Junior Instructor MRAC Industrial Training - Kerala PSC Previous Year Question Paper

1. Who among the following is described as “First Generation Feminist”?
A:-Arya Pallam 
B:-Akkamma Cheriyan
C:-Anna Chandi
D:-Parvathy Nenmenimangalam


2. Which film got the ‘Best Film Award in the ’89th’ Oscar Award Ceremony in 2017?
A:-Fences 
B:-Moonlight
C:-La La Land 
D:-Lion

3. Who was called the Lincoln of Kerala?
A:-Ayyankali 
B:-Pandit K. P. Karuppan
C:-Sree Narayana Guru 
D:-Sahodaran Ayyappan

4. Who wrote the autobiography ‘Aathmakadhakkoru Amukham’?
A:-Lalithambika Antarjanam 
B:- A. V. Kuttimalu Amma
C:-Lalitha Prabhu D:-K. Devayani

5. Which part of the Indian Constitution contains Fundamental Rights?
A:-Preamble 
B:-Part II
C:-Part III 
D:-Part IV


6. Name the first private bank in Kerala
A:-The Imperial Bank 
B:-The Chartered Bank
C:-The Indian National Bank
D:-Nedungudi Bank

7. -Where was the Paliyam road situated?
A:-Chendamangalam 
B:-Vaikom
C:-Guruvayur 
D:-Udayamperur

8. From which place in Kerala the first newspaper Rajyasamacharam was published?
A:-Chirakkal 
B:-Vadakara
C:-Ottapalam 
D:-Tellichery

9. Who founded Samatva Samajam?
A:-Vaikunda Swami 
B:-Chattampi Swamikal
C:-Nitya Chaitanya Yati 
D:-Nataraja Guru


10. In which year the National Food Security Act was passed in India?
A:-2000 
B:-2007
C:-2013 
D:-2017

11. Who was the Editor of the magazine ‘Rasikaranjini’?
A:-Kerala Varma Valiyakoyi Thampuran
B:-Ramakrishna Pillai
C:-Kodungallur Kunhikuttan Thampuran
D:-None of the above

12. Who was the translator of the conversation between Rabindranath Tagore and Sree Narayana Guru when they met at Sivagiri in 1922?
A:-Dr. Palpu 
B:-R. Sankar
C:-T. K. Madhavan 
D:-Kumaranasan


13. From which country Indian Constitution borrowed Federal System?
A:-Russia 
B:-Britain
C:-Germany 
D:-Canada

14. Name the magazine founded by M. C. Joseph
A:-Kalakaumudi 
B:-Keraleeyam
C:-Yukthivadi 
D:-Prabodhanam

15. In which year the Hindus in Cochin got permission to temple entry?
A:-1936 
B:-1948
C:-1950 
D:-1956

16. Name the movement founded by Vandana Siva
A:-Navadanya Movement
B:-Narmada Bachao Andolan
C:-Chipko Movement 
D:-Plachimada Struggle


17. Who initiated the Kerala Grandhasala Sangham?
A:-K. N. Panicker 
B:-P. N. Panicker
C:-Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer
D:-Vallathol Narayana Menon

18. Which day is observed as World Teacher’s Day?
A:-None of the above 
B:-October 5
C:-November 5 
D:-December 5

19. Name the place where the play Atukalayilninnu Arangatheku was staged for the first time
A:-Angadippuram 
B:-Pallimukku
C:-Thirunavaya
D:-Edakunni

20. Name the Travancore Diwan who gave permission to wear the blouse to all those women who embraced Christianity
A:-Colonel Munro 
B:-M. E. Watts
C:-Thomas Austin 
D:-None of the above



Answers

1(C)	2(B)	3(B)	4(A)	5(C)
6(D)	7(A)	8(D)	9(A)	10(C)
11(C)	12(D)	13(D)	14(C)	15(B)
16(A)	17(B)	18(A)	19(D)	20(A)