Kerala Geography — Pack 04

Question 1

Father of White Revolution in India is:

Accepted Answer

Verghese Kurien — Dr. Verghese Kurien, who founded Amul and led Operation Flood, is called the Father of the White Revolution.

Answer

M. S. Swaminathan

Answer

Norman Borlaug

Answer

Sam Pitroda

Question 2

Kerala's traditional male dress:

Accepted Answer

All three variants — All names for similar.

Answer

Mundu

Answer

Dhoti

Answer

Lungi

Question 3

Sree Narayana Guru performed Shiva Prathishta (consecration) at:

Accepted Answer

Aruvippuram — Aruvippuram Prathishta in 1888 — revolutionary act against caste discrimination.

Answer

Sivagiri

Answer

Kalavancode

Answer

Varkala

Question 4

The festival 'Thrissur Pooram' was started by which ruler?

Accepted Answer

Sakthan Thampuran — Sakthan Thampuran (Raja Rama Varma) of Cochin reorganised Thrissur Pooram in 1798.

Answer

Marthanda Varma

Answer

Tipu Sultan

Answer

Dharma Raja

Question 5

Kerala Fisheries University:

Accepted Answer

2010 — KUFOS 2010, Panangad.

Answer

2015

Answer

2000

Answer

2005

Question 6

Bombay High is:

Accepted Answer

Oil field — Major offshore oil field in Arabian Sea.

Answer

Court

Answer

Mountain

Answer

Lake

Question 7

KSRTC fleet strength (approx):

Accepted Answer

6,000+ buses — Around 6,000-6,500.

Answer

10,000+

Answer

2,000

Answer

1,000

Question 8

Green Revolution states:

Accepted Answer

Punjab, Haryana, Western UP — Mainly NW India.

Answer

All India

Answer

Only Punjab

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NE

Question 9

First Jnanpith from Kerala:

Accepted Answer

G. Sankara Kurup — G. Sankara Kurup (1965) — for Odakkuzhal.

Answer

Pottekkatt

Answer

Thakazhi

Answer

MT

Question 10

Ranni tourism:

Accepted Answer

Pathanamthitta — Pathanamthitta.

Answer

Kollam

Answer

Alappuzha

Answer

Idukki

Question 11

Shaji N. Karun:

Accepted Answer

Filmmaker (Piravi) — Piravi director, Padma Shri.

Answer

Novelist

Answer

Actor

Answer

Politician

Question 12

Rahul Gandhi's Kerala seat:

Accepted Answer

Wayanad — Wayanad (till 2024).

Answer

Palakkad

Answer

Thrissur

Answer

Kottayam

Question 13

The Cape of Good Hope, rounded by Dias in 1488, is located at the southern tip of:

Accepted Answer

Africa — Cape of Good Hope is in present-day South Africa.

Answer

South America

Answer

Asia

Answer

Australia

Question 14

Hirakud Dam on:

Accepted Answer

Mahanadi — Mahanadi in Odisha.

Answer

Godavari

Answer

Krishna

Answer

Cauvery

Question 15

Godavari originates at:

Accepted Answer

Nashik — Trimbakeshwar, Nashik. Longest peninsular river.

Answer

Mahabaleshwar

Answer

Amarkantak

Answer

Talakaveri

Question 16

Which national park has the largest population of wild elephants in India?

Accepted Answer

Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve area — The Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve area (including Mudumalai, Bandipur, Nagarhole) has the largest wild elephant population.

Answer

Jim Corbett

Answer

Periyar

Answer

Bandipur

Question 17

IIT Palakkad:

Accepted Answer

2015 — 2015.

Answer

2008

Answer

2019

Answer

2020

Question 18

Kerala Women's Commission:

Accepted Answer

1996 — 1996.

Answer

2000

Answer

1990

Answer

2005

Question 19

Kerala's first Film Censor Board chair Malayalam:

Accepted Answer

Adoor — Various over years — Adoor chaired FTII.

Answer

M.T. Vasudevan Nair

Answer

Shahji

Answer

None

Question 20

Cyberpark Kozhikode:

Accepted Answer

North Kerala IT hub — Kozhikode Cyberpark.

Answer

South

Answer

Central

Answer

Highland

Question 21

As per the Kerala Land Reforms Act Section 82, maximum land permissible for an individual is:

Accepted Answer

7.5 acres — Individual cap 7.5 acres; family cap 15 acres (up to 20 acres if more than 5 members).

Answer

5 acres

Answer

10 acres

Answer

15 acres

Question 22

India cyclone season:

Accepted Answer

Apr-May pre-monsoon and Oct-Dec post — Two seasons.

Answer

Only monsoon

Answer

Only winter

Answer

Year-round

Question 23

Spice export hub:

Accepted Answer

Kerala — Kerala — pepper, cardamom, ginger.

Answer

AP

Answer

Karnataka

Answer

TN

Question 24

Kettu Kazcha (Kuthirakettu), a temple festivity in Kollam and Alappuzha districts, is related to:

Accepted Answer

Buddhism — Kettu Kazcha's towering chariots evolved from ancient Buddhist processional traditions in Kerala.

Answer

Jainism

Answer

Both Buddhism and Jainism

Answer

Hinduism

Question 25

The Siachen Glacier is known as:

Accepted Answer

World's highest battlefield — Siachen in the Karakoram is called 'world's highest battlefield' due to the India-Pakistan military presence.

Answer

World's longest glacier

Answer

Source of River Ganga

Answer

Highest lake

Kerala Geography — Pack 04