Exam Details

Subject Disaster Management
Paper
Exam / Course Master of Arts in Public Administration
Department School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date June, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. Highlight the different phases of disaster management cycle with special emphasis on mitigation and preparedness.

2. Describe the prevention guidelines in case of floods and droughts.

3. Discuss the new directions for resource mobilisation through local sources.

4. What are the basic requirements for community based disaster management?

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

Difference between modernist and post -modernist approaches to planning

Risk assessment

6. Define damage assessment and highlight major types of damages.

7. Discuss physical, social and psychological types of rehabilitation.

8. Describe the role and functions of a disaster manager.

9. 'There is an interconnection between disaster and development in both positive and negative sense. Examine.

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

Strengthening governance mechanisms at the local level

Problems in relief administration


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

  • Administrative Theory
  • Decentralization and Local Governance
  • Disaster Management
  • E-Governance
  • Human Resource Management
  • Public Policy and Analysis
  • Public Systems Management
  • State, Society and Public Administration