Ans: Kerala
2. Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology & Natural
History is situated at:
Ans: Coimbatore
3. Which world leader's autobiography was 'Long
Walk to Freedom'?
Ans: Nelson Mandela
4. Who is known as the first space tourist?
Ans: Dennis Tito
5. Who
designed the new symbol of Indian Rupee?
Ans: D Udaya Kumar
6. Which organisation prepares maps in India?
Ans: Survey of India
7. Which Indian state has the longest coastline?
Ans: Gujarat
8. India shares maximum land border with which
country?
Ans: Bangladesh
9. Which element is found in the largest
quantity in the Sun?
Ans: Hydrogen
10. Which is the energy process taking place in
the stars?
Ans: Nuclear fusion
11. ISRO successfully launched its first lunar
probe Chandrayan I on ____.
Ans: 22nd October, 2008
12. India's best interplanetary mission
Mangalyaan (Mars Orbiter Mission-MOM) was launched on:
Ans: 5th November 2013
13. Who was the first Malayalam actor to win the
national award for the best actor in 1974?
Ans: P J Antony
14. Which Malayalam film won the coveted British
Film Institute Award for the most original and imaginative She in 1982?
Ans: Elippathayam
15. Who is the only Keralite to win the
Dadasaheb Phallic Award?
Ans: Adoor Gopalakrishnan (2004)
16. Which novelist created the character of Harry Potter'?
Ans: J K Bowling
17. In which country was the 'Bonsai' system originated?
Ans: Japan
18. The southern most point of India, the Indira Point is
situated at:
Ans: Andaman & Nicobar Islands
19. Which river is known as the ‘Vridha Ganga'?
Ans: Godavari
20. In which river is India's largest waterfalls, 'Jog
Falls' situated?
Ans: Sharavati
21. The First War of Indian Independence was broke out at:
Ans: Meerut
22. Who was the founder of Arya Samaj?
Ans: Dayananda Saraswathi
23. The identifying number given to the income tax payers is
______?
Ans: PAN
24. Who is known as the ‘Father of Green Revolution in
India'?
Ans: M. S. Swaminathan
25. Where is the first Eco Tourism project in India?
Ans: Thenmala
26. The leader who became the Chief Minister in Travancore,
Thiru-Kochi & Kerala was ______?
Ans: Pattom Thanu Pillai
27. In which year was Kerala declared as India's first fully
literate state?
Ans: 1991
28. What was the number of districts at the time of the
formation of Kerala State?
Ans: Five
29. In which year Gandhiji visited Kerala for the first time?
Ans: 1920
30. Who presides over the joint session of Indian Parliament?
Ans: Lok Sabha Speaker
31. What is the name of India's research station at Arctic?
Ans: Himadri
32. In which layer of the atmosphere is the Ozone Layer situated?
Ans: Stratosphere
33. The Human Rights Day is observed on:
Ans: December- 10
34. What is the percentage of women's reservation to local
self government institutions in Kerala?
Ans: 50 %
35. Who was the first & only woman Chief Election
Commissioner of India? Ans: V S Remadevi
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