APPSC Group III Quiz – General Awareness Quiz for APPSC Group 3

1. Most Tsunamis occur in ?
1. Atlantic Ocean
2. Indian Ocean
3. Mediterranean Sea
4. Pacific Ocean

2. In which of the following countries earthquakes do not normally occur ?
1. Chile
2. Australia
3. New Zealand
4. Pakistan.

3. Berlin city is located on the banks of ?
1. Spree
2. Avon
3. Rhine
4. Nile

4. Montreal is located on the banks of ?
1. Ottawa.
2. Spree
3. Danube
4. Potomac

4. Ayodhya is located on the banks of ?
1. Sarayu
2. Yamuna
3. Gomti
4. Alaknanda

5. Tiruchirapalli is located on the banks of ?
1. Sutlej
2. Kaveri
3. Penna
4. Krishna

6. Most of the weather phenomena take place in ?
1. Stratoslhere
2. Meaoaphere
3. Ionosphere
4. Trope phere

7. The plains formed in limestone regions are:?
1. Karst
2. Flood
3. Pene Plans
4. Aeolian

8. The term epicenter is associated with ?
1. Cyclones
2.Tornadoes
3. earthquakes
4. Tsunamis

9. The other name for contour line is ?
1. isopotential
2. Isotherm
3. isohypse
4. Isohyet

10. To which group do most of the Indians belong?
1. Caucasoid
2. negroid
3. australoid
4. mongoloid

11. The layers in soils are referred to as ?
1. Profile
2. Horizens
3. Pedocals
4. Hard pans

12. Prime Minister of India during the period of 21-6-1991 to 16-5 1996 was ?
1, PV Narasimha Rao 
2. A, B. Vajpayee
3, Chandrasekhar
4, I.K. Gujral

13. Vice-President of India during the period of 1997-2002 was ?
1. K.R. Narayan
2. Krishna Kant
3. None of the above
4. S.D. Sharma

14. First Chief election Commissioner of India was ?
1. K.VK. Sundaram
2. Sukumar Sen
3. R. K. Trivedi
4. S.P Sen Verma

15. Types of droughts are ?
1. Hydrological
2. Meteorological
3. All the above
4. Agricultural

16. What percent of India’s total area is susceptible to seismic disturbances ?
1. 66%
2. 68%
3. 60%
4. 62%

17. The term DISASTER owes its origin to a ?
1. Latin word
2. French word
3. Chinese word
4. Greek word

18. The river which causes tremendous floods in Assam is ?
1. Gomati
2. Ganga
3. Yamuna
4. Brahmaputra

19. Disaster Management Act was made in India in the year ?
1. 2005 
2. 2006
3. 2007
4. 2008

20. “TSUNAMI” is a ?
1. Japanese word
2. French word
3. Greek word
4. Chinese word

21. Which countries are joined by the Palk Strait?
1. India and Sri Lanka
2 North and South Korea
3. Pakistan and China
4 Britain and France

22. Which river nows towards the west in India?
1. Kaveri
2. Godavari
3. Krishna
4. Narmada

23. Which area in India gets summer monsoon first?
1. Eastern Ghats
2. Western Ghats
3. Gangetic plains
4. Himalayas

24. The rainfall received in mountainous regions is called as ?
1. Cyclonic
2. conventional
3. Orographic
4. Frontal

25. Carbett National Park is in ?
1. Madhya Pradesh
2. Bihar
3. Himachal Pradesh
4. Uttaranchal

26. What is Jhoom?
1. A type of cultivation
2 A type of singing basket
3. A river valley in a dry region
4. A tribal dance

27. which erop requires water logging for its cultivation?
1. Cotton
2. Tea
3. Mustard
4. Rice

28. Kalpakkam is located in ?
1. Uttar Pradesh
2 Maharashtra
3. Tamilnadu
4. Gujarat