Most of these are worth 20 Marks each (i.e. 200 words).
- Sustainable management of natural resources is essential to provide livelihood and environmental security’. Discuss.
- Define Total Disaster Risk Management Approach and refer to its pertinence for Disaster Management Cycle.
- Highlight development perspective to disaster management with focus on disaster management in riverine regions.
- Discuss major issues involved in disaster preparedness,
- Discuss the role of Information Technology in disaster prevention.
- Discuss the importance of Rescue and highlight various rescue methods.
- Shelter rehabilitation is concerned with various aspects’. Discuss.
- What are the major features of Emergency Operations Centre
- Various types of damages are required to be considered for undertaking effective damage assessment.’ Discuss.
- Highlight guiding principles of rehabilitation and reconstruction.
- Define the term ‘disaster’ and describe its classification.
- Write a note on disaster cycle.
- Describe the trends in disaster management.
- Explain the different methods of risk mapping.
- Describe structural and non-structural mitigation measures in disaster management.
- Describe the different steps in relief distribution in disaster management
- Discuss the essential features of damage assessment.
- Examine the problems in relief administration.
- Bring out the importance of people as the first responders in disaster management.
- Elucidate different skills and techniques adopted by a disaster manager.
- Highlight key environmental concerns pertaining to disasters,
- Analyse the important facets of disaster management in mountainous regions.
- Define vulnerability and discuss the process of vulnerability analysis.
- Examine the role of corporate social responsibility as an emerging avenue in managing disasters.
- Define disaster mitigation and discuss the contribution of United Nations agencies in it.
- ‘Warehousing and stockpiling form a very important component during disaster relief phase.’ –
- Analyse..Discuss the important steps in relief distribution. Examine the problem areas during recovery phase of disaster management,
- Explain the concept of first responder with special reference to the role of the government in first response..
- Write a note in brief on important disaster management strategies
- Define vulnerability and discuss the vulnerability profile of India,
- Describe in brief the major facets of disaster management in riverine regions.
- Highlight the significance of planning for ensuring disaster prevention.
- Write a note on key community based disaster management strategies.
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Search and Rescue (SAR)
- Discuss the important steps in relief distribution,Explain the different types of damages that occur due to disasters.
- ‘The relationship between disaster and development depends on the development choices made by the individual, community and the nation’. Discuss.
- Discuss the leadership theories and styles.
- Emergency Operations Centre and Stockpiling practices in disaster Management.
- Define disaster and refer to major environmental concerns. Discuss recent trends in disaster management with special reference to India.
- Discuss the significance of disaster prevention and highlight issues involved.
- Describe the methods for conducting risk assessment.
- What do you understand by disaster mitigation ? Discuss the guiding principles underlying it
- Discuss the significance and phases of Search and Rescue in disaster management.
- Briefly highlight the steps involved,in relief distribution
- Describe the objectives and features of damage assessment in case of natural disasters.
- “Disasters can provide development opportunities,” Discuss.
- Explain the role and functions of a disaster manager
- Define Total Disaster Risk Management Approach and examine its pertinence to Disaster Management cycle
- Throw light on the development perspective to Disaster management.
- Discuss the guidelines for Flood Prevention, “There is emerging focus on building resilience through risk skating and transfer.”
- Briefly examine. Define Disaster Mitigation: and discuss the major mitigation measures.
- Highlight the general precautions observed in Search and Rescue operations,.
- Discuss, the major problems encountered in Relief Administration.
- Write a note on interlinkages between Recovery and Development.
- Discuss Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction Process.
- Examine the changing complexion of disaster management in the contemporary context.
- Describe the important phases of disaster cycle
- Discuss the importance of disaster preparedness with special reference to issues and problems in it
- Define Risk Assessment and underline the methodologies for conducting risk assessment.
- Discuss the guiding principles of disaster mitigation and elaborate the problem areas in disaster mitigation.
- Discuss the concept of community based Disaster Management and highlight its principles and challenges.
- What is Emergency Operations Centre ? Describe its organizational set-up,
- Define damage assessment and highlight major types of damages.
- Discuss the important guiding principles of rehabilitation and reconstruction.
- Discuss the role and functions of disaster manager.
- Disaster management has undergone an enormous change in the recent times’, Discuss.
- Define ‘Disaster and write an overview of natural disasters in India.
- India has witnessed a shift from relief to mitigation and preparedness planning’. Discuss.
- Discuss the major facets of disaster management in coastal regions.
- Write a note on capacity building for Earthquake Vulnerability Reduction.
- Discuss the significance of disaster prevention and highlight major issues involved in it.
- Define Search and Rescue and discuss its significance and phases,
- Discuss guidelines for provision of shelter management.
- Write a note on Incident Command System.
- Describe damage reports on disaster assessment.
- Examine the interlinkages between disaster and recovery.
- Discuss the relationship between disaster and development with the help of examples from developed and developing countries.
- Describe issues and responses to disaster Management in mountainous regions.
- Define vulnerability and describe its relationship with capacity.
- Examine the types and characteristics of corporate social responsibility with respect to disaster management.
- Discuss the principles of community based disaster management.
- Describe the various management guidelines for temporary shelter provision during disasters.
- Explain the different types of damage reports. Identify the different types of rehabilitation.
- Examine the role of sustainable development in disaster management.
- Discuss the role of disaster management authorities in disaster management.
- Discuss key stages of Disaster Cycle.
- Make an overview of Recent Trends in Disaster Management.
- Bring to light major initiatives on Disaster Preparedness in India.
- Discuss the process of Risk Assessment.
- Write a note on Community Based Disaster Management.
- Discuss various methods for rescuing affected persons in a disaster situation.
- Discuss the guiding principles for Shelter provision.
- Bring to light major problems in Relief distribution.
- Write a note on Disasters and Development.
- Discuss the role and functions of a Disaster Manager.
Source of questions:
Previous exams and assignements of IGNOU M.A. (Public Administration) course code MPA-018 on Disaster Management
Source for Answers:
IGNOU MPA 018 Booklet. Click me to download it for free. OR
It Can be purchased in hard copy using the instructions in :
https://mrunal.org/2012/06/buy-ignou-notes.html
Hi Mrunal,
Can u please suggest how is psycology as an optional? And also the necessary resources, books, strategy to prepare.
hi mrunal,
need ur guidance how to approach ssc cgl tier 2 .have written my tier 1
ACIO, SSC tier II = Will try to cover it in First or Second week of August. Right now busy with some projects.
sir kindly suggest imp chapters for GS-3rd paper from mains exam point of view
pls explain GAAR and NCTC
http://www.ipcs.org/pdf_file/issue/IB181-Chari-NCTC.pdf
Above link will be helpful for understanding the NCTC debate.
https://mrunalmanage.wpcomstaging.com/2012/05/economy-general-anti-avodiance-rules.html
GAAR already explained.
In PubAd syllabus ” disaster management ” only is written. The notes you suggested the IGNOU ones have 19 units on disaster management . I s it required to read all those ?
Not each and every line but plenty of fodder material lying around in those chapters.
Disaster Management can be a pain, if asked in the Compulsory Question 1 or 5 in the mains paper.
sir kindly suggest chapters for GS-3 paper mains point of view.
i cannot access the link for answers of above questions. can anybody send me the answers or tell me how to get them
Sir ,
is DM (disaster management) mentioned in GS syllabus?
Which part ? which books to read for GS – disaster management part ?