Kerala – GK (Eng) 004

526 : What was the major occupation of the: people in the Sangham Period ?
Ans : Agriculture

527 : The birthplace of Sree Narayana Guru was?
Ans : Chernpazhanthy in Trivandrum district on 20 August 1855 (Vayalvarathu Veedu)

528 : Malayalam Radio Broadcasting was started for first time in 1939 from?
Ans : Chennai

529 : Priyadarshini Planetarium; inaugurated in 1994; is located in?
Ans : Thiruvananthapuram

530 : Name the river that flows through Silent Valley?
Ans : Kuntipuzha

531 : Pazhassi tourism centre’ is located in?
Ans : Mananthavady in Wynad

532 : World Tourism Day is observed on?
Ans : 27-Sep

533 : What was the name of the ship in which Vasco-da-Gama reached Kerala?
Ans : St.Gabriel.

534 : Who is the author of ” Erne Uppuppaku oru aana undayirunnu “?
Ans : Vaikom Muhammed Basheer

535 : Nicolo Conte reached Kerala is ?
Ans : 1440AD.

536 : Which is the first power station of Kerala?
Ans : The Pallivasal hydroelectric project (commissioned in 1939)

537 : Who wrote the famous historical novel ‘Dharmaraja’?
Ans : CV Raman Pillai

538 : Who wrote Jatimeemamsa’?
Ans : Sree Narayana Guru

539 : Who is the author of ” Oruthulli Velicham”?
Ans : O.N.V Kurup

540 : Kerala post and telegraph department came into existence in?
Ans : 1st July 1961

Author: Freshers