Disaster Risk Reduction

A disease that becomes unusually widespread and even global in its reach is referred to as

• Epidemic

• Pandemic

• Spanish Flu

• Hyperendemic

What is Ring of Fire?

• Belt of volcanoes in the Circum Pacific region

• Belt of volcanoes in the mid-continental region

• Belt of volcanoes in the mid-atlantic region

• None of the choices mentioned

Volcanoes are generally found where

• Intraplates pull apart or are coming together

• Tectonic plates pull apart or are coming together

• Earth's crust pull apart or are coming together

• None of them pull apart or are coming together

Which of the following is NOT a man-made hazard?

• Leakage of toxic wastes

• Wars and civil strife

• Drought

• Environmental pollution

Generally the number on Richter Scale ranges between –

• 0 to 6

• 0 to 9

• 1 to 5

• 1 to 12

Disaster Management includes:

• Mitigation

• Reconstruction

• Rehabilitation

• All of the choices mentioned

Effective hazard management largely rely on

• government agencies

• emergency responses

• pre-disaster planning

• reactive leadership

Which of the following is NOT an atmospheric hazard?

• Human epidemic

• Hail

• Heavy rainfall

• Hurricanes

The level of risk of a disaster depends on

• Nature of the hazard

• Vulnerability of the elements which are affected

• Economic value of the elements which are affected

• All of the choices mentioned

The extent to which a community ,structure , services or geographic area is likely to be damaged or disrupted by the impact of particular hazard is termed as

• Capacity

• Vulnerability

• Risk

• Hazard assessment