Disaster Management (3150913) MCQs

MCQs of Understanding Disasters

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11.

The type of energy that shakes the Earth during an earthquake is produced by_____.

 

(a)

gravitational attraction

 

(b)

density variations

 

(c)

shock waves

 

(d)

heat

 

Answer:

Option (c)

12.

The point at which a fault first ruptures in the Earth is called the _. 

 

(a)

hypocenter

 

(b)

hypercenter

 

(c)

epicenter

 

(d)

pocenter

 

Answer:

Option (c)

13.

From where earth quake waves are generated? 

 

(a)

Focus

 

(b)

Epicenter

 

(c)

Solid inner Core

 

(d)

None of these

 

Answer:

Option (c)

14.

Tsunami is: 

 

(a)

Earthquake on land mass

 

(b)

Volcanic eruption

 

(c)

Earthquake in ocean crust

 

(d)

None of these

 

Answer:

Option (c)

15.

Which one of the following does not cause Earthquake? 

 

(a)

Colliding plates

 

(b)

Coral reefs

 

(c)

Sliding plates 

 

(d)

Dividing plates

 

Answer:

Option (b)

16.

The point in the earth from which seismic waves spread out in all direction is:

 

(a)

Earthquake   focus

 

(b)

Siesmic Center 

 

(c)

Epi Centre

 

(d)

None of these

 

Answer:

Option (c)

17.

Windows may rattle and people may feel tremor at scale of 

 

(a)

3

 

(b)

4

 

(c)

5

 

(d)

2

Answer:

Option (b)

18.

Vibrations radiate from focus in all direction as

 

(a)

Longitudinal waves

 

(b)

Transverse waves

 

(c)

Seismic waves

 

(d)

Typanic waves

 

Answer:

Option (c)

19.

Approximate range of earthquakes that occur each year is 

 

(a)

 hundreds

 

(b)

 thousands

 

(c)

millions

 

(d)

 billions

 

Answer:

Option (b)

20.

Poorly built buildings may collapse at a scale of 

 

(a)

5

(b)

6

(c)

7

(d)

10

Answer:

Option (b)

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