The ground movements caused by earthquakes can have a damaging effects such as?
Ground shaking
Landslides
Surface ruptures
All the above
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The ground movements caused by earthquakes can have a damaging effects such as?
Ground shaking
Landslides
Surface ruptures
All the above
The flood caused in Uttarakhand due to
Cloud burst
Land slide
Earthquake
None of these
The first phase of environmental health management begins
Long before a disaster strikes
When a disaster strikes
Within the first three hours after the disaster has struck
After the warning period
The eye of a cyclone is
Cloudy and highly stormy.
Full of strong winds.
Calm and cloudless
Site with high atmospheric pressure.
The epicenter of the earthquake of the magnitude of 5.7 which occurred on the 3rd of Jan, 2017 in Tripura was located at:
Dhalai District
West District
North District
Gomati District
The earth crust is made up of huge slabs, which are called
Crust
Plates
Rock
Magma
The disease that swept a large part of Asia, Europe and Africa in the 14th century is:
Plague
Small pox
Tuberculosis
Influenza
The Disaster Management Act was made in
2006
2003
2005
2009
The date when the super cyclone hit the Orissa coast which killed nearly 10,000 people and affected over 15 million people across 12 districts of Orissa is?
29.08.1999
29.08.1997
29.08.1998
29.08.1996
The cyclone that hit Odisha on October 29, 1999 is an example of
Super cyclone
Silent cyclone
Cyclone storm
None
The cyclone 'SIDR' hit Bangladesh in?
2009
2007
2008
2006
The Chairman of the Tripura Disaster Management Authority is:
Chief Secretary
District Magistrate
Chief Minister
BDO
The Chairman of the National Disaster management Authority is?
Home Minister
Vice President
Minister, Human Resource Development
Prime Minister
The centre of the cyclone is characterized by
High Pressure
Low pressure
Very High Pressure
All of the above
The centre of a cyclone is a calm area and is called the............of the storm.
Eye
Focus
Centre
Radius
The Bhopal gas tragedy is an example of:
Industrial disasters
Natural disasters
Nuclear disasters
None
Tenorist attack known as 9/11 took place in
India
USA
UK
None of the above.
TB disease generally affects of
Kidney
Stomach
Lungs
Skin
Structural and Non-structural measures are elements of high category of Risk Reduction measures
Socio-economic measures
Physical measures
Environmental measures
Post disaster measures
Special consideration in order to mitigate earthquake earthquake like disasters is given also to protect
Heritage buildings
Buildings of cultural and historical importance
Scientific and Technological laboratories
All of the above