Facts about Kerala - Questions and Answers -5
801. Adoor Gopalakrishnan got a national award for best director in 1972 for his first feature film:
Swayamvaram
802. EMS became the chief minister of Kerala for the second time in the year:
1967
1967
803. Which Palace in Thiruvananthapuram is the venue of the Swati Music Festival?
Kuthiramalika
804.Who constructed Kanakakkunnu Palace?
Sri Mulam Tirunal
805. Who constructed Mattancherry Palace?
The Portuguese
806. Who became the Chief Minister in Travancore- Cochin after the first general election?
AJ John
807. Who became the first Chairman of the Kerala Sahitya Academy in 1956?
Sardar KM Panicker
808.G Sankarakurup got the first Gyanpeet Award for ‘Odakkuzhal’ for the year:
1965
809. In which district is the headquarters of Kottakkal Arya Vaidhya Sala?
Malappuram
810. In which district is Vallarpadam Container Terminal?
Ernakulam
811. In which year did Kerala win Santosh Trophy for the first time?
1973
812.The European power that renovated Mattancherry Palace:
The Dutch
813.The first chairman of Kerala Public Service Commission:
V.K.Velayudhan
814. The first EMS ministry ruled for....... months:
28
815.The first private channel in Kerala started functioning in 1993:
Asianet
816. The foundation of the first biological park in India was laid in 1992 at:
Agasthyarkutam
817.The headquarters of Central university in Kerala:
Kasargod
818. The headquarters of the Mahatma Gandhi University is situated at:
Athirampuzha
819. The Kerala State Electricity Board was established in:
1957
820. Where is Banana Research Centre?
Kannara, Thrissur District821. Where is Cardomom Research Centre?
Pampadumpara
822. Where is the Centre for Development of Imaging Technology (C-DIT) is situated?
Thiruvananthapuram
823. The first European fort in India was built at:
Kochi
824. The head office of Kerala Public Service Commission is at:
Thiruvananthapuram
825.The King of Travancore who constructed the ‘Puthan Malika’ or ‘Kuthira Malika’ in Thiruvananthapuram:
Swati Tirunal
826. The Koyikkal Palace where Numismatics Museum is functioning is situated at:
Nedumangad
827.The first MLA to be disqualified under the anti-defection law in 1990:
R Balakrishna Pillai
828. Where is Coffee Research Centre?
Choondal
829. Where is Ginger Research Centre?
Ambalavayal
830.The headquarters of MILMA:
Thiruvananthapuram
831.The headquarters of Serifed:
Thiruvananthapuram
832.The headquarters of the Kerala State Horticultural Development Corporation:
Thiruvananthapuram
833. Forestry College is situated at:
Vellanikkara
834. Arippa bird sanctuary is in the district of:
Thiruvananthapuram
835. In which river Pallivasal, the first govt. owned hydel project in Kerala was built?
Muthirappuzha
836. Kerala Drugs and Pharmaceuticals was established at:
Kalavur
837. State Institute of Rural Development is situated at:
Kottarakkara
838.The first concrete bridge in Kerala:
Karamana
839.The first Grama Panchayat in Kerala to get Swaraj Trophy:
Kanhikuzhy
840. The first industrial establishment in Kerala to use Electricity is the Kannan Devan Company. It is in the district of:
Idukki>841.The first artificial island in Kerala:
Wellington
842.The first baby-friendly grama panchayat in Kerala:
Venganoor
843.The first community reserve in India:
KadalundiVallikkunnu
844. Where is the Centre for Water Resources Development and Management situated?
Kozhikode
845. Where is Kerala Forest Research Institute is situated?
Peechi
846. Which district in Kerala became the first bachat district in Kerala in 1991?
Ernakulam
847. Where is National Adventure Sports Academy?
Devikulam
848. Usha School of Athletics is at:
Koilandy
849. Kelappaji College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology is situated at:
Thavanur
850. Cashew Research Centre is situated at:
Anakkayam
851. Where is Napier Museum situated in Kerala:
Thiruvananthapuram
852. Where is Vasthu Vidhya Gurukulam located?
Aranmula
853.The year of Peruman train tragedy in which more than 100 people were killed:
1988
854.The year of Kalalundy train tragedy:
2001
855. Where is VK Krishnamenon Art Gallery?
Kozhikode
856. In which district is Kayamkulam Thermal Power stations situated?
Alappuzha
857.The headquarters of COSTFORD:
Thrissur
858. The Kerala Language Institute is at:
Thiruvananthapuram
859.The place in Wayanad district where Heritage Museum is situated?
Amabalavayal
860.The place where the stock exchange was established in 1978:
Kochi861. Thirurangadi, the centre of the Malabar rebellion is in the district of:
Malappuram
862. Where is Kerala Feeds situated?
Kallettumkara
863. The first court in Kerala for narcotics trial was established at:
Vadakara
864. The first English school in Malabar was established at:
Thalassery
865.The first Export Processing Zone in Kerala:
Kochi
866.The first grama panchayat in Kerala which produce and distribute as its own?
Mankulam
867.The first hanging bridge in Kerala:
Punalur
868. The first Jewish synagogue in India was built at:
Kodungallur
869. The first labour bank in Kerala is Akathethara in....... district.
Palakkad
870.The first no-tobacco district in Kerala:
Kottayam
871.The first peacock sanctuary in Kerala:
Chulannoor
872. Aromatic oil Research Centre is situated at:
Odakkali
873. Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) is situated at:
Kochi
874. Hindustan Insecticides is at:
Aluva
875. In which district is Pazhassi Raja Museum?
Kozhikode
876. Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA) is situated at:
Mulankunnathkavu
877. Numismatics Museum in Thiruvananthapuram district is situated at:
Nedumangad
878. Priyadarshini Planetarium is at:
Thiruvananthapuram
879. The first private medical college in Kerala, TD Medical College was established in the district of:
Alappuzha
880.The first reserve forest in Travancore:
Konni881.The first rubber estate in Kerala:
Nilambur
882.The first tourism village in Kerala:
Kumbalangi
883. The first wax museum in Kerala was set up at:
Thekkady
884.The place in Kerala where Jews settled for the first time:
Kodungallur
885.The place where the first rubber-based industrial establishment in Kerala was started:
Thiruvananthapuram
886.The place where the first television centre in Kerala was established:
Thiruvananthapuram
887.GV Rajas Sports School, the first sports school in Kerala was established at:
Thiruvananthapuram
888. Pallivasal, the first hydroelectric project is in the district of:
Idukki
889.The first wind power project in Kerala:
Kanjikode
890.The place where Bible was published in Malayalam for the first time:
Kottayam
891.The place where the first concrete bridge in Kerala was established:
Thiruvananthapuram
892.The place where the first mobile court in Kerala was established:
Thiruvananthapuram
893. The first newspaper of Kerala was published from:
Thalassery
894. The first post office in Kerala was established at:
Alappuzha
895.The headquarters of the Malabar Special Police(MSP):
Malappuram
896.The place where the first Homoeo Medical College in Kerala was established:
Thiruvananthapuram
897. Who presided over the first Malabar district conference held at Palakkad in 1916?
Annie Besant
898. Agastyakutam, the first biological park is in the district of:
Thiruvananthapuram
899. India’s first 100% computer literate village is Chamravattom in .... district:
Malappuram
900. INS Dronacharya is situated at:
Kochi
901.The first Ayurvedic mental hospital in India:
Kottackal
902.The first city in Kerala where public transport system was introduced in 1938:
Thiruvananthapuram
903. The first college in Kerala was established at:
Kottayam
904. The first lion safari park in Kerala was established at:
Neyyar dam
905. The headquarters of Southern Naval Command:
Kochi
906.The place in Kerala where engineering college was established for the first time:
Thiruvananthapuram
907.The place in Kerala where the telephone was established for the first time in Kerala:
Thiruvananthapuram
908.The place where the first training college in Kerala was established:
Thiruvananthapuram
909.The venue of the first all Kerala political conference was:
Ottappalam
910. Where are Veterinary Biologicals is situated?
Palode
911.The place where the first Museum in Kerala is established:
Thiruvananthapuram
912. Asramam tourist village is in the district of:
Kollam
913. In which district is Viyyur Jail?
Thrissur
914.The venue of the first all Kerala political conference held in 1921:
Ottappalam
915.The venue of the first Malabar district conference held in 1916:
Palakkad
916.The place where the first zoo in Kerala was established:
Thiruvananthapuram
916.The place where the first women’s college in Kerala was established:
Thiruvananthapuram
918.The places connected by the first railway line in Kerala:
Tirur- Beppur
919. Udaya, the first studio in Kerala was established at:
Alappuzha
920. The first tidal power project in India was established in:
Vizhinjam921.The headquarters of SNDP Yogam:
Kollam
922.The headquarters of the Sri Sankara University:
Kalady
923.The headquarters of Water Transport in Kerala:
Alappuzha
924.The place in Kerala where fine arts college was established for the first time:
Thiruvananthapuram
925.The place where the first jail in Kerala was established:
Thiruvananthapuram
926.The place where the first international airport in Kerala was established:
Thiruvananthapuram
927. Where is Travancore Plywood Industries?
Punalur
928. The headquarters of Nair Service Society is at:
Perunna
929.The headquarters of Thiruvananthapuram railway division:
Thiruvananthapuram
930.The first panchayat in Kerala to start decentralized planning for the first time:
Kalliassery
931. In which district Thakazhy museum is situated?
Alappuzha
932. Rice Research Centre is situated at:
Pattambi
933.The first arch dam in India:
Idukki
934.The first city corporation in Kerala:
Thiruvananthapuram
935.The first diesel power project in Kerala:
Brahmapuram
936. The first eco-tourism project in India was established at:
Thenmala
937. The first English school in the princely state of Cochin was started at:
Mattanchery
938. The first lighthouse in the west coast was established in 1862 at:
Alappuzha
Alappuzha
939.The first national park in Kerala:
Eravikulam
940. Maramon convention is held on the banks of the river:
Pamba941.Pamba drains into:
Vembanad lake
942. The first bakery in Kerala was started at:
Thalassery
943.The first Balapanchayat in Kerala:
Nedumabassery
944.The first butterfly park in India:
Thenmala
945.The first total sanitation Panchayat in Kerala:
Pothukal
946.The headquarters of the Forest Development Corporation:
Kottayam
947.The headquarters of Kerala State Handloom Development Corporation:
Kannur
948.The headquarters of Konkani Bhasha Bhavan in Kerala:
Kochi
949.The headquarters of the National Institute of Technology, the first deemed university in Kerala:
Chathamangalam
950. The place is known as Land of 3’C’s- Land of Cake, Land of Cricket, Land of Circus?
Thalassery
951.The place where the first government hospital in Kerala was established:
Thiruvananthapuram
952.The place where the first government press in Kerala was established: Thiruvananthapuram
953.The place where the first permanent Lok Adalat in Kerala was established:
Thiruvananthapuram
954. The Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute is situated at:
Palode
955. Which constituency was represented by EMS Namboothirippadu in the first Kerala Legislative Assembly?
Neeleswaram
956. Malayalam Research Centre is situated at:
Tirur
957.‘Manasasmarami’ is the autobiography of:
S Guptan Nair
958.“Athmakathakk Oru Amukham’ is the autobiography of:
Lalithambika Antharjanam
959. In which river system is Pothundi Dam?
Bharatappuzha
960. In which river system is Valayar Dam?
Bharatappuzha961. Janardhana Swamy Temple is situated at:
Varkala
962.‘Jeevitha Samaram’ is the autobiography of:
C Kesavan
C Kesavan
963. Kakkad Dam is in the river:
Pamba
964. Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology is at:
Thiruvananthapuram
965. In which river system is Kundala Dam?
Periyar
966.Cheramon Juma Masjid, the first mosque in Kerala:
Kodungallur
967. In which district is Maniyar, the first private power project in Kerala?
Pathanamthitta
968. James Dara established the first coir factory in Kerala in 1859 at:
Alappuzha
969. Palayur Church, the first church built by St.Thomas is in the district of:
Thrissur
970. Which is known as ‘Bhooloka Vaikuntam’?
Thiruvananthapuram
971. Which is known as ‘the Gateway of Thekkady’?
Kumily
972. Which place is called ‘the Guruvayoor of South Kerala’?
Ambalappuzha
973. Which district in Kerala has the largest number of cashew factories?
Kollam
974. Which district is the largest producer of coffee in Kerala?
Wayanad
975. Which district is the largest producer of tobacco in Kerala?
Kasargod
976. Which temple is situated in a river island:
Chamravattom
977. Wagon Tragedy Memorial Hall is situated at:
Tirur
978. Changampuzha memorial is situated at:
Edappally
979. Kondoty, where Moyinkutty Vaidyar Memorial is situated is in the district of:
Malappuram
980. P Kunjiraman Nair memorial is at:
Kollengode
981. Muloor S Padamanabha Panikker memorial is at:
Ilavumthitta
982. Murajapam in Padmanabha Swami Temple is held every ...
6 years
983. The radio station in Travancore started functioning in:
1943
984. The place in Thiruvananthapuram district from where Graphite ore is obtained:
Vellanad
985.Who wrote “Kazhinja Kaalam’?
KP Kesavamenon
986.‘Smrithidarppanam ‘ is the autobiography of:
MP Manmadhan
987.The first wildlife sanctuary in Kerala:
Thekkady
988.The headquarters of Kerala State Bamboo Corporation:
Angamali
989.The headquarters of Kerala Agro Machinery Corporation:
Athani
990. The first court in Kerala for the abkari trial was established at:
Kottarakkara
991.The first DNA barcoding centre in India:
Thiruvananthapuram
992.The first e-districts in Kerala:
Palakkad and Kannur
993.The first medical college in the Cooperative sector in Kerala:
Pariyaram
994.The first peafowl sanctuary in Kerala:
Choolannur
995.The first telephone exchange (1923)in Kerala:
Ernakulam
996. Where is Kunjan Memorial in Palghat district:
Lakkidi
997. Whose memorial is situated at Kotayi in Palakkad district?
Chembai Vaidhyanatha Bhagavathar
998. Muthanga wildlife sanctuary is in the district of:
Wayanad
999. The district in Kerala shares a border with Tamil Nadu and Karnataka:
Wayanad
1000. The taluk in Kerala shares a border with Tamil Nadu and Karnataka:
Sulthan Bathery
Sulthan Bathery
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