Seat No: ______________ Enrollment No: _____________

PARUL UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
B.Tech. Winter 2017 - 18 Examination
Semester:5 Date: 29/12/2017
Subject Code: 03104346 Time: 10:30 am to 1:00 pm
Subject Name: Disaster Management Total Marks: 60
Instructions:
1. All questions are compulsory.
2. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
3. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
4. Start new question on new page.
Q.1 MCQs (05)
A
1.Disaster Risk is dependent upon
a) Hazard, Vulnerability and Capacity.
b) Magnitude, Intensity and Population Density.
c) Resource availability, Geography and Economy.
d) Poverty, Urbanization and Awareness.
2.Serious Disturbance in functioning of community or a society causing wide spread material,
economic, social or environmental losses is called,

a) Disaster
b) Risk
c) Vulnerability
d) Capacity
3. Which of the following is NOT an objective of Disaster Management?
a) To reduce physical and economical losses.
b) To speed recovery.
c) To prevent danger of threat of disaster.
d) To cause Rapid Urbanization.
4.Increase in vulnerability of disaster is NOT caused by

a) Rapid Population growth.

b) Increase in Environmental degradation.
c) Better Public Awareness and Education.
d) Increase in Poverty rates.
5. Which of the following is NOT a cause of Tsunami

a) Fault movement on the sea floor.

b) Underwater Landslide.
c) Underwater volcanic activity.
d) Wind.
Q.1 Fill in the blanks (05)
B
6. Floods come under ______________ type of Disaster.
7. The term “Tsunami” has been derived from Japanese language which means _____________.
8. Disaster management cycle has ___________Phases.
9. Cholera, Dengue, Malaria are the example of _____________ (Disaster name).
10. The disaster in which combination with natural phenomena of majorly lightning and thunder is (05)
called ___________.
Q.1 Define following terms
C
11. Disaster
12. Vulnerability
13. Risk
14.Disaster management
15. Hazard

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Q.2 Answer the following questions. (Attempt any three) (15)
(1) Write a note on Earthquake. Mention causes, consequences and recovery.
(2) Write a note on Floods. Mention causes, consequences and recovery.
(3) Write a note on Cyclones. Mention causes, consequences and recovery.
(4) Write a note on Tsunamis. Mention causes, consequences and recovery.

Q.3 A) With a neat diagram, describe “Disaster Management Cycle”. (07)

B) Write a note on Risk mapping and Zonation. (08)

OR

B) Explain Lesson Learnt from Chennai flood and Bhuj earthquake disasters of India. (08)

Q.4 A) Write a note on Yokohoma Strategy. (07)

OR
A) Write a note on Disaster management act, 2005. (07)

B) Discuss the paradigm shift in disaster management in India. Enlist the causes and reasoning. Mention (08)
the need of studying disaster management

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