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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
BE - SEMESTER–VI (NEW) EXAMINATION – SUMMER 2023
Subject Code: 3160622 Date:10-07-2023
Subject Name: Disaster Management
Tim[Link] AM TO 01:00 PM Total Marks:70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
4. Simple and non-programmable scientific calculators are allowed.
Q.1 (a) What is disaster management? 03
(b) Give vulnerability profile of India. 04
(c) Describe natural disasters and man-made disasters. 07
Q.2 (a) How development may cause disasters? 03
(b) Give a comprehensive list of various types of distasters. 04
(c) Write short note on Geological disasters. 07
OR
(c) Which are the effects of earthquake? 07
Q.3 (a) Explain different types of the Landslides. 03
(b) Discuss environmental impact of mining. 04
(c) What is tsunami? What are its causes? 07
OR
Q.3 (a) Which are the causes of floods? 03
(b) Write short on: Method of flood control. 04
(c) What is cyclone? What are its characteristics? 07
Q.4 (a) Give features of disaster management cycle. 03
(b) Explain Early Warning System (EWS). 04
(c) What is climate change? Explain causes of climate change? 07
OR
Q.4 (a) Write short on : IDNDR 03
(b) Discuss major issues involved in disaster preparation. 04
(c) Explain earthquake resistant design and construction. 07
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Q.5 (a) Enlist the Safety and training Institutions in India for disaster 03
management.
(b) What is role of GIS in disaster management? 04
(c) Explain in detail structural mitigation for disaster management. 07
OR
Q.5 (a) Descibe the role of GPS in management of disaster. 03
(b) Discuss the safety measures to avoid the train accidents. 04
(c) Name the technological disasters. Discuss any one. 07
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