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Question 1.
Countries like India and Iran suffer greater losses due to earthquakes in comparison to USA or Japan due to which of the following reasons:
(a) high population
(b) low literacy
(c) no awareness
(d) Socio-economic vulnerabilities.

Answer

Answer: (d) Socio-economic vulnerabilities.

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Question 2.
Which one of the following is not a component of Risk Management.
(a) risk identification
(b) risk reduction
(c) risk transfer
(d) risk mitigation

Answer

Answer: (d) risk mitigation

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Question 3.
Public awareness is necessary to ensure which of the following
(a) public participation in community preparedness programs
(b) planning and analysis of structural measures
(c) locating the building in a safe place
(d) design and proper detailing of structural components.

Answer

Answer: (a) public participation in community preparedness programs

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Question 4.
Between 1992 and 2001, how many people were killed on an average due to natural hazards.
(a) 62,000
(b) 60,000
(c) 61,000
(d) 63,000

Answer

Answer: (b) 60,000

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Question 5.
Bhuj, in Gujarat was struck by an earthquake in which of the following years:
(a) 2000
(b) 2002
(c) 2001
(d) 2003

Answer

Answer: (c) 2001

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Write true (T) or false (F)

1. Risk transfer refers to ensure that losses from disasters are compensated.

Answer

Answer: True

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2. Stringent building code can reduce collapse of a building due to flood.

Answer

Answer: False

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3. Mitigation involves structural and non-structural measures to limit the impact of natural hazards.

Answer

Answer: True

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4. Disaster resistant construction is achieved through construction with suitable material.

Answer

Answer: True

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5. Disaster Management Committees are set up only at national level.

Answer

Answer: False

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6. The municipalities can prevent disaster impact by conducting selected mitigation activities before a disaster strikes.

Answer

Answer: True

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7. In a developing country, privati insurance sector is a major contribution for funding of reconstruction after; natural disaster.

Answer

Answer: False

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8. In developed countries, it is the government and the individual who take up the major burden of the cost of disaster.

Answer

Answer: False

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9. The Government of India is developing tools to assist the very poor.

Answer

Answer: True

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10. Local masons should be training in disaster resistant construction techniques.

Answer

Answer: True

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Match the following

1.

Column A	Column B
1. Non-engineered structures	(a) Govt, grants or subsidies
2. Legal framework	(b) Awareness of effective mitigation measures
3. Land-use planning	(c) Construction by owners using local masons.
4. Incentives and financial framework	(d) More applicable to man-made and technological disasters.
5. Training and Education	(e) Building codes for built structures.
6. Public awai’eness	(f) Controlling of human activities in hazard prone areas.
7. Prevention	(g) Awareness and know how to govern­ment official involved in disaster

Answer

Answer:

Column A	Column B
1. Non-engineered structures	(c) Construction by owners using local masons.
2. Legal framework	(e) Building codes for built structures.
3. Land-use planning	(f) Controlling of human activities in hazard prone areas.
4. Incentives and financial framework	(a) Govt, grants or subsidies
5. Training and Education	(g) Awareness and know how to govern­ment official involved in disaster
6. Public awai’eness	(b) Awareness of effective mitigation measures
7. Prevention	(d) More applicable to man-made and technological disasters.

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