Friday, 8 July 2016

KERALA BASIC FACTS

1)    Who is the author of ""Kannuneerthulli"" ?

Ans:     Nalappattu Narayana Menon

2)    Bakal Fort is in which District ?

Ans:     Kasargode

3)    Where is Puralimala situated?

Ans:     Thalasserry

4)    Importance of 1 makaram 984 in the history of Kerala is …..

Ans:     Kundara Proclamation

 5) "The book ""Swarga Vathil Thurakkunna Samayam"" is written by :
Ans:     M.T.Vasudevan Nair

6)    The speaker having longest tenure in the Kerala Assembly :
Ans:     M.Vijayakumar

7)    First Kerala State Kathakali Award has been given to :

Ans:     Kalamandalam Raman Kutty Nair

8)    The year in which KSRTC was started?

Ans:     1965

9)    Who is known as the Golden girl of Kerala?

Ans:     P. T Usha

10)     The woman to become the first central minister?

          Ans:     Lakshmi M. Menon

11)      The smallest Grama Panchayath in Kerala?

          Ans:     Valapattanam

12)     The ship in which Vasco De Gamma came to Kappad?

          Ans:     San Gabriel

13)     The Sabarigiri Hydro Electric Project is built in the river:

          Ans:     Pampa

14)     The First Hydro Electric Project in Kerala is:

          Ans:     Pallivasal

15)     Who wrote ""Viswadarshanam"

          Ans:     G.Shankara Kurup

16)     Forest Industries Travancore is situated in:

          Ans:     Aluva

17)     Who is known as "Kerala Valmiki" ?

        Ans:     Vallathol Narayana Menon

18)     The First President of "Kerala Sahithya Academy"

        Ans:     Sardar K.M.Panicker

19)     Birth place of Ezhuthachan is at :

          Ans:    Thunchanparambu in Tirur (Malappuram District)

20)     Dutch East India Company was established in :

        Ans:     A.D. 1592

21)     Father of Malayalm Language :

          Ans:     Ezhuthachan

22)      Fifth & Last visit of Gandhiji was in :

          Ans:     January 13, 1937

23)     First Book in Malayalam is :

        Ans:     Samkshepa Vedartham

24)      First Malayalam Dictionery was compiled by :

          Ans:     Dr.Herman Gundart from Germany

25)     First Mamankom was held in

          Ans:     A.D. 829

26)     First Pazhassi Revolution was held in :

          Ans:     A.D. 1793

27)     Huang Tsang a Chinese Traveler visited Kerala in :

        Ans:     A.D. 630

28)     The only Muslim Kingdom in Kerala was the :

          Ans:     Arakkal Kingdom

29)     The prehistoric people of Kerala belonged to :

          Ans:     The Negroto race

30)     Vascoda Gama landed at Kappad in :

          Ans:     20th May, 1498

31)     Vascoda Gama second visit to Kappad (Kozhikkode) was in :

          Ans:     A.D. 1502

32)     Veluthampi Dalava who committed suicide at :

          Ans:     Mannadi

33)     When did Gandhiji visit Kerala for the first time :

          Ans:     August 18, 1920

34)     Who established the Chala Bazar in Thiruvanathapuram :

          Ans:     Raja Kesavadas

35)     Who was the first Britisher to come to Kerala :

          Ans:     Captain Keeling

36)      Who was the first Portuguese viceroy in Kerala :

          Ans:     De Almeida, A.D. 1505

37)     Whose autobiography is called ''Ormayude Arakal ''?

          Ans:     Vaikom Muhammad Basheer

38)     The State Institute of Rural Development [SIRD] is located in :

          Ans:     Kottarakkara

39)     Smallest Taluk in Kerala :

          Ans:     Kochi

40)     Which is the biggest Taluk in Kerala State ?

           Ans:     Eranad

41)     Information Kerala Mission started in :

            Ans:     1999

42)     The district with only one railway station?

            Ans:     Pattanamthitta

43)     The district in which Kerala's first labor bank was formed?

            Ans:     Palakkad

44)     The district with most number of railway stations?

            Ans:    Thiruvanathapuram

45)     The autobiography of E.M.S. Namboothirpad?

            Ans:      Atmakatha

46)     The year in which Vasco De Gama visited Kerala the 2nd time?

            Ans:    1502

47)     The first Keralite to become the union defense minister?

           Ans:     V. K. Krishna Menon

48)     Kerala's first bio village?

           Ans:     Udumbanoor

49)     Kerala's first international airport?

           Ans:    Thiruvanathapura

50)     The first chief minister of Kerala who appeared in the postal stamps?

                   Ans:     E.M.S. Namboothiripad

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