RPF Sub-Inspector Promotion Examination MCQ Practice

1. A. Survey of India
2. B. Central Water Commission
3. C. Border Roads Organisation
4. D. Geological Survey of India

1. A. 2010
2. B. 2019
3. C. 2005
4. D. 2014

1. A. 2018
2. B. 2020
3. C. 2022
4. D. 2024

1. A. Kusaha in Nepal
2. B. Hirakud in Odisha
3. C. Farakka in West Bengal
4. D. Tehri in Uttarakhand

1. A. June 2013
2. B. August 2008
3. C. September 2014
4. D. July 2005

1. A. Andaman
2. B. Sumatra
3. C. Java
4. D. Sri Lanka

1. A. Bhuj in Gujarat
2. B. Chamoli in Uttarakhand
3. C. Latur in Maharashtra
4. D. Muzaffarabad region in Kashmir (Balakot area)

2408. The 1993 Killari (Latur) earthquake struck on which date?

1. A. 30 September 1993
2. B. 20 October 1991
3. C. 29 March 1999
4. D. 8 October 2005

1. A. 8.6
2. B. 5.8
3. C. 6.2
4. D. 7.7

2410. The Modified Mercalli Intensity scale measures an earthquake's:

1. A. Depth of the hypocentre
2. B. Energy released at the focus
3. C. Observed effects and damage at a given location, on a scale of I to XII
4. D. Duration of aftershocks

1. A. About 32 times
2. B. About 2 times
3. C. About 100 times
4. D. About 10 times

1. A. Secondary (S) waves
2. B. Love waves
3. C. Primary (P) waves
4. D. Rayleigh waves

1. A. About 10 per cent
2. B. About 25 per cent
3. C. About 85 per cent
4. D. About 59 per cent

1. A. Six
2. B. Three
3. C. Four (Zones II to V)
4. D. Five (Zones I to V)

1. A. 0.16
2. B. 0.10
3. C. 0.24
4. D. 0.36

1. A. Pakistan
2. B. Oman
3. C. Bangladesh
4. D. Thailand

1. A. Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre
2. B. SAARC Disaster Management Centre
3. C. WMO/ESCAP Panel on Tropical Cyclones
4. D. BIMSTEC Secretariat

1. A. Cyclone Amphan
2. B. Cyclone Phailin
3. C. Cyclone Hudhud
4. D. Cyclone Fani

1. A. 62 to 88 km per hour
2. B. 118 to 165 km per hour
3. C. 166 to 220 km per hour
4. D. 89 to 117 km per hour

1. A. Red
2. B. Orange
3. C. Yellow
4. D. Green

1. A. NIO, Goa
2. B. INCOIS, Hyderabad
3. C. IMD, New Delhi
4. D. NDMA, New Delhi

1. A. Geological Survey of India
2. B. Survey of India
3. C. National Institute of Disaster Management
4. D. Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment, Chandigarh

1. A. Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment
2. B. National Remote Sensing Centre
3. C. Central Water Commission
4. D. India Meteorological Department

1. A. Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services
2. B. India Meteorological Department
3. C. Central Water Commission
4. D. Geological Survey of India

1. A. 2019
2. B. 2014
3. C. 2010
4. D. 2007

1. A. 2009
2. B. 2012
3. C. 2005
4. D. 2016

1. A. The Superintendent of Police
2. B. The Chief Medical Officer
3. C. The District Magistrate
4. D. The Divisional Railway Manager

1. A. The Command Staff
2. B. The Finance Unit
3. C. The General Staff of Operations
4. D. The Staging Area team

1. A. One supervisor for about five subordinates (range three to seven)
2. B. One supervisor for a single subordinate
3. C. One supervisor for ten to fifteen subordinates
4. D. One supervisor for twenty subordinates

1. A. Planning Section
2. B. Finance and Administration Section
3. C. Logistics Section
4. D. Operations Section

1. A. Command, Operations, Planning, Logistics, and Finance and Administration
2. B. Command, Intelligence, Police, Medical, and Media
3. C. Operations, Rescue, Relief, Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction
4. D. Alert, Evacuation, Shelter, Food, and Health

1. A. 2019
2. B. 2010
3. C. 2005
4. D. 2014

1. A. 13 October
2. B. 26 December
3. C. 14 April
4. D. 5 June

1. A. UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), Geneva
2. B. World Meteorological Organization, Vienna
3. C. UN Development Programme, New York
4. D. UN Environment Programme, Nairobi

2435. Sendai Framework Target (d) relates to which outcome?

1. A. Reducing the number of affected people
2. B. Reducing disaster damage to critical infrastructure and disruption of basic services
3. C. Increasing international cooperation
4. D. Reducing disaster mortality

2436. Sendai Framework Target (g) concerns:

1. A. Reducing direct disaster economic loss relative to global GDP
2. B. Reducing damage to critical infrastructure
3. C. Substantially increasing the availability of and access to multi-hazard early warning systems and disaster risk information
4. D. Reducing global disaster mortality

1. A. 2030
2. B. 2025
3. C. 2020
4. D. 2015

1. A. 2000-2009
2. B. 1990-1999
3. C. 1995-2004
4. D. 1980-1989

1. A. Five
2. B. Three
3. C. Seven
4. D. Four

1. A. Yokohama
2. B. Sendai
3. C. Tokyo
4. D. Kobe

1. A. The Paris climate conference, 2015
2. B. The UN Climate Action Summit, New York, 2019
3. C. The Sendai World Conference, 2015
4. D. The Kobe World Conference, 2005

1. A. The Prime Minister's Ten Point Agenda on Disaster Risk Reduction
2. B. The Kobe Action Charter
3. C. The Yokohama Message
4. D. The Delhi Declaration on Flood Control

1. A. Five
2. B. Three
3. C. Ten
4. D. Seven

1. A. The first ever national plan prepared under the DM Act 2005, aligned with the Sendai Framework
2. B. A plan limited to natural disasters only
3. C. A plan drafted by the UNDRR for India
4. D. The first plan to create the NDRF

1. A. Proceedings before a Civil Judge
2. B. Proceedings before a Magistrate
3. C. Suits before a District Court
4. D. Proceedings before the Supreme Court and High Courts

1. A. Section 65
2. B. Section 61
3. C. Section 71
4. D. Section 67

1. A. Imprisonment up to two years
2. B. Imprisonment up to five years
3. C. Fine only
4. D. Imprisonment up to one year

1. A. Section 70
2. B. Section 46
3. C. Section 50
4. D. Section 62

1. A. Free higher education for all affected persons
2. B. Permanent government employment
3. C. Exemption of all taxes for one year
4. D. Special provision for widows and orphans

1. A. Yes, at least 100 deaths
2. B. No, it relies on the event being beyond the coping capacity of the affected community
3. C. Yes, at least 50,000 persons affected
4. D. Yes, a loss of at least Rs 100 crore

1. A. Natural or man-made causes, or by accident or negligence
2. B. Natural causes only
3. C. Only causes of foreign origin
4. D. Only events declared by the President

1. A. Approving the State Plan
2. B. Appointing the Director General of the NDRF
3. C. Granting sanction for prosecution under the Act
4. D. Carrying out relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction activities in the affected area per the State and District plans

1. A. Railway Zonal Offices
2. B. Public Service Commissions
3. C. High Courts
4. D. Cantonment Boards

1. A. Constituting the National Disaster Response Force
2. B. Approving the National Plan
3. C. Identifying buildings and places that can be used as relief centres or camps and arranging water supply and sanitation there
4. D. Declaring a national disaster

1. A. 50 per cent
2. B. 5 per cent
3. C. 20 per cent
4. D. 10 per cent

1. A. Up to 25 per cent
2. B. Up to 10 per cent
3. C. Up to 50 per cent
4. D. Up to 1 per cent

1. A. Rs 1.5 lakh
2. B. Rs 4 lakh
3. C. Rs 2 lakh
4. D. Rs 10 lakh

1. A. 50 per cent Centre and 50 per cent State
2. B. 75 per cent Centre and 25 per cent State
3. C. 90 per cent Centre and 10 per cent State
4. D. 60 per cent Centre and 40 per cent State

1. A. Two: only a State Response Fund and a State Mitigation Fund
2. B. Four: State and District Response Funds, and State and District Mitigation Funds
3. C. One: a single State Disaster Fund
4. D. Three: State, District and Municipal Funds

1. A. Securities Transaction Tax
2. B. Swachh Bharat cess
3. C. National Calamity Contingent Duty
4. D. Goods and Services Tax compensation cess

1. A. Calamity Relief Fund
2. B. Prime Minister's National Relief Fund
3. C. Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund
4. D. National Calamity Contingency Fund

1. A. Specialist response to a threatening disaster situation or disaster
2. B. Maintaining law and order in disaster-hit areas
3. C. Prosecuting offences under the DM Act
4. D. Distributing compensation to victims

1. A. The High Court
2. B. The Comptroller and Auditor General
3. C. The Central Government or the State Government, or an officer authorised by it
4. D. The Chairperson of the NDMA alone

1. A. Six months
2. B. One year
3. C. Two years
4. D. Three years

1. A. That the disaster had already ended
2. B. That the Department had no budget
3. C. That the offence was committed without his knowledge or that he exercised all due diligence to prevent it
4. D. That the offence was committed by a subordinate officer on written orders

1. A. Obtain permission from the Supreme Court
2. B. Give notice of at least thirty days of the alleged offence and of his intention to complain
3. C. Deposit a security with the District Authority
4. D. Obtain a sanction from the President of India

1. A. The Central Government or the State Government
2. B. The Press Council of India
3. C. The NDMA directly, without any Government
4. D. The Supreme Court

1. A. Providing compensation and relief to persons affected by disaster
2. B. Recruitment to the National Disaster Response Force
3. C. Appointment of State Authority members
4. D. Allocation of seats in the National Executive Committee

1. A. Descent
2. B. Place of birth
3. C. Sex
4. D. Community

1. A. Annually
2. B. Every five years
3. C. Only after a major disaster
4. D. Every two years

1. A. The Comptroller and Auditor General
2. B. The National Disaster Management Authority
3. C. The National Executive Committee
4. D. The Cabinet Secretariat

1. A. The Director General of the NDRF
2. B. The Director General of the CRPF
3. C. The Chief of Army Staff
4. D. The Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee

1. A. The Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff
2. B. The Vice-Chairperson of the NDMA
3. C. The Cabinet Secretary
4. D. The Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry or Department having administrative control of disaster management

1. A. The Cabinet Secretary
2. B. The President of India on the advice of the Home Minister
3. C. The Chairperson of the NDMA, from among its members
4. D. The National Executive Committee

1. A. Nine
2. B. Seven
3. C. Five
4. D. Twelve

1. A. 26 January 2006
2. B. 12 December 2005
3. C. 23 December 2005
4. D. 27 September 2006

1. A. Handles only ticket refund processing for affected passengers
2. B. Is responsible solely for drafting the final CRS inquiry report
3. C. Acts as the senior-most accountable authority for immediately mobilizing ART/ARMV, coordinating rescue, and liaising with state authorities and media
4. D. Has no role until the Railway Board formally assigns responsibility days later

1. A. All agencies always use identical communication systems with no coordination issues ever reported
2. B. The issue is entirely resolved by having a single agency handle all aspects alone
3. C. Communication silos exist only in fictional scenarios, never in real incidents
4. D. Different agencies often use separate radio frequencies, protocols and command hierarchies, requiring deliberate interoperability measures (joint control rooms, common frequencies) to overcome

1. A. Infrastructure (including railways) designed and built to withstand and quickly recover from the impacts of natural hazards, reducing future disaster losses
2. B. A financial instrument unrelated to physical infrastructure
3. C. Infrastructure built exclusively using foreign materials
4. D. A scheme for infrastructure built only in non-disaster-prone regions

1. A. Scheduling routine outpatient appointments only
2. B. Managing hospital billing software exclusively
3. C. Ensuring hospitals can rapidly scale up surge capacity, activate mass casualty protocols, and coordinate triage reception for victims of a major rail accident
4. D. Training hospital staff only in railway ticketing procedures