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1. The first woman president of Indian National Congress.

Ans: Annie Besant

2. Who led the revolt of 1857 at Kanpur?

Ans: Nana Sahib

3. 'Ananda Mutt', the first novel in Bengali was written by:

Ans: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

4. The newspaper published by Bala Gangadhar Tilak:

Ans: Kesari

5. The viceroy who partitioned Bengal:

Ans: Lord Curzon

6. Write the name of the river which flows towards the west:

Ans: Narmada, Tapti

7.Founder of Hindustan Democratic Federation:

Ans: Sachindra Sanyal

8. The Konark sun temple is situated in:

Ans: Odisha

9. Who presided over the Lahore congress in 1929?

Ans: Jawaharlal Nehru

10. The states reorganization act was passed by the Indian parliament in:

Ans: 1955

11. The national highway which connects Varanasi- Kanyakumari.

Ans: NH-7

12. The installation at Aruvippuram by Sree Narayanaguru was in the year:

Ans: 1888

13. The mountain pass which connects Tirunelveli in Tamilnadu is 'Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala:

Ans: Arambolipass

14. Thirunavai, the place where the famous pan-kerala assembly 'Mamankom' was conducted is situated on the banks of the river:

Ans: Bharatapuzha

15. Sankara Narayana, the famous astronomer of South Indian was lived in the court of:

Ans: Stanu Ravi Varman

16. The first president of Travancore State Congress.

Ans: Pattern Thanupillai

17. The ruler who abolished the Devadasi system in Travancore

Ans: Rani Sethu Lakshmi Bai

18. Who was the editor of the Malayalam journal 'Mitavadi' which fought against untouchability in Kerala?

Ans: C. Krishnan

19. Sri Poikayil yohannan was later known as:

Ans: Sree Kumara gurudevan

20. The person who is known as the 'Subhash Chandra Bose of Kerala'.

Ans: Mohammed Abdul Rahman 

21. The winner of world welterweight title of boxing is:

Ans: Floyd mayweather

22. First hydro engineering college in India is set to open in the state of:

Ans: Himachal Pradesh

23. The state awarded best e- panchayath award of panchayath raj divas 2015 by the central government is:

Ans: Assam

24. Free medicine scheme nirmaya is related to the state of:

Ans: Odisha     

  

25. The Chinese social networking site modeled on twitter in which PM Narendra modi signed up recently.

Ans: Sina weibo

26. The pseudonym that ems used to write with was:

Ans: P S Cherian

27. The newspaper started by SNDP was:

Ans: Vivekodayam

28. E John Jacob organized the famous riot movement named.

Ans: Niranam Pada

29. Who is known as the Gandhi of Kerala?

Ans: K Kelappan

30. Who wrote Gandhi and Anarchy?

Ans: Sir C Sankaran Nair

31. Mahakali river agreement is between India and:

Ans: Nepal 

32. First military monitoring station of India abroad is at:

Ans: Madagascar

33. Sunayana is an Indian:

(a) War ship        (b) Tank     (c) Missile            (d) Radar

Ans: a

34. The life divine is the work of:

Ans: Guru Aurobindo

35. People's political front is the brain child of:

Ans: Medha patkar

36. Kamakhya temple near Rangya is in the state of:

Ans: Assam

37. Who was the private secretary of Gandhiji.

Ans: M.D Desai

38. First woman chief election commissioner of India was.

Ans: V.S.Remadevi

39. Kanfed is an organization in Kerala related to:

Ans: Non formal education

40. Kudankulam power project is supported and aided as a gesture of good relationship with India by:

Ans: Russia