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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
According to the 1991 census, ............... of Kerala is the first district toachieve full literacy rate in the whole of India. |
| A. | kottayam |
| B. | kasargode |
| C. | kannur |
| D. | kozhikode |
| Answer» B. kasargode | |
| 2. |
A private sector Ayurveda Medical College is situated at ...............inKannur District. |
| A. | parassinikkadavu |
| B. | anjarakandy |
| C. | mattannur |
| D. | chelora |
| Answer» B. anjarakandy | |
| 3. |
Kerala (90.86%) was declared a, 'Fully Literate State', on April 18th,......... |
| A. | 1887 |
| B. | 1891 |
| C. | 1956 |
| D. | 1991 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. |
Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit (SSUS), famous as SanskritUniversity, is situated in Kalady, in the Northern side of ....................District. |
| A. | ernakulam |
| B. | malappuram |
| C. | kottayam |
| D. | kollam |
| Answer» B. malappuram | |
| 5. |
................ is the only district in kerala that holds three universities(University of Calicut, Aligarh Muslim University campus and Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan Malayalam University. |
| A. | malappuram |
| B. | ernakulam |
| C. | kottayam |
| D. | kollam |
| Answer» B. ernakulam | |
| 6. |
A significant figure in the 19th century was ............... who started a systemcalled "A school along with every church" to make education available for both poor and rich which still continues in the present. |
| A. | rev.fr. kuriakose elias chavara |
| B. | indira gandhi |
| C. | ems |
| D. | c.h.muhammad koya |
| Answer» B. indira gandhi | |
| 7. |
The Indian state of Kerala borders with the states of ………….. on the southand east, Karnataka on the north and the Arabian Seacoastline on the west. |
| A. | tamil nadu |
| B. | lakshadweep |
| C. | andhra pradesh |
| D. | mangalore |
| Answer» B. lakshadweep | |
| 8. |
The States Reorganisation Act of 1 November …………… elevated Kerala tostatehood. |
| A. | 1936 |
| B. | 1946 |
| C. | 1948 |
| D. | 1956 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
When the independent India amalgamated small states together Travancoreand Cochin states were integrated to form Travancore-Cochin state on 1 July…………….. However, Malabar remained under the Madras province. |
| A. | 1937 |
| B. | 1939 |
| C. | 1948 |
| D. | 1949 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
The ……………., bordering the eastern boundary of the State, form an almostcontinuous mountain wall, except near Palakkad where there is a natural mountain pass known as the Palakkad Gap. |
| A. | western ghats |
| B. | periyar river |
| C. | vlapattanam |
| D. | nila |
| Answer» B. periyar river | |
| 11. |
……………… is the capital of Kerala. |
| A. | thiruvananthapuram |
| B. | attingal |
| C. | kollam |
| D. | malappuram |
| Answer» B. attingal | |
| 12. |
Kerala is bordered by …………to the north, Tamil Nadu to the south andthe east and the Lakshadweep Sea towards the west. |
| A. | karnataka |
| B. | kerala |
| C. | tamilnadu |
| D. | andhra pradesh |
| Answer» B. kerala | |
| 13. |
The state of …………is located in the south western part of India. |
| A. | kerala |
| B. | karnataka |
| C. | tamilnadu |
| D. | andhra pradesh |
| Answer» B. karnataka | |
| 14. |
A district is governed by a District Collector, who is an officer from ………….of Kerala cadre and is appointed by the State Government of Kerala. |
| A. | ias |
| B. | ips |
| C. | ifs |
| D. | iss |
| Answer» B. ips | |
| 15. |
There are …………..District Panchayats, 152 Block Panchayats, 978 GramaPanchayats, 60 Municipalities, 5 Corporations and 1 Township in Kerala. |
| A. | 12 |
| B. | 13 |
| C. | 14 |
| D. | 16 |
| Answer» D. 16 | |
| 16. |
The 14 districts are further divided into …………. Revenue divisions, 63Taluks and 1453 Revenue Villages. |
| A. | 16 |
| B. | 18 |
| C. | 21 |
| D. | 23 |
| Answer» D. 23 | |
| 17. |
For administrative purposes the Kerala State is divided into …………revenue districts: |
| A. | 12 |
| B. | 13 |
| C. | 14 |
| D. | 16 |
| Answer» D. 16 | |
| 18. |
Soon after the dismissal, a state election was declared and the UnitedFront, led by Indian National Congress, won with a clear majority, a ministry under .................. took office. |
| A. | pattom a. thanu pillai |
| B. | c.h.muhammad koya |
| C. | p.k.vasudevan nair |
| D. | ems |
| Answer» B. c.h.muhammad koya | |
| 19. |
The immediate effect of the Vimochana Samaram was the dismissal of theCommunist government under E. M. S. on 31 July ............... |
| A. | 1947 |
| B. | 1949 |
| C. | 1956 |
| D. | 1959 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
In December……………, NSS joined up with the Catholic Church to form ananti-communist front. |
| A. | 1947 |
| B. | 1948 |
| C. | 1956 |
| D. | 1958 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 21. |
The immediate effect of the Vimochana Samaram was the dismissal of theCommunist government under ..............on 31 July 1959 |
| A. | e. m. s. |
| B. | c.h.muhammad koya |
| C. | p.k.vasudevan nair |
| D. | k.karunakaran |
| Answer» B. c.h.muhammad koya | |
| 22. |
The immediate cause of the outbreak of the Liberation Struggle was theintroduction of the Education Bill by the minister of education ..................... |
| A. | joseph mundassery |
| B. | c.h.muhammad koya |
| C. | p.k.vasudevan nair |
| D. | ems |
| Answer» B. c.h.muhammad koya | |
| 23. |
In 1957, elections for the new Kerala Legislative Assembly were held, and areformist, Communist-led government came to power, under ......................... |
| A. | e. m. s. namboodiripad |
| B. | c.h.muhammad koya |
| C. | v.s.achuthanandan |
| D. | joseph mundassery |
| Answer» B. c.h.muhammad koya | |
| 24. |
On 1 November................, the state of Kerala was formed by the StatesReorganisation Act merging the Malabar district, Travancore-Cochin and the taluk of Kasargod, South Kanara. |
| A. | 1945 |
| B. | 1946 |
| C. | 1948 |
| D. | 1956 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 25. |
The Liberation Struggle (1958–59) (Vimochana Samaram in Malayalam) isan anti-Communist socio-political agitation, started in 1958, against the first elected state-government in Kerala, India, which was led by .................. of the Communist Party of India as the chief minister. |
| A. | e. m. s. namboodiripad |
| B. | c.h.muhammad koya |
| C. | p.k.vasudevan nair |
| D. | v.s.achuthanandan |
| Answer» B. c.h.muhammad koya | |
| 26. |
The Liberation Struggle (1958–59) (Vimochana Samaram in Malayalam) isan anti-Communist socio-political agitation, started in.................., against the first elected state-government in Kerala, India, which was led by E. M. S. Namboodiripad of the Communist Party of India as the chief minister. |
| A. | 1946 |
| B. | 1948 |
| C. | 1956 |
| D. | 1958 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
The Agrarian Relations Bill introduced in ........... was passed with minoramendments. |
| A. | 1938 |
| B. | 1948 |
| C. | 1956 |
| D. | 1958 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
The Kerala government which came to power in .............. introduced theLand Reforms Bill in the Legislative Assembly. |
| A. | 1937 |
| B. | 1947 |
| C. | 1956 |
| D. | 1957 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. |
The.............. government was the first communist state governmentpopularly elected to power in India, in the southern state of Kerala. |
| A. | ems |
| B. | c.h.muhammad koya |
| C. | p.k.vasudevan nair |
| D. | v.s.achuthanandan |
| Answer» B. c.h.muhammad koya | |
| 30. |
Different types of feudal relations existed in Travancore-Cochin and................at the time of the formation of the kerala state. |
| A. | malabar |
| B. | kolathunadu |
| C. | mahe |
| D. | kannur |
| Answer» B. kolathunadu | |
| 31. |
The merit of the education bill introduced by …………..and the Communistgovernment was that it liberated the teachers from their servitude and made them capable of social and political organizational work like other sections of people. |
| A. | joseph mundassery |
| B. | c.h.muhammad koya |
| C. | p.k.vasudevan nair |
| D. | v.s.achuthanandan |
| Answer» B. c.h.muhammad koya | |
| 32. |
The Land Reforms Ordinance was a law in the state ofKerala, India by ................. minister in the first EMS government. |
| A. | k. r. gowri amma |
| B. | c.h.muhammad koya |
| C. | v.s.achuthanandan |
| D. | ems |
| Answer» B. c.h.muhammad koya | |
| 33. |
Due to the ancient land relations and taxation and regulation underthe ................., at the time of independence, India inherited a semi-feudal agrarian system, with ownership of land concentrated in the hands of a few individual landlords. |
| A. | british raj |
| B. | french raj |
| C. | dutch |
| D. | portuguese raj |
| Answer» B. french raj | |
| 34. |
The bill presented by ………….was not much different from the billspreviously presented by the PSP and Panampilly Govinda Menon Governments and that of C.P. Ramaswamy Iyer. |
| A. | joseph mundassery |
| B. | c.h.muhammad koya |
| C. | p.k.vasudevan nair |
| D. | v.s.achuthanandan |
| Answer» B. c.h.muhammad koya | |
| 35. |
The education bill was passed by the Kerala Assembly on 28th November, …………….after completing the formalities of going through the SelectCommittee and completing the three readings. |
| A. | 1937 |
| B. | 1947 |
| C. | 1956 |
| D. | 1957 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
As minister ………………..introduced the famous education bill in the KeralaAssembly on 13th July, 1957, which spurred an agitation in the State. |
| A. | joseph mundassery |
| B. | c.h.muhammad koya |
| C. | p.k.vasudevan nair |
| D. | v.s.achuthanandan |
| Answer» B. c.h.muhammad koya | |
| 37. |
................who as an eminent teacher, literary critic, educationalist andEducation Minister in Kerala. |
| A. | joseph mundassery |
| B. | v.s.achuthanandan |
| C. | k.radhakrishnan |
| D. | c.h.muhammad koya |
| Answer» B. v.s.achuthanandan | |
| 38. |
The 19 member LDF ministry was sworn into power on 18th may 2006 withShri................... as the chief minister. |
| A. | v.s.achuthanandan |
| B. | k.radhakrishnan |
| C. | jose baby |
| D. | c.h.muhammad koya |
| Answer» B. k.radhakrishnan | |
| 39. |
INC faced a split in 2005,a new party ,DIC[K] was formed under theleadership of veteran congress leader .............on may Ist 2005. |
| A. | k.karunakaran |
| B. | c.h.muhammad koya |
| C. | p.k.vasudevan nair |
| D. | v.s.achuthanandan |
| Answer» B. c.h.muhammad koya | |
| 40. |
Shri.A.K.Antony rendered the resignation of his cabinet on august 29,........ |
| A. | 2001 |
| B. | 2004 |
| C. | 2007 |
| D. | 2008 |
| Answer» C. 2007 | |
| 41. |
The Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics was founded by................of Sangamagrama in Kerala. |
| A. | madhava |
| B. | parameshvara |
| C. | neelakanta somayaji |
| D. | jyeshtadeva |
| Answer» B. parameshvara | |
| 42. |
The 10th Kerala Assembly was sworn in to power on the 20th of May 1996with Shri................. as Chief Minister. |
| A. | e.k.nayanar |
| B. | m.vijaya kumar |
| C. | c.h.muhammad koya |
| D. | p.k.vasudevan nair |
| Answer» B. m.vijaya kumar | |
| 43. |
On 22nd March, 1995, Shri.K.Karunakaran took up a berth in the unioncabinet, making way for Shri................ to take up the Chief Ministership. |
| A. | a.k.antony |
| B. | p.p.thankachan |
| C. | therambil ramakrishnan |
| D. | p.k.vasudevan nair |
| Answer» B. p.p.thankachan | |
| 44. |
The 9th Kerala Assembly was sworn in to power on 24th June 1991, withShri.................. as the Chief Minister. |
| A. | k.karunakaran |
| B. | p.p.thankachan |
| C. | c.h.muhammad koya |
| D. | p.k.vasudevan nair |
| Answer» B. p.p.thankachan | |
| 45. |
Consequent to the assassination of Shri..............., former Prime Minister,on 21st May, barely two days before the dates fixed for the polls, the elections were postponed to 12th June, 1991. |
| A. | rajiv gandhi |
| B. | c.h.muhammad koya |
| C. | k.karunakaran |
| D. | indira gandhi |
| Answer» B. c.h.muhammad koya | |
| 46. |
A five-member ministry under the Chief Ministership of Shri.E.K.Nayanarassumed charge of office on March 26,............. |
| A. | 1977 |
| B. | 1987 |
| C. | 1989 |
| D. | 1997 |
| Answer» C. 1989 | |
| 47. |
The presences of 84 candidates fielded by the newly born CommunistMarxist Party led by Shri................. who was expelled from the CPM, added a new dimension to the poll. |
| A. | m.v.raghavan |
| B. | c.h.muhammad koya |
| C. | p.k.vasudevan nair |
| D. | e.k.nayanar |
| Answer» B. c.h.muhammad koya | |
| 48. |
The ninth election to the eighth Kerala Assembly was held on March 23,................., about two months in advance of the due date. |
| A. | 1957 |
| B. | 1967 |
| C. | 1977 |
| D. | 1987 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. |
A five-member ministry under the Chief Ministership of Shri................... assumed charge of office on March 26,1987. |
| A. | m.v.raghavan |
| B. | e.k.nayanar |
| C. | c.h.muhammad koya |
| D. | p.k.vasudevan nair |
| Answer» C. c.h.muhammad koya | |
| 50. |
An eight-member U.D.F.ministry was sworn in on 28th December 1981with Shri ................(Congress-I) as the leader. |
| A. | k.karunakaran |
| B. | c.h.muhammad koya |
| C. | p.k.vasudevan nair |
| D. | e.k.nayanar |
| Answer» B. c.h.muhammad koya | |