UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — DISASTER MANAGEMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2025

Q1. Under the Disaster Management (Amendment) Act, 2025, the Urban Disaster Management Authority (UDMA) introduced through Section 41A is best described as which one of the following?

  • A. A body that a State Government may constitute for the State capital and all cities having a Municipal Corporation, excluding the NCT of Delhi and the UT of Chandigarh, to prepare and coordinate urban disaster management plans
  • B. A central authority under the NDMA constituted for all million-plus cities to coordinate urban flood response
  • C. A body constituted by the Central Government for every Union Territory, including Delhi and Chandigarh, to manage city-specific disasters
  • D. A statutory authority that replaces the District Disaster Management Authority in all metropolitan districts

Q2. With reference to changes made by the Disaster Management (Amendment) Act, 2025 as compared with the Disaster Management Act, 2005, consider the following statements: 1. Whereas the 2005 Act had national and state disaster management plans prepared by the National and State Executive Committees, the 2025 amendment vests plan preparation directly in the NDMA and the SDMA. 2. The 2025 amendment empowers the NDMA and the SDMA to prepare national and state disaster databases covering disaster risk, fund allocation and preparedness. 3. The Urban Disaster Management Authority created by the 2025 amendment replaces the District Disaster Management Authority established under the 2005 Act. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Whereas the 2005 Act had national and state disaster management plans prepared by the National and State Executive Committees, the 2025 amendment vests plan preparation directly in the NDMA and the SDMA.
  2. The 2025 amendment empowers the NDMA and the SDMA to prepare national and state disaster databases covering disaster risk, fund allocation and preparedness.
  3. The Urban Disaster Management Authority created by the 2025 amendment replaces the District Disaster Management Authority established under the 2005 Act.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 1 and 3 only
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q3. The Disaster Management (Amendment) Act, 2025 confers statutory status on exactly how many committees that had previously existed only as executive (non-statutory) bodies?

  • A. One
  • B. Two
  • C. Three
  • D. Four

Q4. Consider the following statements regarding the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) and the High-Level Committee (HLC) as recognised by the Disaster Management (Amendment) Act, 2025: 1. The NCMC is chaired by the Cabinet Secretary and is the nodal body for major disasters having serious or national ramifications. 2. The HLC is chaired by the Minister having administrative control over disaster management and approves financial assistance from the National Disaster Mitigation Fund. 3. Both the NCMC and the HLC were created for the first time only by the 2025 amendment and had never existed in any form before it. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. The NCMC is chaired by the Cabinet Secretary and is the nodal body for major disasters having serious or national ramifications.
  2. The HLC is chaired by the Minister having administrative control over disaster management and approves financial assistance from the National Disaster Mitigation Fund.
  3. Both the NCMC and the HLC were created for the first time only by the 2025 amendment and had never existed in any form before it.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 2 and 3 only
  • C. 1 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q5. Which one of the following is the specialist national-level response force established under the Disaster Management Act, 2005, as distinct from the State Disaster Response Force that States are empowered to raise under the 2025 amendment?

  • A. National Disaster Response Force
  • B. National Disaster Response Fund
  • C. State Disaster Response Fund
  • D. National Disaster Mitigation Fund

Q6. Under the Disaster Management (Amendment) Act, 2025, the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) is to be constituted, and its functions and terms of service defined, by which authority?

  • A. The State Government
  • B. The State Government in consultation with the Director General of the NDRF
  • C. The National Disaster Management Authority
  • D. The State Disaster Management Authority

Q7. The Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which became the Act of 2025, was piloted in Parliament by which Union Ministry?

  • A. Ministry of Home Affairs
  • B. Ministry of Earth Sciences
  • C. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
  • D. Ministry of Jal Shakti

Q8. Which single constitutional authority's assent, given on 29 March 2025, converted the Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2024 into an Act?

  • A. The President of India
  • B. The Vice-President of India
  • C. The Prime Minister of India
  • D. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha

Q9. The High Powered Committee on Disaster Management, constituted in August 1999 to prepare model disaster management plans, functioned under the chairmanship of whom?

  • A. J.C. Pant
  • B. The Prime Minister
  • C. The Union Home Minister
  • D. The Cabinet Secretary

Q10. Consider the following statements regarding the origins of the Disaster Management Act, 2005: 1. A High Powered Committee on Disaster Management was set up in August 1999 under the chairmanship of J.C. Pant. 2. The enactment of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 was catalysed by the Indian Ocean Tsunami of December 2004. 3. The Disaster Management Act, 2005 created institutions including the NDMA, SDMA, DDMA, NIDM and the NDRF. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A High Powered Committee on Disaster Management was set up in August 1999 under the chairmanship of J.C. Pant.
  2. The enactment of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 was catalysed by the Indian Ocean Tsunami of December 2004.
  3. The Disaster Management Act, 2005 created institutions including the NDMA, SDMA, DDMA, NIDM and the NDRF.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 2 and 3 only
  • C. 1 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q11. Consider the following statements regarding the National and State Disaster Mitigation Funds: 1. The National Disaster Mitigation Fund and the State Disaster Mitigation Funds were set up pursuant to the recommendations of the 15th Finance Commission. 2. The corpus of the State Disaster Mitigation Fund is shared between the Centre and the States in the ratio 75:25 for general States and 90:10 for the North-Eastern and Himalayan States. 3. Under the 2025 amendment, financial assistance from the National Disaster Mitigation Fund is approved by the National Crisis Management Committee. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. The National Disaster Mitigation Fund and the State Disaster Mitigation Funds were set up pursuant to the recommendations of the 15th Finance Commission.
  2. The corpus of the State Disaster Mitigation Fund is shared between the Centre and the States in the ratio 75:25 for general States and 90:10 for the North-Eastern and Himalayan States.
  3. Under the 2025 amendment, financial assistance from the National Disaster Mitigation Fund is approved by the National Crisis Management Committee.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 2 and 3 only
  • C. 1 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q12. Under the framework recognised by the Disaster Management (Amendment) Act, 2025, financial assistance from the National Disaster Mitigation Fund (NDMF) is approved exclusively by which body?

  • A. The High-Level Committee (HLC)
  • B. The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC)
  • C. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)
  • D. The 15th Finance Commission