1. Which of the following rivers is NOT originated from the Himalayas?
(A) The Sindhu (B)
The Ganga
(C) The Brahmaputra (D)
The Krishna
Ans: D
2. The smallest neighbouring country of India is
(A) Nepal (B)
Bangladesh
(C) Bhutan (D)
Myanmar
Ans: C
3. Where was the headquarters of Lakshadweep before
Kavaratti?
(A) Kochi (B)
Kozhikode
(C) Andrott (D)
Bangaram
Ans: B
4. Who was the first martyr of the Revolt of 1857?
(A) Nana Saheb
(B) Rani Lakshmi Bhai
(C) Tantia Tope (D)
Mangal Pandey
Ans: D
5. Who named the association Indian National Congress?
(A) A.O. Hume (B)
Dadabhai Naoroji
(C) W.C. Banerjee
(D) Lord Dufferin
Ans: B
6. Who among the following persons is NOT a moderate leader of Indian National Congress?
(A) Lala Lajpat Rai (B)
Pherozeshah Mehta
(C) Surendra Nath Banerjee (D)
Dadabhai Naoroji
Ans: A
7. When did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre happen?
(A) April 30,1919 (B)
1919, April 13
(C) 1918, April 13 (D)
1919, December 28
Ans: B
8. As per the historic Lahore Congress of 1929, which date
was observed as the Independence Day of our country?
(A) August 15 (B)
August 8
(C) November 1 (D)
January 26
Ans: D
9. 'Ezhimala', the headquarters of the Mushaka dynasty, is
in which of the following districts today?
(A) Kozhikode (B)
Kannur
(C) Kasaragod (D)
Wayanad
Ans: B
10. Marthandavarma, the famous ruler of Travancore, defeated
whom in the 'Battle of Colachel' in 1741?
(A) The Dutch (B)
The British
(C) The French (D)
The Portuguese
Ans: A
11. Which of the following social reformers called the British rule as 'White Devil Rule'?
(A) Ayyankali (B)
Sree Narayana Guru
(C) Thycaud Ayya (D) Vykunda Swamikal
Ans: D
12. Who was the first harijan member of Sreemoolam
Prajasabha?
(A) K.P. Karuppan (B)
P.K. Chathan Master
(C) Ayyankali (D)
Velukkutty Arayan
Ans: C
13. Who is known as the Jhansi Rani of Travancore?
(A) A.V. Kuttimalu Amma
(B) Lalithambika Antharjanam
(C) Arya Pallam (D)
Akkamma Cheriyan
Ans: D
14. The Malayalam Poet, who called Sree Narayana Guru as
'Second Budha"
(A) G. Sankara Kurup (B)
Kumaran Asan
(C) Ulloor S. Parameswara lyer (D) Vallathol
Ans: A
15. The leader who is known as 'Kerala Gandhi'
(A) T.K. Madhavan
(B) K. Kelappan
(C) Mannath Padmanabhan
(D) C. Krishnan
Ans: B
16. Who won the Jnanpith Award in 2017?
(A) Shankha Ghosh (B) Krishna Sobti
(C) Raghuveer Choudhari
(D) Amarkant
Ans: B
17. I.P.L. (Indian Premier League), a Twenty-Twenty cricket
league in India was founded by
(A) B.C.C.I. (B)
I.C.C.
(C) K.C.A.
(D) C.A.B.
Ans: A
18. Who won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor in
2016?
(A) Dulquer Salmaan
(B) Nivin Pauly
(C) Vinayakan (D)
Prithviraj
Ans: C
19. The present Chairman of ISRO is
(A) K. Sivan
(B) G. Madhavan Nair
(C) A.S. Kirankumar (D)
K. Radhakrishnan
Ans: A
20. Who is the present Chairman of Rajya Sabha?
(A) Hamid Ansari
(B) Ghulam Nabi Azad
(C) Arun Jaitley (D)
Venkaiah Naidu
Ans: D
21. Name the founder of Brahma Samaj.
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (B)
Swami Dayananda Saraswathy
(C) Sree Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (D) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Ans: A
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