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ENTRANCE TEST-2023
SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND EARTH SCIENCES
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Total Questions : 60
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1. Etymologically the term ‘Disaster’ comes from the 4. Joshimath, also known as Jyotirmath, a town and a
following languages : municipal board recently in news for land subsidence
(i) French is situated in which of the following districts in the
(ii) Greek Indian state of Uttarakhand?
(iii) ltalian
(A) Chamoli
(iv) Latin
(B) Nainital
Choose the correct answer from the options given
(C) Rudraprayag
below:
(A) (i), (ii), (iii) (D) Uttarkashi

(B) (i), (ii), (iv) 5. Match List I with List II

(C) (ii), (iii), (iv) List I (Disasters) List II (Year)
(D) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
1. Fukoshima Double Disaster (i) 2019
2. Etymologically the term ‘Hazard’ comes from one of
the following languages 2. Chernobyl Disaster (ii) 2004
(A) French 3. Asian Tsunami (iii) 2011
(B) Greek 4. Australian Forest Fire (iv) 1986
(C) Italian
Choose the correct answer from the options given
(D) Latin
below:
3. Risk perception is understood as
(i) Awareness of risk (A) 1 (ii), 2 (iv), 3 (iii), 4 (i)

(ii) Dependency on certain subjective and objective (B) 1 (i), 2 (iii), 3 (ii), 4 (iv)
factors (C) 1 (iii), 2 (iv), 3 (ii), 4 (i)
(iii) Insignificant role of media
(D) 1 (iv), 2 (iii), 3 (ii), 4 (i)
(iv) Personal experience of disasters
6. Which is nodal ministry for management of Biological
(v) Non-belief in prevention and fatalistic attitude
Disasters in India?
Choose the correct answer from the options given
(A) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
below:
(A) (iii), (iv) Only (B) Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate

(B) (i), (iii), (v) Only Change

(C) (i), (ii), (iii) Only (C) Ministry of Home Affairs

(D) (i), (ii), (iv) Only (D) Ministry of Defence

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7. Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine is a kind of 9. Approaches for vulnerability analysis are
(i) Techno- Centric Analysis
(i) Natural Disaster
(ii) Target Group Analysis
(ii) Manmade Disaster
(iii) Situational Analysis
(iii) Nuclear disaster
(iv) Clinical Trial Analysis
(iv) Toxic gas Disaster (v) Linguistic Analysis
(v) Geothermal Disaster Choose the correct answer from the options given

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

below: (A) (i), (ii) Only

(B) (i), (ii), (iii) Only
(A) (i) & (ii) Only
(C) (iii), (iv) Only
(B) (ii) & (iii) Only
(D) (iv), (v) Only
(C) (iii) & (iv) Only
10. The major measures including use of new technologies,
(D) (iv) & (v) Only clean energy resources, and making older technologies
more energy efficient to reduce the impact of climate
8. Given below are two statements
change are examples of :
Statement I: Risk = Hazards × Vulnerability.
(A) Adaptation
Statement II: Risk is precisely defined by ISDR as
(B) Mitigation
‘the probability of harmful consequences, or expected (C) Resilience
losses resulting from interaction between natural or (D) Resistance
human- induced hazards and vulnerable conditions’. 11. Golden Hour in disaster means

In the light of the above statements, choose the most (A) A window of time in which victim is thought to

appropriate answer from the options given below have the greatest chance of survival if given
medical attention
(A) Both Statement I and Statement II are true
(B) A window of time where victim can be
(B) Both Statement I and Statement II are false
evacuated
(C) Statement I is correct but Statement II is false (C) First hour to supply food & water
(D) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is true (D) First hour to send relief materials

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12. Given below are two statements: 16. Disaster management has variety of action items.
Statement I: Community is a natural ordered entity
Which of the following is the overarching goal of
typified by the family, implies cultural understanding
of living communities disaster management?
Statement II: Society is unstructured and lacking (A) Collection of valuable data for future
institutionalized organizations
management objectives
In the light of the above statements, choose the most
appropriate answer from the options given below (B) Resettling people in the closest unaffected urban
(A) Both Statement I and Statement II are true area
(B) Both Statement I and Statement II are false (C) Restoring community services, facilities and
(C) Statement I is correct but Statement II is false
residences to pre-disaster levels
(D) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is true
13. During which phase of disaster cycle should (D) Strengthening sewage and drinking water
surveillance of health problems be conducted? treatment facilities to resist the impact of a future
(A) Preparedness disaster
(B) Response
17. The United Nations Disaster Assessment and
(C) Recovery
Coordination (UNDAC) is part of the international
(D) Mitigation
14. Microearthquakes which are usually not felt by people emergency response system for sudden-onset
and only recorded by seismographs have a magnitude emergencies. Which of the following is not part of
(Richter scale)
UNDAC?
(A) Less than 1.0
(A) Equipment
(B) Between 1.0 and 2.0
(C) Between 2.0 and 3.0 (B) Methodology
(D) Between 3.0 and 4.0 (C) Staff
15. Which of the following is incorrect about the
vulnerability profile of India? (D) Training

(A) About 12% (over 40 million hectares) of its land 18. Which of the following does NOT belong to the
is prone to floods and river erosion category of nuclear disaster?
(B) About 68% of its cultivable area is vulnerable
to droughts (A) Chernobyl disaster
(C) Around 59% of the landmass is prone to (B) Fukushima disaster
earthquakes of moderate to very high intensity
(C) Love canal disaster
(D) Close to 7,516 km long coastline is prone to
cyclones and tsunamis (D) Three-mile Island accident

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19. As per ‘Yokohama Strategy and Plan of Action for a 22. One of the global targets as per Sendai Framework,
Safer World’, what elements contribute to and gain
2015 is
from implementation of Sustainable Development
Policies? (A) To substantially reduce global disaster mortality

(A) Disaster Prevention, Mitigation, Preparedness by 2030, aiming to lower the average per
& Relief 100,000 global mortality rate in the decade
(B) Disaster Risk Reduction, Resilience, Mitigation 2020-2030 compared to the period 2000-
and Prevention
2010.
(C) Funding, Prevention, Resilience of Nation
(B) To lower global disaster mortality average per
(D) Prevention and Mitigation
100,000 in decade 2020-2030 as compared
20. Arrange the following events contributing to Disaster
Risk Reduction, in order of the Latest to the Oldest: to 2010-2020
(i) International Conference on DRR, Sendai (C) To substantially reduce global disaster mortality
(ii) International Decade for Natural Disaster by 2025, aiming to lower the average per
Reduction
100,000 global mortality rate in the decade
(iii) International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
2015-2025 compared to the period 2005-
(iv) World Conference on Disaster Reduction,
2015.
Hyogo
(v) World Conference on Natural Disaster (D) To substantially reduce global disaster mortality
Reduction, Yokohama by 2030, aiming to lower the average per
(A) (i), (iii), (iv), (v), (ii) 100,000 global mortality rate in the decade
(B) (i), (v), (iv), (iii), (ii) 2020-2030 compared to the period 2005-
(C) (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (i) 2015.
(D) (ii), (v), (iv), (iii), (i)
23. The National Disaster Management Authority
21. Which International Instrument adopted the concept
(NDMA), the apex body for Disaster Management
of ‘Build Back Better’ ?
(A) Yokohama Strategy & Plan of Action for a Safer in India, is headed by the
World, 1994 (A) Chief Justice of India
(B) Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction,
(B) President of India
2015-2030
(C) Prime Minister of India
(C) Hyogo Framework for Action, 2005-2015
(D) Rio Declaration, 1992 (D) Union Home Minister of India

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24. The essential elements of disaster as per Section 2(d) 27. In the Tribal Area, as referred to in the Sixth Schedule
of Disaster Management Act, 2005?
to the Constitution, the Co- Chairperson of the District
(i) Catastrophe, mishap, calamity or grave
Disaster Management Authority will be
occurrence affecting any area
(ii) Arising only from natural causes (i.e. does not (A) Chief Executive Member of the district
cover man-made causes) (B) Chief Medical Officer of the district
(iii) Arising only from accident or negligence
(C) Elected representative of the local authority
(iv) Beyond coping capacity of society
Choose the correct answer from the options given (D) Superintendent of Police
below: 28. The fellow citizens of country have given the following
(A) (i), (ii) name to the rescuers of National Disaster Response
(B) (i), (ii), (iii) Force (NDRF)
(C) (i), (iii), (iv)
(A) Aapda Mitra
(D) (i), (iv)
25. National Disaster Management Act, 2005 proposes (B) Angels in Disaster
National Plan for disaster management for the whole (C) Disaster Warriors
of the country. As per the Act, the National Plan shall
(D) Garud Commandos
be reviewed and updated
(A) Annually 29. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) was
(B) Biennially constituted under the statutory provision of Disaster
(C) Every Five years Management Act, 2005. In 2005, the NDRF was
(D) Every Ten years constituted with 8 Battalions, however, today the
26. As per Section 2(e) of National Disaster Management number of Battalions are increased to
Act, 2005 essential elements for disaster management
are (A) 15

(i) Prevention of danger or threat of any disaster (B) 18

(ii) Declaration of standard of disaster risk free (C) 21
infrastructure
(D) 25
(iii) Building back better
(iv) Rehabilitation and reconstruction 30. Who among the following is known for contributions
Choose the correct answer from the options given in Indian Nuclear Sciences?
below: (A) Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
(A) (i), (ii)
(B) Homi Jehangir Bhabha
(B) (ii), (iii)
(C) (i), (iv) (C) Meghnad Saha

(D) (iii), (iv) (D) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

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31. Which of the following is the world’s most powerful 35. The scale designed to describe the effects of an
space observatory that has turned its gaze on planets, earthquake at a given place, on natural features, on
stars and galaxies in infrared light, which is invisible to industrial installations and on human beings :
the human eye?
(A) Hadean scale
(A) Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
(B) Modified Mercalli scale
(B) Hubble Space Telescope
(C) Moment Magnitude scale
(C) James Webb Space Telescope
(D) Richter scale
(D) Spitzer Space Telescope
36. An Artificial Intelligence (AI) technique that allows
32. Covaxin produced by the Indian Company Bharat
computers to understand associations and
Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of
relationships between objects and events is called
Medical Research-National Institute of Virology is a/
an (A) Cognitive Science

(A) inactivated virus (B) Heuristic Processing

(B) mRNA vaccine (C) Pattern Matching
(C) self-amplifying mRNA vaccine (D) Relative Symbolism
(D) viral vector vaccine 37. An attribute of one table matching the primary key of
33. Who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or another table is called
Medicine 2022 for discoveries concerning the (A) Candidate Key
genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution ?
(B) Composite Key
(A) David Julius
(C) Foreign Key
(B) Svante Pääbo
(D) Secondary Key
(C) K. Barry Sharpless
38. As per Wildlife Institute of India and work of Rodgers
(D) Anton Zeilinger
and Panwar (1988), how many biogeographic zones
34. The term drip-stone is most proximately associated
are explained in India?
with
(A) 10
(A) Glacier
(B) Precipitation (B) 12

(C) Running water (C) 16

(D) Underground water (D) 18

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39. Which of the following disaster databases is with 43. The Forest Survey of India has been monitoring India’s
regional coverage (and not global coverage)? forest and tree resource through periodic assessment
(A) Dartmouth and presenting the findings in its biennial publication.
The first State of Forest report was brought out in the
(B) DesInventar
year
(C) EM-DAT
(A) 1982
(D) NatCatSERVICE
(B) 1986
40. Which of the following continents/regions has the
(C) 1987
maximum percent share of global river runoff?
(D) 1991
(A) Africa
44. As per India State of Forest Report (2021), which of
(B) Asia the following states has the highest percentage of forest
(C) North and Central America cover w.r.t. total geographical area of the state?
(D) South America (A) Maharashtra
41. As per the India Seismic Zone Map of India, which (B) Manipur
of the following combinations is NOT explained? (C) Meghalaya
(A) Zone I, Zone II, Zone III (D) Mizoram
(B) Zone II, Zone III, Zone IV 45. According to the World Air Quality Report 2021,
(C) Zone II, Zone IV, Zone V India is home to following number of the 100 most
(D) Zone III, Zone IV, Zone V polluted cities, with New Delhi named as the capital
with the worst air quality in the world :
42. Match List I with List II
(A) 39
List I (Reservoir) List II (River) (B) 51
1. Bhakra (i) Beas (C) 63
2. Gandhi Sagar (ii) Ramganga (D) 75
3. Kalagarh (iii) Sutluj 46. A document, Desertification and Land Degradation
4. Pong (iv) Chambel Atlas reporting increase in land degradation and
desertification was published by
Choose the correct answer from the options given (A) Defence Research & Development Organisation
below: (DRDO)
(A) 1 (i), 2 (iv), 3 (ii), 4 (iii) (B) Indian Agricultural Research Institute
(B) 1 (iii), 2 (iv), 3 (ii), 4 (i) (C) Indian Council of Forestry Research and
(C) 1 (iv), 2 (iii), 3 (i), 4 (ii) Education
(D) l (iii), 2 (ii), 3 (iv), 4 (i) (D) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

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47. The Kashmir Valley lies between the following thrusts, 51. The book The Wealth of Nations is written by
making it very vulnerable to earthquakes : (A) Karl Marx

(A) Karakoram thrust and Ladakh thrust (B) Adam Smith

(C) Alfred Marshall
(B) Ladakh thrust and Pir Panjal thrust
(D) Anne- Robert Jacques Turgot
(C) Pir Panjal thrust and Zaskar thrust
52. Who is the author of the book ‘Isaac’s Storm: a Man,
(D) Zaskar thrust and Karakoram thrust a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History’?
48. The possibility of land subsidence incident that (A) Erik Larson
happened in Joshimath town was first highlighted (B) Jon Krakauer
around 50 years back by the following published (C) Mike Mullin
committee report : (D) Sheri Fink
(A) HN Salve 53. Where is Indian National Centre for Ocean
Information Services (INCOIS) located?
(B) Kamal Nath
(A) Bangalore
(C) MC Mehta
(B) Chennai
(D) MC Mishra (C) Hyderabad
49. Recently (in the year 2023) the first land subsidence (D) Thiruvananthapuram
event was reported from which of the following 54. Which of the following is correct name of the principal
districts of Jammu and Kashmir, resulting in structures agency responsible for meteorological observations,
being declared unsafe and people being displaced ? weather forecasting and seismology?

(A) Anantnag (A) India Meteorological Department

(B) India Meteorology Department
(B) Baramula
(C) Indian Meteorological Department
(C) Doda
(D) Indian Meteorology Department
(D) Ganderbal 55. Which of the following is incorrect urban area as per
50. Most of the country of Turkey is located on which of the Census of India?
the following plates? (A) A density of population of at least 400 persons
per sq.km.
(A) Anatolian Plate
(B) A minimum population of 5,000
(B) Cocos Plate
(C) An area where the urbanization rate is over 60%
(C) Nazca Plate
(D) At least 75% of male working population
(D) Scotia Plate engaged in non-agricultural occupation

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56. Which of the following Union Territories has the 59. Lunglei Fire Station (LFS), which shared Subhash
minimum population density (persons per sq.km) as
Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puruskar with
per Census 2021?
(A) Andaman and Nicobar Islands Odisha State Disaster Management Authority
(B) Dadra and Nagar Haveli (OSDMA) for the year 2023 in the field of Disaster
(C) Jammu and Kashmir
Management belongs to the following state :
(D) Ladakh
57. Which of the following United Nations (UN) (A) Manipur
organization ensures that all countries and international
(B) Mizoram
and regional organizations have access to and develop
the capacity to use all types of space-based (C) Nagaland
information to support the full disaster management
cycle? (D) Tripura
(A) UN-ESCAP 60. Mr. António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres the
(B) UN-SPIDER
Secretary-General of the United Nations was earlier
(C) UNIDIR
(D) UNOOSA Prime Minister of :
58. Who among the following is the Director General, (A) Brazil
Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI)?
(A) Amit Prothi (B) France
(B) Kamal Kishore (C) Portugal
(C) Rajendra Singh
(D) Spain
(D) Vinod Kumar Sharma

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ENTRANCE TEST!2021
SCHOOL OF'EIWIRONMENTAL & EARTH SCIENCES
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
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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
and (B) Pre-disaster stage
(B) Counsel those who have suffered txauma
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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lt. 'According to UNDP the capacity building 15. The Strategy for a Safer World: Guidelines for
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
3. Knowledge
(C) Disaster Management Act
4. Accountability
(D) Yokohama Stxategy
Choose the cofiect combination among the
16. Choose the urong stratement among the following
following.
statements:
(A) 1,2 and 3 only (A) World Conference on Disaster Manageme
(B) 2,3 and 4 only in May 1994 was subsequently called the
(C) l,3and4only Yokohama Stategy aDd Pla[ ofAction for a
Safer World
(D) 1,2,3 and 4
(B) The issue ofNatuml Disaster was raised at
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) Risk acceptance

(C) The Tropical cyclone of 1971 in India is the
deadliest one till date
(D) Risk avoidance
(D) Unscientific land use and construction
13. The Chemobyl disaster which affected a huge
activities in fragile areas axe some of the
patch of pine forest direcdy'downwind of the disasterc that are the rcsults ofindirect human
reactor was given the name ot actions
(A) Red Forest 17. The BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise
(B) Blue Forest 2020 was held in which ofthe following cities ?

(C) Yellow Forest (A) Hyderabad, Telangana

(D) Green Forest @) Kochi, Kerala

(C) Puri, Odisha
t4. Which of the following was not the priority of
actiot with respect to Disaster Risk Reduction of
(D) Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Hyogo Framework ? 18. Saven "global targets" to measure progress

against the expected outcome ofa disaster js:
(A) Reduce fimdamental risk factors
(A) Characteristic of Disaster ManagementAct
(B) Identiry, assess and monitor disaster sks
(B) Characteristic of Yokohama Shategy
(C) Good governance) legal and policy (C) Charactedstic of Hyogo Framework for
ftamework Action
(D) Strengthen disaster preparedness for (D) Characte stic of Sendai Framework for
effective response at all levels Aation

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(B) Yokohama declamnon

(A) Bleach and water
(c) Agenda-2l
o:l auove
Nirre ofttre @) Soap and water
,1. irl* rn^y countries have adopted th€ sendai (c) Drybrush
Framework for action ? 19) Charcoal
(A) 155 28. Among the following statements which
ore ol
(B) i67 them is inconect ?
(c) l'77 (A) Th€ asthenosphere dses close to th€ surtace

,r. !oJ" i3lun**".s of 7th Battalion NDRF is beneath mid'oceanridges

(B) The asthenosphere is partially molten
located at: the
(A) Guwahati (c) The asthenosphere lies beneath

isj shatinaa lithospherc

asthenosphere is stronger than
the
(c) Pune (D) The
(D) Varanasi lithosphere
Zf. i"iaui frultr"*ork for action is a: 29. Which of the following gas has the
highest
(A) ageement
15 year percentage connibution in global
warming ?

(B) l0yearagreement (A) Nitrous oxide

(c) 8year agreemeot tB) chlorofluorocarbon
(D) 3 Year agreement
,4. il*;;;#;ons of sDRF are operational in (c):alYd]oxlde
J&K? (D) sulPhur dioxide
regarding the
(A) srx 30. Which of the following statements
Lurer core ofthe earth is corect
?
(B) Four the
(C) Thlee (A) Primary s waves (those genepted at
the inner
(D) Two focus of an event) tlavel thdough
uS. Wi.ri"ft among the following countries first core
-- ;ached rhe'D;k side' ofthe Moon: (B) P waves travel through the
irmer core at a
travel tluough
(A) USA higher velocity than s waves
(B) ildia the inner core
core
(C) chha (C) P waves do not lravel tluough the inner
i*"t liquid
(D) Russia 1o; th" "ot"
It thought to be a

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31.' The movement of energy and nutdents through 36. The acronym "NMEICT', stands for:
living systems are different because:
(A) Nalional Mssion on Dleaming thtrough ICT
(A) Energy forms chemical compounds and
nutdents are lost as heat
(B) National Mission on E-govemance thrcugh
ICT
(B) Nutdents flow in one direction and energlr
recycles
(C) National Mission on Education through ICT
(C) Energy is limited in the biosphere and (D) National Mission on E-comrnerce through
nutrients are always available ICT
(D) Energy flows in one diiection and nutrients 37. What kind of climatic region is predominantly
recYcle formd in north-east rcgion oflndia ?
32. Xenobots, which were seen in the news recently, (A) Sub-tropical wet and dry climate
are robots developed ftom the stem cells ofwhich (B) Tropiial wet and dry climate
organism ? (C) Tropical wet climate
(A) Rabbit (D) Littoml climale
(B) Frog
38. Among the following, identify the list of States
(C) Sheep
which are prone to cyclones dudng retreating
(D) Crocodile monsoon season;
33. As p€r a recent report available on Global Forest
(A) Kamataka and Kerala
Watch, which region lost about 12.2 million
hectares oftree cover in 2020 ?
(B) Andhra Pradesh and Orissa

(A) Tfopical Region (C) Bihar and Assam

(B) Temperate Region (D) Punjab and Haryana
(C) Sub-TropicalRegion 39. How many hectares of Indian land are prone to
(D) Equatorial Region floods and river erosion ?
Commtmication bandwidth that has the highest (A) Around 25 millionhectares
capacity and is used by microwave, cable and (B) Around 30 million hectares
fibre optic lines is knov"n as: (C) Arcund 35 million hectares
(A) Hype ink (D) Arcund 40 million hectares
(B) Canier wave 40. Which ofthe following conditions are conducive
(C) Buswidth for the formation oftropical cyclones ?
(D) Broadband
35. Which ofthe following is the corect data stomge
1. Large and continuous supply ofwarm and
moist air
hienrchy ?
(A) Bits,
2. Large value ofCoriolis force
bytes, records, fields, files and
databases
3. Inflow ofair at upper level ofatmosphere
Select the correct answer using the codes given
(B) Bits, bytes, fields, records, files and
below.
databases
(C) Bits, bytes, fields, files, records (A) I and 3 only
and
databases (B) 2and3only
(D) Bytes, birs, fields, records, files and
(C) I and2only
databases (D) 1,2 and 3

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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
of mismanaging forest resources ?
(A) Recyclable 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
c+. wiat are the benefits of implementing the not fall in the Seismic Zone V ?
?
'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
groundwater table (D) Icthua
4. Regenemtionofnaturalvegetatron 49. Which global technological oompany was first to
Select the conect answer using the code
given launch a web portal which tracks COVID-1g
below. infections worldwide ?
(A) 1,2, 3 and 4 (A) Amazon
(B) 1,3 and4 onlY
(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
6
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5 I . Who has won the Booker Pdze 2020 for his debut 56. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has beeq recently
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
(D) Douglas Stuan
(C) Poland
52. "Shantir Ogroshena-202l" is a joint Military
exercise between lndia and which other country ?
(D) B€lgiwn
(A) Bangladesh 57. Which one ofthe following article deals with the

(B) Afghanistan appointment of the Prime Minister and other

(C) Israel ministers ?

@) Turkey (A) kticle 76

53. Which of the Indian Joumalist has won 2020 (B) Article 75
Pulitzer award in featue photo$aphy ? (C) Article 74
(A) Cha$iAnand (D) Article 72
(B) DarYasin
58. Whioh age group is included to calculate Child
(C) MukharKhan
Sex Ratio in India ?
(D) All the above
(A) 0-6 years I
54. Which among the following institutions received
the Subhas Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan
(B) l-6 years
Pursakar 2021 awaxd for their'contdbution in (C) 0-5 years
Disaster Management ? (D) 0- 6 months
(A) Tata Institute of Social Sciences 59. Who authored the book titled "Pandemonium: The
(B) UN Office for the coordination of Great Indian Banking Tragedy" ?
Humanitarian Affairs
(A) Anand Neelakantan
(C) Sustainable Environnent and Ecological
Development (B) Vi!.as Khanna
(D) HumanEmpowermentorganisation (C) TamalBandyopadhyay
55. What is the name ofth€ latest earth observation (D) Pradeep Sdvastava
satellito launched by ISRO in November, 2020
60. The 'satellite freight oity' is being develop€d near
along with 9 iniemational customer satollites fiom
which ofthe following cities in India ?
Andlua Pradesh ?
(A) G Sat-30 (A) New Delhi
(B) India Sat (B) Kolkata
(C) KAIAM SAT (C) Pme
(D) EOS-I (D) Gugaon
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ENTRANCE TEST-2021
SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL & EARTH SCIENCES
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Total Questions : 60
Question Booklet Series A
Time Allowed : 70 Minutes Roll No. :

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1. In which phase of disaster, the damage assessment 6. Which two natural hazards have caused the most
is properly done ? damage both in terms of loss of life and monetary
(A) Impact phase losses over the past 50 years on a global scale ?
(B) Warning phase (A) Hurricanes and volcanoes
(C) Rehabilitation phase
(B) Hurricanes and floods
(D) Rescue phase
(C) Hurricanes and tornadoes
2. The conditions determined by physical, social,
economic and environmental factors or processes, (D) Hurricanes and earthquakes
which increase the susceptibility of a community 7. Populations and their movements through time are
to the impact of hazard is the definition of a component of:
vulnerability given by:
(A) Social vulnerability
(A) Hyogo Framework for Action
(B) Environmental vulnerability
(B) Sendai Framework for Action
(C) Physical vulnerability
(C) IPCC
(D) UNDP (D) Economic vulnerability

3. The level of harm by a hazard is governed by: 8. What phase of emergency management includes
(A) Magnitude of the hazard exercises and drills ?
(B) Frequency of the hazard (A) Mitigation
(C) Intensity at the impact point (B) Preparedness
(D) All of the above (C) Recovery
4. There are nine tasks in the disaster management. (D) Response
All of the following are tasks of this model
9. Reconstruction is a strategy used in which stage
EXCEPT:
of disaster mitigation ?
(A) Assess secondary social problems such as
health epidemics, displaced persons (A) Post-disaster
(B) Counsel those who have suffered trauma and (B) Pre-disaster stage
bereavement (C) During disaster
(C) Control rumors, provide accurate (D) All the above
information
10. A clear concise document which outlines
(D) Provide security; prevent looting, protect
preventive and preparatory measures in the event
person and property
of a disaster to minimize its effect is:
5. Vulnerability reduction plan is a participatory:
(A) Bottom-up plan (A) Disaster manual
(B) Top-up plan (B) Disaster guide
(C) Both (A) & (B) (C) Disaster plan
(D) None of the above (D) Disaster record

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11. According to UNDP the capacity building 15. The Strategy for a Safer World: Guidelines for
response must be created based on which of the Natural Disaster Prevention, Preparedness and
following core issues ? Mitigation and its Plan of Action was adopted in
which of the following ?
1. Institutional arrangements
(A) Hyogo Framework for action
2. Leadership
(B) Sendai Framework for action
3. Knowledge
(C) Disaster Management Act
4. Accountability
(D) Yokohama Strategy
Choose the correct combination among the 16. Choose the wrong statement among the following
following. statements:
(A) 1, 2 and 3 only (A) World Conference on Disaster Management
(B) 2, 3 and 4 only in May 1994 was subsequently called the
Yokohama Strategy and Plan of Action for a
(C) 1, 3 and 4 only
Safer World
(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(B) The issue of Natural Disaster was raised at
12. Insurance is an example of: the U.N. General Assembly in 1992 and was
(A) Risk likelihood reduction finally formalised at the World Conference
(B) Risk transfer on Disaster Management in 1994
(C) The Tropical cyclone of 1971 in India is the
(C) Risk acceptance
deadliest one till date
(D) Risk avoidance
(D) Unscientific land use and construction
13. The Chernobyl disaster which affected a huge activities in fragile areas are some of the
patch of pine forest directly downwind of the disasters that are the results of indirect human
reactor was given the name of: actions
(A) Red Forest 17. The BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise
(B) Blue Forest 2020 was held in which of the following cities ?
(A) Hyderabad, Telangana
(C) Yellow Forest
(B) Kochi, Kerala
(D) Green Forest
(C) Puri, Odisha
14. Which of the following was not the priority of
(D) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
action with respect to Disaster Risk Reduction of
18. Seven “global targets” to measure progress
Hyogo Framework ?
against the expected outcome of a disaster is:
(A) Reduce fundamental risk factors
(A) Characteristic of Disaster Management Act
(B) Identify, assess and monitor disaster risks (B) Characteristic of Yokohama Strategy
(C) Good governance, legal and policy (C) Characteristic of Hyogo Framework for
framework Action
(D) Strengthen disaster preparedness for (D) Characteristic of Sendai Framework for
effective response at all levels Action

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19. When was the Disaster Management Act, 2005 26. Which space agency is planning to launch the
made effective from ? world’s 1st all civilian Earth Orbiter Mission,
(A) October 23, 2005 “Inspiration 4” ?
(B) November 23, 2005 (A) SpaceX
(C) December 23, 2005
(B) European Space Agency
(D) August 23, 2005
(C) NASA
20. Sendai Framework for action was adopted after
the: (D) ISRO
(A) Hyogo Framework for Action 27. Which method is most effective for the
(B) Yokohama declaration decontamination of individuals ?
(C) Agenda-21 (A) Bleach and water
(D) None of the above (B) Soap and water
21. How many countries have adopted the Sendai
(C) Dry brush
Framework for action ?
(A) 155 (D) Charcoal
(B) 167 28. Among the following statements which one of
(C) 177 them is incorrect ?
(D) 187 (A) The asthenosphere rises close to the surface
22. The headquarters of 7th Battalion NDRF is beneath mid-ocean ridges
located at: (B) The asthenosphere is partially molten
(A) Guwahati (C) The asthenosphere lies beneath the
(B) Bhatinda lithosphere
(C) Pune
(D) The asthenosphere is stronger than the
(D) Varanasi
lithosphere
23. Sendai Framework for action is a:
29. Which of the following gas has the highest
(A) 15 year agreement
percentage contribution in global warming ?
(B) 10 year agreement
(C) 8 year agreement (A) Nitrous oxide
(D) 3 year agreement (B) Chlorofluorocarbon
24. How many battalions of SDRF are operational in (C) Carbon dioxide
J&K? (D) Sulphur dioxide
(A) Six
30. Which of the following statements regarding the
(B) Four
inner core of the earth is correct ?
(C) Three
(A) Primary S waves (those generated at the
(D) Two
focus of an event) travel through the inner
25. Which among the following countries first
core
reached the ‘Dark Side’ of the Moon:
(B) P waves travel through the inner core at a
(A) USA
higher velocity than S waves travel through
(B) India
the inner core
(C) China
(C) P waves do not travel through the inner core
(D) Russia
(D) The inner core is thought to be a liquid

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31. The movement of energy and nutrients through 36. The acronym “NMEICT” stands for:
living systems are different because: (A) National Mission on E-learning through ICT
(A) Energy forms chemical compounds and (B) National Mission on E-governance through
nutrients are lost as heat ICT
(B) Nutrients flow in one direction and energy (C) National Mission on Education through ICT
recycles
(D) National Mission on E-commerce through
(C) Energy is limited in the biosphere and
ICT
nutrients are always available
(D) Energy flows in one direction and nutrients 37. What kind of climatic region is predominantly
recycle found in north-east region of India ?
32. Xenobots, which were seen in the news recently, (A) Sub-tropical wet and dry climate
are robots developed from the stem cells of which (B) Tropical wet and dry climate
organism ? (C) Tropical wet climate
(A) Rabbit (D) Littoral climate
(B) Frog 38. Among the following, identify the list of States
(C) Sheep which are prone to cyclones during retreating
(D) Crocodile monsoon season:
33. As per a recent report available on Global Forest (A) Karnataka and Kerala
Watch, which region lost about 12.2 million (B) Andhra Pradesh and Orissa
hectares of tree cover in 2020 ?
(C) Bihar and Assam
(A) Tropical Region
(D) Punjab and Haryana
(B) Temperate Region
(C) Sub-Tropical Region 39. How many hectares of Indian land are prone to
(D) Equatorial Region floods and river erosion ?
34. Communication bandwidth that has the highest (A) Around 25 million hectares
capacity and is used by microwave, cable and (B) Around 30 million hectares
fibre optic lines is known as: (C) Around 35 million hectares
(A) Hyper-link (D) Around 40 million hectares
(B) Carrier wave 40. Which of the following conditions are conducive
(C) Buswidth for the formation of tropical cyclones ?
(D) Broadband 1. Large and continuous supply of warm and
35. Which of the following is the correct data storage moist air
hierarchy ? 2. Large value of Coriolis force
(A) Bits, bytes, records, fields, files and 3. Inflow of air at upper level of atmosphere
databases
Select the correct answer using the codes given
(B) Bits, bytes, fields, records, files and below.
databases
(A) 1 and 3 only
(C) Bits, bytes, fields, files, records and
databases (B) 2 and 3 only
(C) 1 and 2 only
(D) Bytes, bits, fields, records, files and
databases (D) 1, 2 and 3

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41. Which Act provides for setting up of National 46. Which of the following is not a viable protection
Biodiversity Authority (NBA) ? against deforestation ?
(A) Wildlife Act, 1972
(A) Environmental education
(B) Biodiversity Act, 2002
(C) Environmental Protection Act, 1982 (B) Boycott products of companies involved in
(D) Forest Convention Act, 1980 deforestation
42. Which one of the following regions is structurally (C) Privatisation of forest land
the most stable one ? (D) Reduce the consumption of forest and related
(A) The Deccan Plateau products
(B) The Gangetic Plain
47. The resources in which there is a natural
(C) The Punjab Plain
replenishment at a non-negligible rate are known
(D) The Himalayas
as:
43. Which of the following is not a possible outcome
of mismanaging forest resources ? (A) Recyclable resources
(A) Habitat loss (B) Renewable resources
(B) Soil loss (C) Depletable resources
(C) Regional climate change
(D) Environmental resources
(D) Selective harvesting
44. What are the benefits of implementing the 48. Which among the following district of J & K does
‘Integrated Watershed Development Programme’ ? not fall in the Seismic Zone V ?
1. Prevention of soil runoff (A) Anantnag
2. Linking the country’s perennial rivers with
(B) Kishtwar
seasonal rivers
3. Rainwater harvesting and recharge of (C) Kupwara
groundwater table (D) Kathua
4. Regeneration of natural vegetation 49. Which global technological company was first to
Select the correct answer using the code given launch a web portal which tracks COVID-19
below.
infections worldwide ?
(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(B) 1, 3 and 4 only (A) Amazon
(C) 2, 3 and 4 only (B) Microsoft
(D) 1 and 2 only (C) Facebook
45. Which of the following is known as ‘Water Man’, (D) Google
who has developed a technique for harvesting
rainwater and also revived the age-old technique 50. Where will be United Nations (UN) Climate
of collection of rainwater in dams to increase Conference also known as COP 26 held in 2021 ?
water table in India ? (A) Brisbane, Australia
(A) Rajendra Singh (B) Madrid, Spain
(B) K.R. Majumdar
(C) Glasgow, United Kingdom
(C) H.N. Misra
(D) M. Sundaram (D) Rome, Italy

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51. Who has won the Booker Prize 2020 for his debut 56. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has been recently
novel “Shuggie Bain” ? elected the President of which of the following
(A) Margaret Atwood countries for the consecutive second time ?
(B) Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (A) Portugal
(C) James Kelman
(B) Hungary
(D) Douglas Stuart
(C) Poland
52. “Shantir Ogroshena-2021” is a joint Military
exercise between India and which other country ? (D) Belgium
(A) Bangladesh 57. Which one of the following article deals with the
(B) Afghanistan appointment of the Prime Minister and other
(C) Israel ministers ?
(D) Turkey (A) Article 76
53. Which of the Indian Journalist has won 2020 (B) Article 75
Pulitzer award in feature photography ? (C) Article 74
(A) Channi Anand (D) Article 72
(B) Dar Yasin
58. Which age group is included to calculate Child
(C) Mukhtar Khan
Sex Ratio in India ?
(D) All the above
(A) 0-6 years
54. Which among the following institutions received
the Subhas Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan (B) 1-6 years
Pursakar 2021 award for their contribution in (C) 0-5 years
Disaster Management ? (D) 0- 6 months
(A) Tata Institute of Social Sciences
59. Who authored the book titled “Pandemonium: The
(B) UN Office for the coordination of
Great Indian Banking Tragedy” ?
Humanitarian Affairs
(A) Anand Neelakantan
(C) Sustainable Environment and Ecological
Development (B) Vikas Khanna
(D) Human Empowerment Organisation (C) Tamal Bandyopadhyay
55. What is the name of the latest earth observation (D) Pradeep Srivastava
satellite launched by ISRO in November, 2020
60. The ‘satellite freight city’ is being developed near
along with 9 international customer satellites from
which of the following cities in India ?
Andhra Pradesh ?
(A) G Sat-30 (A) New Delhi
(B) India Sat (B) Kolkata
(C) KALAM SAT (C) Pune
(D) EOS-1 (D) Gurgaon

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ENTRANCtr TEST:2020
SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND EARTH SCIENCES
MANAGEMENT
Total Questions :60 Question Booklet Se"ies [Tl
TimeAllowed 270 Roll No, :

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wave has the longest

6. The most abundant element
1. Which elecuomagnetrc (A) OcYgen
wavelength ?
@) HYdrogen
(A) 0amma raYs
(C) Carbon Dioxide
(B) X-rays
(D) Silicon
(C) Microwaves gl
is the lower limit
waves '1 Absolute zero, which
(D) Radio '
scale' is equivt
_ '
in"*"Ut"rnic temperature
elecfiical energy into ; on the Celsius scale'
2. Battery charger convgns
energy' (A) 273'c
(A) Kinetic (B) o'c
(B) Pirtential (c) 100"c

(C) Chemical (D) 9?3"c

planet
(D) Nuclear 8. ln the Solar system the nearest
ftom Earth is
Penicillin is obtained
(A) Venus
(A) Soil
---' (B) Mercury
(B) Bacteria
(C) Mars
(C) Fungi
(D) Moon
(D) Virus
g. was the lst netw
-' Which of the following
is at a heigtrt of appr6ximately
Geostationary orbit ;oi i*"a the lnternet
services ?
above earth'
(A) Vnet
(A) 6 km
(B) Inet
(B) 1000 km
(C) ARPANET
(C) 3600 km
(D) NSF Net
(D) 36000 km
caused by emit
of 10. Acid rain is mainly
is composed in the atmosPhere'
5. Liquicl part of the blood
N
(A) wBC (A) Sulfru Dioxide and Potassium

(B) Plasma @) Sulfur and Charcoal

I
(c) RBC (C) Nitrogen Oxitle and Potassium
O:
(D) IS (D) Sultur Dioxitle and Nitrogen
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11. The World Wide Web was invented by : 16. 'Montreal Protocol' is related to which of the
following environmental issues ?
(A) Bob Kahn
(B) Tim Bemers-Lee (A) CO, emissions
(C) Steve Jobs (B) Chlorofluorocarbon
(D) Bill Gates (C) Water pollution
(D) Climate change
72. The fresh water on the Earth is of
the total water. 17. Gir National Park is situated in which State ?
(A) 2s% (A) Bihar
(B) 5% (B) Allahabad
(c) 75% (C) West Bengal
(D) r0% (D) Gujarat
13. Nobel Prize for research on cancer immunotherapy 1g. Who among the following persons was the last
in 2018 was given {o : Govemor-General of British India ?
(A) Olga Tokarczuc (A) Rajaj i
(B) James Ailison & Tasuku Honjo (B) Lord Canning
(C) William Nordhaus & Paul Rommer (C) Warren Hastings
(D) Arthur Ashkin (D) Lord Mountbatten
14. The different seasons on the Earth are caused tr. Which country is also called "Rainbow Nation" ?
bv
(A) Japan
(A) Rotation of the Earth
(B) South Africa
(B) Revolution of the Earth
(C)-.Earth's axis' is tilt
(C) Netherlands
(D) Norway
(D) The Earth's distance from the Sun
tn
-"' Which among the following is the driest desert
15. The North Pole of the Earth is located
in the world ?
1n
(A) Sahara Desert
(A) Arctic Ocean
(B) Cholist4n Desert
(B) Pacific Ocean
(C) Antarctica
(C) Arabian Desert
(D) Norway (D) Atacama Desert

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21. Working capital ofThe European Union is located 26. Select the longest serving Woman chief ministers
in which of the following European Cities ? of India :
(A) London (A) Jayalalitha
(B) Lisbon (B) Rabri Devi
(C) Brussels (C) Mamta Banerji
(D) Vienna (D) Shiela Dixit

Which among the following is the motto of United 27. Which ofthese organisations have been awarded
Nations ? Nobel Prize three times ?
(A) It's your world ! (A) Intemational Committee of the Red Cross

(B) Life for All I (B) Amnesty International

(C) Peace ! (C) Transparency International

(D) Love and Peace ! (D) IJNO

zt. Who is the author of Book "Playing It My Way'' 28. International Coud ofJustice is located in which
?
of the following cities ?
(A) Kapil Dev
(A) Hague
(B) Ravi Shastri
(B) Geneva
(C) Sachin Tendulkar
(C) Amsterdam
(D) Yuwaj Singh
(D) Muick
24. The Book 'What young Indiawants' ? .is authored
,n. Which renowned Parliamentarian received Bharat
by: Ratna Award in 2019 for his long and exemplary
(A) Amish Tripati services to the Indian legislature ?
(B) Chetan Bhagat (A) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(C) Durjoy Datta (B) Madan Mohan Malviya
(D) Ravinder Singh (C) Pranab Mukherjee
(D) L.K. Advani
25. World Famous Khajuraho Sculptures are located
in which of the following States ? 30. Arj una Award in India is given in which of the
(A) cujarbt following fields ?
(B) M.P (A) Literature

(C) Orrisa (B) Education

(D) u.P.
(C) Sports
(D) Music

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is located at : the point where an earthquake occurs is called
the :
(A) Manipur
(A) Focus
(B) Punjab
(B) Epicentet
(C) Hyderabad
(C) Fracture
(D) New Delhi
(D) Fault
32. Effective hazard management largely relier on r
3 7. Vulnerability analysis comes in which part of
(A) Govt. agencies the Disaster Management Cycle ?
(B) Emergency responses (A) Mitigation
' (C) Pre-disaster planaing (B) Rehabilitation
(D) Aid from various agencies (C) Response

33 . The extent to which a commthity, structure, (D) Recovery

services or geographic area is likely to be
38. Which of the following groups of people is more
damaged or disrupted by the impact of particular
vulnerable in the event of disaster ?
hazard is termed as :
(A) Men, boys, old people
(A) Capacity
(B) Men, women, boys
(B) Vulnerability
(C) Women, children, old people
(c) Risk
(D) None of the above
(D) Hazard assessment
39. Which wave of the earthquake produces rolling
34. The Disaster Management Abt was made in : effect along the surface ?
(A) 2006 (A) P wave
(B) 2003 (B) S wave
(c) 200s (C) L wave
(D) 200e (D) None of the above

35. The level of harm caused by any hazard is 40. About 2i3rd of the cyclones that occul in the
govemed by : Indian coastline occur in the
(A) Magnitude of the hazard (A) Bay of Bengal
(B) Frequency of the hazard (B) Coastal area of South India
(C) Intensity at the impact point (C) Coastal area of West India
(D) All of the above (D) None of the above

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in which city ? way as sailor is related to _.
(A) Honolulu (A) ship
(B) Goa (B) Crew

(C) Jakata
(C) Voyage

(D) (D) Navy

Hyderabad
47' In a certain code ROUNDS is written as
lndian Meteorological Department (lMD)
"ulls RONUDS. How will PLEASE be written in the
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(D) None of the above (D) LPAESE

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and even global in its reach is referred to as : (A) Smell

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(B) el
(B)
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(D) 64
(c) 2010
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and then after turning to his right walked 3 km.
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to earthquakes in India ? After this he turned back, which direction he
was facing at that time ?
t
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(B) Around 60% (B) West
(C) Around 63% (C) North
(D) Around 65% (D) South

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rest :
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?
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(D) WednesdaY
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km to the north and
53.
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i" lJ
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"ta!".t
starting Point ?
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(A) l0 km
(c) .25th
(B) 20 km .l

(c) 30 km
(D) 24th
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(A) Son
(C) Pune
(B) Father
(D) KanPur
(C) Itusband'
(D) Uncle 60. Complete the number series

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- MDN J;-. ' (A) 35 .

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(B) NEO (c) 3e
'(c)..MEN (D) 40
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1. Fill in the blanks: 1,2,3, 1,4,9, 1 ...... 27 6. A is 3 years older to B and 3 years younger to C,
(A) 5 while B and D are twins. How many years older
(B) 4 is C to D? '.
(C) 16 (A) 2
(D) , 8 (B) 3
2. Fill in the blanks: 6, 5, 24, 25, 144, ....... (C) 6
(A) 155 (D) 12
(B) 160 7. ' Ornithologist: Bird: : Archeologist: .............. ?
(C) 170 (A) Islands
(D) 175 (B) Mediators
3. Which number replaces the question mark? (C) Archeology
(D) Aquatic
Fear: Threat : : Anger : ................ ?
(A) Compulsion
(B) Panic
(C) Provocation
(A) 25 (D) Force
(B) 37 9. The total ages of Amar, Akbar and Anthony is
(C) 41 80 years. What was the total of their ages three

(D) 47 years ago?

(A) 71 years
4. PEDIATRICIAN is CHILDREN
to as
PODIATRIST is to : (B) 72 years
(A) Heart (C) 74 years
(B) Feet (D) 77 years
(C) Adult 10. Rahul put his timepiece on the table in such a
(D) Bones way that at 6 P.M., hour hand points to North. In
5. What is the product of all the numbers in the dial which direction would the minute' hand point at
of a telephone? 9.15 P.M.?
(A) 1,58,480 (A) South-East
(B) 1,59,450 (B) South
(C) 1,59,480 (C) North
(D) None of these (D) West
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11. Find out the odd word from the given alternatives : 17. The Ganges originates from:
(A) Swimming (A) Siachen glacier
(B) Sailing (B) Chota Shigri glacier
(C) Diving (C) Nehnar glacier
(D) Driving (D) Gangotri glacier
12. Find the odd word from the given alternatives: 18. The birth anniversary of which former President
(A) Discernment is celebrated on 15th October every year ?
(B) Perception (A) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(C) Penetration (B) Pratibha Patel
(D) Insinuation (C) K. Narayanan
13. Find the odd letter out from the given alternatives : (D) Rajendra Prasad
(A) PQXZ, 19. International Mountain Day is celebrated World
(B) ABeD over on:
(C) CQBN (A) 11 th December
(D) PRMN (B) 7th December
14. If we say the child has an IQ of 100, what does (C) 20th April
this mean :
(A) The performance of the child is below (D) 4th August
average 20. ' Arundhati Roy is the first Indian to win Booker
(B) The performance of the child is above Prize in 1997 for her book:
average (A) The Curfewed Night
(C) The mental age of the child is equal to his (B) The God of Small Things
actual age
(C) A Suitable Boy
(D) The performance of the child cannot be better
(D) Forbidden Verses
15. If the third day of the month is Monday, then which
th
day will be on 5 day after 2151 of the month ? ' 21. .The 2016 Nobel peace prize was awarded to:
(A) Tuesday ,(A) Juan Manuel Santos
(B) Monday (B) Barack Obama
(C) Thursday (C) Valdimir Putin
(D) Wednesday (D) Francois Hollande
16. Chandrayan 1 was launched on 22nd October, 2008 22. Guindy National Park is located in :
in India from:
(A) Shadnagar (A) Gujarat

(B) Sri Harikota (B) Bangalore

(C) Chennai (e) Chennai

(D) Ahmedabad (D) Andhra Pradesh

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23. Who was first to reach the South Pole? 28. Combustion is a :
(A) Roald Amundsen (A) Physical aad chemical process

(B) Ferdinand Magellan (B) Biological process

(C) Robert Peary (C) Physical process
(D) None of these
24. Which lady has become the first full time woman (D) Chemical process
defence minister ofIndia ? 29. Natural radioactivity was discovered by:
(A) Indira Gandhi (A) Ernst Rutherford
(B) Nirmala Sitharamam (B) Marie Curie
(C) Najma Heptullah (C) Henri Becquerel

(D) Sushma Swaraj (D) Enrico Fermi

25. Which Internet web portal changed its name to
Altaba Inc. ? 30. The maximum fixation of solar energy is done by :
(A) Google (A) Green Plants
(B) Yahoo (B) Bacteria
(C) MSN (C) Fungi
(D) Twitter . (D) Protozoa
26. When pressure is increased, the melting point of
ice: 31. Araneology is a :
(A) Increases (A) Rearing of bees

(B) Does not change (B) Study of aphids

(C) Decreases (C) Study of spiders
(D) Depends on the impurities in the ice (D). Study of mites
27. The natural disaster in which carbon dioxide 32. Which bacteria is responsible for the formation of
suddenly erupts from a deep lake water is known curd?
as :
(A) Fibrobacteres .
(A) Glacial
(B) Lactobacillus
(B) Liminic (C) Gemmatimonadetes
(C) Lacustrine (D) Lentisphaerae
(D) Fluvial

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following inert gases could get accumulated?
relative humidity of air is :
(A) Helium
(A) Hydrometer
" (B) Neon
(B) Lactometer
(C) Argon
(C) Hygrometer
(D) Radon
34. Washing soda is common name for: (D) Barometer

(A) Sodium carbonate 40. Badlands develop 'as a result of :

(B) Calcium bicarbonate
(A) Weathering of rocks
(C) Sodium bicarbonate
(B) Sheet erosion
(D) Calcium 'carbonate .
35. Who created Bitcoin? (C) Gully erosion

(A) Notosoki Sakamoto (D) None of these

(B) Gavin Andresen 41. The angle of dip at the magnetic equator of earth
(C) Satoshi Nakamoto lS :

(D) Paul Krugman

(A) 90°
36. The Law of Natural Selection is associated with :
(B) 45°
(A) John Dalton (C) 0°
(B) Charles Darwin
(C) Johannes Kepler (D) 180°

(D) Gregor Mendal 42. It is a situation that poses a level of threat to life,

37. The soil oflndia's Eastern and Western coasts is: health, property or environment:

(A) Alluvial (A) Disaster

(B) Black cotton (B) Risk

(C) Red rocky (C) Hazard
(D) Laterite (D) Vulnerability
38. Pollination' of wind is called: 43. Extrusive igneous rocks have:
(A) Autogamy (A) Few grains
(B) Entomophily (B) No grains'
(C) Anemophily (C) Grains of big size
(D) Omithophily (D) Grains which are not visible

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44. Which one of these is also known as read/write 50. Tornadoes are common in :
memory? (A) India
(A) ROM '.
(B) RAM (B) Bangladesh
(C) DVD (C) China
(D) Hard Disk (D) USA
45. A gigabyte is equal to : 51. The word Tsunami has been derived from:
(A) 1024 Megabyte (A) Tamil
(B) 1024 Kilobyte French
(C) 1024 Terrabyte (B)
(D) 1024 Bytes (C) Japanese
46. Disaster Risk Reduction agreement approved by (D) Latin
United Nations for 15 years i.e. 2015 to 2030 : 52. Disaster Management includes:
(A) Hyogo Framework
(A) Mitigation
(B) Sendai Framework
(C) Yokohama Strategy (B) Reconstruction
(D) Kyoto Protocol (C) Rehabilitation
47. International Atomic Energy Agency (lAEA) has (D) All of the above
its headquarters at: 53. National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM)
(A) New York (USA)
is at:
(B) Vienna (Austria)
(C) Tokyo (Japan) (A) Mumbai
(D) Geneva (Switzerland) (B) Kolkata
48. Who wrote "War and Peace" ? (C) Hyderabad
(A) Leo Tolstoy
(D) New Delhi
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Charles Dickson 54. The. National Disaster Management Act was.
(D) Rudyard Kipling enacted in the year: .
49. Of the following, which is not a natural disaster? (A) 2006
(A) Nuclear Explosion (B) 2003
(B) Earthquake (C) 2005
(C) Volcanic Eruption (D) 2009
(D) Lightning

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55. The Chairman of National Disaster Management 58. - ,
Authority (NDMA) is : (A) International Significant Disaster Response
f
(B) International Sustainable Development
(A) Home Minister ofIndia
Report
(B) Prime Minister of India (C) International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
(C) Vice President of India (D) International Strategy for Developing
(D) President ofIndia Recreation
56. International Tsunami Information Centre is located 59. The specialized central force raised up for dealing
at.: with disasters in India is called as :
(A) Honolulu (A) National Disaster Rapid Force
(B) Colombo (B) National Disaster Response Force
(C) Jakarta (C) National Disaster Reduction Force
(D) Andaman (D) National Disaster Raised Force
57. A place where earthquake originates is called: 60. Which of the following is not a Geological
Disaster?
(A) Epicenter
(A) Volcanoes
(B) Focus
(B) Earthquakes
(C) Fault line
(C) Tsunami
(D) Crust
(D) Sea Surges

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SCHOOL OF EARTH & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
DISASTERMANAGBMENT -T]
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Minutes Roll No. :
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only.

question among the options A, B, C and D and

4. choose the correct / most appropriate response fo1 eagh
darken the circle of the appropriate tesporiri rl-pigl.it:ttt
ltr"ontpletidarkehed circle is not correctly
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In no case
5. Use only blueiblack ball point pel to darken the circle of correct/most appropriate response'
geVink pen or pencil should be used'

Do not darken more than one circle of options for any question.
A question with more than one darkened
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will be ,Negative Marking'_for wrong answers. Each wrong answer will
lead to the deduction
7 . There
O-Zi-*tt from tfie total spore ofthe candidate'
be eligible for
g. only those candidates who would obtain positive score in Entrance Test Examination shall
admission

g. Do not make any stray mark on the OMR sheet

1 0. Calculators and mobiles shall not be permitted inside the examination hall'

11.Roughwork,ifany,shou1dbedoneontheb1anksheetsprovidedwiththequestionbooklet.
be folded or mutilated in which case it will not
I 2. OMRAnswer sheet mustbe handled carefrrlty and it should not
be evaluated.
and the candidate himselflfierself'
I3.Ensue that your oMRAaswer Sheet has been signed by the Invigilator
Sheet to tle inyi.eitalor who will fusttear offthe
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the candidlte's copy to the candidate'
original oMR sheet in presence ortrte-ca"iiaui. *a n*a over
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l. Which of the following is not commonly referred to 7. Temperature decreases with increase in height at thc

as a measure of central tendency for normal rate of

distribution? (A) 1 degree centigrade per 1000 m
(A) Midrange (B) Median (B) 2 degrees centigrade per 1000 m
(C) Mean (D) Mode (C) 6.5 degrees centigrade per 1000 m
2. Average rate of growth can best be studied by (D) 10.5 degrees centigrade per 1000 m
(A) Arithmetic mean (B) Geometric mean 8. How much area ofthe oceans is coveredby continental
r
(C) Mode (D) Median shelves?
a
J. Scatter diagram is (A) 7 percent (B) 7.5 per cent

(A) Mathernatical method of finding out correlation (C) 8 per cent (D) 8.5 per cent

(B) P6sitional method of finding outcorelation 9. The El Nino which influences Indian monsoon is:

(C) Graphical method of finding out correlation (A) A cold ocean current that flows northward
(D) None of the above along the coast of Chile

4. Human Development Index (HDI) is constructed with (B) A warm ocean current that flows westward
reference to : along the coast of Ecuador and Peru

i. Life expectancy at birth, real GDP per capita, (C) A low pressure system over western coast of
gross enrolment ratio, adult literacy rate Spain

ii. Life expectancy at birth, real GDP per capita, (D) None of above
combined gross enrolment ratio, adult literacy 10. Which one of the following is the indigenous satellite
rate of trndia?
iii. Life expectancy , GDP per capita, infant (A) NOAA (B) METEOR-3

mortality rate, literacY rate (c) APPLE (D)

SPOr-l
iv. GDP per capita, infant mortality rate, literacy 11. Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk
tate Reduction 2016 was held at:
(A) iandii (B) i and iii (A) Islamabad,Pakistan
(C) i, ii and iv (D) iiionly (B) New Delhi, India
5. Productivity of Indian agriculture can be enhanced (C) Kathmandu,Nepal
by (D) None of above
i. Increased public investment 12. Which ofthe following is conducted to reduce hazard
ii. Increasedinigationfacilities' risk ?

iii. Fligher support price to farmers (A) Mitigation (B) Preparedness

iv. Shiftingworkers from industryto agriculture (C) RespOnse (D) Recovery

Select the correct answer frorn the given codes 13. What is the most important action to be taken before

(A) ii and iv (B) i,ii, and iii an earthquake occurs ?

(C) ii, iii, and iv (D) iii,iv,andi (A) Cry and make loud bhouts to alert people
6. Jurrrasic period is famqus for the dominance of ' (B) To locate safe spots in each room
(A) Dinosaurs (B) Dense forests (C) Move to higher ground
(C) Leafless plants (D) All of above (D) Keep household items on higher places

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. 14. Global'warmingproduces 20. Currently population of India is growing at the rate ofi
(A) Increase in temperature with increase in (A) I.23%peryear (B) 2.12%peryear
precipitation (q 3% per year (D) 5%o per year
(B) Decrease in temperature with decrease in 21. Which of the following diseases spreads through
1
precipitation respiratory route? l OJQ
(c) unpredicted droughts and floods (A) tnfluenza (B) Mumps q$).",y
(D) All of above (c) MeaBles (D) Alt ofAbove -0P-'
15. Whichofthefollowingisthecontributoryreasonfor 22. Climate change points to a need for greater
the drop in the riumber of earthquake deaths in a cooperation at
geogrthie.region? " (A) local revel (B) Regionallevel
(A) Nonstructural mitigation (C) Intemational level (D) Cross-border level
(B) Building codes 23. A, R, X, S and Z are sitting in a row S and Z arc in
P,
(c) Public education the centre. A and P are at the end. R is sifting to the
(D) None of the above left ofA. who is to the right of p?
16. According to earthquake vulnerabiliry srinagar city (A) A (B) x
lieson (C) S (D) Z
(A) zone lr (B) z,one rrr 24" Risk in disasters is equal to
(c) zonerY (D) zontey (A) Hazardxvul'erabilify
17. Chemical released by cholorofluoro carbons that (B) Hazard+-Vulnerabilit),
is
causes depletion of ozone layer in atrnosphere (C)
Hazard- Vulnerability
(A) Sulphuric acid (B) chlorine (D)
Hazard /vllnerabiliry
(C) Nitrogen (D) Sodiumchloride 25. Thedifferenceoftwonumbersis5andthedifference
18. Which is not an objective of ELA? of their square is 135. The sum of numbers is
(A) Recycling and reduction of waste (A) 27 (B) 25
(B) Risk analysis and disaster management (C) 30 (D) 32
(C) People'sparticipationinenvironmentalplanning 26. 4 men and 6 women finish a job in 8 days. While
(D) Assessmentof international funding 3 men and 7 women finish it in l0 days. l0 women
19. The environmental planning is: working together will fin-ish it in
(A) The analysis of how we can prevent the (A) 24 days (B) 32 days
poachingofenvironment (C) 36 days (D) 40 days
(B) the analysis of how people impact natural 27. Find the odd number out from 10,25,45,54,60,:15,80
resources (A) l0 (B) 45
(C) the analysis of how we can preserve our (C) 54 (D) 75
biodiversity 28. A place where an earthquake originates is called the
(D) the supply of management tool to conserve our (A) Focus (B) Plate tectonics
environment (c) Earthquake zone (D) Epicentr.e

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 29. National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) 37. Which ofthe tbllowingtypes ofweathering is common
of India is headed by:
in both cold and hot climatic regions?
(A) President of India (A) Exfoliation
(B) Prime Minster of India (B) Granuledisintegration
(C) ExternalMinsteroflndia (C) Carbonation
(D) Home Minster of India
30. Which ofthe foltowing was termed the..Internationat
(D) Blockdisintegration
38. Name the instrument used to measure the atmospheric
Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction?'?
pressure
(A) le80-1989 (B) 1985-1e94
(c) r990-re9e (D) 2005-20rs
(A) Barometer (B) Thermometer

3 l. Which one of the following is not correctly matched? (C) Spectrometer (D) pyrometer

(A) Jammu city- Jammu and Kashmir 39. The United Nations has estimated that the world
(B) Kolkata - West Bengal population will reach to eleven thousand million by
(C) Pune - Mahrashtra the year
(D) Pathankot - Himachal pradesh (A) 2030 (B) 2040
32. One fathom is equal to : (c) 20s0 (D) 2060
(A) 5 feet . (B) 6 feet 40. Who believed that similar locations lead to similar
(C) 6.5 feet (D) 7 feet mode of life ?
33. England was previously known by the name (A) F. Ratzel (B) C. Ritter
(A) Ister (B) Albion (c) R.Mill (D) E.C. Semple
(C) Scythia (D) Mare-Interim 41. Malaysia is considered as a prosperous land because
34. Which one ofthe following isricher in coaldeposits?
(A) It is the largest producer of Tin
(A) Brahmaputravalley(B) Damodarvalley
(B) It is situated on a busy trade route
(C) Godavari valley (D) .Mahanadi valley
35. A linejoiningpoints ofequal time is known byword
(C) It has large plantation of rubber
(A) Isobar (B) (D) Allof above
Isobath
(C) Isochrone (D) Isocline
42. The outermost layer of sun is called

36. Mark the right sequence of atmospheric layers from (A) Chromosphere (B) Corona

crust upwards: (C) Lithosphere (D) Photosphere

(A) Troposphere. Stratosphere. Thermosphere. 43. Sublimation describes the direct transition from

Ionosphere. Mesosphere.. (A) Solidto vapour (B) Vapourto liquid

(B) Troposphere. Stratosphere. Ionosphere. (C) Vapourto solid (D) Liquid to vapour
Mesosphere. Thermosphere. 44. GIS stands for:.
(C) Ionosphere, Mesosphere. Troposphere. (A) Google Information System
Stratosphere. Thermosphere. (B) Geographic Information System
(D) Troposphere. Stratosphere. Mesosphere. (C) Geological Information System
Ionosphere. t herrnosphere. (D) None of above

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45. The functioning of an ecosystem involves: 52. Who said therefore want freedom immediately; this
(4) Flow ofenergy and circulation of nutrients very night before dawn ........."
(B) An increasing simplicity ofrelations (A) NelsonMandela
(C) Increasing animal population (B) MahatmaGandhi

(D) Increasing no. of trees etc. (C) Ali Mohammad Jinnah

46. Xerophytes are
(D) Fidel Castro

(A) Plants that grow in areas of high rainfall

53. Permanent Secretariat of SAARC countries to
coordinate implementation of programs is located at:
(B) Plants which can withstand high degree of
salinity
(A) New Delhi (B) Karachi
(C) Kathrnandu (D) Dhaka
(C) . Pldnts which grow in areas of moderate
54. A schedule is a listof questions which willbe answered
moisture supply
in an interview by
(D) Plants which can withstand extreme aridity
(A) An interviewer (B) A respondent
47. The green house effect is due to:
(C) A surveyor (D) A researcher
(A) Absorption of ultraviolet radiation by seawater
as a method of measuring
55: Which one may be defined
(B) Absorption of infrared radiation by carbon
individual's social behar.iour?
dioxide and water vapour in the atmosphere
(A) Sociometry (B) Sample method
(C) Infrared reflection by oceanic surfaces
(C) Verstehen method (D) Interview method
(D) Absorption of infrared radiation by plants
56. What number should come next 2.4"16......... ?
48. Look at the series:7,10,8,11,9,12,.... What number (A) (B) 64
12
should come next? (c) te6 (D) 2s6
(A) 7 (B) 10
57. Study of the solid earth is known as:
(c) 12 (D) 13 (A) Geomorpholory (B) Geography
49. Which one ofthe following is used in pencils? (C) Geochronolory (D) Geology
(A) China clay (B) Charcoal 58. Which is the most Important Indicator of ancient
(C) Graphite (D) Silicon climate?
50. ProfessorAmarrya Sen is known in the field of: (A) Radioactivity ofthe deposits
(A) History (B) Typeofcementingmaterial
(B) Economics (C) Order of superposition of beds
(C) DisasterManagement (D) Type and distribution of fossils
(D) InternationalStudies. 59. The predominant agent in contact metamorphisrn is:
51. "CD" computer abbreviation usually means: (A) Temperature (B) Pressure
(A) Compact Disc (C). Chemical fluid (D) None of these
(B) CommandDisc 60. Which one of the following is treated as "Gifr of
(C) Copy Density Nilel'?
(D) Change Data
(A) Iraq (B) Erypt
(C) Muscat (D) Iran

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1. Which oftlrc following is used in pencils ?
(A) &aphi& (B) Silicon

(C) Cha{coal (D) Phosphorous

2. Permalent hardness ofwater can tt€ removed by adding :

(A) chlorine @) washing soda

(C) potassiurnpennanganate (D) bleachingPowder

3. Which oftlre follo*'ing is dre lightest metal ?

(A) Mercwy (B) l.ittiln
(C) Lead @) Silvo

4. Potassium Permanganate is used for puri$ing <trinking

water' because :

(A) il is a st€rilising age

(B) it dissolves the impuities of water
(C) it is a rEducing agent
(D) it is an oxidising agent

u'sed by deep sea divers for

5. The inert gas wtrich is substituted for oittogen inth€ air
br€athing, is:
(A) ArCon @) Xenon

(C) lldiun 0) KOpmn

6. Reading ofa barcmeter going down is an indication of:

(A) Srcw (B) Storm

(C) lntenseheat (D) Rainftll

7. CD-ROM stands for :

(A) Compactable Read OnlY Memory

(B) Compact Data Read OnlY Memory
, (C) Compactable Disk Read Only Memory
(D) Conpact Disk Read OnlY MemorY

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8. WAN stands for:
(A) WaptueaNetwo* (B) MdeAreaNetwork
(C) MdeArayNet @) Wireless Area Network

9. Who has won the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award 2014 for biological
sciences ?
(A) Dr. Kavirdyard Ramakislma Prasad

@) Dr. Roop Malik

(C) Dr. Anurag Agarwal
(D) Dr S. Venkata Mohan

10. Which gas is the chiefconstituent ofPhotochemical Smog in Metropolitan cities of

India ?
(A) Nitricoxide (B) Nitrogen Oxide
(C) SulphurDoxide @) Carbon Monoxide

I I. Which country ofAfrica was highly affected by Ebola has been recently declared
ebola-ftee by WHO ?
(A) Siena kone (B) Liberia
(C) Nieeda (D) GuirEa

12. Who has been appointed as lndia's new ChiefEconomic Advisor ?

(A) Awind Subramanian (B) RaghuranRajan
(C) IGttshikBasu @) JatngirAziz

13. Who has been awarded the Nobel Prize for literature 2014 ?
(A) AliceMwro (B) PatriakModiano
(C) MalalaYousuftai (D) MoYan

14. Who among the following bolllvood actors has been appoint€d as the llNtCEF
Coodwill Ambassador for SouthAsia ?
(A) AmitabhBachchan (B) AamnKhart
(C) AkshayKumar (D) Shahn*hKhan

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 was the rank oflndia in the final
Games 2014' what
15. Itr the rccently conctudeClAsian

medaltallY ?
(B) 7"
(A) 6"
(D) 9*
(c) 8*

the Indian Space

Research
of
is the Pes€nt chairman
16. Who amang the following
Orpnisation (SRO) ?
(B) K. Radhakishnan
({) VAdimrttY
(Q G MadhavanNair @) K. Ka-studrangan
maiden
I ) toot itssuc'essful
CornbatALcraflG.cASP
t7. Whichof0re followingLight
for fts inductioninto IAF
?

ffi. -*;;declarcdrcadv
(B) Rdra
(A) Tejas
(D) Dttnr!
(C) Kiran
,
in Odislra is of;
anew species discoveled
18. T\eLycod,o Odishii'
(B) Fi$
(A) Bi'd
(D) l-rcg
(q snake
Culnrral
as the next SAARC
place-\ has been decided
19. Which among the fotlowing
I 5-2016 ?
Capital for the Year 20
(B) St€nzen
(A) Baniyn
@) NewDelhi
(C) KalbrBndu
in :
had an ulexpected eruption recently is located
Mounto ske which
20.
(B) Japar
(A) Indonesia
(D) NorthKorca
(c) southKolea
Pandd' ?
the foltowing is lnown as'Aquatic
21. Which among

(A) Garyes RiverDolphin G) Chines€whiteDolphin

(D) AmazonRivsDolphin
(q Indus RivcDolphin

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 i eodicarion oi:
J t A Azar
r Kala (B) Kala Motia

(Ct Gastroenkritis (O) Cf*mgLmYa

: i. Name the satellite devetoped by NASA to Fedict the ftequency ofoccurrence of

drcughts in the world.
(A) SMAP @) TMAP
(C) DMAP (D) NMAP

. 24. Who arnongthe following has received the MIDON pdze forbiodiversity20l4 ?
(A1 KamalBawa (B) Kapil sibal
(C) PmnabAcharya (D) Subhasis DeY

25. Which ofthe following tlpes ofclouds are also called as "Sheep clouds" or "Wool-
Packclouds" ?
(A) Ahocurnulus G) Alt'o sratus
(C) Nimbo stralus (D) Cirrus

16. Which among 0re following was the first coultr-Y to impose Carbon Tax ?
(A) Russia (B) Newilealand
(C) USA (D) Sweden

17. Who is the author ofthe famous plays' The Captives ( 1963), Monsoon (1966)' The
Retugee (1971) andAngkor (1973) ?
(A) Sircar
Badal (B) Habib Tanvir
(C) AsifCtrrimbhoy @) Girish Kamad

: !. Where arc the headquartErs oflntemational Atomic Ercrgy located ?

(A) New York @) Gerrva
(C) Vreina (D) Paris

is known
19. Cutti,,?tion on hilly slopes with small patches ofland in descending order
a5:
(A) Contourftrming (B) Sloppytuming
(C) Trackiarming @) None

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 30. Who has authore d thebook Cufewed Night 2
(A) 'IaprnBose (B) Basharat Peer
(C) AshashahidAli (D) Kushlv"I[ Singh

was
31. The Elastic Rebound Theory to explain the mode arrd causes of earthquake
givenby:
(A) N. KristmaBrahman @) H. Fless

(C) H.F. Reid (D) H.E. Horton

32. Acronym "GPRS" stands for :

(A) General Packet Radio Service

(B) Global Package Radiation Service
(C) Ground kovision Radio Service
(D) Global Package Remission Service

33. Acid rains are caused bY :

(A) Conce ration ofMethane gas inthe lower stralospherc

@) Release of CFC'S in the atrnosph€re
(C) Concentration ofsulphuric acid in the aunosphere
@) All the above

34. The mostpotent greenhoue gas among the following is :

(A) CarbonDioxide @) Methane

(C) Watervapour (D) Ozone

35. Pacifip Tsunami waming Centre (PTWC) is tocated at :

'(A) Ilalvaii (B) Cooklsland

(C) Alaska (D) Samoa

Flash floods are often caused bY :

(A) Rainfalt over manY daYs (B) Dikes and dams that ar€ loo high

(C) trss depth ofthe rivers (D) Thurds6lorms

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 ::. -{n el eff similar !o a Tsunami that can occur in lakes due to avalarche, eardquake
and other mechanisms is called a :

(.A.) Seiche @) Splash

(C) Slosh @) Tidal Wave

-:8. The point at wtrich a fault 6rst ruptrues in the earth is called :

(A) Hypocentr€ (B) Hperc€ntre

(C) H)?icenEE (D, Epicentr€

39. The Disast€r Management Act in India was enacted on :

(A) December,2005 @) 30d May,2005

266
(C) 2l' December, 2007 @) 30d May,2007

. 10. The naional agency responsible for laying downdre policies, plans and guidelines for
disaster managernent in India is :

(A) National DsasterManagementAutlority (NDMA)

(B) National Instituie of Disaster Management (\IIDM)
(C) National Remote Sensing Cente (NRSC)
@) None of the above .

,11. The central force constituted for the pupose ofspecialized response to mtural and

man-made disastem is narned as :

(A) Centnl Reserve Police Force

@) Central hdustrial Security Force
(C) National Dsaster Response Force
(D) National Disask! Res€rve Force

12. Risk Management involves :

(A) Eliminating all wo*plac€ hazards
@) Identifying and monitoring risks
(C) Identifting risks, assessing risks and estimating or cbnd,xllirg risks
@) Hiring an employee with thejob ofmanaging risks

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43. One of the following events cannot be categorised as a type of natural
disaster:
(A) Eafilquakes @) Cyclones
(C) Volcanic Eruptions (D) Nuclear Leak

44. Cyclonic Storms are :

(A) llydrologicalDsastels (B) Meteorclogical Disaste6
(C) HealthDisaste6 (D) None ofthe above

45. It is a ien year plan to make the world safer from natural hazards :

(,\) United Nations F mrnework Convention on Climate Change

(B) Hyogo Framewo* forActior
(C) Kyoto Protocol
(D) None ofthe above

46. The Indian Oc€an Eadhquake occuned on :

' (A) 2004
26rh Decembet @) 24d December, 2004
(C) 8n October 2005 (D) 24'h December, 2005

47. Which two natural hazads havc caus€d the most damage both in terms ofloss oflife
and monetary losses over the past 50 yeals o[ the global sca]e ?

(A) HunicanesandVolcanoes @) .Hunicanes and Floods

(C) Huric4nesandTomadoes (D). lfunicanes and Earthquakes

(A) SuMuctionZones @) Transform Boundaies

(C) Hot Spots (D) Plale Tectonic Boundaries

49. 1he Bhopal gas tragedy *as caused by :

(A) Phosgene @) Carbon Monoxide

(C) Melhyl isocyaiate @) Chloine

50. [t is a situation that poses a level of threat to life, health, property or

envioment:
(A) Dbaster (B) Ituzard
(C) Risk (D) VuLEability

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(c) (?]8) (D) (ln6)

jl. I-ook at this series | 22,21,23,22,24, 23, ....... . . Whal number should come
rExt ?
() 22 @) 24
(c) 2s @) 26

53. Odometer is to mileage as comp6ss is to :

(A) speed (B) hf,itrg
(C) needle (D) dirEction

j.1. Marathon is to race zs hikmtion is to :

(A) winlfr (B) beat
(C) drcam (D) sleep

55. Optimist is to cheerfirl as pessimisl is to :

(a) gbqny (B) nr€n

(C) petty (D) tF&flrl

56. Sponge is to porous as rubber is to :

(A) russive (B) solid

(C) elasic (D) info<ible

57. which nurrber completes ttrc puzzle ?

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(A) 21 (B) 18
(c) le (D) 23

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58. Which number rcplaces the question mark ?

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(A) 35
^& (B) 4l
(c) 38 @) 3e

59. This question consiss oftwo words which have a certain relation-.hip to each other

follo\r€d by fourpai$ ofrclated $ords. Select flre paL which has the same relationship.
LIGHT: BLIND
(A) speech i dumb (B) language: deaf
(C) tongue:sound (D) voice:vit ation

60. Pick out the most eliective rvord(sj &om the given words to 6ll in Lhe blark to make
the sc'Dtence meaningful11, complac.
Fate smiles..........those who uniiringly grapple with stark rcdlities of life.
(A) witt . (B) ovet
(C) on @) rcund

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