1. Who was the first deputy chairman of Planning Commission of India?
(a) J.B. Kripalani
(b) Sukumar Sen
(c) Gulzarilal Nanda
(d) Ashok Mehta
2. Which is the fastest cruise missile in the world?
(a) Brahmos
(b) Akash
(c) Red Arrow
(d) AASM
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Gujarat
(d) Telangana
4. Which book is associated with Itty Achuthan?
(a) Keralolpathi
(b) Malabar Manual
(c) Hortus Malabaricus
(d) Kerala Mahatmyam
5. Who lost to Subhas Chandra Bose for the Congress presi dential election in 1939?
(a) C. Rajagopalachari
(b) Mahadev Desai
(c) Pattabhi Sitaramayya
(d) Sarojini Naidu
6. Who is known as Kerala Valmiki?
(a) Ulloor
(b) Vallathol
(c) Kumaranasan
(d) Olappamanna
7. International Court rejected a suit against India on nuclear disarmament in 2016. The suit was filed by which country?
(a) Pakistan
(b) Maldives
(c) Italy
(d) Marshall Islands
8. On which date Shaka was adopted as India's national calendar?
(a) March 10, 1957
(b) March 12, 1957
(c) March 20, 1957
(d) March 22, 1957
9. Who is the director of the Sanskrit film Adi Shankaracharya?
(a) P. Bhaskaran
(b) J.K. Bharavi
(c) G.V. Iyer
(d) Shyam Benegal
10. Who is the author of the book 'I Do What I Do'?
(a) Shashi Tharoor
(b) Raghuram Rajan
(c) Nirmala Seetharaman
(d) Urjit Patel
11. Which initiative is known as 'Mother of Indian environmental movements'?
(a) Bishnoi Movement
(b) Chipko Movement
(c) Narmada Bachao Andholan
(d) Appiko Movement
12. Athiranippadam is associated with which novelist?
(a) Uroob
(b) S.K. Pottakkad
(c) O.V. Vijayan
(d) M. Mukundan
13. Which was the first state where the presidential rule was imposed?
(a) Kerala
(b) West Bengal
(c)Tamil Nadu
(d) Punjab
14. Where is the headquarters of Northern Railways?
(a) Mumbai
(b) New Delhi
(c) Kanpur
(d) Ajmer
15. Who is the founder of Dravida Munnetta Kazhagam?
(a) E.V. Ramaswami Naicker
(b) C.N. Annadurai
(c) M. Karunanidhi
(d) M.G. Ramachandran
16. Which state is known as the 'heart of India'?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Bihar
(d) Rajasthan
17. Which city is called 'Queen of Decan'?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Pune
(d) Ahmedabad
18. Who founded the 'Red Shirt movement'?
(a) Agakhan
(b) Nawab Abdul Latheef
(c) Syed Ahmed Khan
(d) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
19. Whose autobiography is 'A Nation in Making'?
(a) Subhas Chandra Bose
(b) W.C. Banerjee
(c) Surendra Nath Banerjee
(d) C.R. Das
20. Name the noted freedom fighter who was born in Arabia's Mecca?
(a) Syed Ahmed Khan
(b) Maulana Mohammad Ali
(c) Maulana Shaukat Ali
(d) Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
21. Where was Gandhiji assassinated?
(a) Kolkata
(b) Pune
(c) Delhi
(d) Sabarmati
22. Who directed the film 'Esthappan'?
(a) John Abraham
(b) Bharathan
(c) G. Aravindan
(d) K.G. George
23. Who wrote 'Praacheena Malayalam'?
(a) Chattambi Swamikal
(b) Vaikunda Swami
(c) Thycad Ayya Guru
(d) Vagbhadanandan
24. Name the reformist leader who was born at Kainakari in Kuttanad?
(a) Ayyankali
(b) Father Chavara Kuriakose
(c) Dr. Palpu
(d) K.P. Karuppan
25. Mosquito Day is observed on......?
(a) August 16
(b) August 20
(c) August 21
(d) August 30
26. Which organ is known as the 'graveyard of RBC'?
(a) Spleen
(b) bone marrow
(c) Lymph gland
(d) None of these
27. From which country the concept of presidential election was borrowed?
(a) Canada
(b) Ireland
(c) France
(d) USA
28. Which was the novel written by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai in connection with the Punnapra-Vayalar uprising?
(a) Erinjadangal
(b) Randingazhi
(c) Enipadikal
(d) Thalayodu
29. Do No Evil is the tagline of ......?
(a) Google
(b) Facebook
(c) Yahoo
(d) Microsoft
30. In which year National Human Rights Commission was set up?
(a) 1990
(b) 1991
(c) 1992
(d) 1993
31. In which city, the first women post ofice is situated?
(a) Mumbai
(b) New Delhi
(c) Kolkata
(d) Chennai
32. Which is the first private seaport in India?
(a) Pipavav
(b) Mundra
(c) Ennore
(d) Krishnapatnam
33. Who is known as 'Man of Peace'?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(c) Acharya Vinobabhave
(d) potti sreeramulu
34. Among the below mentioned, who did not belong to the Court of Vikramaditya?
(a) Kalidasa
(b) Vararuchi
(c) Panini
(d) Amarasimha
35. Who authored 'Kitab-Ul-Hind'?
(a) Abdul Fazal
(b) Alberuni
(c) Abul Faizi
(d) Amir Khusrow
36. Among the following. who did not become the Congress president?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) M.A. Ansari
(d) Vallabhbhai Patel
37. Which is the first Indian film that was nominated to Oscar's in the Best Foreign Language Film category?
(a) Mother India
(b) Lagaan
(c) Salaam Bombay
(d) Slum Dog Millionaire
38. Which is known 'Asia's Nobel Prize'?
(a) Asian Award
(b) Magsaysay Award
(d) Gandhi Samman
(c) Right Livelihood Award
39. Which continent is represented by the red one in the Olympic rings symbol?
(a) Asia
(b) Europe
(c) America
(d) Africa
40. Lalgudi Jayaraman is associated with which musical instrument?
(a) Veena
(b) Violin
(c) Sitar
(d) Tabala
41. World Radio Day is observed on.......?
(a) August 20
(b) February 10
(c) February 12
(d) February 13
42. The term Libero is associated with which game?
(a) Cricket
(b) Volleyball
(c) Football
(d) Kabaddi
43. Aalkkoottathil Thaniye (Alone in a crowd) by M.T. (d) Gandhi Samman Nari belongs to which category?
(a) Drama
(b) Novel
(c) Short story
(d) Travelogue
44. Who was the first Kerala electricity minister?
(a) T.V. Thomas
(b) K.P. Gopalan
(c) V.R. Krishna Iyer
(d) T.A. Majeed
45. Which critic is known as Sahitya Panchananan?
(a) P.K. Parameswaran Nair
(b) Joseph Mundassery
(c) P.K. Narayana Pillai
(d) Sukumar Azhikode