GENERAL KNOWLEDGE- Questions and Answers -23
4501 Who appoints Chairman of Union Public Service Commission:
President
4502 The deity at the Thycaud Ayya temple (Thiruvananthapuram) :
Shiva
4503 The first Indian film participated in the International film festival :
Sita
4504 The first Indian film with songs :
Bhagyachakra (Bengali)
4505 The fourth-largest island (Next to Greenland, New Guinea and Borneo):
Madagascar
4506 The largest employer in the world :
Defence department of the USA
4507 The second person to receive Bharat Ratna while serving as the Vice President :
Dr. Zakir Hussein (1963)
4508 The Viceroy when the North-West Frontier Province was formed :
Lord Curzon
4509 The work is also known as Shadsahasri :
Natyasastra
4510 When Indian Republican Army under the leadership of Surya Sen attacked the armoury of the British at Chittagong the then Viceroy was :
Lord Irwin
4511 Which country is called the Land of Forest and Water :
Jamaica
4512 Who was known as ‘‘Vaikom Veerar’’ :
E.V.Ramaswami Naikker
4513 Who wrote “Life Divine” :
Aurobindo Ghosh
4514 Who wrote Padmavati :
Malik Muhammad Jayasi
4515 Who wrote the foreword to “Vivekananda Sahitya Sarvaswam” :
Sister Nivedita
4516 The country that launched Green Revolution in Asia:
Philippines
4517 The first woman Speaker of Lok Sabha :
Meira Kumar
4518 ‘The deadliest disease is orphaning” who said this :
Mother Teresa
4519 Chikungunya is spread by :
Aedes mosquitoes
4520 Eravikulam National Park is known for :
Nilgiri Tahr
4521 First Indian to win an individual medal in Olympic :
Abhinav Bindra
4522 How many years ago did man start talking :
60000
4523 Indian Constitution came into effect on:
26 January 1950
4524 Industry which thrives on the banks of Hooghly River :
Jute
4525 The romantic “Prananadhan enikku nalkiya paramandarasathae” is composed by : Irayimman Thampi
4526 The social reformer called Kumaragurudevan :
Poikayil Appachan
4527 The social reformer who said ‘Let us now set ablaze temples’ :
V.T. Bhattathirippad
4528 Under which Act election was held in the Provinces of British India in 1937 : Government of India Act 1935
4529 When did Sree Narayana Guru establish Adviatashramam in Aluva:
1914
4530 Which Act was introduced by the British to remove the shortcomings of the Regulating Act of 1773:
Pitt’s India Act
4531 Which fruit is called the Nature’s tonic:
Plantain
4532 Who became Chief Minister of Tiru Kochi in 1951:
C. Kesavan
4533 Who organized ‘’Thuvayalpanthi’’ :
Ayya Vaikundar
4534 Who prepared the draft of the Government of India Act of 1935: .
Sir Maurice Gwyer
4535 The first country to accept Christianity as the official religion of the nation :
Armenia
4536 Jawaharlal Nehru remarked which State as ‘’Jewel of India’’ :
Manipur
4537 Jim Corbett National Park is in :
Uttarakhand
4538 Land of Sandalwood in Kerala :
Marayoor
4539 Leader of Ezhava Memorial (1896) was :
Dr.Palpu
4540 Muhammad Ghazni attacked Somnath Temple at Gujarat :
A.D.1025
4541 Musician of Gwalior patronized by Akbar :
Tansen
4542 National Schedule Caste Schedule Tribe Commission was formed in:
1992
4543 On heating, the heat is transferred from one molecule to the next is called :
Conduction
4544 Scientific name of rice :
Oryza sativa
4545 State Fish of Kerala:
Karimeen (Pearl spot )
4546 Malayalam University is named after :
Thunchat Ramanujan Ezhuthachan
4547 Name the strike led by Aruna Asaf Ali, Jayaprakash Narayan and Achuth Patwardan followed by the arrest of main leaders :
Quit India Agitation
4548 Novelist Arthur Kastler was born in :
Hungary
4549 Renowned Cartoonist Yesudasan worked for the daily :
Malayala Manorama
4550 The capital of North Korea:
Pong Yang
4551 The election symbol of Bharatiya Janata Party :
Lotus
4552 The film Bhargavi Nilayam based on the story Neelavelicham was authored by :
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
4553 The first city in India to be declared as the city of Sculptures:
Kozhikode June 2012
4554 The first European disciple of Sree Narayana Guru :
Ernest Kirk
4555 The first film actor to receive Bharat Ratna :
MGR
4556 The first space traveller of China :
Yang Liwei (woman- Liu Yang )
4557 The architect of Indian Constitution :
Dr.B.R.Ambedkar
4558 The Article of Indian Constitution which gives special status to Jammu Kashmir :
370
4559 The cricketer who took 50 centuries in a test match :
Sachin Tendulkar
4560 The cultural Language of Europe :
French
4561 The first jute mill was established in :
Rishra
4562 The first Olympian of Kerala :
C.K.Lakshmanan
4563 The fluid-filled in the inner ear:
Labyrinth
4564 The exponent of Barcode :
Norman Joseph Woodland
4565 The first Indian to form an organization for India’s freedom outside India :
V.D. Savarkar (1906)
4566 The first National security Advisor of India :
Brijesh Mishra
4567 The first person to become the Governor-General of India twice :
Lord Cornwallis
4568 The first President of Swaraj Party :
C.R. Das
4569 The first president of Travancore Devaswom Board :
Mannathu Padmanabhan
4570 The first secretary of Swaraj Party :
Motilal Nehru
4571 The Viceroy who cancelled the Vernacular Press Act of 1882 :
Lord Ripon
4572 The largest island in the Indian Ocean :
Madagascar
4573 The first Governor-General who passed away while in power :
Lord Cornwallis
4574 Who led the first burning foreign clothes in 1905 at the Pune College :
V.D. Savarkar
4575 Emblem in the National Flag of Brazil is :
Football
4576 The food ingredient accepted internationally :
Cabbage
4577 The Holy Book translated in all world languages:
Bible
4578 The Mughal King who banned dance and music in his court:
Aurangzeb
4579 The number of Portuguese speaking people are largest in :
Brazil
4580 The only American President with PhD :
Woodrow Wilson
4581 The second five-year plan focused on:
Industry
4582 The continent called ‘’miniature copy of the Earth’’ :
Asia
4583 The Indian President who translated ‘The Republic’ by Plato :
Dr. Zakir Hussein
4584 The only political leader who passed away through the Yoga process ‘’Atma samarpanam’’:
V D Savarkar (1966)
4585 The smallest member country in NATO :
Iceland
4586 Islam Dharma Paripalana Sangham was formed by :
Vakkom Abdul Khader Moulavi
4587 Mannathu Padmanabhan was born in :
Perunna (Kottayam district)
4588 Muktheswara temple is in :
Bhuvaneshwar
4589 Nathpa Jhakri dam is built across the river :
Sutlej
4590 National sport of majority of the countries :
Football
4591 Sushrutha was a native of :
Varanasi
4592 The country where the currency is not decimal-based :
Madagascar
4593 The Tughlaq ruler who was known as ‘’Wisest fool’’ :
Muhammad Bin Tughluq
4594 Weight of Statue of Oscar Award :
8 ½ pound
4595 When did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre occur :
13 April 1919
4596 Where is the Parthenon temple:
Greece
4597 Which Amendment of the Constitution ensured 33% reservation in local Self Government:
73 and 74
4598 Who led the integration of princely states after independence:
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
4599 Who was the ex-officio Chairman of Planning Commission :
Prime Minister
4600 What is known as Lovers’ Apple :
Tomato
4601 The first cricketer who scored 400 run in one innings :
Brian Lara
4602 “It is better to light a candle instead of cursing the darkness” is the motto of :
Amnesty International
4603 “Speaking religion to a starving person is equivalent to insulting him”: who said this
Swami Vivekananda
4604 Cabinet system is a contribution of :
Robert Walpole
4605 Date of birth of Hitler :
20.4.1889
4606 The military initiatives are taken by the Government of India to suppress Naxal movement :
Operation Green Hunt
4607 The southernmost port in Kerala :
Vizhinjam
4608 The Tibetan leader who was given political asylum by India :
Dalai Lama
4609 The Viceroy when Cripps Mission came to India :
Lord Linlithgow
4610 To rectify the defect of the 1919 Government of India Act, the British Parliament passed :
Government of India Act 1935
4611 When Cripps Mission failed Indian National Congress launched :
Quit India agitation
4612 When the Conservative Party faced defeat, Sir Winston Churchill stepped down and the Labour Party assumed power with Clement Atlee as the Prime Minister. The then Indian Viceroy was :
Lord Wavell
4613 Which is called the Satellite for knowledge :
Edusat
4614 Which newspaper instituted one of the highest prize money awards in Malayalam literature? :
Mathrubhumi
4615 ‘Prabudda Keralam’ was launched by :
Agamananda
4616 ‘Sahityakuteeram’ is the residence of :
Pandit Karuppan
4617 ‘Atmopadesa Satakam’ by Sree Narayan Guru is written in the language:
Malayalam
4618 Element used in making Vanaspathi oil:
Hydrogen
4619 Headquarter of Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics :
Kolkata
4620 Hibakusha is a term related to the people of :
Japan (Atom bomb victims)
4621 How many per cent of India is Kerala :
1.18
4622 In which year Indian Parliament celebrated Golden Jubilee :
2002
4623 Jimmy George Indoor Stadium is in:
Thiruvananthapuram
4624 Mosquito produces sound by the vibration of its :
Wings
4625 Movement along a circular path :
Circular motion
4626 The first country to conduct an election through the internet :
Estonia
4627 The first Dalit Woman to become the Chief Minister of an Indian state :
Mayawati
4628 ‘’Anandamatham’’ was established by :
Brahmanada Sivayogi
4629 ‘’Dharmosmat Kuladaivatham’’ is the slogan of the daily:
Malayala Manorama
4630 Element whose atomic number and mass number are equal:
Hydrogen
4631 Elephant day in Kerala is on :
14 October
4632 Founder of Mughal Dynasty Babur was a descendant of the country :
Mongolia
4633 Gateway to High range and Kuttanad :
Changanassery
4634 Headquarters of Nair Service Society :
Perunna (Changanassery)
4635 In which year Kumaranasan was born :
1873
4636 In which year Spain became Republic :
1931
4637 In which year ‘’Sree Narayana Dharma Sangham’’ was registered:
1928
4638 In which year the fourth state Congress session held in Payyanur which was presided by Jawaharlal Nehru was held :
1928
4639 Kesavadeva Temple in ancient days was built-in :
Madhura
4640 Memory Book a list of rare collections for posterity is published by :
UNESCO
4641 ‘’Namma Metro’’ is the metro of :
Bangalore
4642 The first limited company in Kerala :
Punalur Paper Mills
4643 The first Literary Museum in Kerala is at :
Tirur
4644 The first Malayalee to become Chief Election Commissioner :
T.N.Seshan
4645 The first tea museum in Kerala is in :
Munnar
4646 The river that flows through the boundaries of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh :
Narmada
4647 Alamati Project is in the river :
Krishna
4648 Ancient Monument Protection Act was passed when the Viceroy was :
Lord Curzon
4649 Army Post office starts with the number :
9
4650 Editor of Yukthivadi magazine in 1928 :
Sahodaran Ayyappan
4651 Ester with the smell of apple:
Butyl acetate
4652 Firoz Shah Kotla is famous for the sport :
Cricket
4653 IPL is related to the sport :
Cricket
4654 Kublai khan was a native of :
Mongolia
4655 The Malayalam poet born in Killikurissimangalam near Thiruvilwamala , Palakkadu :
Kunchan Nambiar
4656 The place where Ayya Vaikundar was born :
Swamithoppe
4657 The place where Sree Narayana Guru attained Enlightenment :
Maruthwamala (Kanyakumari district)
4658 The first wildlife sanctuary in Kerala :
Thekkady
4659 The first woman Governor of Kerala :
Jyothi Venkitachalam
4660 The first women’s college in Kerala was established at :
Thiruvananthapuram.
4661 The largest railway station in the world :
New York Central Terminal
4662 The most abundant mineral in the world :
Quartz
4663 The Police Chief of Kerala with the rank of Inspector General:
Chandrasekharan Nair
4664 The scientist who first isolated Magnesium :
Humphrey Dewey
4665 Urubamba is related to :
River
4666 Which disease kills most number of children :
Pneumonia
4667 Who appoints the Chief Minister in Union Territories :
President
4668 Egg-laying mammal :
Platypus
4669 The first to get arrested on staying individual satyagraha:
Vinobha Bhave
4670 Chemical name vitamin H :
Biotin
4671 Founder of Muslim Aikya Sangham :
Vakkom Abdul Khader Moulavi
4672 Governor-General connected with ‘’Nandakumar episode’’ :
Warren Hastings
4673 Headquarters of Benares Hindu University :
Varanasi
4674 In which country Easter Rebellion took place in 1916 :
Ireland
4675 In which year the first election using indelible ink was held in India :
1962
4676 Islam Renaissance in Kerala is led by :
Vakkom Abdul Khader Moulavi
4677 Jessie Owens Award is connected to :
Sports
4678 Kerala Government Department for Non Residents :
NORKA
4679 Metal which is a liquid at room temperature :
Mercury
4680 Second Ezhava Memorial was submitted to :
Lord Curzon
4681 St. Patrick belonged to :
Ireland
4682 The first Administrator designated as the Governor-General of India instead of Governor-General of Bengal :
Lord William Bentinck
4683 The first Mayor of Kolkata Corporation in 1924 :
C.R. Das
4684 The first woman chancellor of Kerala :
Jyothi Venkitachalam
4685 The first woman police station in Kerala is at :
Kozhikode
4686 The Logo “ Kerala God’s Own Country “ is conceived by:
Walter Mendez
4687 The traditional architecture of Kerala :
Naalukettu
4688 The Viceroy who took steps to repair Taj Mahal :
Lord Curzon
4689 Viceroy when Madras, Bombay and Calcutta Universities came into being :
Lord Canning
4690 Vijayawada is on the banks of :
River Krishna
4691 When the treaty of Srirangapatinam was signed between the British and Tipu the Governor-General was :
Lord Cornwallis
4692 Who gave the title Vagbhadananda to Kunjikannan Gurukkal :
Alathur Sivayogi
4693 Who is known as the father of the industrial revolution:
James Watt
4694 Who was respectfully called as Superintendent Ayya by people:
Thycaud Ayya
4695 Next to Chinese, Spanish and English, the language widely used is :
Hindi
4696 After the demise of C.R. Das who became the leader of Swaraj Party :
Motilal Nehru
4697 Before the launch of Civil Disobedience, Mahathma Gandhi wrote to which Viceroy gave details of 11 demands anticipating a way for peace :
Lord Irwin
4698 Buddha conducted his first religious discourse in Saranath which is near :
Varanasi
4699 Doctrine of Lapse introduced by Dalhousie was withdrawn by :
Lord Canning
4700 During the first Anglo Mysore War, the Governor-General was :
Warren Hastings
4701 Headquarters of East Coast Railway:
Bhuvaneshwar
4702 Indian Air Force Museum is in :
New Delhi
4703 Name the Viceroy who made legal the punishment process framed by Lord Macaulay :
Lord Canning
4704 Nivedita the disciple of Swami Vivekananda was a native of :
Ireland
4705 Parswanathan the 23rd Tirthankara of Jain was a prince of :
Varanasi
4706 Pitch is related to the game :
Cricket
4707 Which organization influenced Ayyankali to launch Sadhujana Paripalana Sangahm :
SNDP
4708 Cryolite is an ore of which metal:
Aluminium
4709 During which agitation parallel Governments in Baliya and Satara came into power:
Quit India Movement
4710 In which year Brahmananda Shivayogi was born :
1852
4711 In which year Moppila rebels and soldiers encountered at Pookkottur :
1921
4712 Indian Scientist who passed away in an air crash in 1966:
Homi Jahangir Bhabha
4713 Founder of “Indian Association” the first political organization with a national perspective :
Surendranath Banerjee
4714 In which year Alexander attacked India :
327-326 BC
4715 Mother of Akbar :
Hamidabhanu Begum
4716 Rain clouds are :
Nimbostratus
4717 While presiding the Congress session on31 December 1929 at Lahore Jawaharlal Nehru declared that the aim of Congress is complete independence. The then Viceroy was :
Lord Irwin
4718 Who wrote ‘’Harivamsa Puranam’’ :
Jinasena
4719 The first State in India to establish two data centres:
Kerala
4720 Thalakkal Chandu Memorial is at :
Panamaram
4721 The first woman detective novelist in Malayalam :
Bhadra N. Menon
4722 Author of ‘’Guru’’ a novel based on the life of Sree Narayana Guru :
K.Surendran
4723 Barabati Stadium is in :
Cuttack
4724 Basaveswar is a social reformer of :
Karnataka
4725 Chalukya King who conquered vengi in 611 from the Pallavas :
Pulikesin II
4726 Which is known as the ‘’Holy City’’ :
Jerusalem
4727 When did Marthanda Varma ascend throne in Travancore:
1729 AD
4728 Home of Eskimos :
Igloo
4729 ‘Rajya Samacharam’ the first newspaper in Malayalam was published from :
Thalasseri
4730 Titanium is purified by:
Van Arkel Method
4731 Where was Napoleon crowned as the French Emperor :
Notre Dame Cathedral
4732 The American President who resigned on allegations :
Richard Nixon
4733 The Declaration of Independence of U.S.A. is known as:
The Perfume
4734 The dynasty referred to in Mudrarakshasam :
Nanda Dynasty
4735 The founder of Alexandria :
Alexander the Great
4736 Ural mountain ranges separate Europe from the continent :
Asia
4737 Where did Aryans settle in India first :
Punjab
4738 Which country is called the Sawmill of Europe :
Sweden
4739 Which is known as ‘Desert continent’:
Antarctica
4740 Who established an independent dynasty in Bengal when Mughal dynasty declined:
Murshid Ali Khan
4741. The ‘Last Judgment ’ was painted by :
Michelangelo
4742. The Congress session which passed Quit India resolution in 1942 was held at:
Bombay
4743. The district in Kerala which stands first in producing electricity from water :
Idukki
4744. The popular novelist Arthur Kesler is a native of:
Hungary
4745. National river of Pakistan :
Indus
4746. In football, the distance between poles in the goal post is :
7.32 meters
4747. The First Party Congress of the Communist Party of India was held in :
Mumbai
4748. The maximum number of members from the States to Lok Sabha :
530
4749. The organization which is connected with the list of World Heritage sites:
UNESCO
4750. Dewan who exiled Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai:
P. Rajagopalachari
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