Know your State: Facts about Kerala
In all competitive examinations, especially in Secretariat Asst. exam, facts about Kerala are very important question. So study facts about your own state well and check your knowledge at, Mock Exam section.
1.The first polio-free district in India: Pathanamthitta
2.The first speed post centre in Kerala was: Kochi
3.The first tiger reserve in Kerala: Periyar
4.The first town in Kerala to attain 100% literacy: Kottayam
5.INS Garuda is situated at: Kochi
6.The first radio station in Kerala: Thiruvananthapuram
7.The first FM radio station in Kerala: Kochi
8.The first railway line in Travancore: Shenkota- Punalur
9.The first women’s jail in Kerala was started at: Neyyatinkara
10. The Dewan of Travancore who selected Alappuzha as the centre of his activities: Raja
Kesavadas
11. The headquarters of Southern Naval Command: Kochi
12.The place in Kerala where engineering college was established for the first time:
Thiruvananthapuram
13.The place in Kerala where telephone was established for the first time in Kerala:
Thiruvananthapuram
14.The place where the first training college in Kerala was established: Thiruvananthapuram
15.The place where the first zoo in Kerala was established: Thiruvananthapuram
16.The place where the first women’s college in Kerala was established: Thiruvananthapuram
17.The places connected by the first railway line in Kerala: Tirur- Beppur
18.Udaya, the first studio in Kerala was established at: Alappuzha
19.The first tidal power project in India was established in: Vizhinjam
20.Cheramon Juma Masjid, the first mosque in Kerala: Kodungallur
21.In which district is Maniyar, the first private power project in Kerala? Pathanamthitta
22.James Dara established the first coir factory in Kerala in 1859 at: Alappuzha
23.Palayur Church,the first church built by St.Thomas is in the district of: Thrissur
24.Which is known as ‘Bhooloka Vaikuntam’? Guruvayoor
25.The Police Museum in Kerala is situated at: Kollam
26.The first private power station in Kerala: Maniyar
27.The first texile mill in Kerala was established in 1881 at: Kollam
28.The headquarters of Kerala Financial Corporation: Thiruvananthapuram
29.The headquarters of Southern Air Command: Thiruvananthapuram
30.The headquarters of the Kerala State Pollution Control Board: Thiruvananthapuram
31.The headquarters of the Rubber Board: Kottayam
32.The place where the first Cyber police station in Kerala was established: Thiruvananthapuram
33.The first rubberised road in Kerala connects: Kottayam and Kumali
34.The first technopark in Kerala was established at: Thiruvananthapuram
35.The place where the first jail in Kerala was established: Thiruvananthapuram
36.The place where the first international air port in Kerala was established: Thiruvananthapuram
37.Where is Travancore Plywood Industries? Punalur
38.Headquarters of Nair Service Society is at: Perunna
39.The headquarters of Thiruvananthapuram railway division: Thiruvananthapuram
40.The first panchayat in Kerala to start decentralised planning for the first time: Kalliassery
41.Rice Research Centre is situated at: Pattambi
42.The first arch dam in India: Idukky
43.The first English school in the princely state of Cochin was started at: Mattanchery
44.The first light house in western coast was established in 1862 at: Alappuzha
45.The first national park in Kerala: Iravikulam
46.Maramon convention is held on the banks of the river: Pamba
47.Pamba drains into: Vembanad lake
48.The first bakery in Kerala was started at: Thalassey
49.The first balapanchayat in Kerala: Nedumabassery
50.The first butterfly park in India: Thenmala
51.The first total sanitation Panchayat in Kerala: Pothukal
52.The first wild life sanctuary in Kerala: Thekkady
53.The headquarters of Kerala State Bamboo Corporation: Angamali
54.The headquarters of Kerala Agro Machinery Corporation: Athani
55.The headquarters of Kerala Shipping and Inland Navigation Corporation: Kochi
56.The place where the first Sanskrit College in Kerala was established: Thiruvananthapuram
57.The place where the first escalator in Kerala was established: Thiruvananthapuram
58.The place where the first sea food park in Kerala was established: Aroor
59.Which is the first boat race in Kerala which marks the beginning of the season of boat race in Kerala: Chambakkulam
60.The first thermal plant in Kerala with nafta as the fuel: Kayamkulam
61.The first coir village in Kerala: Vayalar
62.The first paper mill in Kerala was established at: Punalur
63.The first rubber park in Kerala: Airapuram
64.The first women’s police station in Kerala: Kozhikode
65.The first cities in Kerala that were connected with STD facility: Thiruvananthapuram- Kottayam
66.The first completely electrified gramapanchayat in Kerala: Kannadi
67.The first computerised Taluk office in India: Ottappalam
68.The first constituency in which electronic voting machine was used: Paravur
69.The first court in Kerala for abkari trial was established at: Kottarakkara
70.The first DNA bar coding centre in India: Thiruvananthapuram
71.The first e-districts in Kerala: Palakkad and Kannur
72.The first medical college in Cooperative sector in Kerala: Pariyaram
73.The first peafowl sanctuary in Kerala: Choolannur
74.The first telephone exchange (1923)in Kerala: Ernakulam
75.The headquarers of the Forest Development Corporation: Kottayam
76.The headquarters of Kerala State Handloom Development Corporation: Kannur
77.The headquarters of Konkani Bhasha Bhavan in Kerala: Kochi
78.The headquarters of National Institute of Technology, the first deemed university in Kerala:
Chathamangalam
79.The place known as Land of 3’C’s- Land of Cake, Land of Cricket, Land of Circus? Thalassery
80.The place where the first government hospital in Kerala was established: Thiruvananthapuram
81.The place where the first government press in Kerala was established: Thiruvananthapuram
82.The place where the first permanent Lok Adalat in Kerala was established: Thiruvananthapuram
83.The Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute is situated at: Palode
84.Which constituency was represented by EMS Namboothirippadu in the first Kerala Legislative Assembly? Neeleswaram
85.Malayalam Research Centre is situated at: Tirur
86.Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology is at: Thiruvananthapuram
87.The first limited company in Kerala: Punalur Paper Mill
88.The first medical college in Kerala was established at: Thiruvananthapuram
89.The first open jail in Kerala was started functioning at…..in Thiruvananthapuram district.
Kattakkada
90.Which is known as ‘the Gateway of Thekkady’? Kumily
91.Which place is called ‘the Guruvayoor of South Kerala’? Ambalappuzha
92.The headquarters of SNDP Yogam: Kollam
93.The headquarters of the Sri Sankara University: Kalady
94.The headquarters of Water Transport in Kerala: Alappuzha
95.The place in Kerala where fine arts college was established for the first time:
Thiruvananthapuram
96.The first city corporation in Kerala: Thiruvananthapuram
97.The first diesel power project in Kerala: Brahmapuram
98.The first eco-tourism project in India was established at: Thenmala
99.In which district Thakazhy museum is situated? Alappuzha
100.The first lion safari park in Kerala was established at: Neyyar dam
