01 The genetic material in a cell is :
DNA
02 Gir Forest is in :
Gujarat
03 Headquarters of Al Jazira TV Channel:
Qatar
04 Headquarters of Kerala Granthasala Sangham (Now Kerala State Library Council):
Thiruvananthapuram.
05 In the application for RTI, the fee of the Court fee stamp to be affixed is :
Rs.10/
06 In which state is Tawang Buddhist Monastery:
Arunachal Pradesh
07 Indian Custom of “respecting all living things and not injuring them” is :
Ahimsa
08 IRDP stands for:
Integrated Rural Development Programme
09 Kyoto Protocol is related to :
Climate Change
10 Name of the Ocean which means ‘’peace’’ :
Pacific Ocean
11 People from which community are nominated to Legislative Council by the Governor:
Anglo Indian
12 Rabindranath Tagore was also expert in the branch of medicine :
Homoeopathy
13 River Konar originates from :
Afghanistan
14 Strobilanthus kunthiyanus is the botanical name of :
Neelakurinji
15 United News of India was established in:
1959
16 Which act extended the powers of Governor-General of Bengal to Bombay and Madras: The Councils Act of 1793
17 Which language is known as ‘’Devabhasha’’ :
Sanskrit
18 Devi Ahalyabhai Holkar Airport is at :
Indore
19 Zardari System in 1773 was introduced by :
Warren Hastings
20 In a cricket match, the number of umpires in the ground will be :
2
21 In which year Taj Mahal was included in the list of World Heritage sites :
1983
22 When Indian Air Force was established on 9 October 1931 the Viceroy was:
Lord Willington.
23 When the Government of India Act 1935 came into force the Viceroy was :
Lord Linlithgow
24 Who led ‘’Long March’’ in China :
Mao Zedong
25 Who propagated the ideologies of Sree Narayana Guru in the west :
Nataraja Guru
26 The cheapest and safe conventional source of energy :
Solar energy
27 The doctor who performed the first heart transplantation :
Christian Bernard
28 The first Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission:
Ranganath Mishra
29 The first Indian to become the Chairman of the UnitedNations Human Rights Committee:
P.N.Bhagavathi
30 The highest court of Justice in Britain:
Supreme Court
31 The inner layer of the eyeball:
Retina
32 The live volcano in India :
Barren Island
33 The only planet in the solar system in which there is no storm :
Mercury
34 The organisation servant of India’ was established by :
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
35 The outer layer of the eyeball:
Sclera
36 The patron of Fundamental Rights :
Judiciary
37 The salient feature of National Integration :
Unity
38 The snow does not melt beyond :
Snowline
39 Universal Adult Franchise ensures :
Political Freedom
40 VAT comes into effect in Kerala on:
1 April 2005
41 What is the colour of lymph:
Colourless
42 When did the United Nations General Assembly make Human Rights Proclamation :
10 December 1948
43 Which country/region is called ‘Land of Morning calm” :
Korea
44 Remnants of Parthenon temple is in :
Greece
45 Temporary hardness of water can be removed by:
Boiling
46 The Central Secretariat Library is named after :
Lal Bahadur Shastri
47 The Crowing of George V took place in New Delhi in 1911 when the Viceroy was :
Lord Hardinge
48 The first Governor-General of British India :
Warren Hastings
49 The first Indian Talkie Alam Ara was made in the language :
Hindi
50 The founder Chairman of National Dairy Development Board :
Dr. Verghese Kurien
51 The Governor-General who prohibited Sati :
Lord William Bentinck
52 The Indian musician to use Violin in classical concert :
Muthuswami Deekshithar
53 The largest known star :
V.Y. Canis Majoris
54 The last disciple of Sree Narayana Guru :
Ananda Theertha Swamigal
55 The leader is known as ‘’Puratchi Thalaivar’’ :
M.G.R.
56 The Viceroy when the Simon Commission was appointed to study the reforms of Montague- Chelmsford :
Lord Irwin
57 The Viceroy who resigned due to the difference of opinion with Lord Kitchener:
Lord Curzon
58 Which is also called Sahyadri :
Western Ghats
59 Which religious group established Zionism :
Jews
60 Which state is known as the ‘’Granary of India’’ :
Punjab
61 Who appoints Chairman of Union Public Service Commission:
President
62 The deity at the Thycaud Ayya temple (Thiruvananthapuram) :
Shiva
63 The first Indian film participated in the International film festival :
Sita
64 The first Indian film with songs :
Bhagyachakra (Bengali)
65 The fourth-largest island (Next to Greenland, New Guinea and Borneo):
Madagascar
66 The largest employer in the world :
Defence department of the USA
67 The second person to receive Bharat Ratna while serving as the Vice President :
Dr. Zakir Hussein (1963)
68 The Viceroy when the North-West Frontier Province was formed :
Lord Curzon
69 The work is also known as Shadsahasri :
Natyasastra
70 When the Indian Republican Army under the leadership of Surya Sen attacked the armoury of the British at Chittagong the then Viceroy was :
Lord Irwin
71 Which country is called the Land of Forest and Water :
Jamaica
72 Who was known as ‘‘Vaikom Veerar’’ :
E.V.Ramaswami Naikker
73 Who wrote “Life Divine” :
Aurobindo Ghosh
74 Who wrote Padmavath :
Malik Muhammad Jaizi
75 Who wrote the foreword to “Vivekananda Sahitya Sarvaswam” :
Sister Nivedita
76 The country that launched the Green Revolution in Asia:
Philippines
77 The first woman Speaker of Lok Sabha :
Meira Kumar
78 ‘The deadliest disease is orphaning” who said this :
Mother Teresa
79 Chikungunya is spread by :
Aedes mosquitoes
80 Eravikulam National Park is known for :
Nilgiri Tahr
81 First Indian to win an individual medal in Olympic :
Abhinav Bindra
82 How many years ago did man start talking :
60000
83 Indian Constitution came into effect on:
26 January 1950
84 The industry which thrives on the banks of Hooghly River :
Jute
85 The romantic “Prananadhan enikku nalkiya paramandarasathae” is composed by :
Irayimman Thampi
86 The social reformer called Kumara Gurudeva :
Poikayil Appachan
87 The social reformer who said ‘Let us now set ablaze temples’ :
V.T. Bhattathiripad
88 Under which Act election was held in the Provinces of British India in 1937: Government of India Act 1935
89 When did Sree Narayana Guru establish Advaithashramam in Aluva:
1914
90 Which Act was introduced by the British to remove the shortcomings of the Regulating Act of 1773:
Pitt’s India Act
91 Which fruit is called Nature’s tonic:
Plantain
92 Who became Chief Minister of Tiru Kochi in 1951:
C. Kesavan
93 Who organized ‘’Thuvayal Panthi’’ :
Ayya Vaikundar
94 Who prepared the draft of Government of India Act of 1935: .
Sir Maurice Gwyer
95 The first country to accept Christianity as the official religion of the nation :
Armenia
96 Jawaharlal Nehru remarked which State as ‘’Jewel of India’’ :
Manipur
97 Jim Corbett National Park is in :
Uttarakhand
98 Land of Sandalwood in Kerala :
Marayoor
99 Leader of Ezhava Memorial (1896) was :
Dr.Palpu
100 Muhammad Ghazni attacked Somnath Temple at Gujarat :
A.D.1025