GENERAL KNOWLEDGE- Questions and Answers -22
4251 Golden Globe Award is related to :
Film
4252 Home of Nilgiri Thars, which is a National Park in Kerala:
Eravikulam
4253 In which plant carbohydrate is stored in flower :
Cauliflower
4254 In plants sexual reproduction takes place through :
Flowers
4255 In which year National Green Tribunal came into being:
2010 (October)
4256 In which year State Human Rights Commission was established in Kerala:
1998
4257 Inscription of Vikramadhithya Varagunan :
Paliyam inscription
4258 ‘’Karthika’’ is a variety of which crop :
Paddy
4259 Manjira is the tributary of :
Godavari
4260 Mumbai High is known for :
Oil mining
4261 Popular festival of Assam :
Bihu
4262 Russian traveller who visited Kerala:
Athanasius Nikitin
4263 Sunlight Vitamin is :
Vitamin D
4264 The combustion material at the tip of the safety match stick:
Antimony sulphide
4265 The country with the largest number of official languages:
South Africa
4266 The district in Kerala which has the largest extent of mountainous regions :
Idukki
4267 The fastest reptile :
Iguana
4268 The first Chief Minister of Assam :
Gopinath Bordoloi
4269 The forest in Kerala which is known for its biodiversity :
Silent valley
4270 The most populated country in the African continent :
Nigeria
4271 The people sitting below a burning bulb feels heat due to :
Radiation
4272 The second non-Indian woman who became the President of Congress :
Nelli Sengupta (1933)
4273 The state of matter in the Sun :
Plasma
4274 Tomb of Tutankhamun is in :
Egypt
4275 Tusk of the elephant is modified :
Incisors
4276 Vazhakkulam in Ernakulam is known for the cultivation of :
Pineapple
4277 ‘’Virippu Krishi’’ is harvested in which month of Kollam era :
Kanni
4278 Which animal is known as the King of animals :
Lion
4279 Which full-time sportsman is nominated as a member of Rajya Sabha as per Article 80 of the Constitution :
Sachin Tendulkar
4280 In which year MILMA was established:
1980
4281 In which year National film awards were established :
1954
4282 In which year Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited was established:
1986
4283 Indian Institute of Remote Sensing in Dehra Dun is established with the cooperation of :
Netherlands
4284 Native land of Diego Maradonna :
Argentina
4285 Official language of Kerala :
Malayalam
4286 On 15 August 1946, the leader who exhort to observe ‘’Direct Action Day’’ :
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
4287 On the demise of Chattampi Swamikal, who authored ‘’Samadi Saptakam’’:
Pandit Karuppan
4288 Sree Krishna took training under Sandeepani Maharshi at :
Ujjain
4289 Sree Narayana Guru conducted a conference of all religions in 1924 at :
Aluva
4290 The first cricket club in Kerala was formed at :
Thalassery
4291 The first Delhi Sultan who married Hindu Princess :
Alauddin Khilji
4292 The first south Indian language in which Bible was translated :
Tamil
4293 The largest religion in the world next to Christianity :
Islam
4294 The only Commonwealth country in south America :
Guyana
4295 Who led the revolt in Lucknow during 1857 revolt :
Begum Hasrat Mahal
4296 Who was known as ‘’Sakyamuni’’:
Buddha
4297 The coldest capital is that of :
Mongolia
4298 Sinn Fein was the national movement of :
Ireland
4299 “Navamanjari” authored by Sree Narayana Guru is dedicated to :
Chattampi Swamikal
4300 Chengiz Khan was a native of :
Mongolia
4301 Founder of ‘’Vidhyaposhini’’ :
Sahodaran Ayyappan
4302 Hindu Maha Sabha leader who requested Hindus to boycott Quit India Movement :
V.D. Savarkar
4303 In which year Ayyankali passed away :
1941
4304 Lingaraaja temple is in :
Bhuvaneswar
4305 Of the tributaries of River Indus, the one which emerges from the easternmost:
Sutlej
4306 Only people of which country can become the President of World Bank :
America
4307 Real name of Brahmananda Sivayogi :
Karat Govinda Menon
4308 The basic text of Bharatnatyam :
Abhinayadarpanam
4309 Who was known as the Father of Renaissance :
Petrarch
4310 Who was the regent of Akbar :
Bairam Khan
4311 Autobiography of N.N. Pillai :
Njan
4312 ‘Be Prepared’ is the slogan of :
Bharat Scouts and Guides
4313 ‘Daivamae Kaithozham Kelkkumarakanam” is a poem authored by :
Pandalam Kerala Varma
4314 “Ente Gurunathan” on Mahatma Gandhi is composed by :
Vallathol Narayana Menon
4315 Argument between Kerala and Tamil Nadu is over the dam :
Mullapperiyar
4316 Belur, the Headquarters of Ramakrishna Mission is in :
West Bengal
4317 Bermuda Triangle is at :
The Atlantic ocean
4318 Blood Pressure of a sleeping person :
Decreases
4319 Crimea was part of :
Ukraine (Now annexed by Russia)
4320 During the British Regime the summer residence of the Governor of Madras was at :
Ooty
4321 French Open is related to :
Tennis
4322 Mannathu Padmanabhan started his career as a :
Teacher
4323 Mary Antonette was killed followed by :
French Revolution
4324 Name the vitamin required for the proper functioning of reproductive organs:
Vitamin E
4325 Official language of France:
French
4326 The first chairman of Cochin Port Trust :
V.R. Subramanium
4326 The first chairman of Cochin Port Trust :
V.R. Subramanium
4327 The first Indian woman who procured Pilot license :
Urmila K. Pareekh
4328 The first private company which launched air service in the national level :
East-West Airlines
4329 The main religion in Brazil:
Christianity
4330 The main religion of Meghalaya :
Christianity
4331 The President of the interim government formed on 2 September 1946:
Lord Wavell
4332 British regime in India lasted for how many years :
190
4333 Castner Process is related to the production of:
Sodium
4334 Endosulphan is a :
Pesticide
4335 Father of Indian Meteorological Department :
Dr.P.R.Pisharodi
4336 Father of Indian Space Science :
Vikram Sarabhai
4337 Forest in Kerala known for star tortoises :
Chinnar
4338 Ganga and Yamuna merges at :
Allahabad
4339 Headquarters of Kerala State Pollution Control Board :
Thiruvananthapuram
4340 Height of Mount Everest :
8848 m.
4341 How many feet does a snail has :
One
4342 In which year Wagan Tragedy took place :
1921
4343 Indian Chief Justice who served for the longest period :
Y.V. Chandrachood
4344 Indira Awaz Yojana is connected with :
Housing
4345 Jalianwala Bagh massacre took place at :
Amritsar
4346 Jawahar Rozgar Yojana was launched by :
Rajiv Gandhi
4347 Kathakali emerged from the art form :
Ramanattom
4348 Kumarakom is on the banks of the Lake :
Vembanadu
4349 MacMahon line separates :
India and China
4350 Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership in India was won by :
Vinobha Bhave
4351 Malayalee who refused Padmasree :
K.Kelappan
4352 Mayannur bridge connects :
Palakkad and Thrissur
4353 Monazite is the ore of:
Thorium
4354 National Rural Development Institute is at :
Hyderabad
4355 Paddy Research Centre in Kerala is at :
Pattambi
4356 Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia is famous in :
Flute recital
4357 Real name of the music director Pukazhenthi :
Velappan Nair
4358 Sony is an electronic manufacturer belonged to the country :
Japan
4359 Sports star known as ‘’Golden Girl’’ :
P.T. Usha
4360 Tashkent treaty is signed between the countries :
India and Pakistan
4361 The circumference of the Earth was first calculated by :
Erasthothenes
4362 The district in Kerala which has no mountains :
Alappuzha
4363 The Finance Minister who presented Union Budget ten times :
Morarji Desai
4364 The first atomic power station in India is at :
Tarapur
4365 The first eco-tourism spot in Kerala :
Thenmala
4366 The first internet literary magazine in Malayalam:
puzha.com
4367 The first Malayalee to win Arjuna Award :
C.Balakrishnan
4368 The first Malayalee woman to become Governor in any Indian State :
Justice (rtd) M.S.Fathima Beevi
4369 The first person to appear in postal stamp :
Queen Victoria
4370 The first polio-free district in India :
Pathanamthitta
4371 The first teak plantation in the world established by the British in 1842 is at :
Nilambur
4372 The first woman opposition leader in Lok Sabha :
Sonia Gandhi
4373 The gas causing greenhouse effect :
Carbon Dioxide
4374 The last colonial power to leave India :
Portuguese
4375 The layer of atmosphere closest to the Earth Surface:
Troposphere
4376 The National Leader who represented the people of depressed classes in the Round Table Conferences held in London in 1930, 1931,1932:
B.R.Ambedkar
4377 The novel by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in which the poem ‘’Vande Mataram’’ was included:
Anandmath
4378 The world’s largest producer of rice :
China
4379 Thennali Raman adorned the court of :
Krishnadevaraya
4380 Tomb of Akbar is in :
Sikandra
4381 Other names of Niranam Poets :
Kannassa Panicker
4382 Reformist also known as ‘’Shanmughadasan’’:
Chattampi Swamikal
4383 The award that resembles a fig leave :
Bharat Ratna
4384 The first Malayalee woman to figure in Indian Stamp and Coin :
Sister Alphonsa
4385 The first multinational corporation in the world the Dutch East India Company established in 1602 had its Headquarters at :
Amsterdam
4386 The last temple established by Sree Narayana Guru :
Kalavankode
4387 The oldest stock exchange in the world is at :
Amsterdam
4388 The security Agency which protects Taj Mahal :
CISF
4389 The smallest country in terms of area among Gulf countries :
Bahrain
4390 To increase benefits in agriculture the best method that can be adopted is :
Mixed Farming.
4391 Travancore soldiers defeated Dutch in the battle at :
Kolachel
4392 Veluthampi Dalawa revolted against the British in :
Travancore
4393 When did India conduct its nuclear tests for the first time:
18 May 1974
4394 When fuels burn partly the gas produced maximum is :
Carbon monoxide
4395 When the Indian President assumes power, the oath of office is taken before the:
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
4396 Which country attacked Israel in 1967 and conquered Sinai:
Egypt
4397 Which river is also known as Perar :
Bharatapuzha
4398 Who are exempted from paying house tax :
Ex-servicemen
4399 “Anuseelan Samithi” functioned from :
Bengal
4400 “Mamsa nibaddamalla ragam” proclaims poet Kumaranasan in :
Leela
4401 Between 1843 and 1850 the Royal poet of Britain :
William Wordsworth
4402 In the 1936 Olympics, when an Afro American won Gold Medal, Hitler who witnessed the event left Stadium. The Afro American was :
Jesse Owens
4403 In which year Postal Life Insurance began :
1884
4404 In which year Sree Narayana Guru attained Samadhi in Varkala :
1928
4405 Industrial epicentre of Kerala :
Aluva
4406 Lord Mountbatten assumed as the last Viceroy on :
24 March 1947
4407 Name the leader who was conferred Bharat Ratna for handling Sri Lankan refugee issue efficiently :
MGR.
4408 National aquatic animal of India :
Gangetic Dolphin
4409 Non-Co-operation Movement ended on :
12 February 1922
4410 Who is known as the father of logic :
Aristotle
4411 Founder of Christianity :
Jesus Christ
4412 In India, the internet facility was made available through VSNL in the year :
1995
4413 In which language Vedas are composed:
Sanskrit
4414 Marrakesh Treaty which led to the formation of world Trade Organization was signed at:
Morocco
4415 National game of France :
Tennis
4416 Secretary of Dadabhai Naoroji during the Congress session in 1906:
Mohammad Ali Jinnah
4417 Sree Narayana Guru established Advaita Ashramam at:
Aluva
4418 Sunburn is caused by :
Ultraviolet rays
4419 The Act, which banned diarchy in British Indian Provinces :
Government of India Act 1935
4420 The Act that proposed provincial autonomy in British India :
Government of India Act of 1935
4421 The first artist to receive the title Kaizar e Hind of the British Government :
Raja Ravi Varma
4422 Who was known as the conscience keeper of Mahatma Mahathma Gandhi :
C Rajagopalachari
4423 The basic law of a country is its :
Constitution
4424 Christmas Island is under the control of :
Australia
4425 Flow of hot spring from the Earth’s surface :
Geyser
4426 For the first time in India, Kerala announced a pension for farmers called:
Kisan Abhiman
4427 The political and cultural capital of Malwa Plateau of ancient India :
Ujjain
4428 The second Indian film star whose picture adorned the cover page of Time Magazine:
Aishwarya Rai
4429 The Viceroy when Jawaharlal became the Vice President of the interim government formed on 2 September 1946 :
Lord Wavell
4430 The vitamin which directly participate in photosynthesis :
Vitamin K
4431 What is known as ‘’ Daivakanam’’ :
Higgs Boson
4432 Which organization came into being on 24 October 1945:
UNO
4433 Who appeared for C. Kesavan for his seditious Kozhenchery speech case :
T.M. Varghese
4434 Who authored ‘’Brahmasree Sree Narayana Guruvinte Jeevacharithra Samgraham’’: Kumaranasan
4435 Atomic number of Chromium :
24
4436 Grey matter is a part of :
Brain
4437 The first suspension bridge in Kerala was built-in :
Punalur
4438 ‘“If a Temple is destroyed, that much superstition is destroyed” who said this :
C. Kesavan
4439 “Nature never did betray the heart that loved her” Who said this :
William Wordsworth
4440 Founder of World Economic Forum :
Klaus M. Schwab
4441 Genetic material in a cell is :
DNA
4442 Gir Forest is in :
Gujarat
4443 Headquarters of Al Jazira TV Channel:
Qatar
4444 Headquarters of Kerala Granthasala Sangham (Now Kerala State Library Council) :
Thiruvananthapuram.
4445 In the application for RTI, the fee of the Court fee stamp to be affixed is :
Rs.10/
4446 In which state is Tawang Buddhist Monastery:
Arunachal Pradesh
4447 Indian Custom of “respecting all living things and not injuring them” is :
Ahimsa
4448 IRDP stands for:
Integrated Rural Development Programme
4449 Kyoto Protocol is related to :
Climate Change
4450 Name of the Ocean which means ‘’peace’’ :
Pacific Ocean
4451 People from which community are nominated to Legislative Council by the Governor :
Anglo Indian
4452 Rabindranath Tagore was also an expert in the branch of medicine :
Homoeopathy
4453 River Konar originates from :
Afghanistan
4454 Strobilanthus kunthiyanus is the botanical name of :
Neelakurinji
4455 United News of India was established in:
1959
4456 Which act extended the powers of Governor-General of Bengal to Bombay and Madras: The Councils Act of 1793
4457 Which language is known as ‘’Devabhasha’’ :
Sanskrit
4458 Devi Ahalyabhai Holkar Airport is at :
Indore
4459 Izardari System in 1773 was introduced by :
Warren Hastings
4460 In a cricket match, the number of umpires in the ground will be :
2
4461 In which year Taj Mahal was included in the list of World Heritage sites :
1983
4462 When Indian Air Force was established on 9 October 1931 the Viceroy was:
Lord Willington.
4463 When the Government of India Act 1935 came into force the Viceroy was :
Lord Linlithgow
4464 Who led ‘’Long March’’ in China :
Mao Zedong
4465 Who propagated the ideologies of Sree Narayana Guru in the west :
Nataraja Guru
4466 The cheapest and safe conventional source of energy :
Solar energy
4467 The doctor who performed the first heart transplantation :
Christian Bernard
4468 The first Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission:
Ranganath Mishra
4469 The first Indian to become the Chairman of the UnitedNations Human Rights Committee:
P.N.Bhagavathi
4470 The highest court of Justice in Britain:
Supreme Court
4471 The inner layer of eyeball:
Retina
4472 The live volcano in India :
Barren Island
4473 The only planet in the solar system in which there is no storm :
Mercury
4474 The organisation servant of India’ was established by :
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
4475 The outer layer of eyeball:
Sclera
4476 The patron of Fundamental Rights :
Judiciary
4477 The salient feature of National Integration :
Unity
4478 The snow does not melt beyond :
Snowline
4479 Universal Adult Franchise ensures :
Political Freedom
4480 VAT come into effect in Kerala on:
1 April 2005
4481 What is the colour of lymph:
Colourless
4482 When did United Nations General Assembly make Human Rights Proclamation :
10 December 1948
4483 Which country/region is called ‘Land of Morning calm” :
Korea
4484 Remnants of Parthenon temple is in :
Greece
4485 Temporary hardness of water can be removed by:
Boiling
4486 The Central Secretariat Library is named after :
Lal Bahadur Shastri
4487 The Crowing of George V took place in New Delhi in 1911 when the Viceroy was :
Lord Hardinge
4488 The first Governor General of British India :
Warren Hastings
4489 The first Indian Talkie Alam Ara was made in the language :
Hindi
4490 The founder Chairman of National Dairy Development Board :
Dr. Varghese Kurien
4491 The Governor-General who prohibited Sati :
Lord William Bentinck
4492 The Indian musician to use Violin in classical concert :
Muthuswami Deekshithar
4493 The largest known star :
V.Y. Canis Majoris
4494 The last disciple of Sree Narayana Guru:
Ananda Theerthaswamikal
4495 The leader known as ‘’Puratchi Thalaivar’’ :
M.G.R.
4496 The Viceroy when Simon Commission was appointed to study the reforms of Montague- Chelmsford :
Lord Irwin
4497 The Viceroy who resigned due to the difference of opinion with Lord Kitchener :
Lord Curzon
4498 Which is also called Sahyadri :
Western Ghats
4499 Which religious group established Zionism :
Jews
4500 Which state is known as the ‘’Granary of India’’ :
Punjab
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