QUIZ-I

QUIZ-I

Covering Unit-I & Unit-II

Answer ALL

1. A disaster is a __________, ____________ event that seriously disrupts the functioning of a community or society and causes __________, ___________, and _____________ or environmental losses that exceed the ________________ or _____________ ability to cope using its own resources
2. List four examples of natural disasters
3. How can the impact of disasters be minimized
4. Define disaster, Hazard and the three components of vulnerability
5. What is risk and express risk as a formula
6. List two examples of man-made disasters
7. List the various impacts of droughts
8. List the indirect effects of drought
9. List the negative effects of drought on people. 
10. List the economic impacts of drought
11. Explain briefly, the political impact of drought as a "focussing event".
12. List few environmental impacts of droughts
13. List the various impacts (six typical and ten delayed) of drought on the health of a community
14. List the various disasters that the Indian subcontinent and the northern himalayan region are prone to
15. What percentage of India is prone to drought, earthquake, floods and cyclones.
16. List the various major famines in India
17. What is the average drought frequency in India
18. Who are the worst affected by droughts
19. What are the two broad classifications of disasters in India
20. What is the meaning of Hydrometeorology and list examples of hydrometeorological disasters
21. What are geological disasters also known as 
22. List examples of geological disasters
23. List the common characteristics of natural disasters
24. State the conceptual and operational definitions of drought
25. List the various types of drought
26. List the causes of drought
27. List the various direct and indirect impacts of drought
28. List the economic, environmental and social impacts of drought
29. What is the impact of drought on the health of a community
30. List the initial and delayed responses with regard to psychosocial impacts of drought on people in the affected community
31. Explain in brief the phrase, "differential impacts of disasters"
32. What is meant by "global trends"
33. List the factors contributing to an increasing trend in number of disasters over the past few decades
34. What is an urban disaster
35. Define pandemics
36. List the four types of stability found in complex emergencies
37. List the factors contributing to rapid climate change
38. Why are slums in cities a major center of crime
39. List the reasons for high hazard intensity in urban areas
40. List examples of pandemics that occurred in the past
41. List the characteristics of complex emergencies
42. List the effects of national and international level complex emergencies
43. List the various climate change indicators
44. List the various risks due to climate change
45. List the direct and indirect impacts due to climate change
46. List the impacts that climate change has on ecosystems and environmental relationships
47. List the various causes due to floods and cyclones
48. Where are tropical cyclones generated
49. What is the 'eye' of a cyclone
50. What is the wind direction in a cyclone
51. What is an 'eye wall' and a 'rain band' in a cyclone
52. What causes 'local storms'
53. List the primary, secondary and tertiary hazards due to a cyclone with examples
54. List the damage caused due to local storms
55. Define atmospheric hazards. What are they also known as 
56. What is a cumulative atmospheric hazard
57. List the various atmospheric hazards
58. List the common types of toxic gases encountered in confined spaces
59. Define a cold wave and list the criteria for determining a cold wave
60. List the effects of cold waves
61. Can cold waves be forecasted
62. Define heat wave and heat stress
63. On what basis are heat waves classified
64. List the characteristics of dry heat wave and moist heat wave
65. List the effects of heat wave on the human body
66. List the signs of heat wave
67. ___________% of rainfall occurs in ___________ months in India
68. Define flood
69. Floods in India are caused due to _________________________ basin that carries ___% of total river flow in India
70. List the various causes of floods in India
71. List the various flood prone regions of India
72. Define a road accident
73. List the various causes of traffic accident
74. List the elements of good driving
75. List the effects of a traffic accident