Exam Details

Subject Disaster Preparedness
Paper
Exam / Course Post Graduate Diploma in Disaster Management
Department School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date June, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. Explain the concept of disaster preparedness and throw light on disaster preparedness measures.

2. 'Planning in the context of disaster preparedness, to be effective, needs to take into account certain key aspects' -Elaborate.

3. 'Community-based disaster preparedness plan needs to take cognisance of different types of activities needed at various stages of disaster management'. Examine.

4. Highlight the role of non-governmental organisations in disaster preparedness.

5. Write short notes in around 200 words on each of the following

Micro finance

Role of National Service Scheme

6. Write a note on meteorological and hydrological disaster preparedness.

7. Explain the utility of HAM Radio and its role in emergency communication.

8. Discuss in brief the initiatives of Government of India in the area of disaster mitigation.

9. Examine the role of media in disaster management.

10. Write short notes in around 200 words on each of the following

Social Cost-benefit analysis

Epidemiological Surveillance


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Disaster Medicine
  • Disaster Preparedness
  • Disaster Response
  • Rehab, Reconstruction, Recovery
  • Risk Assessment and Vulnerability Analysis
  • Understanding Man-Made Disasters
  • Understanding Natural Disasters