With respect to earthquake, consider the following statements-

1. Northern India is prone to frequent earthquake as, it is located on junction of two plate.

2. Seismic zoning map is brought out by BIS.

3. India has been divided into four seismic zones according to maximum intensity of earthquake.

4. Zone V which includes North Eastern India, Northern portion of Bihar, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat and Andaman and Nicobar is most active.

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With respect to Tsunami, consider the following statements.

1. Japanese word 'tsu' means harbor and 'nami' means 'wave'.

2. Generated due to abrupt deformation of sea floor resulting vertical displacement of overlying water.

3. Tsunami waves have small amplitude but very long wavelength.

4. It may be caused by non-seismic event also.

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With respect to present structure for disaster management in India, answer the following

1. Two structure co-exist at present

2. Nodal ministry of disaster is ministry of environment, forest and climate change.

3. Structure is hierarchical and functions at four level-centre, state, district, local.

4. It is a multi-stakeholder setup i.e. structure draws involvement of various relevant ministries, government departments and administrative bodies.

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National Disaster Management Act, 2005 is the first act made specifically for disaster management. Consider following statements regarding it.

1. Act ensures measures by various wings of government.

2. Prime Minister acts as chairman of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)

3. It establishes National Institute of Disasters Management (NIDM) for capacity building

4. It mandates the concerned ministries and department to draw up their own plans in accordance of National plan.

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Arrange the authorities under Disaster Management Act 2005, according to their functions.

National Policy on Disaster Management-a step taken by government to ensure disaster preparedness. Choose correct statement regarding the policy.

1. NPDM has been approved by Central Government in 2005.

2. Issue of equity and inclusiveness has been ignored.

3. It aims to bring transparency and accountability in all aspects of disaster management.

4. It covers institutional arrangement but ignores legal arrangement.

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Match the following disasters with their nodal ministry for mitigation purpose.
      List I                          List II
(Disaster)                     (Nodal ministry)

A. Earthquake                1. Ministry of Agriculture

B. Drought                      2. Ministry of Environment, forest and climate change

C. Landslide                   3. Ministry of Defence

D. Avalanche                 4. Ministry of Mines

E. Forest fire                  5. Ministry of Earth Science

F. Cyclone                      6. Ministry of Earth Science

Entire landmass of India has been divided into zones. Match the following with respect to zoning in India.

   List I                                                  List II

A. Zone V                                  1. Zone I is merged with it

B. Present zoning system         2. Replaced Modified Meracalti (MM)

C. MSK                                      3. IS 1893.2002 Fifth Revision

D. Zone II                                   4. Very High Damage Risk zone

With respect to National Disaster Mitigation Fund, choose the correct options

1. It is mandatory for government to constitute (NDMF)

2. It can be used exclusively for purpose of mitigation only.

3. Fund will be credited after due appropriation made by parliament by law.

4. NDMF shall be applied by NDMA.