41.
Etna volcano are located in
A
Japan
B
Italy
C
India
D
Iran
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Etna volcano are located in
Japan
Italy
India
Iran
Equator is a region of................pressure while poles are regions of..............pressure
High, low
Low, high
Low, low
High, high
Engineering disaster is simply referred to tose disasters when it is caused by an engineering failure like
Design flaws or materials failures
Insufficient knowledge or underestimations
Carelessness or negligence
All the above.
Ebola virus disease first appeared in the year:
1976
1967
1956
1926
Earthquakes that occur along faults are created when
Melted rock is erupted along the fault zone
Stress builds up until rocks break
The earth shifts and moves along fracture
Answers b and c
Earthquakes occur most frequently at
Plate surface
Plate boundaries
Plate vacuum
Ocean beds
Earthquakes and tsunamis constitute disaster percentage = ..?
8%
4%
6%
17%
Earthquake under the sea is called?
Tsunami
Hurricane
Cyclone
Thunder
Earthquake is a
Geophysical disaster
Hydrological disaster
Meteorological disaster
Compound disaster
Earthquake is
A sudden shaking or vibration of ground
Disturbances in the earth's crust
Both a and b
None of the above
Disaster Management Team should include?
Awareness generation team
First aid team
Search and Rescue team
All of the above
Disaster management is aimed at
Resettling people in the closest unaffected urban area
Collection of valuable data for future management objectives
Strengthening sewage and drinking water treatment facilities to resist the impact of a future disaster
Restoring a communitys services, facilities and residences to pre-disaster levels
Disaster Management includes
Mitigation
Reconstruction
Rehabilitation
All of the above
Disaster management covers
Maintaining control over disasters
Reducing the effects of disasters
Briefing of govt. Officials about disasters
All the above
Disaster is an event arising out of
Result of hazard event
Causes of hazard event
Causes of disaster event
All of the above
Disaster at Chernobyl (USSR), Three Mile Island (US) , and Fukusima (JAPAN) are all related to:
Disaster caused by earthquake
Disaster caused by Tsunami
Nuclear disaster
Epidemic disaster
Dams are designed to reduce flooding by
Protecting river banks from erosion
Providing storage for flood water
Increasing the downstream velocity of flood water
Trapping sediment behind the dam so it can't be deposited downstream
Cyclones in the Caribbean islands are known as:
Typhoon
Hurricanes
Tornadoes
Storm
Choose the number of National Highway in Tripura
45
44
46
31
Channelization of streams is designed to reduce flooding by............
Speeding the passage of floodwaters
Reducing bank erosion
Slowing down river velocity so as to reduce damage
Increase the meandering of streams