KERALA PSC GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR ALL PSC EXAMS 2017

1. A seed dispersed with the help of hairs on it is:
   (A) Drumstick (muringa)
   (B) Cotton
   (C) Poppy
   (D) Castor (avanakku)


2. Zawabits were concerned with
   (A) Laws regulating Mansab System
   (B) State Laws
   (C) Laws regulating mint houses
   (D) Agriculture taxes


3. Who, amongst the following after marriage, became known as Nur Jahan, wife of Emperor Jahangir ?
   (A) Razia Sultana
   (B) Asmat Begam
   (C) Ladli Begam
   (D) Mehr-un-Nisa


4. Aung San Suu Kyi won the ——— in 1991.
   (A) Magsaysay Award
   (B) Oscar Film Award
   (C) Pulitzer Prize
   (D) Nobel Prize


5. Which of the following countries is not a member of SAARC?
   (A) Bangladesh
   (B) Nepal
   (C) Myanmar
   (D) Bhhutan


6. Which of the following is not a chemical change?
   (A) Digestion of food
   (B) Dissolution of sugar in water
   (C) Burning of a candle
   (D) Souring of milk


7. Charaka was the famous ——— of ancient India
   (A) Grammarian
   (B) Astronomer
   (C) Playwright
   (D) Physician


8. Mangalore, Parambakkam and Porto Novo were places where major battles took place during the
   (A) First Anglo-Mysore war
   (B) Second Anglo-Mysore war
   (C) Third Anglo-Mysore war
   (D) Fourth Anglo-Mysore war


9. Who has the highest score till date in one day international cricket?
   (A) Arjuna Ranatunga
   (B) Sachin Tendulkar
   (C) Gary Christan
   (D) Azharuddin


10. Who, amongst the following Italian travllers, left a very praiseworthy account of the Vijayanagar empire ?
    (A) E. Barbosa
    (B) Manucci
    (C) Nicolo Conti
    (D) Marco Polo


11. The power to amend the Indian Constitution vests with the ———
    (A) President
    (B) Parliament
    (C) Prime Minister
    (D) Chief Justice of Supreme Court


12. Which one of the following works of Kalidasa has a Sunga king as its hero ?
    (A) Malavikagnimitram
    (B) Raghuvamsam
    (C) Vikramorvasiyam
    (D) Shakuntalam


13. Which of the following has the highest protein value?
    (A) Fish
    (B) Meat
    (C) Egg
    (D) Milk


14. Diphtheria is a disease connected with:
    (A) ears
    (B) brain
    (C) eyes
    (D) throat


15. The Gandhara School of Arts primarily deals with:
    (A) Jainism
    (B) Buddhism
    (C) Brahmanism
    (D) Sikhism


16. Taj Mahal is on the banks of river
    (A) Yamuna
    (B) Indus
    (C) Ganga
    (D) Brahmaputra


17. Which state has the highest production of silk in India?
    (A) Kerala
    (B) Karnataka
    (C) Tamil Nadu
    (D) Andhra Pradesh


18. The country that awards Nobel Prize is
    (A) America
    (B) England
    (C) sweden
    (D) Japan


19. The author of Das Kapital
    (A) Mussolini
    (B) Lenin
    (C) Karl Marx
    (D) Hitler


20. The first Prime Minister of India
    (A) Jawaharlal Nehru
    (B) Subhash Chandra Bose
    (C) Sardar Patel
    (D) C. Rajagopalachari


21. Under which category of winds does the cyclone fall?
    (A) Local winds
    (B) Trade winds
    (C) Variable winds
    (D) Periodic winds


22. National Literacy Mission was launched by the Prime Minister in ———
    (A) 1986
    (B) 1987
    (C) 1988
    (D) 1978


23. The Sardar Sarovar Dam is being constructed on the river:
    (A) Cauvery
    (B) Narmada
    (C) Tapti
    (D) Krishna


24. The first woman President of the Indian National Congress was ————
    (A) Indira Gandhi
    (B) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
    (C) Annie Besant
    (D) Sarojini Naidu


25. What is the physical basis of inheritance of characters in animals?
    (A) Cells
    (B) Genes
    (C) Blood
    (D) Tissues