- The first technopark in Kerala was established at:
(a)Chathamangalam (b) Kalamassery
(c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Kochi
Answer: (c)
- The place in Kerala where the telephone was established for the first time in Kerala:
(a)Kozhikode (b) Alappuzha
(c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Kochi
Answer: (c)
- The places connected by the first railway line in Kerala:
(a)Kollam-Thirunelveli (b) Kozhikode-Mangalore
(c) Palakkad-Coimbatore (d) Tirur- Beppur
Answer: (d)
- The first rubberised road in Kerala connects Kottayam and……
(a)Erumeli (b) Alappuzha
(c) Adoor (d) Kumali
Answer: (d)
- The place in Kerala where engineering college was established for the first time:
(a)Kozhikode (b) Alappuzha
(c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Kochi
Answer: (c)
- The first church built by the Europeans in India is………. at Kochi.
(a)St.Thomas Church (b)St.Francis Church
(c) St.Andrews church (d) St.Mary’s Church
Answer: (b)
- The place in Kerala where Public Library was established for the first time:
(a)Kozhikode (b) Alappuzha
(c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Kochi
Answer: (c)
- The first teak museum in India:
(a)Peechi (b) Kottayam
(c) Nilambur (d) Arippa
Answer: (c)
- The place where the first underpass in Kerala was established:
(a)Kozhikode (b) Alappuzha
(c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Kochi
Answer: (c)
- The place where the first Law College in Kerala was established:
(a)Kozhikode (b) Alappuzha
(c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Kochi
Answer: (c)
- India’s first gymnastic training centre was established in:
(a)Thalassery (b) Vadakara
(c) Beppur (d) Kottakkal
Answer: (a)
- The place where the first Ayurvedic Medical College in Kerala was established:
(a)Kozhikode (b) Alappuzha
(c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Kochi
Answer: (c)
- The first medical college in Kerala was established at:
(a)Alappuzha (b) Kozhikode
(c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Kochi
Answer: (c)
- The first newspaper of Kerala was published from:
(a)Thalassery (b) Kottayam
(c) Kollam (d) Kozhikode
Answer: (a)
- The venue of the first all Kerala political conference organised by INC was:
(a)Ottappalam (b) Manjeri
(c) Kozhikode (d) Thalassery
Answer: (a)
- The place where the first Homoeo Medical College in Kerala was established:
(a)Kozhikode (b) Alappuzha
(c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Kochi
Answer: (c)
- The first post office in Kerala was established at:
(a)Kollam (b) Thiruvananthapuram
(c) Alappuzha (d) Kottayam
Answer: (c)
- The place where the first Museum in Kerala was established:
(a)Kozhikode (b) Alappuzha
(c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Kochi
Answer: (c)
- Udaya, the first studio in Kerala was established at:
(a)Alappuzha (b) Nemom
(c) Kozhikode (d) Kochi
Answer: (a)
- The first railway line in Travancore:
(a)Kollam-Tirunelveli
(b) Thiruvananthapuram-Ernakulam
(c)Thiruvananthapuram- Madurai
(d) Kollam- Kayamkulam
Answer: (a)
- The first polio-free district in India:
(a)Kottayam (b) Pathanamthitta
(c) Kollam (d) Thiruvananthapuram
Answer: (b)
- In which district is Maniyar, the first private power project in Kerala?
(a)Idukky (b) Pathanamthitta
(c) Kottayam (d) Palakkad
Answer: (b)
- The place where the first zoo in Kerala was established:
(a)Kozhikode (b) Alappuzha
(c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Kochi
Answer: (c)
- The first FM radio station in Kerala:
(a)Kannur (b) Kochi
(c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Devikulam
Answer: (b)
1025.The place where the first women’s college in Kerala was established:
(a)Kozhikode (b) Alappuzha
(c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Kochi
Answer: (c)
- The first radio station in Kerala:
(a)Kannur (b) Kochi
(c) Thiruvananthapuram
(d) Devikulam
Answer: (c)
- The place where the first training college in Kerala was established:
(a)Kozhikode (b) Alappuzha
(c) Thiruvananthapuram
(d) Kochi
Answer: (c)
- The first tidal power project in India was established in:
(a)Varkala (b) Kanjikode
(c) Neendakara (d) Vizhinjam
Answer: (d)
- The first lighthouse on the western coast was established in 1862 at:
(a)Kollam (b) Alappuzha
(c) Kochi (d) Kovalam
Answer: (b)
- Pallivasal, the first hydroelectric project isin the district of:
(a) Kollam (b) Pathanamthitta
(c) Idukki (d) Ernakulam
Answer: (c)
- The place where the first mobile court in Kerala was established:
(a)Thiruvananthapuram (b) Kannur
(c)Kozhikode (d) Kochi
Answer: (a)
- The first college in Kerala was established at:
(a)Kozhikode
(b) Thiruvananthapuram
(c) Kottayam (d) Kochi
Answer: (c)
- Which is the first boat race in Kerala which marks the beginning of the season of boat race in Kerala:
(a)Chambakkulam (b) Payippatt
(c) Aranmula (d) Nehru Trophy
Answer: (a)
- The place where the first Sanskrit College in Kerala was established:
(a)Kozhikode (b) Alappuzha
(c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Kochi
Answer: (c)
- The place where the first jail in Kerala was established:
(a)Thiruvananthapuram (b) Alappuzha
(c) Kollam (d) Kochi
Answer: (a)
- The first industrial establishment in Kerala to use electricity is the Kannan Devan Company. It is in the district of:
(a)Ernakulam (b) Idukki
(c) Kottayam (d) Kollam
Answer: (b)
- Mangalam project, the first hydel project constructed after the formation of Kerala state, is in the river:
(a)Muthirappuzha (b) Bharatappuzha (c) Pamba
(d) Panniyar
Answer: (a)
- The place where the first international airport in Kerala was established:
(a) Kozhikode (b) Alappuzha
(c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Kochi
Answer: (c)
- The place in Kerala where fine arts college was established for the first time:
(a)Kozhikode (b) Alappuzha
(c) Kochi (d) Thiruvananthapuram
Answer: (d)
- In which river Pallivasal, the first govt. owned hydel project in Kerala was built?
(a)Pamba (b) Kallada
(c) Vamaanapuram river
(d) Muthirappuzha
Answer: (d)
- The first wildlife sanctuary in Kerala:
(a)Iravikulam (b) Thekkady
(c) Parambikkulam (d) Peechi-Vazhani
Answer: (b)
- The first English school in the princely state of Cochin was started at:
(a)Thrissur (b) Mattanchery
(c) Thripunithura (d) Kodungallur
Answer: (b)
- James Dara established the first coir factory in Kerala in 1859 at:
(a)Alappuzha (b) Kollam
(c) Thiruvananthapuram
(d) Punalur
Answer: (a)
- The first diesel power project in Kerala:
(a)Nallalam (b) Kannur
(c) Brahmapuram (d) Kanjikode
Answer: (c)
- The first textile mill in Kerala was established in 1881 at:
(a)Alappuzha (b) Kannur
(c) Kottayam (d) Kollam
Answer: (d)
- The first arch dam in India:
(a)Idukky (b) Neyyar
(c) Sabarigiri (d) Idamalayar
Answer: (a)
- The first national park in Kerala:
(a)Silent Valley (b) Mathikettan
(c) Anamudi (d) Iravikulam
Answer: (d)
- The place where Bible was published in Malayalam for the first time:
(a)Kottayam (b) Thalassery
(c) Kozhikode (d) Alappuzha
Answer: (a)
- The first tiger reserve in Kerala:
(a)Neyyar (b) Periyar
(c) Parambikkulam (d) Aralam
Answer: (b)
- The first meeting of ‘Vavootuyogam’ancestor organisation of SNDP Yogam washeld at:
(a)Kollam (b) Alappuzha
(c) Aruvippuram (d) Chavara
Answer: (c)
- The first town in Kerala to attain 100% literacy:
(a) Kochi (b) Pathanamthitta
(c) Kottayam (d) Alappuzha
Answer: (c)
- The place where the first concrete bridge in Kerala was established:
(a)Kozhikode (b) Alappuzha
(c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Kochi
Answer: (c)
- The first wind power project in Kerala:
(a)Nallalam (b) Kannur
(c) Brahmapuram (d) Kanjikode
Answer: (d)
- The place where the first escalator inKerala was established:
(a)Kozhikode (b) Alappuzha
(c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Kochi
Answer: (c)
- Palayur Church, the first church built by St.Thomas is in the district of:
(a)Thrissur (b) Ernakulam
(c) Kottayam (d) Kannur
Answer: (a)
- The first open jail in Kerala was started functioning at…. .in Thiruvananthapuram district.
(a)Kattakkada (b) Varkala
(c) Vizhinjam (d) Peroorkada
Answer: (a)
- The first eco-tourism project in India was established at:
(a)Thenmala (b) Varkala
(c) Attingal (d) Beppur
Answer: (a)
- The place where the first Cyber police station in Kerala was established:
(a)Kozhikode (b) Alappuzha
(c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Kochi
Answer: (c)
- Cheramon Juma Masjid, the first mosque in Kerala:
(a)Madai (b) Kodungallur
(c) Kannur (d) Ponnani
Answer: (b)
- The first private power station in Kerala:
(a)Karimanal (b) Moozhiyar
(c) Maniyar (d) Kakki
Answer: (c)
- The first city corporation in Kerala:
(a)Kochi (b) Kozhikode
(c) Thrissur (d) Thiruvananthapuram
Answer: (d)
- The first women’s jail in Kerala:
(a)Kattakkada (b) Neyyatinkara (c)
Cheemeni (d) Kochi
Answer: (b)
- The first-speed post centre in Kerala was:
(a)Kollam (b) Alappuzha
(c) Thiruvanananthapuram
(d) Kochi
Answer: (d)
- GV Rajas Sports School, the first sports school in Kerala was established at:
(a)Kollam (b) Alappuzha
(c) Thiruvananthapuram
(d) Kannur
Answer: (c)
- The first lion safari park in Kerala was established at:
(a)Neyyar dam (b) Parambikkulam
(c) Aaralam (d) Iravikulam
Answer: (a)
- The place where the first seafood park in Kerala was established:
(a)Poovar (b) Vayalar
(c) Aroor (d) Punnapra
Answer: (c)
- The first Ayurvedic mental hospital in India:
(a)Kottackal (b) Kanjikode
(c) Alappuzha (d) Kannur
Answer: (a)
- The first city in Kerala where public transport system was introduced in 1938:
(a)Kollam (b) Alappuzha
(c) Thiruvanananthapuram
(d) Kochi
Answer: (c)
- The first thermal plant in Kerala with nafta as the fuel:
(a)Brahmapuram
(b) Kanjikode (c) Vizhinjam
(d) Kayamkulam
Answer: (d)
- The first coir village in Kerala:
(a)Poovar (b) Vayalar
(c) Aroor (d) Punnapra
Answer: (b)
- The first paper mill in Kerala was established at:
(a)Velloor (b) Valayar
(c) Punalur (d) Nattakom
Answer: (c)
- The first grama panchayat in Kerala which produce and distribute as its own electricity?
(a)Vellanad (b) Mankulam
(c) Varavoor (d) Kalliassery
Answer: (b)
- The place where the first television centre in Kerala was established:
(a)Kozhikode (b) Alappuzha
(c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Kochi
Answer: (c)
- The first peacock sanctuary in Kerala:
(a)Mangalavanam (b) Arippa
(c) Chulannoor (d) Kumarakam
Answer: (c)
- The first Jewish synagogue in India wasbuilt at:
(a)Mattanchery (b) Kodungallur
(c) Madayi (d) Chendamangalam
Answer: (b)
- Mandapathum Vathukkal in Travancore was equivalent to:
Taluk
- Who was appointed by Marthanda Varma to regularise the tax system in Travancore?
Mallan Sankaran
1078.The first city in Kerala where public transport service was introduced:
Thiruvananthapuram
1079.The country which provided support to Idukki Project:
Canada
- The king of Travancore when the Malayali Memorial and Ezhava Memorial were submitted?
Sri Mulam Tirunal
- Who was the first signatory of the Malayali Memorial?
K.P.Sankara Menon
1082.The first woman police station in Kerala:
Kozhikode
1083.The first minister for Education in Kerala:
Joseph Mundassery
1084.The first arch dam in India:
Idukki
- Who called Kochi as ‘Queen of ArabianSea’?
R.K.Shanmukham Chetty
1086.The port in Kerala associated with Indo- Norwegian Project:
Neendakara
1087.The first city to be granted the status of the corporation after the formation of Kerala state:
Kozhikode
1088.The king who annexed Kollam to Travancore?
Marthanda Varma
1089.The city which was the seat of Nediyiruppu or Zamorin:
Kozhikode
1090.The Dewan of Travancore who introduced the primitive form of police as ‘Kaval’:
Ummini Thampy
1091.The Dewan who modernised the judicial system in Travancore:
Monroe
- The first Government women’s college in Kerala was established at:
Thiruvananthapuram
1093.The first Inspector General of Kerala:
N Chandrasekharan Nair
1094.The first international airport in Kerala:
Thiruvananthapuram
1095.The first woman IPS officer in Kerala:
R Sreelekha
- Which is the second university in Kerala?
Calicut University
- Who was called ‘the Marthanda Varma of Kochi’ as he introduced several reforms?
Sakthan Thampuran
- Who was the King of Travancore when the University of Travancore was established?
Chithira Thirunal
- The Hajur Katcheri of Travancore was shifted from Kollam to Thiruvananthapuram during the reign of:
Swati Tirunal
- Malabar Special Police was formed in:
1921
1101.The first Malayali woman to become chief justice of the Kerala High Court:
KK Usha
- The founder of Kalamandalam:
Vallathol Narayana Menon
- The Dewan of Travancore who selectedAlappuzha as the centre of his activities:
Raja Kesavadas
- Ayyanadikal Thiruvadikal issued the edict of Tarisappally in:
849
- In which century Huantsang is believed to have reached Kerala?
Seventh
- In which century did Thacholi Othenan live?
16th
- Malabar was brought under the British control in 1792 and the Joint Commissioners published a code in:
1793
1108.The primitive form of Kathakali:
Ramanattam
- The first justice of the Travancore High Court:
Ramachandrayyar
1110.The first person in Kerala to write Sanskrit Drama:
Saktibhadran
- The first private medical college in Kerala,TD Medical College was established in thedistrict of:
Alappuzha
1112.The headquarters of areas of Malabar when it was under the control of Tipu Sultan:
Farook
- Who is regarded as the father of the city of Thrissur?
Sakthan Thampuran
- Raja Raja Chola invaded Kerala in:
AD 1000
1115.“Thekkan style’ in Kathakali was expounded by:
Kaplingattu Namboothiri
- Subhadradhananjayam andThapathisamvaranam were written by:
Kulasekharavarma
- In which century did Kathakali was originated?
17th
- Jainimedu, where Kumaranasan wrote ‘Veenapoovu’ is in the district of:
Palakkad
- Malik Bin Dinar constructed mosques in Kerala in:
644
- Marco Polo reached Kerala in :
1292
1121.The first Malayali woman to get SaraswathiSamman:
Balamaniamma
1122.The Moroccan traveller who visited Kozhikode between 1342-47:
Ibn Batuta
1123.The most refined dance form of Kerala:
Kathakali
1124.The period of Sankaracharya:
AD 788-820
1125.The place in Kerala where St.Thomas landed
Malyankara
1126.The place Indo-Swiss Project started in 1963:
Mattuppetty
1127.The port in Kerala which was developed by Robert Bristo into a major port:
Kochi
- Who called Alappuzha ‘Venice of the East?
Lord Curzon
- Who gave permission to build the AnchengoFort in 1690?
Rani of Attingal
- The port of Kodunagallur was damaged dueto flood in:
1341
1131.The city of Kozhikode was founded in:
1295
- Kollam Era was started in:
AD 825
- In which district is Ramakkalmedu, thefamous tourist centre?
Idukki
1134.The national park which is famous for Nilgiri Thar:
Eravikulam
- Charalkkunnu is a hill station in …… district.
Pathanamthitta
- In which district is Athirappally- Vazhachalwaterfalls:
Thrissur
- In which district is Wagamon?
Idukki
- In which hills the famous Edakkal caves aresituated?
Ambukuthimala
1139.Swati Thirunal constructed ‘Kuthira Malika’ at:
Thiruvananthapuram
- Thankassery lighthouse is in the district of:
Kollam
- The first bakery in Kerala was startedat:
Thalassery
- The national park which is famous lion-tailedmacaque:
Silent Valley
1143.The oldest palace built by the Dutch in India:
Bolghatty Palace
1144.The place in Kerala famous for orange farms:
Nelliyampathy
- Veli tourist village is in the district of:
Thiruvananthapuram
- Where is Pazhassi Kudeeram situated?
Mananthavady
- In which palace, mural paintings based onKumarasambhava of Kalidasa can beseen?
Dutch Palace, Kochi
1148.The first Keralite woman to get a medal in World Athletic Meet:
Anju Boby George
1149.The island formed after the flood of 1341:
Vypin
- In which district is Arakkal Kettu?
Kannur
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