Kerala State Exam Quiz
Q91. In which year, Mahatma Gandhi visited Kerala for the first time
(A) 1919
(B) 1920
(C) 1921
(D) 1923
Answer: (B) 1920
Q92. In which place the first All Kerala Congress Political Meeting was held in 1921
(A) Kollam
(B) Palakkad
(C) Ottapalam
(D) Kozhikode
Answer: (C) Ottapalam
Q93. Who called Travancore a "lunatic asylum"
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Aurobindo Ghosh
(C) Subhas Chandra Bose
(D) Swami Vivekananda
Answer: (D) Swami Vivekananda
Q94. The Guruvayur Satyagraha was started in the year
(A) 1931
(B) 1933
(C) 1935
(D) 1937
Answer: (A) 1931
Q95. Who is the founder of the University of Kerala
(A) Rama Varma
(B) Marthanda Varma
(C) Balarama Varma
(D) Moolam Thirunal
Answer: (C) Balarama Varma
Q96. The first hydro-electric project of Kerala was started at
(A) Pallivasal
(B) Munnar
(C) Marayoor
(D) Kumily
Answer: (A) Pallivasal
Q97. When the integration of Travancore and Cochin took place
(A) 1st March, 1949
(B) 1st April, 1949
(C) 1st June, 1949
(D) 1st July, 1949
Answer: (D) 1st July, 1949
Q98. Who was the first Chief Minister from "Communist Party of India" in Kerala
(A) C. Kesavan
(B) Chelat Achutha Menon
(C) Pattom Thanu Pillai
(D) EMS Namboodiripad
Answer: (D) EMS Namboodiripad
Q99. What is the name of the first ship built in Cochin shipyard
(A) MV Rani Laxmibai
(B) MV Rani Padmini
(C) MV Rani Ahalya
(D) MV Vikrant
Answer: (B) MV Rani Padmini
Q100. Who is the first winner of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel given by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi
(A) Rajalakshmi
(B) S. K. Pottekkatt
(C) K. Surendran
(D) P. C. Kuttikrishnan
Answer: (D) P. C. Kuttikrishnan
Q101. S. K. Pottekkatt won the Jnanpith Award in 1980 for the novel
(A) Karamboo
(B) Vishakanyaka
(C) Oru Desathinte Katha
(D) Yavanikkaku Pinnil
Answer: (C) Oru Desathinte Katha
Q102. The Kerala Sahitya Akademi was established in the year
(A) 1952
(B) 1956
(C) 1960
(D) 1965
Answer: (B) 1956
Q103. Which one district of Kerala was first declared as the fully literate district of India
(A) Kottayam
(B) Ernakulam
(C) Kozhikode
(D) Wayanad
Answer: (B) Ernakulam
Q104. Kerala’s first coast-Guard station was established at
(A) Poovar
(B) Kowdiar
(C) Manacaud
(D) Vizhinjam
Answer: (D) Vizhinjam
Q105. Who is the first winner of Ezhuthachan Puraskaram
(A) Dr. K.M.George
(B) Ponkunnam Varkey
(C) Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
(D) Sooranad Kunjan Pillai
Answer: (D) Sooranad Kunjan Pillai