Exam Details
| Subject | Understanding Natural Disasters | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | Post Graduate Diploma in Disaster Management | |
| Department | School of Social Sciences (SOSS) | |
| Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | December, 2015 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
1. Discuss the organisational set-up of disaster management at the Central level in India.
2. Describe the geographical distribution and causes as well as impacts of floods.
3. Explain the existing system of drought management in India.
4. Write a note on cyclone warning and forecasting system in the country.
5. Describe the hazards and impacts associated with an earthquake.
6. Explain the risk reduction measures associated with landslides in India.
7. Describe briefly the plans for avalanche hazard mitigation and management.
8. Discuss the nature, causes and impacts of volcanic disasters.
9. Elaborate the impacts of sea level rise.
10. Write short notes on the following in about 200 words each:
Impact of climate change on agriculture
Stratospheric ozone
2. Describe the geographical distribution and causes as well as impacts of floods.
3. Explain the existing system of drought management in India.
4. Write a note on cyclone warning and forecasting system in the country.
5. Describe the hazards and impacts associated with an earthquake.
6. Explain the risk reduction measures associated with landslides in India.
7. Describe briefly the plans for avalanche hazard mitigation and management.
8. Discuss the nature, causes and impacts of volcanic disasters.
9. Elaborate the impacts of sea level rise.
10. Write short notes on the following in about 200 words each:
Impact of climate change on agriculture
Stratospheric ozone
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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