2500 Model Questions and Answers
(Chapter: 17)
(Chapter: 17)
01 The scholar who led the Malabar revolt in 1921 :
Ali Musaliar
02 Zen Buddhism originated in :
China
03 The last of the Vedas :
Atharva Veda
04 Serifed is related to :
Silk industry
05 The main river of the Cholas :
Kaveri
06 Founder of Durant cup :
Sir Mortimer Durant
07 Composition of Stainless steel:
Iron (73 %), Chromium (18 %), Nickel (8%) & Carbon (1%)
08 Charalkunnu tourist spot is in :
Pathanamthitta
09 King of Sports :
Horse Race
10 Tibia and Fibula are the bones of :
Legs
11 ‘Velicham dukhamanunni…’ are the lines by :
Akkitham
12 KSRTC came into being in :
April 1965
13 In which river is Chenkulam project:
Muthirapuzha
14 The smallest fish in the world :
Pygmy Gobi
15 The other name of JCB :
Poclain
16 The metal is known as Cuprum in Latin :
Copper
17 In which year the first Earth Summit was held :
1992
18 Lari is the currency of :
Georgia
19 Founder of Lahore Students Union :
Bhagat Singh
20 What is called the ‘’Kalpavriksham of wasteland’’ :
Cashew
21 Penguins are found in :
South pole
22 History is written by Winners: who said this :
Sir Winston Churchill
23 “Frailty thy name is a woman” is a popular dialogue in the play by :
William Shakespeare
24 Other names of Gersoppa waterfalls :
Jog falls
25 The gas with the smell of rotten eggs :
Hydrogen Sulphide
26 Who is regarded as the father of chemistry:
Robert Boyle
27 Variety of kerosene used as fuel in Jet engines :
Paraffin
28 The first Bharat Ratna was awarded to :
C Rajagopalachari
29 Who suggested the law of conservation of mass for the first time:
Antoine Lavoisier
30 Name the Chief Minister of Kerala who was born first in the 20th century:
R. Sankar
31 Where is Joan of Arc Square in India :
Puducherry
32 The UN declared the Human Rights at its meeting held at :
Paris
33 When did Kochi become a major port :
1936
34 The first ship Jala Usha made in India was inaugurated in the year 1948 at Visakhapatnam
35. Latent heat of vaporization is the highest for :
Water
36 The chief architect of Taj Mahal :
Ustad Ahmad Lahauri
37 The remnants of Ammachi Plavu related to Travancore history is preserved at:
Neyyattinkara
38 India gave away ‘Teen Bigha Corridor’ under humanitarian consideration to : Bangladesh
39 St. Helena is in :
North Atlantic
40 The first ship built in the Cochin shipyard :
Rani Padmini
41 The chemical present in talcum powder :
Hydrated magnesium silicate
42 The oldest teak garden in the world :
Connolly’s plot at Nilambur
43 The oldest national flag belongs to :
Denmark
44 Who was known as Kerala Valmiki :
Vallathol Narayana Menon
45 The architect of Kerala Education Bill :
Joseph Mundassery
46 When did the name of Travancore University become Kerala University :
1957
47 Travancore Kochi treaty was signed in the year :
1762
48 The tallest statue in Tamil Nadu :
Statue of Thiruvalluvar (133 Feet)
49 Who wrote Travancore State Manual :
V Nagam Aiya
50 Taj Mahal is located on the banks of :
Yamuna
51 The second Tamil writer to win the Jnanpith Award :
D.Jayakanthan
52 Jamshedpur is on the banks of the river :
Suvarnarekha
53 How many seats did Congress Party win in the Lok Sabha in Independent India:
364
54 ‘’Little Mecca’’ in Kerala is :
Ponnani
55 Kerala gets a maximum of rain in the month of :
July
56 Shenduruny wildlife sanctuary is in :
Kollam
57 Interfax in the News Agency of :
Russia
58 Xinhua is the news agency of :
China
59 The phenomenon in which the animal expresses its sexual maturity in the larva stage:
Neoteny
60 Place popular for things made of camel’s fur :
Bikaner
61 Kasturba Gandhi passed away on :
22 February 1944
62 Calvinism was born in the continent :
Europe
63 The boat race in Kerala with the longest track:
Payippad boat race
64 ‘’Jantar Mantar’’ in New Delhi is an :
Observatory
65 Guruvayur Kesavan is the name of which animal:
Elephant
66 The catalyst used in the manufacture of Ammonia :
Iron
67 J.K. Rowling became world-famous through :
Harry Potter series
68 Boat race season in Kerala commences with :
Champakulam boat race
69 The first person to refer to Kerala as Malabar :
Al Beruni
70 The vitamin which gets destroyed on heating :
Vitamin C
71 Tarzan is created by :
Edgar Rice Burroughs
72 In which year Slaves in Kochi got freedom :
1854
73 ‘’Santha Samudram’’ is :
The Pacific Ocean
74 The first Indian State to impose a tax on agriculture :
Punjab
75 Kamakhya Temple is in :
Assam
76 In The first battle of Panipat, Babur defeated :
Ibrahim Lodi
77 In which year All India Radio took over Thiruvananthapuram Radio Station :
1951
78 Chennakesava Temple is in :
Belur
79 The material that expands the least in room (normal) temperature :
diamond
80 Where did Armstrong and his team land after their voyage to the Moon :
Pacific Ocean
81 The family that won Bharat Ratna for three-generation :
Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi.
82 How many countries have signed the UN charter when issued :
51
83 Ismail Khedira winner of the first Man Booker Prize belonged to :
Albania
84 The greatest among the Solanki (Chalukya) kings who ruled Gujarat :
Jayasimha Siddharaja
85 Founder of Sharqi dynasty at Jaunpur :
Malik Sarwar
86 ‘Chach Nama’ deals with the history of :
Sind
87 Who built the tomb of Sher Shah :
Sher Shah
88 Willy Willies is the hot air current blows in :
Australia
89 Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Botanical Garden is in :
Kolkata
90 Founder of Bharat Naujawan Sabha :
Bhagat Singh
91 Founder of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan :
K.M.Munshi
92 Majority of the commonwealth colonies belonged to :
Britain
93 Tomb of Sher Shah is in :
Sasaram (Bihar)
94 Viceroy during Jallianwala Bagh Massacre :
Lord Chelmsford
95 Chempazhanthy is the birthplace of :
Sree Narayana Guru
96 The dance form called Poetry in motion :
Bharatanatyam
97 In which year Jahangir passed away :
1627
98 The largest island in Japan :
Honshu
99 The continent of birds :
South America
100 The only Prime Minister in the world whose mother and grandfather were Prime Ministers:
Rajiv Gandhi
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