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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE : 500 QUESTIONS




351 Sushrutha was a native of :
Varanasi 

352 The country where the currency is not decimal based : 
Madagascar 

353 The Tughlaq ruler who was known as ‘’Wisest fool’’ : 
Muhammad Bin Tughluq 

354 Weight of Statue of Oscar Award : 
8 ½ pound 

355 When did Jallianwala Bagh massacre occur : 
13 April 1919 

356 Where is Parthenon temple: 
Greece 

357 Which Amendment of the Constitution ensured  33% reservation in local Self Government:
73 and 74 

358 Who led the integration of princely states after independence: 
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel 

359 Who was the ex-officio Chairman of Planning Commission: 
Prime Minister 

360 What is known as Lovers’ Apple : 
Tomato 

361 The first cricketer who scored 400 runs in one innings:
Brian Lara 

362 “It is better to light a candle instead of cursingthe darkness” is the motto of : 
Amnesty International 

363 “Speaking religion to starving person is equivalent to insulting him” : 
who said this Swami Vivekananda 

364 Cabinet system is a contribution of : 
Robert Walpole 

365 Date of birth of Hitler : 
20.4.1889 

366 The military initiatives were taken by the Government of India to suppress Naxal movement : 
Operation Green Hunt 

367 The southernmost port in Kerala : 
Vizhinjam 

368 The Tibetan leader  who was given political asylum by India : 
Dalai Lama 

369 The Viceroy when Cripps Mission came to India: 
Lord Linlithgow 

370 To rectify the defect of 1919 Government of India Act, the British Parliament passed : 
The government of India Act 1935 

371 When Cripps Mission failed Indian National Congress launched : 
Quit India agitation 

372 When the Conservative Party faced defeat, Sir Winston Churchill stepped down and the Labour Party assumed power with Clement Atlee as the Prime Minister. The then Indian Viceroy was:
Lord Wavell 

373 Which is called the Satellite for knowledge : 
Edusat 

374 Which newspaper instituted one of the highest prize money awards in Malayalam literature?  : 
Mathrubhumi 

375 ‘Prabudda Keralam’ was launched by : 
Agamananda 

376 ‘Sahityakuteeram’ is the residence of : 
Pandit Karuppan 

377 ‘Atmopadesa Satakam’ by Sree Narayan Guru is written in the language:
Malayalam 

378 Element used in making Vanaspathi oil: 
Hydrogen 

379 Headquarter of Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics : 
Kolkata 

380 Hibakusha is a term related to the people of : 
Japan (Atom bomb victims) 

381 How many percents of India is Kerala : 
1.18 

382 In which year Indian Parliament celebrated Golden Jubilee: 2002 

383 Jimmy George Indoor Stadium is in: 
Thiruvananthapuram 

384 Mosquito produces sound by the vibration of its : 
Wings 

385 Movement along a circular path : 
Circular motion 

386 The first country to conduct election through the internet : 
Estonia 

387 The first Dalit Woman to become the Chief Minister of an Indian state : 
Mayawati 

388 ‘’Anandamatham’’ was established by : 
Brahmanada Sivayogi 

389 ‘’Dharmosmat Kuladaivatham’’ is the slogan of the daily : 
Malayala Manorama 

390 Element whose atomic number and mass number are equal: 
Hydrogen 

391 Elephant day in Kerala is on : 
14 October 

392 Founder of Mughal Dynasty Babur was a descendant of the country : 
Mongolia 

393 Gateway to High range and Kuttanad : 
Changanassery 

394 Headquarters of Nair Service Society : 
Perunna (Changanassery) 

395 In which year Kumaranasan was born : 
1873 

396 In which year Spain became Republic : 
1931 

397 In which year ‘’Sree Narayana Dharma Sangham’’ was registered: 
1928 

398 In which year the fourth state Congress session  held in Payyanur which was presided by Jawaharlal Nehru was held :  
1928 

399 Kesavadeva Temple in ancient days was built in
Madhura 

400 Memory Book a list of rare collections for posterity is published by
UNESCO 

401 ‘’Namma Metro’’ is the metro of : 
Bangalore 

402 The first limited company in Kerala : 
Punalur Paper Mills 

403 The first Literary Museum in Kerala is at : 
Tirur 

404 The first Malayalee to become Chief Election Commissioner : 
T.N.Seshan 

405 The first tea museum in Kerala is in : 
Munnar 

406 The river that flows through the boundaries of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh : 
Narmada 

407 Alamati Project is in the river : 
Krishna 

408 Ancient Monument Protection Act was passed when the Viceroy was : 
Lord Curzon 

409 Army Post office starts with the number : 

410 Editor of Yukthivadi magazine in 1928 : 
Sahodaran Ayyappan 

411 Ester with the smell of apple: 
Butyl acetate 

412 Firoz Shah Kotla is famous for the sport : 
Cricket 

413 IPL is related to the sport : 
Cricket 

414 Kublai Khan was a native of : 
Mongolia 

415 The Malayalam poet born in Killikurissimangalam near Thiruvilwamala , Palakkadu  : 
Kunchan Nambiar 

416 The place where Ayya Vaikundar was born : 
Swamithoppe 

417 The place where Sree Narayana Guru attained Enlightenment : 
Maruthwamala (Kanyakumari district) 

418 The first wildlife sanctuary in Kerala : 
Thekkady 
419 The first woman Governor of Kerala: 
Jyothi Venkitachalam 

420 The first women’s college in Kerala was established at 
Thiruvananthapuram. 

421 The largest railway station in the world: 
New York Central  Terminal 

422 The most abundant mineral in the world : 
Quartz 

423 The Police Chief of Kerala  with the rank of Inspector General:  
Chandrasekharan Nair 

424 The scientist who first isolated Magnesium : 
Humphrey Dewey 

425 Urubamba is related to : 
River 

426 Which disease kills most number of children : 
Pneumonia 

427 Who appoints the Chief Minister in Union Territories : 
President 

428 Egg-laying mammal : 
Platypus 

429 The first to get arrested on staying individual satyagrapha : 
Vinobha Bhave 

430 Chemical name vitamin H : 
Biotin 

431 Founder of Muslim Aikya Sangham : 
Vakkom Abdul Khader Moulavi 

432 Governor General connected with ‘’Nandakumar episode’’ : 
Warren Hastings 

433 Headquarters of Benares Hindu University : 
Varanasi 

434 In which country Easter Rebellion took place in 1916 : 
Ireland 

435 In which year the first election using indelible ink was held in India : 
1962 

436 Islam Renaissance in Kerala is led by : 
Vakkom Abdul Khader Moulavi 

437 Jessie Owens Award is connected to : 
Sports 

438 Kerala Government Department for Non Residents : 
NORKA 

439 Metal which is a liquid at room temperature : 
Mercury 

440 Second Ezhava Memorial was submitted to : 
Lord Curzon 

441 St. Patrick belonged to : 
Ireland 

442 The first Administrator designated as the Governor General of India instead of Governor-General of Bengal  : 
Lord William Bentinck 

443 The first Mayor of Kolkata Corporation in 1924 : 
C.R. Das 

444 The first woman chancellor of Kerala : 
Jyothi Venkitachalam 

445 The first woman police station in Kerala is at : 
Kozhikode 

446 The Logo “ Kerala God’s Own Country “ is conceived by
Walter Mendez 

447 The traditional architecture of Kerala : 
Naalukettu 

448 The Viceroy who took steps to repair Taj Mahal : 
Lord Curzon 

449 Viceroy when Madras, Bombay and Culcutta Universities came into being : 
Lord Canning 

450 Vijayawada is on the banks of : 
River Krishna 

451 When the treaty of Srirangapatinam  was signed between the British and Tipu the Governor General was : 
Lord Cornwallis 

452 Who gave the title Vagbhadananda to Kunjikannan Gurukkal : 
Alathur Sivayogi 

453 Who is known as the father of industrial revolution: 
James Watt 

454 Who was respectfully called as Superintendent Ayya by people: 
Thycaud Ayya 

455 Next to  Chinese, Spanish and English, the language widely used is : 
Hindi 

456 After the demise of C.R. Das who became the leader of Swaraj Party :   
Motilal Nehru 

457 Before the launch of Civil Disobedience, Mahatma Gandhi  wrote to which Viceroy giving details of 11 demands anticipating a way for peace : 
Lord Irwin 

458 Buddha conducted his first religious discourse in Saranath which is near : 
Varanasi 

459 Doctrine of Lapse introduced by Dalhousie was withdrawn by 
Lord Canning 

460 During the first Anglo Mysore War, the Governor General  was : 
Warren Hastings 

461 Headquarters of East Coast Railway: 
Bhuvaneshwar 

462 Indian Air Force Museum is in : 
New Delhi 

463 Name the Viceroy who made legal the punishment process framed by Lord Macaulay: 
Lord Canning 

464 Nivedita the disciple of Swami Vivekananda was a native of 
Ireland 

465 Parswanathan the 23rd Teerthankara of Jain was a prince of : 
Varanasi 

466 Pitch is related to the game: 
Cricket

467 Which organization influenced Ayyankali to launch Sadhujana Paripalana Sangahm : 
SNDP 

468 Cryolite is an ore of which metal: 
Aluminium 

469 During which agitation parallel Governments in Baliya and Satara came into power: 
Quit India Movement 

470 In which year Brahmananda Shivayogi was born : 
1852 

471 In which year Moppila rebels and soldiers encountered at Pookkottur  : 
1921 

472 Indian Scientist who passed away in an air crash in 1966: 
Homi Jahangir Bhabha 

473 Founder of “Indian Association”  the first political organization with a national perspective : 
Surendranath Banerjee 

474 In which year Alexander attacked India : 
327-326 BC 

475 Mother of Akbar : 
Hamida Banu Begum 

476 Rain clouds are : 
Nimbostratus 

477 While presiding the Congress session on31 December 1929 at Lahore Jawaharlal Nehru declared that the aim of Congress is complete independence. The then Viceroy was : 
Lord Irwin 

478 Who wrote ‘’Harivamsa Puranam’’ : 
Jinasena 

479 The first State in India to establish two data centres: 
Kerala 

480 Thalakkal Chandu Memorial is at : 
Panamaram 

481 The first woman detective novelist in Malayalam : 
Bhadra N. Menon 

482 Author of ‘’Guru’’ a novel based on the life of Sree Narayana Guru : 
K.Surendran 

483 Barabati Stadium is in : 
Cuttack 

484 Basaveswar is a social reformer of : 
Karnataka 

485 Chalukya King who conquered vengi in 611 from the Pallavas : 
Pulikesin II 

486 Which is known as the ‘’Holy City’’ : 
Jerusalem 

487 When did Marthanda Varma ascend the throne in Travancore : 
1729 AD 

488 Home of Eskimos : 
Igloo 

489 ‘Rajya Samacharam’ the first newspaper in Malayalam was published from : 
Thalasseri 

490 Titanium is purified by: 
Van Arkel Method 

491 Where was Napoleon crowned as the French Emperor :
Notre Dame Cathedral 

492 The American President who resigned on allegations : 
Richard Nixon 

493 The Declaration of Independence of U.S.A. is known as : 
The Perfume 

494 The dynasty referred to in Mudrarakshasam : 
Nanda Dynasty 

495 The founder of Alexandria : 
Alexander the Great 

496 Ural mountain ranges separate Europe from the continent : 
Asia 

497 Where did Aryans settle in India first : 
Punjab 

498 Which country is called the Sawmill of Europe :
Sweden 

499 Which is known as ‘Desert continent’: 
Antarctica 

500 Who established independent dynasty in Bengal when Mughal dynasty declined: 
Murshid Ali Khan

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