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, 2016 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
1. India's unique geo-c1imatic position makes it prone to various types of disasters'. Elucidate.
2. Write a note on Disaster Management in India at the central, state and district levels.
3. Bring out the causes and impact of Gorakhpur Floods 2000.
4. Examine the role of rumours in the aftermath of disasters, citing any disaster experience that you have read about or witnessed.
5. Write short notes on the following in about 200 words each
Impacts of Droughts
Four -stage warning system
6. Examine the features of drought management with Gujarat as a case.
7. Describe the causes and impacts of heat and cold wave.
8. 'Volcanic eruptions are a common feature at Mt Etna and Mt Vesuvius'. Explain.
9. Analyse the impacts of climate change on agriculture.
10. Write short notes on the following in about 200 words each
Coastal processes
Antarctic Ozone Hole
2. Write a note on Disaster Management in India at the central, state and district levels.
3. Bring out the causes and impact of Gorakhpur Floods 2000.
4. Examine the role of rumours in the aftermath of disasters, citing any disaster experience that you have read about or witnessed.
5. Write short notes on the following in about 200 words each
Impacts of Droughts
Four -stage warning system
6. Examine the features of drought management with Gujarat as a case.
7. Describe the causes and impacts of heat and cold wave.
8. 'Volcanic eruptions are a common feature at Mt Etna and Mt Vesuvius'. Explain.
9. Analyse the impacts of climate change on agriculture.
10. Write short notes on the following in about 200 words each
Coastal processes
Antarctic Ozone Hole
Other Question Papers
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