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KUET 2021 Question Paper M.Sc. Disaster Management

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ENTRANCE TEST!2021
SCHOOL OF'EIWIRONMENTAL & EARTH SCIENCES

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Which two natural hazards have caused the most
l. Inwhichphase ofdisaster, the damage assessmeDt 6'
is properly done ? damage both in tems of loss of lifc and monetary

(A) Inpact phase losses over the past 50 years on a global scale ?

(B) Wamingphase (A) Hunicanes and volcanoes
(C) RehabilitationPhase (B) Hutricanes and floods
(D) Rescue phase (C) Hunicanes and tomadoes
Tho conditions determined by physical, social, (D) Eunicanes and earthquakes
plocesses'
economic and environmenlal facto$ ol
7' Populations and their movements thtrough time arc
which inqease the susceptibility ofa community
to the impact of hazard is the definition of a component of:

rulnerabilitY given bY: (A) Social vulnembility
(A) Hyogo Framework forAction (B) Environmental l'nlnerability
(B) Sendai Frarnework for Action (C) Physicall'nlnerability
(c) IPCC (D) Economicvulnerability
(D) tJl.{DP
What phase of emergency management includes
3. The level ofharm by a hazard is govemed by: 8'
exercises and drills ?
(A) Magnitudeoftheha%rd
(A) Mitigation
(B) Frequency ofthe hazad
(C) lntensity at the impact Point (B) Preparedness
(D) All ofthe above (C) Recovery
4. There ale nine tasks in the disaster management' (D) Response
All of the following are tasks of this model 9. Reconstruction is a strategy uscd in which stage
EXCEPT: of disaster mitigation ?
(A) Assess secoldary social pioblems such as (A) Post'disaster
health epidemics, displaced persorls
(B) Pre-disaster stage
(B) Counsel those who have suffered txauma and
bereavament (C) Duringdisaster
(C) Control rumors, provide accurate (D) All the above
infomation lO. A clear concise documgnt which outlines
(D) Provide security; prevent lootiDg, protect preventive and prcparatory measues in the event
pelson and Property
of a disaster to minimize its effect is:
5. Vulnerability reduction plan is a participatory:
(A) Disaster manual
(A) Bottom'up Plan
(B) Disaster guide
(B) Top-up Plan
(C) Disaster Plan
(c) Both(A) &(B)
(D) None ofthe above (D) Disaster record

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response must be created based on which ofthe Natural Disaster Prevention, Preparedness and
. following core issues ? Mitigation and its Plan ofAction was adopted it
1. Institutionalarmngemenrs which ofthe following ?

2. Leade$hip (A) Hyogo Framework for action
(B) Sendai Framework for action
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12. Ilsurance is an example of:
the U.N. General Assembly in I 992 and was
(A) Risk likelihood reduction finally fomalised at the World Conference
(B) Risktansfer on Disaster Management in 1994
(C) The Tropical cyclone of 1971 in India is the
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(B) Blue Forest 2020 was held in which ofthe following cities ?

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warming ?

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(c) 8year agreemeot tB) chlorofluorocarbon
(D) 3 Year agreement
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(C) Buswidth for the formation oftropical cyclones ?
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41, Wlich Act provides for setting up of National 46. Wlich ofthe following is not a viable protection
Biodive$ity Authority O{BA) ? against deforgstation ?
(A) Wildlife Act, 1972 (A) EnvLorumenlal education
(B) Biodiversity Act, 2002 (B) Boycott Foducts of companies involved in
(C) Envircnmental ProtectionAct, 1982 deforcstation
(D) Forest Convention Act, 1980
(C) Pdvatisation of forest land
, 42. Which one ofthe following regions is structually
the most stable one ? (D) Reduc€ the consumption offorest and related
(A) The Deccan Plateau prcducts
(B) The Gangetic Plain 4.t. The resources in which there is a natural
(C) The Punjab Plain replenisbment at a non-negligible rate are kno\a-n
(D) The Himalayas as:
43. Which ofthe fotlowing is not a possible outcome (A) Recyclable resources
of mismanaging forest resources ?
(A) Habitat loss (B) Renewable resouces
(B) Soil loss (C) Depletable resources
(C) Regional climate change (D) Environmentalresouces
(D) Selectiveharvesting
48' Which among the following district ofJ & K does
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'Iotegrated WatershedDevelopment Programme'
1. Prevention ofsoil runoff (A) Ananhag
2. Linking the country's perermial rivers with (B) Kishtwar
seasonal rivers
(C) Kupwara
3. Rainwater harvesting and recharge of (D) Icthua
groundwater table
4. Regenemtionofnaturalvegetatron 49. Which global technological oompany was first to
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given launch a web portal which tracks COVID-1g
below. infections worldwide ?
(A) 1,2, 3 and 4 (A) Amazon
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(B) Microsoft
(C) 2,3 and 4 onlY
(D) l and2only (C) Facebook
45. Which of the following is known as 'Water Man', (D) Google
who has developed a technique for harvesting 50. Where will be United Nations (UN) Climate
rainwater and also revived th€ age'old technique
Conference also known as COP 26 held in 2021 ?
of collection of rainwater in dams to msease
water table in lndia ? (A) Brisbane, Aushalia
(A) Rajen&a Singh (B) Ma<!rid, SPain
(B) K.R. Majumdar (C) Glasgow, United Kingdon
(C) HN. Misra
(D) Rome,Italy
(D) M. Sundaram
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novel "Shuggie Bain" ? elected the President of which of the following
(A) Margaret Atwood countries for the consecutive second time ?
(B) Madeke Lucas Rijneveld (A) Portugal
(C) James Kelman (B) Hungary
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Humanitarian Affairs
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