Kerala PSC GK Previous Questions Part 21

Previous Years General Awareness Question Bank Part 22

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• 501. Which strait separates India Srilanka?
• A) Magellan
  B) Adam’s
  C) Palk
  D) Malca
• Answer
• Correct Option : C
• Explanation

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• 502. In which constituency in Kerala, an electronic voting machine was first used?
• A) Palakkad
  B) Nooranadu
  C) Paravoor
  D) Chamravattom
• Answer
• Correct Option : C
• Explanation

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• 503. Firoz Gandhi Award was given to the field of ;
• A) Environment
  B) Health
  C) Politics
  D) Journalism
• Answer
• Correct Option : D
• Explanation

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• 504. The idea of ‘Ayalkootam Prastanam’ was introduced by:
• A) M.N.Govindan Nair
  B) P.K. Kunju
  C) P.T.Chacko
  D) D. Pankajaksha Kurup
• Answer
• Correct Option : D
• Explanation

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• 505. Who was the father of ‘Krishnanattom’
• A) Punam Namboodiri
  B) Kottarkkara Thamburan
  C) Manaveda Maharaja
  D) Valluvakonathiri
• Answer
• Correct Option : C
• Explanation

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• 506. Lexicography is the study of:
• A) Insects
  B) Compiling of dictionary
  C) Planet life
  D) poetry
• Answer
• Correct Option : B
• Explanation

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• 507. The word ‘Mohanjodaro’ means
• A) mount of dead
  B) land between two rivers
  C) low land
  D) high land
• Answer
• Correct Option : A
• Explanation

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• 508. The Delhi Sultanate ended due to the invasion of:
• A) Chengiz Khan
  B) Babar
  C) Nadir shah
  D) Timur
• Answer
• Correct Option : B
• Explanation

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• 509. In whose rule was Islam, as the state religion, abolished?
• A) Akbar
  B) Balban
  C) Ibrahim Lodi
  D) Ghias-ud-din Tughlaq
• Answer
• Correct Option : A
• Explanation

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• 510. ‘Asthra’ is the name given to:
• A) India’s surface to surface missile
  B) India’s air to air missile
  C) India’s ship to ship missile
  D) India’s surface to air missile
• Answer
• Correct Option : B
• Explanation

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• 511. India’s first newspaper ‘Bengal Gazette’ by James Agustus Hicky started in ......
• A) 1787
  B) 1780
  C) 1788
  D) 1785
• Answer
• Correct Option : B
• Explanation

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• 512. The secular & socialist words were added to sovereign republic in the preamble of the constitution of India by which amendment
• A) 39th
  B) 40th
  C) 42nd
  D) 44th
• Answer
• Correct Option : C
• Explanation

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• 513. The administrative capital of South Africa?
• A) Cape Town
  B) Bloemfontein
  C) Pretoria
  D) Durban
• Answer
• Correct Option : C
• Explanation

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• 514. Most of the rivers flowing west from the western ghats don’t form deltas because of:
• A) Lack of vegetation free area
  B) Low velocity
  C) The high gradient
  D) Lack of eroded materials
• Answer
• Correct Option : C
• Explanation

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• 515. The largest country in Middle America:
• A) Canada
  B) Mexico
  C) Brazil
  D) Cuba
• Answer
• Correct Option : B
• Explanation

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• 516. Which one of the following American Presidents was not assassinated?
• A) James Garfield
  B) William McKinley
  C) F.D.Roosevelt
  D) John F.Kennedy
• Answer
• Correct Option : C
• Explanation

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• 517. The second woman Governor in India:
• A) Sarojini Naidu
  B) Padmaja Naidu
  C) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
  D) Sharada Mukherji
• Answer
• Correct Option : B
• Explanation

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• 518. Which among the following published first?
• A) Travancore Manual
  B) Cochin State Manual
  C) Malabar Manual
  D) Malabar District Gazetteer
• Answer
• Correct Option : C
• Explanation

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• 519. Arch bishop Marcarios led the freedom movement in:
• A) Ghana
  B) Kenya
  C) Cyprus
  D) Tanzania
• Answer
• Correct Option : C
• Explanation

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• 520. Krishna Hutheesingh, who took part in the freedom struggle of India, was the sister of:
• A) Mahatma Ganghi
  B) Bhagath Singh
  C) Jawaharlal Nehru
  D) Dr.Rajendra Prasad
• Answer
• Correct Option : C
• Explanation

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• 521. The second Indian woman to win Miss Universe title:
• A) Diana Hayden
  B) Aiswarya Rai
  C) Yukta Mukhee
  D) Lara Dutta
• Answer
• Correct Option : D
• Explanation

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• 522. Liberhan Panel investigates about:
• A) Godgra accident
  B) Parliament attack
  C) Gujarat riots
  D) Babri Masjid demolition
• Answer
• Correct Option : D
• Explanation

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• 523. The first Indian woman to win a Pulitzer Prize:
• A) Arundhathi Roy
  B) Kiran Desai
  C) Jhumpa Lahiri
  D) Manjula Padmanabhan
• Answer
• Correct Option : C
• Explanation

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• 524. The first centre of Civilisation in China developed in the region of the river:
• A) Yangtze-Kiang
  B) Tsangpo
  C) Mekong
  D) Hwang-Ho
• Answer
• Correct Option : D
• Explanation

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• 525. Which of the following battles was fought in 1192 A.D?
• A) First battle of Tarain
  B) Second battle of Tarain
  C) Battle of Talikota
  D) Battle of Kanwah
• Answer
• Correct Option : B
• Explanation

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