1. The first Malayalee to become the Chairman of the National Agricultural Commission:
M.S.Swaminathan
2. The first State in America :
Delaver
3. The foreign language used in Puducherry :
French
4. The gas formed in the as a result of Nuclear fusion in the sun:
Helium
5. The great man whom Sree Narayana Guru met in 1916:
Ramana Maharshi
6. The main religion of Nagaland :
Christianity
7. The only railway junction in Kerala were lines from
four different directions meet (Palakkad, Kozhikode, Thrissur, Nilambur):
Shornur
8. The capital of Andhra state formed in 1953 :
Kurnool
9. The first actress to receive Oscar :
Janet Gaynor
10. The first Dolby stereo film in Malayalam :
Kalapani
11. The first Malayalam columnist:
D.C.Kizhakkemuri
12. The first national award for the best actor was given to:
Uttam Kumar
13. The dance form which has incorporated Hindu -Muslim
cultures:
Kathak
14. The famous temple of Viswanatha is in :
Varanasi
15. The first Comptroller and Auditor General of India :
V. Narahari Rao
16. The first Muslim to become the President of India :
Dr. Zakir Hussein (1967)
17. The first oil tanker in India is named after the leader :
Motilal Nehru
18. The Governor-General during the Third Mysore War :
Lord Cornwallis
19. The renaissance leader connected with ‘’Muthukulam speech’’ in 1947 :
Mannathu Padmanabhan
20. Which Governor General established Fort William College in 1800 :
Lord Wellesley
21. Who gave ‘’Vidwan’’ title to Pandit Karuppan :
Kerala Varma Valiya Koyi Thampuran
22. Who was the Viceroy when farmers strike at Bardoli district in Gujarat was held under the leadership of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel :
Lord Irwin
23. Anti dowry day :
November 26
24. The process to produce Sulphur:
Frasch Process
25. The Rajput Princess whom Akbar married :
Jodhabai
26. What percent of the human body is water:
65%
27. When compared to the mother planet the largest satellite is :
Moon
28. Which is known as City of Winds :
Chicago
29. Who built the Peacock throne:
Shah Jahan
30. The longest cell in the human body :
Neuron
31. Chief Warrior of Alauddin Khilji:
Malik Kafur
32. Famous Diamond mine in Andhra Pradesh :
Golconda
33. Forerunner of Akbar’s reforms :
Sher Shah
34. The process to produce Nitric acid:
Ostward Process
35. The process to produce Sulphuric acid:
Lead Chamber Process
36. Where is the tomb of Sheik Salim Chisti whom Akbar worshipped :
Fatehpur Sikri
37. Which river is known as ‘’Sorrow of Assam’’ :
Brahmaputra
38. Who wrote ‘’Ashtangahridayam’’ :
Vagbhatan
39. Father of Indian Archeology :
Alexander Cunningham
40. The ancestral house of Nehru family in Allahabad :
Anand Bhavan
41. Aurobindo Ghosh ended his revolutionary activities and assumed the life of a saint at :
Puducherry
42. Chand Beevi and Malik Amber of Abyssinian race who fought against the Mughals belonged to :
Ahmadnagar
43. During the British Regime the summer capital of Mumbai was :
Mahabaleshwar
44. When the license of ‘Navasakhti’ was canceled ‘Prabodhini’ was launched by :
C. Kesavan
45. Which is known as the Island of sailors :
Samoa
46. Who was known as the ‘’Fakir-e-Afghan’’ :
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
47. Who wrote the novel Dharmaraja :
C.V. Raman Pillai
48. Dhanwanthari Award is related to :
Medicine
49. ‘Yanam’ part of Puducherry shares its boundary with :
Andhra Pradesh
50. Another name of petroleum:
Gasoline
51. Bengal Lease Act was effected by :
Lord Canning
52. God gave Ten Commandments to the founder of the religion :
Jew (Judaism)
53. In which year Vaikom Maulavi Launched “Muslim” :
1906
54. JIPMER in Puducherry is known for higher studies in :
Medicine
55. On criticizing the onslaught of British Soldiers against women which newspaper was banned:
Mathrubhumi
56. The capital of Azerbaijan:
Baku
57. The language in Mayyazhi, which is under Puducherry :
Malayalam
58. In which district is Parassinikadavu Muthappan temple:
Kannur
59. In which State is Amarnath Pilgrim center:
Jammu and Kashmir
60. In which year Mughal capital was shifted to Delhi from Agra :
1646
61. Mecca, where Prophet Muhammad was born, is in :
Saudi Arabia
62. Name the ruler of Magadha when Alexander attacked India :
Mahapadmananda
63. The gas that usually causes an explosion in coal mines:
Methane
64. The average weight of the human liver :
1359-1812 grams
65. The famous Buddhist center in Andhra Pradesh :
Nagarjunakonda
66. The first cricketer to complete 10000 runs in one-day matches :
Sachin Tendulkar
67. The acid that is present in grapes :
Tartaric acid
68. An animal that flies in the dark with the help of ultrasonic sound waves :
Bat
69. Atacama desert is in the continent of :
South America
70. Founder of Modern Turkey :
Mustafa Kamaal Ataturk
71. In which district are the Edakkal caves:
Wayanad
72. In which year Akbar abolished Jazia:
1564
73. The old name of Amritsar :
Ramdaspur
74. Recently discovered chemical compound for the treatment of cancer:
Cisplatin
75. The religion founded by Akbar:
Din Illahi (1582)
76. The coloring pigment in Ajanta are made of :
Minerals and herbs
77. The coloring pigment in human skin :
Melanin
78. The event that is most influenced the thoughts Amartya Sen :
Bengal Famine
79. The first ruler of Modern Travancore :
Marthanda Varma
80. The last Hindu ruler of Delhi before Muslim rule :
Prithviraj Chauhan
81. The Ocean that lies between Africa and America :
Atlantic Ocean
82. The ore of which metal can be concentrated by hydraulic process:
Tin
83. The organ that controls the body temperature of man :
Skin
84. The place famous for elephant cages:
Konni
85. The ruler with the longest tenure in Modern Travancore:
Dharmaraja
86. The smallest country in Africa:
Seychelles
87. Through which region in Andhra Pradesh the 82 ½ degree latitude passes through:
Kakinada
88. When did Faizi the poet and friend of Akbar die :
1595
89. Which Indian Award carries the highest prize money :
Gandhi Peace Prize
90. Who was known as ‘’Andhra Bhoja’’ :
Krishnadevaraya
91. The body temperature of man is controlled by :
Hypothalamus
92. Acoustics is a study on :
Sound
93. An animal which breaths with the help of lungs and external gills :
Frog
94. C. Balakrishnan, a Malayalee received Arjuna Award in 1965 for :
Mountaineering
95. Collection of different maps :
Atlas
96. The most abundant alkaline Earth metal in the Earth :
Calcium
97. The spice which stores food in its underground stem :
Turmeric
98. The woman who became the Congress President in 1933:
Nelli Sen Gupta
99. Who authored ‘’Essays on Gita’’:
Aurobindo Ghosh
100. Who was the Viceroy when the Govt of India Act 1935 was passed :
Lord Wellington
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