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1. Who said ‘Give me blood, I shall give you freedom’?
(a) Netaji Bose (b) Gandhiji
(c) Nehru (d) Sardar Patel
Ans : a

2. Gandhiji was assassinated on:
(a) 30th January 1947 (b) 31th January 1948
(c) 30th January 1948 (d) None of these
Ans : c

3. The year of Battle of Haldighati in which Mughal forces under Raja Man Singh defeated Rana Pratap:
(a) 1582 (b) 1571 (c) 1582 (d) 1576
Ans : d

4. The first Sikh Guru:
(a) Guru Nanak (b) Guru Angad
(c) Guru Arjun (d) Guru Har Rai
Ans : a

5. Who authored ‘Saundarananda’ and ‘Buddhacharita’?
(a) Banabhatta (b) Vasumitra
(c) Aswaghosha (d) Bharata
Ans : c

6. Alexander invaded India in the year:
(a) 327-326 BC           (b) 516 BC
(c) 72BC                       (d) AD 58
Ans: a

7. Who is regarded as the founder of Theravada Buddhism, a sect of Hinayana Buddhism?
(a) Nagarjuna (b) Mogaliputta Tissa
(c) Upagupta (d) Vasumitra
Ans : b

8. Which of the following Vedas is a collection of spells and incantations?
(a) Atharva Veda (b) Yajur Veda
(c) Rig Veda (d) Sama Veda
Ans : a

9. Father of Indian Archaeology:
(a) John Marshall
(b) Alexander Cunningham
(c) RD Bannerjee (d) Daya Ram Sahni
Ans : b

10. Arakan Yoma is an extension of Himalayas located in:
(a) Baluchistan (b) Nepal
(c) Kashmir (d) Myanmar
Ans : d

11. The district which is the largest producer of spices in Kerala:
(a) Idukky (b) Kollam (c) Ernakulam (d) Kannur
Ans : a

12. The river flows through silent valley:
(a) Pamba (b) Chaliyar
(c) Kunthippuzha (d) Bharatappuzha
Ans : c

13. Chambakkulam boat race is held in ……
(a) Pamba river (b) Punnamada lake
(c) Ashatamudi lake (d) Vembanad lake
Ans : a

14.Who was the first secretaty of K.P.C.C?
(a) K.Kelappan (b) K.Madhavan Nair
(c) K.P.Kesavamenon (d) Kuroor Nampoothirippad
Ans : b

15. The four founder leaders of Communist Party in Kerala were P.Krishna Pilla, K Damodaran, NC
Sekhar and ……
(a) EMS                                  (b) AKG
(c) MN Govindan Nair        (d) KPR Gopalan
Ans : a

16. With which country has India the longest border:
(a) Pakistan (b) China
(c) Bangladesh (d) Myanmar
Ans : c

17. Chandigarh is known as:
(a) Pensioner’s paradise (b) Beautiful city
(c) Hitec city (d) Pink city
Ans : b

18. Which river is known as the ‘Sorrow of Bengal’?
(a) Ganga (b) Hugly
(c) Damodar (d) Bhagirathy
Ans : c

19. Where is Devi Meenakshi temple?
(a) Kollur (b) Madurai
(c) Tanjavur (d) Kanchipuram
Ans : b

20. Bikaner Camel festival is held in the state of:
(a) Gujarat (b) Rajastan
(c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Madhya Pradesh
Ans : b

21. The trade name ‘BSA’is related to:
(a) Bicycles (b) Shoes (c) Bulbs (d) Television
Ans : a

22.Who was the Governor General when Sati was prohibited?
(a) William Bentick (b) Charles Metcalfe
(c) Auckland (d) Hardinge I
Ans : a

23. The strength of the Vidhan Parishad cannot be less than:
(a)40 (b) 60 (c) 30 (d) 50
Ans : a

24. Lao Tse, the founder of Taoism belonged to:
(a) China (b) Japan
(c) Nepal (d) Mongolia
Ans : a

25. Who is the originator of Penny postal system?
(a) Graham Bell (b) Edison
(c) Rowland Hill (d) Thoullier
Ans : c

26. The rank of Kerala in terms of population in India as per 2011 census.
(a) 12 (b)21 (c) 18 (d) 9
Ans : a

27. The Portuguese defeated Kunhali IV in AD:
(a) 1450 (b) 1500 (c) 1700 (d) 1600
Ans : d

28. Who was the minister in charge of the porfolio of Labour in the first EMS ministry?
(a) TV Thomas (b) KC George
(c) TA Majeed (d) KR Gowri
Ans : a

29. The chief minister of Kerala who ruled for the longest period:
(a) K.Karunakaran (b) EMS
(c) EK Nayanar (d) AK Antony
Ans : c

30. The largest national park in Kerala:
(a) Silent Valley (b) Mathiketan Chola
(c) Pampadumchola (d) Iravikulam
Ans : d

31. The youngest to become the President of India:
(a) Rajendraprasad (b) Dr.Radhakrishnan
(c) Sanjiva Reddy (d) APJ Abdul Kalam
Ans : c

32. Cripp’s Mission visited India in:
(a) 1941 (b) 1942 (c) 1943 (d) 1944
Ans : b

33. Who founded Theosophical Society in United States in 1875?
(a) Annie Besant (b) Madam Blavatsky
(c) Colonel HS Olcott (d) Both (b) and (c)
Ans : d

34. The first Chief Justice of India:
(a) Hiralal J Kania (b) MH Kania
(c) YV Chandrachud (d) KN Singh
Ans: a

35. State Bank of India was formerly known as:
(a) Federal Bank (b) Imperial Bank
(c) Union Bank (d) Colonial Bank
Ans : b

36. The foreign intelligence agency of India, RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) was established in:
(a) 1963 (b) 1968 (c) 1969 (d) 1948
Ans : b

37.Central Building Research Institute is located at:
(a) New Delhi (b) Bangalore
(c) Roorkie (d) Pilani
Ans : c

38. The first modern university in India was established in:
(a) New Delhi (b) Kolkata
(c) Karachi (d) Chennai
Ans : b

39. Formosa is now known as:
(a) Indonesia (b) Taiwan
(c) Cambodia (d) Vietnam
Ans : b

40. Mexico is not the birth place of:
(a) Dahlia (b) Vanilla (c) Papaya (d) All of these
Ans : d

41. In which continent is ‘Sentinel range’?
(a) Africa (b) Australia
(c) North America (d) Antarctica
Ans : d

42. Which gland is known as Adam’s apple?
(a) Pituitary (b) Penial (c) Thymus (d) Thyroid
Ans : d

43. Which is a water soluble vitamin?
(a) Vitamin A (b) Vitamin D (c) Vitamin C (d) Vitamin K
Ans : c

44. Who is the father of the Theory of the Inheritance of Acquired Characters?
(a) Lamarch (b) De Vries
(c) Darwin (d) Johanson
Ans : a

45. Which is the useful part of Grampoo?
(a) Flower (b) Bud (c) Fruit (d) Seed
Ans : b

46. What is known as ‘Green Vitriol’?
(a) Copper Sulphate (b) Zinc Sulphate
(c) Ferrous Sulphate (d) Zinc Phosphide
Ans : c

47. Sidanaphil Citrate is also known as:
(a) Viagra (b) Hypo (c) Teflon (d) Alum
Ans : a

48. The first to synthesis urea artificially:
(a) Frederic Banding (b) Frederic Wohler
(c) Michael Faraday (d) None of these
Ans : b

49. Visible part of sun:
(a) Hydrosphere (b) Photosphere
(c) Ionosphere (d) Troposphere
Ans : b

50. The day on which Kariappa became the Commander in Chief of India is observed as:
(a) Armed Forces Flag day(b) Navy Day
(c) Army Day (d) Airforce Day
Ans : c

51. “For fools rush in where angels fear to tread” Who said this?
(a) Alexander Pope (b) Milton
(c) Churchill (d) Byron
Ans : a

52. The only planet which takes more time to complete a rotation than a revolution?
(a) Venus (b) Mercury (c) Mars (d) Jupiter
Ans: a

53. Who is the founder of Agra?
(a) Akbar (b) Sikander Lodi
(c) Shah Jehan (d) Jehangir
Ans : b

54. The greatest ruler of Maurya dynasty:
(a) Bindusara (b) Chandragupta Maurya
(c) Asoka (d) Brihadratha
Ans : c

55. The battle of Hydaspes in which Alexander defeated Porus was fought in:
(a) BC 326 (b) BC 323(c) BC 316 (d) BC 336
Ans : a

56. The first woman chief minister of an Indian state:
(a) Sarojini Naidu (b) Vijayalekshmi Pandit
(c) Sucheta Kripalani (d) Jayalalitha
Ans : c

57. D.S.Senanayake is the father of nation of:
(a) Indonesia (b) Sri Lanka
(c) Philippines (d) Myanmar
Ans : b

58. Abraham Lincoln was the ….th president of USA:
(a) 15 (b) 16 (c) 17 (d) 18
Ans : b

59. Father of Green Revolution in India:
(a) MS Swaminathan (b) Varghese Kurien
(c) Vikram Sarabhai (d) APJ Abdul Kalam
Ans : a

60. Which is not situated on the banks of Yamuna?
(a) Agra (b) Delhi (c) Mathura (d) Haridwar
Ans : d

61. The first to win an Olympic medal for India:
(a) Norman Pritchard (b) K.Lakshmanan
(c) K.Malleswari (d) Milkha Singh
Ans : a

62. Shakespeare passed away in
(a) 1564 (b) 1616 (c) 1612 (d) 1620
Ans : b

63. In which year Bangladesh declared independence?
(a) 1975 (b) 1972 (c) 1970 (d) 1971
Ans : d

64. Cryogenics is related to:
(a) Low Temperature (b) Pressure
(c) Insects (d) Heredity
Ans : a

65. The colour of Black box in aeroplanes:
(a) Red (b) Orange (c) Green (d) Blue
Ans : b

66. Father of e-mail:
(a) Ray Tomlinson (b) Glen Recort
(c) Sabir Bhatia (d) Pascal
Ans : a

67. Beryllium aluminium silicate is known as:
(a) Alum (b) Topaz (c) Ruby (d) Emerald
Ans : d

68. Galvanisation is the process of coating of ….. on other metals.
(a) Copper (b) Silver (c) Gallium (d) Zinc
Ans : d

69. The rarest gas element in the atmosphere of Earth:
(a) Oxygen (b) Nitrogen
(c) Radon (d) Helium
Ans : c

70. ‘The king of spices’:
(a) Cardomom (b) Pepper
(c) All Spice (d) Turmeric
Ans : b

71. Morphin is obtained from……
(a) Poppy (b) Vinca (c) Rauwolfia (d) Neem
Ans : a

72. The wood used for making snake boat:
(a) Anjili (b) Deodar
(c) Neem (d) Mahagony
Ans : a

73. What kind of organism is ‘Bombay Duck’?
(a) Mammal (b) Bird (c) Fish (d) Reptile
Ans : c

74. The average length of femur:
(a) 100cm (b) 50cm (c) 75cm (d) 25cm
Ans : b

75. The disease caused by Yersinia pestis:
(a) Yellow fever (b) Plague
(c) Cholera (d) Malaria
Ans : b

76. Which statement is incorrect?
(a) Sher Shah died in 1547 (b) Sher Shah built the Grand Trunk
(c) The tomb of Sher Shah is in Sasaram
(d) Purana Qila was built by Sher Shah
Ans : a

77. Who acted the role of Gandhi in the film ‘Gandhi’?
(a) Richard Attenborough (b) Rajat Kapur
(c) Ben Kingsley (d) None of these
Ans : c

78. Who was the president of INC when India got independence?
(a) Rajendraprasad (b) Maulana Azad
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) JB Kripalani
Ans : d

79. The only Indian prime minister who did not face the parliament:
(a) Morarji Desai (b) Charan Singh
(c) HD Dewe Gowda (d) Chandrasekhar
Ans : b

80. The 8th Schedule of Indian Constitution recognizes ——— languages.
(a) 20 (b) 25 (c) 18 (d) 22
Ans : d

81. Advocate General is appointed by:
(a) President (b) Governor
(c) Chief Minister (d) Law Minister
Ans : b

82. The author of ‘Kim’ and ‘Jungle Book’:
(a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Mark Twain
(c) Victor Hugo (d) Leo Tolstoy
Ans : a

83. Marry Todd was the wife of a famous US president. His name is:
(a) John F.Kennedy (b) Franklin D.Roosevelt
(c) Abraham Lincoln (d) George Washington
Ans : c

84. Who was the first transport minister in Kerala?
(a) KC George (b) KP Gopalan
(c) C Achuthamenon (d) TV Thomas
Ans : d

85. The dam situated between Kuravan and Kurathi hills:
(a) Idukky (b) Idamalayar
(c) Mullaperiyar (d) Neyyar dam
Ans : a

86. Punnapra-Vayalar agitation was in:
(a) 1945 (b) 1946 (c) 1947 (d) 1948
Ans : b

87. Rajyasamacharam was published from:
(a) Kottayam (b) Kochi
(c) Kozhikode (d) Thalassery
Ans : d

88. The Malayalam film based on the theme of Rajan Case:
(a) Neythukaran (b) Piravi
(c) Swam (d) Meenamasathile Sooryan
Ans : b

89. The ruler of Travancore who abolished Sucheendram Kaimukku:
(a) Uthram Tirunal (b) Visakham Tirunal
(c) Sri Mulam Tirunal (d) Swati Tirunal
Ans : d

90. The first athlete from Kerala to get Arjuna Award:
(a) PT Usha (b) TC Yohannan
(c) KC Elamma (d) Shyny Abraham
Ans : b

91. The first techno park in Kerala was established at:
(a) Chathamangalam (b) Kalamassery
(c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Kochi
Ans : c

92. The space age was started on 4th October 1957 with the launching of Sputnik by:
(a) USA (b) Soviet Union (c) India (d) UK
Ans : b

93. The airport in Port Blair is named after:
(a) Vir Savarkar (b) SC Bose
(c) Mayo (d) Dufferin
Ans : a

94. Almora hill station is in the state of:
(a) Uttarakhand (b) Kashmir
(c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Assam
Ans : a

95. The second most important god during Rig Vedic period:
(a) Agni (b) Varuna (c) Soma (d) Yama
Ans : a

96. The place known as Land of 3’C’s- Land of Cake, Land of Cricket, Land of Circus?
(a) Kozhikode (b) Thalassery
(c) Kochi (d) Kollam
Ans : b

97. The place where Sri Parthasarathy Temple is situated?
(a) Aranmula (b) Ettumanoor
(c) Ochira (d) Harippad
Ans : a

98. The only woman to get two Nobel Prizes:
(a) Selma Lagerlof (b) Bertha Von Suttner
(c) Marie Curie (d) Aung San Suu Ki
Ans : c

99. The first Indian to get Booker Prize:
(a) Kiran Desai (b) Arundathy Roy
(c) Salman Rushdie (d) None of these
Ans : b

100. The Persian traveller who visited India in 1443:
(a) Ma Huan (b) Abdur Razaq
(c) Sulaiman (d) Ibn Batuta
Ans : b

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