Disaster and Its types

Q. Which of the following is/are a man-made disaster?

1. Earthquake
2. Gas explosion
3. Flood
4. Industrial fire

Q.

What is the full form of DPAP?

Q. Which among the given options is a man-made disaster?

1. Volcano
2. Earthquake
3. Cloudburst
4. Railway accident

Q. Which of the following are natural calamities?

1. Floods
2. Storms
3. Earthquakes
4. Road accident

Q. Which of the following is/are natural phenomenon?

1. Cooking
2. Storms
3. Lightning
4. Earthquake

Q.

What are the three phases of disaster management planning

Q. Which type of disaster is a chemical accident?

1. Natural disaster
2. Man-made disaster
3. Both natural as well as man-made disaster
4. Can't be said

Q.

Which of the following is not an example of natural disaster?

1. Floods
2. Terrorist attack
3. Earthquake
4. Tsunami

Q. Which of the following is/are example/s of man-made disasters?

1. The Chernobyl disaster
2. Mumbai terrorist attack
3. The Bhopal gas tragedy
4. All of the above

Q. Explain natural and man-made disasters with examples. [2 Marks]

Q. Which out of these is an example of man-made disaster?

1. Volcanic eruption
2. Industrial hazard
3. Earthquake
4. Tsunami

Q.

Which of the following is not hydrological disaster?

1. Floods
2. Limnic eruptions
3. Tsunami
4. Volcanic eruption

Q. Which out of these is an example of natural disaster?

1. Industrial fire
2. Volcanic eruption
3. Vehicular accident
4. Building collapse

Q.

Of the following which is a natural hazard?

1. Earthquake
2. Cyclone
3. Landslide
4. All of these

Q. Cyclones, floods, landslides, etc., are __________.

1. Natural disasters
2. Man-made disaster
3. Divine reprisals
4. Effects of environmental pollution

Q. Which city of Jammu and Kashmir was greatly affected by the floods in September 2014?

1. Jammu
2. Srinagar
3. Anantnag
4. Baramulla

Q. Which among the folowing are man-induced disasters?

1. Drought
2. Industrial accidents
3. Landslides
4. Storms

Q. _______ is an event resulting in great loss and misfortune caused by both natural and man-made phenomena.

1. Calamity
2. Disaster
3. Catastrophe
4. Tragedy

Q. Droughts, erosion, floods and global warming are caused due to _______.

1. Deforestation
2. Afforestation
3. Hunting
4. None of these

Q. A highly destructive event that destroys life and property and is caused by nature, is known as .

1. man-made disaster
2. natural disaster
3. invasion

Q. Consider the following statement regarding disasters:
1. These are caused due to faulty human activities.
2 These originate from human planning errors or negligence.
Identify the disaster.

1. Natural disaster
2. Man-made disaster
3. Hybrid disaster
4. All of the above

Q. Plague, ebola and wheat rust are classified as biological disasters.

1. True
2. False

Q. Intense damage was caused in Ladakh in 2010 due to which natural calamity ?

1. Cloudburst
   
2. Landslide
3. Earthquake
4. Drought

Q. Earthquake, volcano, and tsunami are classified as geophysical disasters.

1. False
2. True

Q. In November 2015, Tamil Nadu experienced heavy rainfall which caused huge destruction leading to a death toll of nearly 150 people.
Can you tell which phenomena caused this rainfall?

1. Cyclone

2. Hurricane

3. Tsunami

4. Typhoon

Q. A sudden, calamitous event that occurs on a large scale and causes great loss of life and property is called a disaster.

1. False
2. True

Q. Which of the following is a natural disaster?

1. Flood
2. Nuclear explosions
3. Transportation accidents
4. Industrial accidents

Q.

As the magnitude of natural disaster increases their frequency of occurrence _________.

1. Decreases
2. Increases
3. Varies over time
4. Remains same