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Climate Change and Disaster Management in Pakistan
For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies Risk is commonly understood as a function of?
A. Only population size
B. Only government spending
C. Hazard, exposure and vulnerability
D. Only rainfall
Correct Answer: C
Disaster risk arises from the interaction of hazards with exposed and vulnerable people/assets.
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Climate Change and Disaster Management in Pakistan
For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies Vulnerability refers to?
A. Foreign reserves
B. Conditions that increase susceptibility to harm
C. Export earnings
D. The hazard itself only
Correct Answer: B
Vulnerability includes physical, social, economic and environmental factors that increase susceptibility.
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Climate Change and Disaster Management in Pakistan
For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies Hazard is best defined as?
A. A budget deficit
B. A tax receipt
C. The same thing as vulnerability
D. A potentially damaging event or process
Correct Answer: D
A hazard is a potentially harmful physical event, phenomenon or human activity.
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Climate Change and Disaster Management in Pakistan
For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies Resilience in disaster management refers to?
A. Only insurance premiums
B. A trade surplus
C. Ability to withstand, adapt to and recover from shocks
D. Absence of all hazards
Correct Answer: C
Resilience concerns the capacity of systems and communities to resist, absorb, adapt and recover.
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Climate Change and Disaster Management in Pakistan
For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies Adaptation in climate policy primarily aims to?
A. Set customs duties
B. Manage foreign reserves
C. Increase fossil-fuel dependence
D. Reduce vulnerability to climate impacts
Correct Answer: D
Adaptation reduces exposure and vulnerability and builds resilience to climate impacts.
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Climate Change and Disaster Management in Pakistan
For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies Mitigation in climate policy primarily aims to?
A. Increase vulnerability
B. Reduce greenhouse gas emissions or enhance sinks
C. Measure trade deficits
D. Only respond after disasters
Correct Answer: B
Climate mitigation addresses the causes of climate change by reducing emissions and enhancing removals.
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For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies The Paris Agreement is primarily associated with?
A. Global climate action
B. Nuclear regulation
C. Foreign exchange reserves
D. International trade tariffs
Correct Answer: A
The Paris Agreement is the international climate treaty focused on limiting warming and strengthening adaptation.
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For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction covers?
A. 2000-2010
B. 2015-2030
C. 2030-2050
D. 2020-2025
Correct Answer: B
The Sendai Framework is the global DRR framework for 2015-2030.
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Climate Change and Disaster Management in Pakistan
For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies One pillar of anticipatory action is?
A. Eliminating all weather monitoring
B. Risk information, early warning and trigger systems
C. Replacing PDMAs with banks
D. Banning local response
Correct Answer: B
The strategy includes risk information, early warning and trigger systems among its five pillars.
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For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies Pakistan National Anticipatory Action Strategy covers?
A. 2026-2030
B. 2031-2040
C. 2026 only
D. 2020-2025
Correct Answer: A
NDMA lists the Pakistan National Anticipatory Action Strategy 2026-2030.
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Climate Change and Disaster Management in Pakistan
For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies Anticipatory action means?
A. Waiting until recovery is complete
B. Ignoring forecasts
C. Acting before forecast hazards escalate into disasters
D. Only post-disaster compensation
Correct Answer: C
Pakistan's National Anticipatory Action Strategy uses forecasts and triggers for pre-agreed early action.
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Climate Change and Disaster Management in Pakistan
For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies Early warning systems are primarily intended to?
A. Enable timely action before or during hazards
B. Measure tax revenue
C. Prevent every hazard from occurring
D. Replace all infrastructure
Correct Answer: A
Early warning combines risk knowledge, monitoring, communication and preparedness to enable protective action.
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Climate Change and Disaster Management in Pakistan
For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies Rising temperatures can increase GLOF risk by?
A. Stopping all precipitation
B. Accelerating glacial melt
C. Eliminating glaciers instantly
D. Reducing all river flow permanently
Correct Answer: B
Higher temperatures can accelerate glacial melt and increase glacial-lake instability.
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For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies NDMA Summer Contingency Plan 2026 notes summer broadly from?
A. November to February
B. April to October
C. June to July only
D. January to March
Correct Answer: B
The plan describes Pakistan's summer season broadly as April to October.
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For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies Pakistan's summer season hazards highlighted by NDMA include?
A. Only snowfall
B. Only tsunamis
C. Heatwaves, GLOFs, flash floods and drought
D. Only earthquakes
Correct Answer: C
NDMA's Summer Contingency Plan highlights multiple climate-induced summer hazards.
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For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies GLOF stands for?
A. Glacial Lake Outburst Flood
B. Global Land Ocean Flow
C. Glacier Level Observation Framework
D. General Local Overflow Flood
Correct Answer: A
GLOFs are sudden releases of water from glacial lakes.
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For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies CCA stands for?
A. Central Climate Authority
B. Crisis Control Assessment
C. Climate Carbon Accounting
D. Climate Change Adaptation
Correct Answer: D
CCA refers to adjustment to actual or expected climate impacts to reduce harm or exploit beneficial opportunities.
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For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies DRR stands for?
A. Development Reserve Requirement
B. District Relief Revenue
C. Disaster Revenue Ratio
D. Disaster Risk Reduction
Correct Answer: D
DRR aims to prevent new and reduce existing disaster risk and manage residual risk.
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Climate Change and Disaster Management in Pakistan
For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies BBB in disaster recovery means?
A. Basic Border Barrier
B. Build Back Better
C. Budget Before Borrowing
D. Bank-Based Budgeting
Correct Answer: B
NDRP 2026 places Build Back Better at the heart of resilient recovery.
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For competitive-exam preparation, which option correctly identifies NDMP 2026-2030 stands for?
A. National Disaster Management Plan 2026-2030
B. National Development Monetary Plan
C. National Drought Monitoring Policy
D. National Disaster Medical Programme
Correct Answer: A
NDMA identifies the National Disaster Management Plan 2026-2030 as a comprehensive planning framework.