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“The Knowledge Library”

Knowledge for All, without Barriers……….
An Initiative by: Kausik Chakraborty.

The Knowledge Library

General Knowledge – Questions and Answers Part-22

4251 Golden Globe Award is related to  : 
Film
4252 Home of Nilgiri Thars,  which is a National Park in Kerala: 
Eravikulam
4253 In  which plant carbohydrate is stored in flower : 
Cauliflower
4254 In plants sexual reproduction takes place through :
Flowers
4255 In which year National Green Tribunal came into being:
2010  (October)
4256 In which year State Human Rights Commission was established in Kerala: 
1998
4257 Inscription of Vikramadhithya Varagunan : 
Paliyam inscription
4258 ‘’Karthika’’  is a variety  of which crop : 
Paddy
4259 Manjira is the tributary of : 
Godavari
4260 Mumbai High is known for : 
Oil mining
4261 Popular festival of Assam : 
Bihu
4262 Russian traveller who visited Kerala: 
Athanasius Nikitin
4263 Sunlight Vitamin is :
Vitamin D
4264 The combustion material at the tip of the safety match stick:
Antimony sulphide
4265 The country with the largest number of official languages: 
South Africa
4266 The district in Kerala which has the largest extent of mountainous regions : 
Idukki
4267 The fastest reptile : 
Iguana
4268 The first Chief Minister of Assam : 
Gopinath Bordoloi
4269 The forest in Kerala which is known for its biodiversity :
Silent valley
4270 The most populated country in the African continent :
Nigeria
4271 The people sitting below a burning bulb feels heat  due to : 
Radiation
4272 The second non-Indian woman who became the President of Congress : 
Nelli Sengupta (1933)
4273 The state of matter in the Sun : 
Plasma
4274 Tomb of Tutankhamun is in : 
Egypt
4275 Tusk of the elephant is modified : 
Incisors
4276 Vazhakkulam in Ernakulam is known for the cultivation of : 
Pineapple
4277 ‘’Virippu Krishi’’ is harvested in which month of Kollam era : 
Kanni
4278 Which animal is known as the King of animals : 
Lion
4279 Which full-time sportsman is nominated as a member of Rajya Sabha as per Article 80 of the Constitution :  
Sachin Tendulkar
4280 In which year MILMA was established: 
1980
4281 In which year National film awards were established :
1954
4282 In which year Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited was established:
1986
4283 Indian Institute of Remote Sensing in Dehra Dun is established with the cooperation of : 
Netherlands
4284 Native land of Diego Maradonna  : 
Argentina
4285 Official language of Kerala : 
Malayalam
4286 On 15 August 1946, the leader who exhort to observe ‘’Direct Action Day’’ : 
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
4287 On the demise of Chattampi Swamikal, who authored ‘’Samadi Saptakam’’: 
Pandit Karuppan
4288 Sree Krishna took training under Sandeepani Maharshi at : 
Ujjain
4289 Sree Narayana Guru conducted a conference of all religions in 1924 at : 
Aluva
4290 The first cricket club in Kerala was formed at : 
Thalassery
4291 The first Delhi Sultan who married Hindu Princess :
Alauddin Khilji
4292 The first south Indian language in which Bible was translated : 
Tamil
4293 The largest religion in the world next to Christianity :
Islam
4294 The only Commonwealth country in south America :
Guyana
4295 Who led the revolt in Lucknow during 1857 revolt : 
Begum Hasrat Mahal
4296 Who was known as ‘’Sakyamuni’’: 
Buddha
4297 The coldest capital is that of : 
Mongolia
4298 Sinn Fein was the national movement of : 
Ireland
4299 “Navamanjari”  authored by Sree Narayana Guru is dedicated to : 
Chattampi Swamikal
4300 Chengiz Khan was a native of : 
Mongolia
4301 Founder of ‘’Vidhyaposhini’’ : 
Sahodaran Ayyappan

4302 Hindu Maha Sabha leader who requested Hindus to boycott Quit India Movement : 
V.D. Savarkar
4303 In which year Ayyankali passed away : 
1941
4304 Lingaraaja temple is in :
Bhuvaneswar
4305 Of the tributaries of River Indus, the one which emerges from the easternmost: 
Sutlej
4306 Only people of which country can become the President of World Bank : 
America
4307 Real name of Brahmananda Sivayogi : 
Karat Govinda Menon
4308 The basic text of Bharatnatyam : 
Abhinayadarpanam
4309 Who was known as the  Father of Renaissance :
Petrarch
4310 Who was the regent of Akbar : 
Bairam Khan
4311 Autobiography of N.N. Pillai : 
Njan
4312 ‘Be Prepared’ is the slogan of : 
Bharat Scouts and Guides
4313 ‘Daivamae Kaithozham Kelkkumarakanam” is a poem authored by : 
Pandalam Kerala Varma
4314 “Ente Gurunathan”  on Mahatma Gandhi  is composed by : 
Vallathol Narayana Menon
4315 Argument between Kerala and Tamil Nadu is over the dam : 
Mullapperiyar
4316 Belur, the Headquarters of Ramakrishna Mission  is in :
West Bengal
4317 Bermuda Triangle is at : 
The Atlantic ocean
4318 Blood Pressure of a sleeping person : 
Decreases
4319 Crimea was part of : 
Ukraine  (Now annexed by Russia)
4320 During the British Regime the summer residence of the Governor of  Madras was at : 
Ooty
4321 French Open is related to : 
Tennis
4322 Mannathu Padmanabhan started his career as a :
Teacher
4323 Mary Antonette  was killed followed by : 
French Revolution
4324 Name the vitamin required for the proper functioning of reproductive organs: 
Vitamin E
4325 Official language of France: 
French
4326 The first chairman of Cochin Port Trust : 
V.R. Subramanium
4326 The first chairman of Cochin Port Trust : 
V.R. Subramanium
4327 The first Indian woman who procured  Pilot license :
Urmila K. Pareekh
4328 The first private company which launched air service in the national level : 
East-West Airlines
4329 The main religion in Brazil: 
Christianity
4330 The main religion of Meghalaya : 
Christianity
4331 The President of the interim government formed on 2 September 1946:
Lord Wavell
4332 British regime in India lasted for how many years : 
190
4333 Castner Process is related to the production of: 
Sodium
4334 Endosulphan is a : 
Pesticide
4335 Father of Indian Meteorological Department : 
Dr.P.R.Pisharodi
4336 Father of Indian Space Science : 
Vikram Sarabhai
4337 Forest in Kerala known for star tortoises : 
Chinnar
4338 Ganga and Yamuna merges at : 
Allahabad
4339 Headquarters of Kerala State Pollution Control Board :
Thiruvananthapuram
4340 Height of Mount Everest : 
8848 m.
4341 How many feet does a snail has : 
One
4342 In which year Wagan Tragedy took place : 
1921
4343 Indian Chief Justice who served for the longest period :
Y.V. Chandrachood
4344 Indira Awaz Yojana  is connected with : 
Housing
4345 Jalianwala Bagh massacre took place at :
 Amritsar
4346 Jawahar Rozgar Yojana was launched by : 
Rajiv Gandhi
4347 Kathakali emerged from the art form : 
Ramanattom
4348 Kumarakom is on the banks of the Lake : 
Vembanadu
4349 MacMahon line separates : 
India and China
4350 Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership in India was won by :
Vinobha Bhave
4351 Malayalee who refused Padmasree : 
K.Kelappan

4352 Mayannur bridge connects : 
Palakkad and Thrissur
4353 Monazite is the ore of: 
Thorium
4354 National Rural Development Institute is at : 
Hyderabad
4355 Paddy Research Centre in Kerala is at : 
Pattambi
4356 Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia is famous in : 
Flute recital
4357 Real name of the music director Pukazhenthi  : 
Velappan Nair
4358 Sony is an electronic manufacturer belonged to the country : 
Japan
4359 Sports star known as ‘’Golden Girl’’ : 
P.T. Usha
4360 Tashkent treaty is signed between the countries : 
India and Pakistan
4361 The circumference of the Earth was first calculated by :
Erasthothenes
4362 The district in Kerala which has no mountains : 
Alappuzha
4363 The Finance Minister who presented Union Budget ten times : 
Morarji Desai
4364 The first atomic power station in India is at : 
Tarapur
4365 The first eco-tourism spot in Kerala : 
Thenmala
4366 The first internet literary magazine in Malayalam:
puzha.com
4367 The first Malayalee to win Arjuna Award : 
C.Balakrishnan
4368 The first Malayalee woman to become Governor in any Indian State : 
Justice (rtd) M.S.Fathima Beevi
4369 The first person to appear in postal stamp : 
Queen Victoria
4370 The first polio-free district in India : 
Pathanamthitta
4371 The first teak plantation in the world established by the British in 1842 is at :
Nilambur
4372 The first woman opposition leader in Lok Sabha : 
Sonia Gandhi
4373 The gas causing  greenhouse effect : 
Carbon Dioxide
4374 The last colonial power to leave India : 
Portuguese
4375 The layer of atmosphere closest  to the Earth Surface:
Troposphere
4376 The National Leader who represented the people of  depressed classes in the Round Table Conferences held in London in 1930, 1931,1932:  
B.R.Ambedkar
4377 The novel by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in which the poem ‘’Vande Mataram’’ was included:  
Anandmath
4378 The world’s largest producer of rice : 
China
4379 Thennali Raman adorned the court of : 
Krishnadevaraya
4380 Tomb of Akbar is in : 
Sikandra
4381 Other names of Niranam Poets : 
Kannassa Panicker
4382 Reformist also known as ‘’Shanmughadasan’’:
Chattampi Swamikal
4383 The award that resembles a fig leave : 
Bharat Ratna
4384 The first Malayalee woman to figure in Indian Stamp and Coin : 
Sister Alphonsa
4385 The first multinational corporation  in the world the Dutch East India Company established in 1602 had its Headquarters at : 
Amsterdam
4386 The last temple established by Sree Narayana Guru :
Kalavankode
4387 The oldest stock exchange in the world is at :
Amsterdam
4388 The security Agency which protects Taj Mahal : 
CISF
4389 The smallest country in terms of area among Gulf countries : 
Bahrain
4390 To increase benefits in agriculture the best method that can be adopted is :
Mixed Farming.
4391 Travancore soldiers defeated Dutch in the battle at :
Kolachel
4392 Veluthampi Dalawa revolted against the British in :
Travancore
4393 When did India conduct its nuclear tests  for the first time:  
18 May 1974
4394 When fuels burn partly the gas produced maximum is :
Carbon monoxide
4395 When the Indian President assumes power, the oath of office is taken before the: 
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
4396 Which country attacked Israel in 1967 and conquered Sinai: 
Egypt
4397 Which river is also known as  Perar : 
Bharatapuzha
4398 Who are exempted from paying house tax : 
Ex-servicemen
4399 “Anuseelan Samithi” functioned from : 
Bengal
4400 “Mamsa nibaddamalla ragam” proclaims poet Kumaranasan in : 
Leela
4401 Between 1843 and 1850 the Royal poet of Britain :
William Wordsworth

4402 In the 1936 Olympics, when an Afro American won Gold Medal, Hitler who witnessed the event left Stadium. The Afro American was : 
Jesse Owens
4403 In which year Postal Life Insurance began : 
1884
4404 In which year Sree Narayana Guru attained Samadhi in Varkala : 
1928
4405 Industrial epicentre of Kerala : 
Aluva
4406 Lord Mountbatten assumed as the last Viceroy on : 
24 March 1947
4407 Name the leader who was conferred Bharat Ratna for handling Sri Lankan refugee issue efficiently : 
MGR.
4408 National aquatic animal of India : 
Gangetic Dolphin
4409 Non-Co-operation Movement ended on :
12 February 1922
4410 Who is known as the father of  logic : 
Aristotle
4411 Founder of Christianity : 
Jesus Christ
4412 In India, the internet facility was made available through VSNL in the year : 
1995
4413 In which language Vedas are composed: 
Sanskrit
4414 Marrakesh Treaty which led to the formation of world Trade Organization was signed at: 
Morocco
4415 National game of France : 
Tennis
4416 Secretary of Dadabhai Naoroji during the Congress session in 1906:  
Mohammad Ali  Jinnah
4417 Sree Narayana Guru established Advaita Ashramam at: 
Aluva
4418 Sunburn is caused by : 
Ultraviolet rays
4419 The Act, which banned  diarchy  in British Indian Provinces : 
Government of India Act 1935
4420 The Act that proposed provincial autonomy in British India : 
Government of India Act of 1935
4421 The first artist to receive the title Kaizar e Hind of the British Government : 
Raja Ravi Varma
4422 Who was known as the conscience keeper of Mahatma Mahathma Gandhi : 
C Rajagopalachari
4423 The basic law of a country is its : 
Constitution
4424 Christmas Island is under the control of :
Australia
4425 Flow of hot spring from the Earth’s surface : 
Geyser
4426 For the first time in India, Kerala announced a pension for farmers called: 
Kisan Abhiman
4427 The political and cultural capital of Malwa Plateau of ancient India : 
Ujjain
4428 The second Indian film star whose picture adorned the cover page of Time Magazine: 
Aishwarya Rai
4429 The Viceroy when Jawaharlal became the Vice President of the interim government formed on 2 September 1946 : 
Lord Wavell
4430 The vitamin which directly participate in photosynthesis : 
Vitamin K
4431 What is known as ‘’ Daivakanam’’ : 
Higgs Boson
4432 Which organization came into being on 24 October 1945: 
UNO
4433 Who appeared for C. Kesavan for his seditious Kozhenchery speech case : 
T.M. Varghese
4434 Who authored ‘’Brahmasree Sree Narayana Guruvinte Jeevacharithra Samgraham’’: Kumaranasan
4435 Atomic number of Chromium : 
24
4436 Grey matter is a part of : 
Brain
4437 The first suspension bridge in Kerala was built-in :
Punalur
4438 ‘“If a Temple is destroyed, that much superstition is destroyed” who said this : 
C. Kesavan
4439 “Nature never did betray the heart that loved her” Who said this : 
William Wordsworth
4440 Founder of World Economic Forum :
Klaus M. Schwab
4441 Genetic material in a cell is : 
DNA
4442 Gir Forest is in : 
Gujarat
4443 Headquarters of Al Jazira TV Channel: 
Qatar
4444 Headquarters of Kerala Granthasala Sangham (Now Kerala State Library Council) : 
Thiruvananthapuram.
4445 In the application for RTI, the fee of the Court fee stamp to be affixed is : 
Rs.10/
4446 In which state is Tawang Buddhist Monastery:
Arunachal Pradesh
4447 Indian Custom of “respecting all living things and not injuring them” is : 
Ahimsa
4448 IRDP stands for:  
Integrated Rural Development Programme
4449 Kyoto Protocol is related to : 
Climate Change
4450 Name of the Ocean which means ‘’peace’’ : 
Pacific Ocean
4451 People from which community are nominated to Legislative Council by the Governor : 
Anglo Indian

4452 Rabindranath Tagore was also an expert in the branch of medicine : 
Homoeopathy
4453 River Konar originates from : 
Afghanistan
4454 Strobilanthus kunthiyanus is the botanical name of : 
Neelakurinji
4455 United News of India was established in: 
1959
4456 Which act extended the powers of Governor-General of Bengal to Bombay and Madras: The Councils Act of 1793
4457 Which language is known as ‘’Devabhasha’’ :
Sanskrit
4458 Devi Ahalyabhai Holkar Airport is at :
Indore
4459 Izardari System in 1773 was introduced by : 
Warren Hastings
4460 In a cricket match, the number of umpires in the ground will be : 
2
4461 In which year Taj Mahal was included in the list of World Heritage sites : 
1983
4462 When Indian Air Force was established on 9 October 1931 the Viceroy was: 
Lord Willington.
4463 When the Government of India Act 1935 came into force the Viceroy was :
Lord Linlithgow
4464 Who led ‘’Long March’’ in China : 
Mao Zedong
4465 Who propagated the ideologies of Sree Narayana Guru in the west : 
Nataraja Guru
4466 The cheapest and safe conventional source of energy :
Solar energy
4467 The doctor who performed the first heart transplantation : 
Christian Bernard
4468 The first Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission: 
Ranganath Mishra
4469 The first Indian to become the Chairman of the UnitedNations Human Rights Committee: 
P.N.Bhagavathi
4470 The highest court of Justice in Britain: 
Supreme Court
4471 The inner layer of eyeball: 
Retina
4472 The live volcano in India : 
Barren Island
4473 The only planet in the solar system in which there is no storm : 
Mercury
4474 The organisation servant of India’ was established by :
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
4475 The outer layer of eyeball: 
Sclera
4476 The patron of Fundamental Rights : 
Judiciary
4477 The salient feature of National Integration :
Unity
4478 The snow does not melt beyond :
Snowline
4479 Universal Adult Franchise ensures : 
Political Freedom
4480 VAT come into effect in Kerala on: 
1 April 2005
4481 What is the colour of lymph: 
Colourless
4482 When did United Nations General Assembly make Human Rights Proclamation : 
10 December 1948
4483 Which country/region is called  ‘Land of Morning calm” :
Korea
4484 Remnants of Parthenon temple is in : 
Greece
4485 Temporary hardness of water can be removed by:
Boiling
4486 The Central Secretariat Library is named after :
Lal Bahadur Shastri
4487 The Crowing of George V took place in New Delhi in 1911 when the Viceroy was : 
Lord Hardinge
4488 The first Governor General of British India :  
Warren Hastings
4489 The first Indian Talkie Alam Ara was made in the language : 
Hindi
4490 The founder Chairman of National Dairy Development Board : 
Dr. Varghese Kurien
4491 The Governor-General who prohibited Sati : 
Lord William Bentinck
4492 The Indian musician to use Violin in classical concert :
Muthuswami Deekshithar
4493 The largest known star : 
V.Y. Canis Majoris
4494 The last disciple of Sree Narayana Guru: 
Ananda Theerthaswamikal
4495 The leader known as ‘’Puratchi Thalaivar’’ : 
M.G.R.
4496 The Viceroy when Simon Commission was appointed to study the reforms of Montague- Chelmsford : 
Lord Irwin
4497 The Viceroy who resigned due to the difference of opinion with Lord Kitchener : 
Lord Curzon
4498 Which is also called Sahyadri : 
Western Ghats
4499 Which religious group established Zionism : 
Jews
4500 Which state is known as the ‘’Granary of India’’ : 
Punjab
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