UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

Disaster resilience captures the capacity of communities and systems to withstand shocks,make adjustments and recover quickly after hazard events. The stem lists key components such as resisting,absorbing,adapting and recovering,which are central to resilience definitions. Therefore resilience is the correct term.

Option A:
Vulnerability refers to the propensity to suffer harm when exposed to a hazard. High vulnerability indicates weak capacity to cope,which is the opposite of resilience. Hence it is not suitable for the blank.

Option B:
Resilience emphasises learning and adaptation so that systems can emerge from disasters stronger or at least restored. It is a core concept in modern disaster risk reduction frameworks and matches the description given in the question.

Option C:
Hazard denotes the potentially damaging physical event itself and does not address the capacity of systems to respond. Thus it does not fit the stem.

Option D:
Exposure refers to people,property or systems located in hazard prone areas. It is a component of risk but not the property of recovery and adaptation described. Therefore it is not the correct option.