5251. The nine gems in the court of Vikramaditya :
Dhanwantari, Kshapanaka, Amarasimha, Sanku, Vethala Bhatti, Ghatakarpara, Kalidasa, Varahamihira and Vararuchi
5252. Movement connected with Rene Descartes :
Scepticism
5253. The first Indian state to distribute identity card to all voters :
Haryana
5254. The region of Earth where life exists :
Biosphere
5255. Viswanathan Anand is related to the sport :
Chess
5256. The district in Kerala with the least plain :
Idukki
5257. Mahatma Gandhi wrote an article in ‘Young India’ on which tribe of Kerala:
Nayadi
5258. The only district in Kerala with only one railway station:
Pathanamthitta
5259. Who wrote ‘Buddha and His Dharma’ :
Dr. Ambedkar
5260. The paddy species which has medicinal values :
Njavara
5261. Which treaty put an end to the conflict between the British and the French in India :
Paris
5262. The major component of the hydrosphere:
Pacific Ocean
5263. Notre Dame Cathedral is in :
France
5264. Who called Samudragupta as Indian Napoleon :
Vincent A Smith
5265. The first thermal project in Kerala which functions with Naphtha :
Kayamkulam
5266. Which city is known as Pittsburgh of Japan :
Yawata
6267. Law of multiple proportions was first stated by:
John Dalton
5268. Sangam work which forms the basis of Thottam Pattu :
Chilappathikaram
5269. Department of Agriculture was formed in Travancore during the reign of :
Sree Moolam Thirunal
5270. Calico Textile Museum is in :
Ahmedabad
5271. Place in Tamil Nadu known for silk industry :
Kancheepuram
5272. Gilbert islands are in :
Pacific Ocean
5273. Kushans came to India from :
North Central Asia
5274. Lore on Kalaripattu which has a significant role in society :
Vadakkan Pattukal
5275. In the Lok Sabha and in Assembly who has the right to apply casting vote :
Speaker
5276. The Dynasty that succeeded Sunga :
Kanva dynasty
5277. The deepest natural harbour in Kerala :
Vizhinjam
5278. In which year Napoleon was born :
1769
5279. Law of constant proportion was first stated by the French chemist:
Joseph Louis Proust
5280. Indian Institute of Indology is in :
Puducherry
5281. Tashkent is located in :
Uzbekistan
5282. Union territory in India where French is spoken language:
Puducherry
5283. The first litter-free city in Kerala :
Kozhikode
5284. Who gave his thumb as fee to the Master Dronacharya:
Ekalavya
5285. The most powerful Sikh ruler :
Ranjith Singh
5286. In which year Spanish War of succession was started :
1701
5287. ‘Grandma’ is the official newspaper of the communist country :
Cuba
5288. Who laid the foundation for the Library Movement in Kerala :
P. N. Panicker
5289. Kerala’s own species of cow :
Vechur
5290. Which is known as the City of Fashion :
Paris
5291. Mozart belonged to :
Austria
5292. The largest Volcano on Earth :
Mauna Loa
5293. The scholar who led the Malabar revolt in 1921 :
Ali Musaliar
5294. Zen Buddhism originated in :
China
5295. The last of the Vedas :
Atharva Veda
5296. Serifed is related to :
Silk industry
5297. The main river of the Cholas :
Kaveri
5298. Founder of Durant cup :
Sir Mortimer Durant
5299. Composition of Stainless steel:
Iron (73 %), Chromium (18 %), Nickel (8%) & Carbon (1%)
5300. Charalkunnu tourist spot is in :
Pathanamthitta
5301. King of Sports :
Horse Race
5302. Tibia and Fibula are the bones of :
Legs
5303. ‘Velicham dukhamanunni…’ are the lines by :
Akkitham
5304. KSRTC came into being in :
April, 1965
5305. In which river is Chenkulam project:
Muthirapuzha
5306. The smallest fish in the world :
Pygmy Gobi
5307. The other name of JCB :
Poclain
5308. The metal is known as Cuprum in Latin :
Copper
5309. In which year the first Earth Summit was held :
1992
5310. Lari is the currency of :
Georgia
5311. Founder of Lahore Students Union :
Bhagat Singh
5312. What is called the ‘’Kalpavriksham of wasteland’’ :
Cashew
5313. Penguins are found in :
South pole
5314. History is written by Winners: who said this :
Sir Winston Churchill
5315. “Frailty thy name is a woman” is a popular dialogue in the play by :
William Shakespeare
5316. Other names of Gersoppa waterfalls :
Jog falls
5317. The gas with the smell of rotten eggs :
Hydrogen Sulphide
5318. Who is regarded as the father of chemistry:
Robert Boyle
5319. Variety of kerosene used as fuel in Jet engines :
Paraffin
5320. The first Bharat Ratna was awarded to :
C Rajagopalachari
5321. Who suggested the law of conservation of mass for the first time:
Antoine Lavoisier
5322. Name the Chief Minister of Kerala who was born first in the 20th century:
R. Sankar
5323. Where is Joan of Arc Square in India :
Puducherry
5324. The UN declared Human Rights at its meeting held at :
Paris
5325. When did Kochi become a major port :
1936
5326. The first ship Jala Usha made in India was inaugurated in the year 1948 at :
Visakhapatnam
5327. Latent heat of vaporization is the highest for :
Water
5328. The chief architect of Taj Mahal :
Ustad Ahmad Lahauri
5329. The remnants of Ammachi Plavu related to Travancore history is preserved at :
Neyyattinkara
5330. India gave away ‘Teen Bigha Corridor’ under humanitarian consideration to :
Bangladesh
5331. St. Helena is in :
North Atlantic
5332. The first ship built in the Cochin shipyard :
Rani Padmini
5332. The chemical present in talcum powder :
Hydrated magnesium silicate
5333. The oldest teak garden in the world :
Connolly’s plot at Nilambur
5334. The oldest national flag belongs to :
Denmark
5335. Who was known as Kerala Valmiki :
Vallathol Narayana Menon
5336. The architect of Kerala Education Bill :
Joseph Mundassery
5337. When did the name of Travancore University become Kerala University :
1957
5338. Travancore Kochi treaty was signed in the year :
1762
5339. The tallest statue in Tamil Nadu :
Statue of Thiruvalluvar (133 Feet)
5340. Who wrote Travancore State Manual :
V Nagam Aiya
5341. Taj Mahal is located on the banks of :
Yamuna
5342. The second Tamil writer to win Jnanpith Award :
D.Jayakanthan
5343. Jamshedpur is on the banks of the river :
Suvarnarekha
5344. How many seats did Congress Party win in the Lok Sabha in Independent India :
364
5345. ‘’Little Mecca’’ in Kerala is :
Ponnani
5346. Kerala gets maximum rain in the month of :
July
5347. Shenduruny wildlife sanctuary is in :
Kollam
5348. Interfax in the News Agency of :
Russia
5349. Xinhua is the news agency of :
China
5350. The phenomenon in which the animal expresses its sexual maturity in the larva stage:
Neoteny
5351. Place popular for things made of camel’s fur :
Bikaner
5352. Kasturba Gandhi passed away on :
22 February 1944
5353. Calvinism was born in the continent :
Europe
5354. The boat race in Kerala with the longest track:
Payippad boat race
5355. ‘’Jantar Mantar’’ in New Delhi is an :
Observatory
5356. Guruvayur Kesavan is the name of which animal:
Elephant
5357. The catalyst used in the manufacture of Ammonia :
Iron
5358. J.K. Rowling became world-famous through :
Harry Potter series
5359. Boat race season in Kerala commences with :
Champakulam boat race
5360. The first person to refer to Kerala as Malabar :
Al Beruni
5361. The vitamin which gets destroyed on heating :
Vitamin C
5362. Tarzan is created by :
Edgar Rice Burroughs
5363. In which year Slaves in Kochi got freedom :
1854
5364. ‘’Santha samudram’’ is :
The Pacific Ocean
5365. The first Indian State to impose tax on agriculture :
Punjab
5366. Kamakhya Temple is in :
Assam
5367. In The first battle of Panipat, Babur defeated :
Ibrahim Lodi
5368. In which year All India Radio took over Thiruvananthapuram Radio Station :
1951
5369. Chennakesava Temple is in :
Belur
5370. The material that expands the least in room (normal) temperature :
diamond
5371. Where did Armstrong and his team land after their voyage to the Moon :
Pacific Ocean
5372. The family that won Bharat Ratna for three-generation :
Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi,Rajiv Gandhi.
5373. How many countries have signed the UN charter when issued :
51
5374. Ismail Khedira winner of the first Man Booker Prize belonged to :
Albania
5375. The greatest among the Solanki (Chalukya) kings who ruled Gujarat :
Jayasimha Siddharaja
5376. Founder of Sharqi dynasty at Jaunpur :
Malik Sarwar
5377. ‘Chach Nama’ deals with the history of :
Sind
5378. Who built the tomb of Sher Shah :
Sher Shah
5379. Willy Willies is the hot air current blows in :
Australia
5380. Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Botanical Garden is in :
Kolkata
5381. Founder of Bharat Naujawan Sabha :
Bhagat Singh
5382. Founder of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan :
K.M.Munshi
5383. The majority of the commonwealth colonies belonged to :
Britain
5384. Tomb of Sher Shah is in :
Sasaram (Bihar)
5385. Viceroy during Jallianwala Bagh Massacre :
Lord Chelmsford
5386. Chempazhanthy is the birthplace of :
Sree Narayana Guru
5387. The dance form called Poetry in motion :
Bharatanatyam
5388. In which year Jahangir passed away :
1627
5389. The largest island in Japan :
Honshu
5390. The continent of birds :
South America
5391. The only Prime Minister in the world whose mother and grandfather were Prime Ministers:
Rajiv Gandhi
5392. Psephology is the study of :
Election
5393. In which State are the hill stations of Kulu, Manali and Dalhousie:
Himachal Pradesh
5394. Who built the Golden Temple :
Arjan Dev
5395. The first short story writer to get the Vayalar award :
T. Padmanabhan
5396. Study on the structure of plants and animals :
Morphology
5397. Who built the Red Fort, Dewan-e-Khas, Jama Masjid & Moti Masjid :
Shah Jahan
5398. Father of Zoology :
Aristotle
5399. The mixture of Nitric acid and hydrochloric acid :
Aqua regia
5400. The first Minister for Education of Independent India :
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
5401. The world population reached 600 crores on :
12 October 1999
5402. 70% of the world’s diamonds are cut and polished at :
Surat
5403. The protein content in the fur of sheep :
Keratin
5040. The molecule responsible for hereditary traits :
DNA
5405. The art of pruning trees :
Topiary
5406. The place outside Kerala which is under the jurisdiction of Kerala High Court:
Lakshadweep
5407. Joan of Arc belonged to :
France
5408. When did Akbar defeat Rana Pratap at Haldighati :
1576
5409. The first budget of Independent India was presented by :
R.K.Shanmukham Chetty
5410. Who built Sun Temple at Konark :
Narasimhadeva of Eastern Ganga Dynasty.
5411. Who led Vijayanagara soldiers in the battle of Talikota :
Rama Raya
5412. The last link in the chain of evolution :
Man
5413. The sub-national entity with the largest population :
Uttar Pradesh
5414. Land of snake boats (Chundan Vallam) :
Kuttanad
5415. Among the recipients of Bharat Ratna name the person who has citizenship outside Indian subcontinent :
Nelson Mandela
5416. Union cabinet is collectively responsible to the :
Lok Sabha
5417. The heaviest fundamental particle in atom:
Neutron
5418. Nagpur Airport is named after :
Dr. Ambedkar
5419. The highest peak in Thiruvananthapuram district :
Agasthyakoodam
5420. Headquarters of National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) :
Bangalore
5421. How do mosquitoes recognize the presence of men :
by sensing lactic acid in the sweat
5422. Sericulture is related to :
silk industry
5423. Who initiated steps to form Pathanamthitta district :
K K Nair
5424. The only Central American country whose official language is not Spanish :
Belize
5425. The bird which is also called ‘’sparrow camel’’ :
Ostrich
5426. The largest among the Scandinavian countries :
Sweden
5427. The Sangam period dynasties which had an efficient navy :
Cholas
5428. Script writer of the film Chemmeen :
S L Puram Sadanandan
5429. In which year Cabinet Mission came to India :
1946
5430. Soori Namboodiripad is a character in the novel :
Indulekha
5431. The first church built by the Portuguese in India :
St Francis Church
5432. Who defeated Seleucus :
Chandragupta Maurya
5433. Painavu is the Headquarters of the district :
Idukki
5434. Name the Chief Minister of Kerala who was born in the 19th Century :
Pattom A Thanu Pillai
5435. Southwest monsoon in India originates from :
Indian Ocean
5436. Who has the power to nominate Anglo Indian representatives in the Assembly :
Governor
5437. Director of the film Cheriyachante Kroorakrithyangal :
John Abraham
5438. Name the Abyssinian Salve on whom Sultana Razia was more compassionate :
Jalaluddin Yakut
5439. The positively charged particle in the atom:
Proton
5440. Last of the Nanda Kings :
Dhanananda
5441. Son of Buddha :
Rahula
5442. The Indian state which produces the largest quantity of Chrysotile Asbestos :
Andhra Pradesh
5443. Who was known as ‘’Christhava Kalidasa’’ :
Kattakkayathil Cheriyan Mappila
5444. The vitamin which enhances immunity :
Vitamin C
5445. The layer of the atmosphere where jet planes can fly comfortably :
Stratosphere
5446. Sultan Battery is named after :
Tipu Sultan
5447. Name the Advisor to the Defence Minister who then became the President :
DR A P J Abdul Kalam
5448. KPCC President during Liberation struggle :
R Sankar
5449. The place in Tamil Nadu where Swami Vivekananda observed meditation: Kanyakumari
5450. Study of Earthquakes :
Seismology
5451. When did Japan attack Pearl Harbour :
1941
5452. Hercule Poirot is a detective character created by :
Agatha Christie
5453. The first and the last Prime Minister of Kochi :
Ikkanda Warrier
5454. The instrument used to measure even small quantity of current :
Galvanoscope
5455. The ministers of the central cabinet are individually responsible for:
President
5456. Plant which fixes nitrogen :
Peas (Leguminous plants)
5457. The longest beach in the world:
Cox Bazar
5458. Who called Herodotus the father of History :
Cicero
5459. Founder of Salvation Army :
William Booth
5460. Acting Prime Minister of India after Nehru :
Gulzarilal Nanda
5461. The central part of the atom is known as:
Nucleus
5462. What fraction is the mass of the Moon to the mass of the Earth :
1/81
5463. Father of supercomputer :
Seymour Cray
5464. Real name of Voltaire :
François-Marie Arouet
5465. The oldest Parliament in the world is that of :
Iceland
5466. Forerunner of United Nations :
League of Nations
5467. Veluthampi committed suicide at :
Mannadi
5468. The deepest lake in the world :
Baikal
5469. Protons and neutrons are collectively known as:
Nucleons
5470. Bolivar is the currency of :
Venezuela
5471. The first-speed post system in Kerala was implemented at :
Ernakulam
5472. The disease called high memory loss :
Alzheimer’s disease
5473. Founder of the political party JSS (Janadhipathya Samrakshana Samithi) :
K R Gouri Amma
5474. The first Indian to win the World Chess Championship :
Viswanathan Anand
5475. St. George Fort is in :
Chennai
5476. Of the satellites in the solar system which one possesses atmosphere :
Titan
5477. Capital of Guptas :
Pataliputra
5478. The railway line located at the highest altitude in the world :
Qinghai- Tibet
5479. Headquarters of Sahitya Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangham :
Kottayam
5480. Who introduced the term ‘Isotope’:
Frederick Soddy
5481. Who introduced the musical instrument Sarangi to India:
Turkeys
5482. The surgical section in Ayurveda is called :
Shalya Chikitsa
5483. In which year North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed :
1949
5484. When wood burns the gas produced contain :
Carbon dioxide
5485. The position of Palakkad in Paddy cultivation in Kerala:
The first
5486. Father of Ayurveda :
Athreya
5487. The first Indian to become the head of state in Singapore:
C.V. Devan Nair
5488. Victoria Island is in :
North Atlantic
5489. The American President when Japan attacked Pearl Harbour :
Franklin D. Roosevelt
5490. Headquarters of Air Deccan airways:
Bangalore
5491. The old name of Sultan Battery :
Ganapathi Vattam
5492. The first woman Prime Minister in the world :
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
5493. The first woman to receive J.C. Daniel Award :
Aranmula Ponnamma
5494. Sakthan Thampuran was the ruler of :
Kochi
5495. What is known as the ‘’Music of the devils’’ :
Pop music
5496. Founder of Sarada Book Depot :
Kumaranasan
5497. The first law suggested that the British should consult with the Indians in the matters of administration:
Indian Councils Act of 1861
5498. The world’s first tobacco-free nation :
Bhutan
5499. Qutub Minar is named after :
Khwaja Qutbuddin, a native of Ush near Baghdad
5500. The American President who gave sanction to the Manhattan Project to make the first atom bomb :
Franklin D. Roosevelt