{"id":1184,"date":"2010-09-26T05:19:57","date_gmt":"2010-09-26T13:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=1184"},"modified":"2010-09-26T05:19:57","modified_gmt":"2010-09-26T13:19:57","slug":"quiz-based-on-kerala-and-its-traditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=1184","title":{"rendered":"Quiz based on Kerala and its traditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1.\u00a0 The number of west flowing rivers of Kerala?<\/p>\n<p>Ans : 41<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0 &#8220;Who is the author of &#8220;&#8221;Kannuneerthulli&#8221;&#8221; ?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Nalappattu Narayana Menon<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0 Edakkal Caves are in<\/p>\n<p>Ans: Wayanad District<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0 The place in Kerala where Naval Academy is being built is<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Ezhimala<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0 Bakal Fort is in which District ?<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Kasargode<\/p>\n<p>6. First computerised Panchayath in Kerala<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Vellanad<\/p>\n<p>7. Information Kerala Mission started in<\/p>\n<p>Ans : 1999<\/p>\n<p>8. Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA) is in<\/p>\n<p>Ans :Trissur<\/p>\n<p>9. Smallest Grama Panchayath in Kerala is<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Valapattanam<\/p>\n<p>10. Who was the first education minister of Kerala State ?<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Joseph Mundassery<\/p>\n<p>11. Whose autobiography is called &#8221;Ormayude Arakal &#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Cherukad<\/p>\n<p>12. The State Institute of Rural Development [SIRD] is located in<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Kottarakkara<\/p>\n<p>13. Smallest Taluk in Kerala<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Kochi<\/p>\n<p>14. The region of Kerala where evergreen forests are seen<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Silent Valley<\/p>\n<p>15. Which ids the biggest Taluk in Kerala State ?<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Eranad<\/p>\n<p>16. The name of the river that flows through the Silent Valley in Kerala ?<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Kunthippuzha<\/p>\n<p>17. The maximum number of Wards in a Grama Panchyath<\/p>\n<p>Ans : 20<\/p>\n<p>18. The winner of the first Ezhuthachan Puraskar ?<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Dr.Sooranad Kunjan Pillai<\/p>\n<p>19. Samadhi of Sri. Narayana Guru is at<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Sivagiri<\/p>\n<p>20. The Parauram Express runs between<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Thiruvananthapuram &amp; Mangalore<\/p>\n<p>21. Who started the State Transport Service in Travancore ?<\/p>\n<p>Ans : C.P.Ramaswamy Iyer<\/p>\n<p>22. The district inwhich Central Root Research Institute is situated<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Thiruvananthapuram<\/p>\n<p>23. The Director of the film &#8221; Agnisakshi &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Shyamaprasad<\/p>\n<p>24. Name the Jnanpith award winner in 1995<\/p>\n<p>Ans : M.T.Vasudevan Nair<\/p>\n<p>25. Where is Puralimala situated<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Thalasserry<\/p>\n<p>26. Importance of 1 makaram 984 in the history of Kerala is<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Kundara Proclamation<\/p>\n<p>27. &#8220;The book &#8220;&#8221;Swarga Vathil Thurakkunna Samayam&#8221;&#8221; is written by&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ans : M.T.Vasudevan Nair<\/p>\n<p>28. Head Quarter of Kerala Forest Research Institute<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Peechi<\/p>\n<p>29. The speaker having longest tenure in the Kerala Assembly<\/p>\n<p>Ans : M.Vijayakumar<\/p>\n<p>30. First Kerala State Kathakali Award has been given to<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Kalamandalam Raman Kutty Nair<\/p>\n<p>31. &#8220;Chandanakkuda Maholsavam&#8221; is held every year in&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Bimappalli<\/p>\n<p>32. Wellington Island is in which district<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Ernakulam<\/p>\n<p>33. Joseph Mundassery was the Education Minister of Kerala in the ministry headed by<\/p>\n<p>Ans : E.M.S<\/p>\n<p>34. &#8220;The book &#8220;&#8221;Sooryakanthi &#8220;&#8221; is written by&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ans : G.Sankarakurup<\/p>\n<p>35. &#8220;Who wrote the malayalam novel &#8220;Agnisakshi&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Lalithambika Antharjanam<\/p>\n<p>36. &#8220;Who is the director of the film &#8220;Chemmeen &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Ramu Kariyattu<\/p>\n<p>37. The Teak Museum of Kerala is located in<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Nilampoor<\/p>\n<p>38. Which novel of Sara Joseph got Vayalar Award ?<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Alahayude Penmakkal<\/p>\n<p>39. The first short story in Malayalam<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Vasana vikrithi<\/p>\n<p>40. Sandal forest in Kerala<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Marayoor<\/p>\n<p>41. The first wild life sanctury in Kerala ?<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Thekkady<\/p>\n<p>42. &#8220;Horthus Malabaricus&#8221; a seventeenth century book published in 12 volumes by the Dutch describes &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Medicinal Plants of Kerala<\/p>\n<p>43. The Monsoon which brings rains in Kerala during the period October-November is called<\/p>\n<p>Ans : North East Monsoon<\/p>\n<p>44. Who started the State Transport service in Travanore ?<\/p>\n<p>Ans : C.P.RamaSwamy Iyer<\/p>\n<p>45. &#8220;Who wrote &#8220;&#8221;Viswadarshanam&#8221;&#8221;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ans : G.Shankara Kurup<\/p>\n<p>46. Forest Industries Travancore is situated in<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Aluva<\/p>\n<p>47..Which is the firstMalayalam Novel ?<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Kundhalatha by Appu Nedungadi<\/p>\n<p>48..Who was the founder of Nair Service Society (N.S.S) ?<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Mannath Padmanabhan<\/p>\n<p>49.Who is known as &#8220;Kerala Valmiki&#8221; ?<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Vallathol Narayana Menon<\/p>\n<p>50.The First President of &#8220;Kerala Sahithya Academy&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ans : Sardar K.M.Panicker<\/p>\n<p>To Know more about Kerala and its Culture,Tradition,History, Tourism etc\u00a0 Visit the kerala tourism portal <a href=\"http:\/\/keralatourisam.org\" target=\"_blank\">www.Keralatourisam.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1.\u00a0 The number of west flowing rivers of Kerala? 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