Kerala PSC GK Previous Years Question Bank Part 3

PSC General Knowledge Previous Years Question Bank Part 3 MCQ with Answers

PSC General Knowledge Previous Years Question Bank Part 3 MCQ with Answers

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• 51. The members of the Rajya Sabha are elected by?
• A) The people
  B) Lok Sabha
  C) Elected members of the Legislative Assembly
  D) Elected members of the Legislative Council
• Answer
• Correct Option : C) Elected members of the Legislative Assembly
• Explanation
• Article - 80, Schedule - 4
  Known as House of Elders
  Rajya Sabha is a permanent body not subjected to dissolution
  Members of the Rajya Sabha are elected by the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of state and Union Territories.
  

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• 52. The Prime Minister is Individually responsible to the ?
• A) Council of Minister
  B) President
  C) Rajya Sabha
  D) Lok Sabha
• Answer
• Correct Option : D) Lok Sabha
• Explanation
• PM is the ex-officio chairman of the NITI Aayog, National Integration Council and Inter-State council
  

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• 53. Article 52 related to
• A) President
  B) Legislature
  C) House of people
  D) Judiciary
• Answer
• Correct Option : A) President
• Explanation
• Other important articles related to President
  61 - Impeachment
  72 - Pardoning power
  111 - Veto Power
  123 - Ordinance making power
  143 - Power of the president to consult the Supreme court

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• 53. The maximum gap between sessions of the parliament can be?
• A) 4 months
  B) 6 months
  C) 9 months
  D) 12 months
• Answer
• Correct Option : B) 6 months
• Explanation
• Duration of an ordinance - 6 Months
  

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• 54. First national emergency proclaimed in India was in
• A) 1962
  B) 1966
  C) 1978
  D) 1987
• Answer
• Correct Option : A) 1962
• Explanation
• 26th October 1962
  President - Dr S Radhakrishnan
  PM - Jawaharlal Nehru
  Defense Minister - V K Krishnamenon
  Revoked by - Zakir Hussain in 10th January 1968

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• 55. Who is also known as Sarvavidhyadirajan?
• A) Sree Narayana Guru
  B) Chattambi Swamikal
  C) Vaikunta Swami
  D) None of these
• Answer
• Correct Option : B) Chattambi Swamikal
• Explanation
• Also known as Sree Bhattarakan, Sree Bala Bhattarakan, Shanmukhadasan ( called by Thycaud Ayya )
  Born 25th August 1853 ( at Kannammoola)
  Died 5th May 1924 at Panmana

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• 56. Who was the leader of payyannur salt sathyagraha ?
• A) Dr.K.B.Menon
  B) C.Keshavan
  C) A.K.Gopalan
  D) K.Kelappan
• Answer
• Correct Option : D) K.Kelappan
• Explanation
• Founder of Thavanoor Rural Institute
  First president of NSS
  Leader of Guruvayoor Satyagraha

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• 57. Samadhi Saptakam was a condolence poem on the death of Chattambi Swamikal by?
• A) Pandit Karuppan
  B) T.K. Madhavan
  C) Vagbhatanandan
  D) Palpu
• Answer
• Correct Option : A) Pandit Karuppan
• Explanation
• Childhood name of Pandit Karuppan - Shankaran
  Also known as Lincoln of Kerala
  Honored with title 'Kavithilakan' by the Maharaja of Cochin
  Title 'Vidwan' by Kerala Varma Valiyakoithampuran
  Founded Araya Samajan in 1907
  

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• 58. Whom did Sree Narayana Guru Visit at Thiruvannamalai in 1916?
• A) Swami Vivekananda
  B) Dayananda Saraswathy
  C) Ramana Maharshi
  D) Tagore
• Answer
• Correct Option : C) Ramana Maharshi
• Explanation
• 1882 - Chattambi swamikal at Anniyoor temple
  1891 - Kumaranasan at Kayikkara
  1895 - Dr Palpu at Bengaluru
  1912 - Ayyankali at Balaramapuram
  1914 - Vagbhatananda at Aluva
  1922 - Tagore at Sivagiri
  1925 - Gandhiji at Sivagiri
  In all these people visited Sree Narayana Guru. But guru went to visit Ramana Maharshi in 1916

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• 59. Brahmananda Shivayogi was born in?
• A) 1852
  B) 1856
  C) 1861
  D) 1875
• Answer
• Correct Option : A) 1852
• Explanation
• 26th August 1852 at Kollankode ( Palakkadu)
  Founder of Ananda Maha Sabha in 1918
  Founded religion Ananda Matham
  Founder of 'Siddhasramam' at Alathur in 1893
  Real name : Karat Govinda menon
  Childhood name - Govindan kutti
  also known as Guru of Atheist
  Books - Mokshapradeepam, Sidhanubhuti, Sivayoga Rahasyam

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• 60. Who is Known as the father of Literacy in Kerala?
• A) Chattampi Swamikal
  B) Kumaransan
  C) Kuriakose Alias Chavara
  D) Mannath Padmanabhan
• Answer
• Correct Option : C) Kuriakose Alias Chavara
• Explanation
• Born - 10th Feb 1805
  Birth place - Kainakari (Alappuzha)
  Pidiyari System
  Died - 3rd Jan 1871

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• 61. Sree Narayana Guru visited Sri Lanka for the Second time in?
• A) 1926
  B) 1927
  C) 1928
  D) 1929
• Answer
• Correct Option : A) 1926
• Explanation
• First visit in 1918

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• 62. The Viceroy who became unpopular in India due to the partition of Bengal?
• A) Lord Curzon
  B) Lord Moreley
  C) Lord Irwin
  D) Lord Mayo
• Answer
• Correct Option : A) Lord Curzon
• Explanation
• Bengal Partition in 1905
  INC President during partition- Gopalakrishna Gokhale
  Cancelled by - Hardinge II in 1911

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• 63. Why did the Indians boycott the Simon Commission?
• A) All the members in it were Indians
  B) There were no Indian members in it
  C) Gandhiji was not included in it
  D) Mr. Simon hated the Indians
• Answer
• Correct Option : B) There were no Indian members in it
• Explanation
• Formed in 1927
  Arrived in India - 3rd Feb 1928
  Lala Lajpath Rai died after the police lathi charge
  INC Session boycotted - Madras Session 1927 ( President - Dr M A Ansari)

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• 64. Who among the following persons became INC President?
• A) Lala Hardayal
  B) G.K. Gokhale
  C) V.D. Savarkar
  D) Balagangadhara Tilak
• Answer
• Correct Option : B) G.K. Gokhale
• Explanation
• in 1905 during Bengal Partition

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• 65. Labrador Ocean current is in the
• A) Pacific Ocean
  B) Atlantic Ocean
  C) Indian Ocean
  D) Arctic Ocean
• Answer
• Correct Option : B) Atlantic Ocean
• Explanation
• Norwegian Current - Artic
  Gulf Stream - Atlantic
  Kamchatka Current - Pacific
  Leeuwin Current - Indian Ocean

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• 66. The first lady to become the Chief Justice of Kerala?
• A) Sujatha Manohar
  B) Anna Chandy
  C) Fathima Beevi
  D) Janaki amma
• Answer
• Correct Option : A) Sujatha Manohar
• Explanation
• Anna Chandy - First woman Judge in India (High Court)
  Fathima Beevi - First woman Judge of Supreme court
  

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• 67. The longest river in kerala?
• A) Periyar
  B) Bharathapuzha
  C) Pampa
  D) Moovatupuzha
• Answer
• Correct Option : A) Periyar
• Explanation
• 2nd Longest - Bharatappuzha

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• 68. Konkan railway does not pass through
• A) Maharashtra
  B) Goa
  C) Kerala
  D) Karnataka
• Answer
• Correct Option : C) Kerala
• Explanation
• Passes through Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka

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• 69. The Chairman of the governing body of Kudumbasree Mission is?
• A) Minister for LSG
  B) Principal Secretary LSGD
  C) Director of Panchayat
  D) Commissioner for Rural Development
• Answer
• Correct Option : A) Minister for LSG
• Explanation
• Inauguration - 1998 May 17 by PM Adal Vihaari Vajpayee at Malappuram

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• 70. The first scheme of its kind meant exclusively for slum dwellers with a 100 percent - Subsidy is
• A) Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana - 1999
  B) Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana -2001 (VAMBAY)
  C) Indira Gandhi Awas Yojana - 1985 (IAY)
  D) None of these
• Answer
• Correct Option : B) Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana -2001 (VAMBAY)
• Explanation

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• 71. The largest wage under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme is in which state.
• A) Haryana
  B) Madhyapradesh
  C) Gujarath
  D) Assam
• Answer
• Correct Option : A) Haryana
• Explanation
• National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 later renamed as the "Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act", MGNREGA)

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• 72. The only State in India has no Railway
• A) Tripura
  B) Sikkim
  C) Jammu And Kashmir
  D) Meghalaya
• Answer
• Correct Option : B) Sikkim
• Explanation
• Sikkim finally got its first airport as Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated an aerodrome at Pakyong in 2018

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• 73. Cultural Capital of India ?
• A) Delhi
  B) Varanasi
  C) Mumbai
  D) Kolkata
• Answer
• Correct Option : D) Kolkata
• Explanation
• Mumbai - Industrial and Financial capital of India
  

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• 74. Who is known as Bird Man of India ?
• A) Abdul Kalam
  B) KK Neelakandan
  C) Salim Ali
  D) Vargeese Kurian
• Answer
• Correct Option : C) Salim Ali
• Explanation
• Missile man of India - APJ Abdul Kalam
  Milkman of India - Verghese Kurien

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• 75. Kundara Proclamation in 1809 was made by
• A) Zamothiri
  B) C P Ramaswami Ayyar
  C) Marthanda Varma
  D) Veluthambi Dalawa
• Answer
• Correct Option : D) Veluthambi Dalawa
• Explanation

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