. D) National Disaster Relief Fund. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) National Disaster Response Force. 8. Tsunami's height and speed increases when it enters the shallow coastal areas. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. It is very difficult to protect the vegetation, without constructing A) Shelter Belts. B) Sea Walls. C) Both. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 10. Who invented the Richter Scale? A) Richard RIchter. B) Robert Richter. C) Charlene Richter. D) Charles Richter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Charles Richter. 11. Name the cyclone that hit West Bengal in May 2020 A) Amphan. B) Fani. C) Vayu. D) T-Sunami. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amphan. 12. What is the device called that uses special weights and magnetic fields to measure the movement of the ground? A) Barometer. B) Speedometer. C) Telegraph. D) Seismograph. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seismograph. 13. Which of the following is/are the objectives of Disaster Management?1) Mitigation2) Reconstruction3) RehabilitationSelect the correct option from the codes given below: A) Only 2&3. B) Only 1&2. C) Only 1&3. D) 1, 2&3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1, 2&3. 14. Cyclones happening during A) Summer. B) Autumn. C) Winter. D) Rainy monsoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rainy monsoon. 15. Which of the following is a natural disaster caused by shifting tectonic plates under water? A) Tsunami. B) Floods. C) Flash floods. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tsunami. 16. Ito ay tumutukoy sa mga hazard na bunga ng mga gawain ng tao tulad ng maitim na usok na ibinubuga ng mga pabrika at mga sasakyan. A) Natural hazard. B) Natural calamity. C) Combination hazard. D) Human-induced hazard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Human-induced hazard. 17. Which one of the country is one of the Worlds most disaster prone countries. A) Russia. B) India. C) America. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) India. 18. Ito ang uri ng assessment kung saan tinutukoy ang kahinaan o kakulangan ng isang tahanan o komunidad na harapin o bumangon mula sa pinsalang dulot ng hazard. A) Loss Assessment. B) Damage Assessment. C) Vulnerability Assessment. D) Hazard Assessment. E) Needs Assessment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vulnerability Assessment. 19. The main activities of Watershed program are ..... A) Harvesting rainwater in fields. B) Afforestation and alternative livelihoods. C) All of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of the above. 20. Which of these is a non-renewable resource A) Wind power. B) Forests. C) Solar energy. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coal. 21. Global warming is a phenomenon related to ..... A) Greenhouse effect. B) Ecological balance. C) Evaporation. D) Desertification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greenhouse effect. 22. Earthquake in recent time:Gujarat, Latur::Devastating floods in 2018: ..... A) Rajastan/Gujrat. B) Kerala/Assam. C) Kolkatta/Gohati. D) Dehli/Bihar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kerala/Assam. 23. Mengapa penting untuk memiliki alarm asap di rumah? A) Untuk memberi tahu Anda jika ada kebakaran sehingga Anda dapat segera mengambil tindakan. B) Untuk membuat suara yang menyenangkan. C) Hanya sebagai dekorasi rumah. D) Tidak penting, Anda dapat melihat api sendiri jika terjadi kebakaran. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Untuk memberi tahu Anda jika ada kebakaran sehingga Anda dapat segera mengambil tindakan. 24. Risk is the product of A) Capacity & vulnerability. B) Cost & capacity. C) Likelihood & cost. D) Vulnerability & likelihood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Likelihood & cost. 25. Does NCC cadets should not take all the preventive measures during disaster managment. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 26. What are cyclones? A) Powerful, spinning storms which form over warm tropical waters. B) River overflows. C) Both. D) None. E) Can't determine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Powerful, spinning storms which form over warm tropical waters. 27. India's total cyclone-prone area is ..... A) 10%. B) 15%. C) 20%. D) 8%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 8%. 28. Ito ay mga kilos o hakbang na naglalayong bawasan ang mga elementong nakapagpapalala sa negatibong epekto ng sakuna. A) Adaptation. B) Mitigation. C) Resilience. D) Capacity Building. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mitigation. 29. Ito ang batas na naglalayong palakasin ang paghahanda ng Pilipinas sa mga kalamidad at sakuna. A) Community Based Disaster Management Plan. B) Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act. C) Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Framework. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act. 30. Volcanic eruption or undersea earthquake is the cause for A) Tsunami. B) Earthquake. C) Cyclone. D) Floods. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tsunami. 31. Match the followingA)Biological Hazard B)Environmental Hazard. C)Geological Hazard. D)Industrial Hazard. i)Deforestationii)Pest attacksiii)Oil spillsiv)Volcanic eruption A) A-ii, B-i, C-iv, D-iii. B) A-i, B-iv, C-ii, D-iii. C) A-iv, B-i, C-ii, D-iii. D) A-i, B-ii, C-iv, D-iii. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A-ii, B-i, C-iv, D-iii. 32. Disasters can be categorised into ..... types based on speed. A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 33. Floods are controlled by A) Reservoir Channells. B) Sea Defense Walls. C) Bank Stabilization. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 34. What is the primary goal of disaster prevention and mitigation efforts? A) To eliminate all risks of disasters. B) To reduce the impact of disasters on society. C) To recover quickly from disasters. D) To increase the frequency of disasters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To reduce the impact of disasters on society. 35. What is the primary purpose of studying the hazard and vulnerability profile of India? A) To promote tourism in disaster-prone areas. B) To predict the timing of future disasters. C) To assess the economic impact of disasters. D) To identify regions at high risk of disasters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To identify regions at high risk of disasters. 36. Which of the following is an example of a pandemic disaster? A) Drought. B) Earthquake. C) Flood. D) COVID-19. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) COVID-19. 37. 'Tsu' in Japanese language means ..... A) Wave. B) Harbour. C) Tide. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harbour. 38. Which is not symptom of covid-19 A) Temperature. B) Backpain. C) Cough. D) Sore throat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Backpain. 39. Pagbabalangkas ng disaster management plan ng pambansang pamahalaan. A) Top-down Approach. B) Bottom-up Approach. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Top-down Approach. 40. Which is not a nuclear plant? A) Takhama Plants. B) Kansai Electric Power. C) Hokurika Electric Shikha. D) Kyodo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kyodo. 41. Excess or deficient rainfall is determined by the percent of variation from the average rainfall of ..... years A) 40-80. B) 60-90. C) 70-100. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 70-100. 42. Tsunami was happened India in the year A) 2004. B) 2010. C) 2008. D) 2006. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2004. 43. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) R.D. Oldham. 44. Where do tornadoes mostly happen? A) Canada. B) Mexico. C) Tornado alley in the United States. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tornado alley in the United States. 45. Tsunami is due to A) Earth quake near sea. B) Earth quake in sea. C) Earth quake in sea shore. D) Massive earth quake in deep sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Massive earth quake in deep sea. 46. Environment contamination and Structural Failure is a types of A) Man-made Disaster. B) Natural. C) Both. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Man-made Disaster. 47. If the impact of disaster (A) on an area is twice as important as disaster (B), then calculate the net risk, provided the vulnerability score for the area due to both the disasters is 80. A) 320. B) 160. C) 240. D) 80. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 80. 48. The measure of the expected losses due to a hazard event occurring in a given area over a specific time period can be termed as A) Hazard. B) Risk. C) Dangers. D) Capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Risk. 49. Droughts can be defined as extreme shortage of rainfall or water in a particular area. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 50. Which factor is NOT considered in assessing vulnerability to disasters? A) Geographic location. B) Socio-economic status. C) Political stability. D) Cultural practices. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Political stability. 51. What does the word "Tsunami" mean in English? A) Big Wave. B) Harbor Wave. C) Humongous Wave. D) Coast Wave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harbor Wave. 52. Which The following groups of NCC cadets need to be created for providing assistance? A) Traffic police. B) Shelter managment group. C) Sanitation groups. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 53. What term describes the statistical likelihood of a specific hazard occurring within a specific time period? A) Mitigation. B) Risk. C) Vulnerability. D) Resilience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Risk. 54. Which is a man made disaster A) Weapons. B) Flood. C) Cyclone. D) Volcana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weapons. 55. 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. 56. Where is National Institute of Disaster Management located? A) Kanpur. B) Mumbai. C) Bengaluru. D) New Delhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) New Delhi. 57. Full form of DDMA is A) District Disaster Mitigation Agency. B) District Disaster Management Authority. C) District Disaster Management Agency. D) Double Disaster Management Agency. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) District Disaster Management Authority. 58. Which of the following is a human-induced disaster? A) Earthquake. B) Forest fire caused by lightning. C) Cyclone. D) Oil spill from a ship. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oil spill from a ship. 59. 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. 60. Who heads the National Crisis Management Committee? A) Ministry of Environment. B) President. C) Prime Minister. D) Cabinet Secretary. 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