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

1. Who was the last Mughal emperor of India ?
   
   (A) Akbar II
   (B) Bahadur Shah II
   (C) Alamgir II
   (D) Shah Alam II


2. Which of the following events relating to the life of Gautama Buddha took place at Sarnath ?
   
   (A) It was the place of his birth
   (B) Here the renounced the worldly comforts and took to the life of an ascetic
   (C) He attined enlightenment
   (D) He preached his first sermon.


3. Which one of the following was a corporation of merchants in ancient India ?
   
   (A) Chaturvedimangalam
   (B) Parishad
   (C) Ashtadikgaja
   (D) Manigrama


4. The Mughal emperor who gave permission to the British to eastablish their trading cnetre of Surat was
   
   (A) Humayun
   (B) Babur
   (C) Jahangir
   (D) Akbar


5. Who among the following introduced local self-government in India ?
   
   (A) Lord Canning
   (B) Lord Rippon
   (C) Lord Rippon
   (D) Lord Mountbatten


6. International Literacy Day:
   
   (A) July 11
   (B) December 10
   (C) September 5
   (D) September 8


7. In the sixth and fifth centuries B.C., the most remarkable king of the Haryanka line was
   
   (A) Ajatasatru
   (B) Bimbisara
   (C) Sisunaga
   (D) Udayi


8. Which of the following statements about Krishnadeva Raya is not correct ?
   
   (A) He was a great warrior and an able administrator
   (B) He was the last great Hindu king of Southern India
   (C) He was a very learned person
   (D) He was the founder of the vijayanagar Kingdom


9. Hirakud Dam Stands across the river
   
   (A) Hoogly
   (B) Mahanadi
   (C) Godavari
   (D) Krishna


10. Which is not an alkali metal?
    
    (A) Sodium
    (B) Potassium
    (C) Cesium
    (D) Gallium


11. Which gas is produced when sodium reacts with cold water?
    
    (A) Oxygen
    (B) Hydrogen
    (C) Nitrogen
    (D) Carbon dioxide


12. The Vaishnava sect founded by Chaitanya (1485-1534) was popular in
    
    (A) Bengal and Orissa
    (B) Bengal and Bihar
    (C) Bihar and U.P
    (D) Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat


13. Which is the brightest planet?
    
    (A) Mercury
    (B) Venus
    (C) Earth
    (D) Mars


14. The sea-breeze blows during:
    
    (A) night from land to sea
    (B) night from sea to land
    (C) day from land to sea
    (D) day from sea to land


15. The region of which of the following is usually considered to have been the golden period of Mughal rule in India ?
    
    (A) Akbar
    (B) Aurangazeb
    (C) Jahangir
    (D) Shah Jahan


16. World Population Day falls on
    
    (A) July 11
    (B) April 7
    (C) September 8
    (D) December 10


17. Harshavardhana was defeated by
    
    (A) Bhaskaravarman of Kamarupa
    (B) Devagupta of Malwa
    (C) Pulakeshin II of the Chalukya dynasty
    (D) Sasanka of Gauda


18. The name given to a disease of the eye, caused by increased tension within the eyeball is:
    
    (A) Cataract
    (B) Glaucoma
    (C) Colour blindness
    (D) Conjunctivitis


19. Taxila was the famous site of
    
    (A) Early Vedic art
    (B) Gandhara art
    (C) gupta art
    (D) Mauryan art


20. The voltage between any two phases in the three phase system is:
    
    (A) 1100 V
    (B) 400 V
    (C) 220 V
    (D) 110 V


21. Which of the following is an artificial method of vegetative propagation?
    
    (A) Bulb
    (B) Rhizomes
    (C) Tubers
    (D) Grafting


22. Which three of the following were the Dravida Kingdom in India ?
    
    (A) Chola, Pandya, Chera
    (B) Avanti, Telang, Mahakasala
    (C) Satavahana, Kalinga, Rashtrakuta
    (D) Saka, Gandhar, Magadha


23. The lowest temperature is recorded
    
    (A) at midnight
    (B) just after sun rise
    (C) just before sun rise
    (D) between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m


24. The term ‘Aryan’ denotes
    
    (A) An ethnic group
    (B) A nomadic people
    (C) A speech group
    (D) A superior race


25. Which of the following is a Group III metal?
    
    (A) Calcium
    (B) Aluminium
    (C) Sodium
    (D) Iron