Kerala PSC General Knowledge Quiz 30

1 Which country had a police force called the Tonton
Macoutes?
2 What would you find in a formicary?
3 Which Greek millionairess died in 1989 in Argentina?
4 What was the profession of the Frenchman Auguste
Escoffier?
5 In basketball, the Rockets are a major league team of
which US city?
6 Who was the first British sovereign to make regular
use of Buckingham Palace when in residence in
London?
7 Of which country is Sofia the capital?
8 What is meant by the musical term ‘andante’?
9 Which saint’s day falls on 17 March?
10 In a bullfight, what is a mounted man with a lance
called?


ANSWERS:
1 Haiti, 2 Ants, 3 Christina Onassis, 4 Chef, 5 Houston, 6 Queen Victoria,
7 Bulgaria, 8 At a moderate tempo, 9 Patrick, 10 Picador.

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Kerala PSC General Knowledge Quiz 29

1 What was the top grossing film in 1998 in the USA?
2 What does someone suffering from dysphagia have
difficulty in doing?
3 Which boxer became the oldest-ever World
Heavyweight Champion in 1994?
4 Which English composer wrote five Pomp and
Circumstance marches?
5 What was the name of the pet space-monkey in Lost
in Space?
6 After whom is the month of July named?
7 Which Irish poet wrote The Isle of Innisfree?
8 In which English city is the National Railway Museum?
9 Which US football legend was called The Gipper?
10 What sort of creature is a whydah?


ANSWERS:
1 Saving Private Ryan, 2 Swallowing, 3 George Foreman, 4 Edward Elgar,
5 The Bloop, 6 Julius Caesar, 7 W B Yeats, 8 York, 9 George Gipp, 10 A bird.

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Kerala PSC General Knowledge Quiz 28

1 Who wrote the novel National Velvet?
2 What name is given to a negatively charged particle
that is a constituent of all atoms?
3 In which French city was Joan of Arc burned at the
stake?
4 For which gemstones is the Australian mining town of
Coober Pedy famous?
5 Which American novelist wrote Imaginary Friends and
Foreign Affairs?
6 The Day of the Jackal centres on the attempted
assassination of which leader?
7 Which British boxer lost his world title to Marco
Antonion Barrera in 2001?
8 Who produced the Star Wars and Indiana Jones
series of films?
9 Which German tennis player won five successive
Grand Slam tournaments in the 1980s?
10 Which US actor starred in High Noon and Mr Deeds
Goes to Town?



ANSWERS:
1 Enid Bagnold, 2 Electron, 3 Rouen, 4 Opals, 5 Alison Lurie, 6 General De
Gaulle, 7 Naseem Hamed, 8 George Lucas, 9 Steffi Graf, 10 Gary Cooper.

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Kerala PSC General Knowledge Quiz 27

1 Which German physicist laid down the principles of
quantum theory?
2 How many dozens are there in a gross?
3 Which variety of quartz is violet to purple in colour?
4 What is the name of the aircraft developed in 1969 in
which two moveable nozzles direct the engines’ thrust
downwards for vertical take-off?
5 What type of vessel to explore ocean depths was
invented in 1947 by Auguste Piccard?
6 Which astronomer discovered the planet Uranus?
7 What device is used to transform sound energy into
electrical energy?
8 Shogi is a Japanese form of which boardgame?
9 Which European capital has a skyline dominated by
St Stephen’s cathedral?
10 What nationality was the playwright Henrik Ibsen?


ANSWERS:
1 Max Planck, 2 Twelve, 3 Amethyst, 4 Harrier, 5 Bathyscaphe, 6 Herschel,
7 Microphone, 8 Chess, 9 Vienna, 10 Norwegian.

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Kerala PSC General Knowledge Quiz 26

1 Name the Italian ocean liner which sank off the coast
of Massachusetts after colliding with another vessel
on 26 July 1956?
2 The ‘B’ in Cecil B De Mille stands for what?
3 What is the name of the well-preserved Inca city
discovered in 1911, named after the mountain that
rises above it?
4 In 1962, who became the first American to orbit the
Earth?
5 First performed in Paris in 1841, which ballet in two
acts by Adolphe Adam concerns the ghosts of young
girls who die of grief before their wedding days, after
being deserted by their lovers?
6 What name was given to the government of Germany
from 1919 to 1933, named after the town in which the
constitution was formulated?
7 In which film did Julie Andrews play Gertrude
Lawrence?
8 In which great bay are the Nicobar Islands?
9 In 1986, Greg Le Mond was the first non-European to
win which annual sporting event?
10 In the human body, what are controlled by the
lumbrical muscles?


ANSWERS:
1 Andrea Doria, 2 Blount, 3 Machu Picchu, 4 John Glenn, 5 Giselle, 6 Weimar
Republic, 7 Star, 8 Bay of Bengal, 9 Tour de France, 10 Finger movements.

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Kerala PSC General Knowledge Quiz 25

1 Which Swedish actress starred in Casablanca and
Gaslight?
2 What is the tallest living land mammal?
3 Which 1995 film was partly inspired by Jane Austen’s
novel Emma?
4 Which survey of England was started in 1086?
5 What is the most important and largest island in the
Philippines?
6 From which drug are morphine and codeine derived?
7 In 79AD which town, other than Pompeii, was
destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius?
8 Which nine-a-side game was a forerunner of
baseball?
9 By what name are smoked herring usually known in
the UK?
10 Musician and human rights defender Mstislav
Rostropovich, who died in 2007, was a virtuoso of
which instrument?


ANSWERS:
1 Ingrid Bergman, 2 Giraffe, 3 Clueless, 4 The Domesday Book, 5 Luzon,
6 Opium, 7 Herculaneum, 8 Rounders, 9 Kippers, 10 Cello.

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Kerala PSC General Knowledge Quiz 24

1 Which Canadian sprinter was stripped of his 100-
metres gold medal in 1988 after failing a drugs test?
2 Who is the youngest of the Three Tenors?
3 Born Illich Ramirez Sanchez, by what name was the
one-time world’s most wanted terrorist better known?
4 Who wrote The Female Eunuch?
5 Who was the sick beggar cured of leprosy by Jesus?
6 In which country is the holiday resort of Phuket?
7 Which sea lies between Egypt and Saudi Arabia?
8 When You Wish Upon a Star is from which Disney
film?
9 What is the meaning of the Latin phrase ‘non
sequitur’?
10 In which ocean are the Maldive Islands?



ANSWERS:
1 Ben Johnson, 2 Jose Carreras, 3 Carlos the Jackal, 4 Germaine Greer,
5 Lazarus, 6 Thailand, 7 Red Sea, 8 Pinocchio, 9 It does not follow, 10 Indian
Ocean.

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Kerala PSC General Knowledge Quiz 23

1 Which Canadian comedian teamed with John Belushi
to form the Blues Brothers?
2 Who starred as Superman in the 1970s and 1980s film
series?
3 Who was the alter ego of superhero Diana Prince?
4 Which singer was known as The White Lady of Soul?
5 Which TV celebrity had hits in the 1960s with Anyone
Who Had a Heart and You’re My World?
6 Which poem by Rudyard Kipling begins: “If you
can keep your head when all about you are losing
theirs…”?
7 More than 200 were killed in a terrorist bomb in Bali,
the Euro became the common currency over the
EU and the Queen Mother died; all in the same year
– which?
8 Which early 20th century revolutionary said “A lie told
often enough becomes the truth”?
9 To which genus do cherry and plum trees belong?
10 Which Eastern European capital stands on the River
Vltava?


ANSWERS:
1 Dan Ackroyd, 2 Christopher Reeve, 3 Wonder Woman, 4 Dusty Springfield,
5 Cilla Black, 6 If, 7 2002, 8 Lenin, 9 Prunus, 10 Prague.

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Kerala PSC General Knowledge Quiz 22

1 In which century did the Crimean War take place?
2 In which US state is the city of Tallahassee?
3 Which sport is central to the film Escape to Victory?
4 What nationality was the composer Antonin Dvorak?
5 Which pop star was born Harry Rodger Webb?
6 In which film did Arnold Schwarzenegger first star as
a cyborg?
7 What is the capital of Queensland, Australia?
8 What is the official language of Mexico?
9 What is the standard monetary unit of Turkey?
10 Who wrote the poem Death Be Not Proud?


ANSWERS:
1 19th, 2 Florida, 3 Football, 4 Czech, 5 Cliff Richard, 6 The Terminator,
7 Brisbane, 8 Spanish, 9 Lira, 10 John Donne.

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Kerala PSC General Knowledge Quiz 21

1 Which Canadian comedian wrote, directed and starred
in Wayne’s World and the Austin Powers films?
2 Who was the first woman to hold a seat in the British
parliament?
3 Which playwright became president of Czechoslovakia
in 1989?
4 What instrument was played by jazz great Coleman
Hawkins?
5 Which is the northernmost of North America’s five
Great Lakes?
6 In which country is Montego Bay?
7 The ibex is a type of which animal?
8 Ice cream was first produced in which country in the
17th century?
9 Elisha Gray filed his own claim for the invention of
which device, only hours after the accredited inventor
had done so in 1874?
10 A hussar was a light cavalryman from which country?



ANSWERS:
1 Mike Myers, 2 Lady Nancy Astor, 3 Vaclav Havel, 4 Saxophone, 5 Lake
Superior, 6 Jamaica, 7 Goat, 8 Italy, 9 Telephone, 10 Hungary.

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Last Grade Servant Exam Solved Questions Kerala psc Quiz 20

1 In February 2005, which renowned Canadian short
story writer was awarded the Medal of Honor for
Literature from the USA National Arts Club?
2 In which game is a flat stone bounced across the
surface of water?
3 Who was represented in Greek mythology as
wearing winged sandals?
4 What is the common name for pyrites or iron pyrites?
5 What name is given to the permanent freezing of the
ground in areas bordering on ice sheets?
6 What is the capital of Indonesia?
7 Which German composer wrote the opera Der
Rosenkavalier?
8 In which country is the port of Jaffna?
9 What was the name of the official bodyguard of
Roman emperors, created by Augustus?
10 Which archangel announced the birth of John the
Baptist to Zechariah?


ANSWERS:
1 Alice Munroe, 2 Ducks and drakes, 3 Hermes, 4 Fools’ gold, 5 Permafrost,
6 Jakarta, 7 Richard Strauss, 8 Sri Lanka, 9 Praetorian Guard, 10 Gabriel.

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Last Grade Servant Exam Solved Questions Kerala psc Quiz 19

1 What is the capital of Botswana?
2 Which bandleader born in 1891 was known in his early
days as ‘the King of Jazz’?
3 Which famous sea captain who commanded HMS
Bounty died in 1817?
4 What is the colour of the ball worth six points in
snooker?
5 Which prophet led the Israelites out of Egypt into the
Promised Land?
6 Which genus of trees and shrubs includes the holly?
7 What is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet?
8 In which European country is the formerly important
gold-mining town of Tomsk?
9 What is the state capital of Pennsylvania?
10 In which sport is the term ‘hookcheck’ used?


ANSWERS:
1 Gabarone, 2 Paul Whiteman, 3 Captain Bligh, 4 Pink, 5 Moses, 6 Ilex,
7 Zeta, 8 Russia, 9 Harrisburg, 10 Ice hockey.

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Last Grade Servant Exam Solved Questions Kerala psc Quiz 18

1 Which city in Switzerland was the headquarters of
the League of Nations?
2 At which sport have Keiji, Okada and Yuko Hasama
been world champions?
3 Which man set a world record of 10.2 seconds for
the 100 metres sprint on 20 June 1936?
4 Who wrote the novel The Fourth Protocol?
5 Ljubljana is the capital of which republic of central
Europe?
6 Which boardgame was invented by Alfred M Butts?
7 What is Kim Basinger’s profession in the 1987 film
Nadine?
8 In which US state is the port of Tarpon Springs?
9 In which European country is the ski resort of
Obergurgl?
10 The Whit Sunday Islands lie off the coast of which
Australian state?



ANSWERS:
1 Geneva, 2 Karate, 3 Jesse Owens, 4 Frederick Forsyth, 5 Slovenia,
6 Scrabble, 7 Hairdresser, 8 Florida, 9 Austria, 10 Queensland.

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Last Grade Servant Exam Solved Questions Kerala psc Quiz 17

1 Who was the first president of the United States of
America?
2 Who was the youngest member of the Beatles?
3 Of which country is Managua the capital?
4 Who directed the film Back to the Future?
5 Which British composer wrote On Hearing the First
Cuckoo in Spring?
6 What does a hippologist study?
7 Buster Bloodvessel was the frontman of which 1980s
pop group?
8 Which cartoon bird was created by Walter Lantz?
9 Of which country is Bangui the capital?
10 For which novel is the Spanish author Miguel de
Cervantes famous?


ANSWERS:
1 George Washington, 2 George Harrison, 3 Nicaragua, 4 Robert Zemeckis,
5 Frederick Delius, 6 Horses, 7 Bad Manners, 8 Woody Woodpecker,
9 Central African Republic, 10 Don Quixote.

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Last Grade Servant Exam Solved Questions Kerala psc Quiz 16

1 Which Russian gave his name to the famous AK47
assault rifle?
2 Which two primary colours are mixed to make purple?
3 Established as an independent kingdom in 1946,
which Middle Eastern country has a seven-pointed
white star on its national flag, representing the first
seven verses of the Koran?
4 What is a pashmina?
5 In what did Cleopatra supposedly bathe to remain
beautiful?
6 What is the name of the sedative drug which caused
deformities in babies born in the late 1950s and early
1960s?
7 Which popular female country and western singer was
killed in a plane crash in March 1963?
8 What type of creature is a fulmar?
9 Whose tomb was discovered by Howard Carter and
Lord Carnarvon in 1922?
10 Who was born the son of a customs official in
Braunau, Upper Austria, in 1889?


ANSWERS:
1 Kalashnikov, 2 Red and blue, 3 Jordan, 4 A type of shawl, 5 Asses’ milk,
6 Thalidomide, 7 Patsy Cline, 8 A bird, 9 Tutankhamen, 10 Adolf Hitler.

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Last Grade Servant Exam Solved Questions Kerala psc Quiz 15

1 In which country are the headquarters of the
multinational company Nestlé?
2 In which play by Shakespeare do Elbow and Mistress
Overdone appear?
3 What name is given to a Hindu prince ranking above a
rajah?
4 By what name do we know the Bahia de los Cochinos
on the coast of Cuba?
5 What was the real first name of jazz musician Bix
Beiderbecke?
6 Which English poet wrote The Listeners?
7 With which sport is Lou Gehrig associated?
8 What name is given to the process of removing waste
products from the blood?
9 Which French poet wrote Cautionary Tales?
10 What name was given to the settlers who established
the first permanent colony in New England in 1620?


ANSWERS:
1 Switzerland, 2 Measure for Measure, 3 Maharajah, 4 The Bay of Pigs,
5 Leon, 6 Walter de la Mare, 7 Baseball, 8 Dialysis, 9 Hilaire Belloc, 10 The
Pilgrim Fathers.

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Last Grade Servant Exam Solved Questions Kerala psc Quiz 14

1 South Park, 2 Charles Dickens, 3 An edible fungus, 4 France, 5 Electrical
current, 6 Lyndon Baines Johnson, 7 Acetic acid, 8 The Beat Movement,
9 Lake Maracaibo, 10 Colombian.
1 In which cartoon series do the characters Chef and
Cartman appear?
2 Who wrote Great Expectations?
3 What is a champignon?
4 In which country is the port of Dieppe?
5 What does an ammeter measure?
6 What was the full name of the US president known as
LBJ?
7 What is the common name for ethanoic acid?
8 What name was given to the literary movement in the
USA in the 1950s of which William Burroughs and
Jack Kerouac were prominent writers?
9 About 70 per cent of Venezuela’s total oil production is
obtained in and around which lake?
10 What nationality is author Gabriel Garcia Marquez?


ANSWERS:
1 South Park, 2 Charles Dickens, 3 An edible fungus, 4 France, 5 Electrical
current, 6 Lyndon Baines Johnson, 7 Acetic acid, 8 The Beat Movement,
9 Lake Maracaibo, 10 Colombian.

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Last Grade Servant Exam Solved Questions Kerala psc Quiz 13

1 What name is more commonly given to a tree of the
genus Taxus?
2 What is the only form of gambling permitted in the
British armed forces?
3 What is the name of Katharina’s younger sister in
Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew?
4 In The Pilgrim’s Progress, what is the name of the
hero?
5 In which novel by George du Maurier does the
character Svengali appear?
6 Which island is also called Rapa Nui and Isla de
Pascua?
7 Which Hebrew prophet picked up the mantle as
successor to Elijah?
8 In Mary Shelley’s novel, what is the first name of
Dr Frankenstein?
9 To which novel by Robert Louis Stevenson is Catriona
the sequel?
10 What is the subtitle of Dvorák’s Symphony No 9 in E
minor?


ANSWERS:
1 Yew, 2 Bingo, 3 Bianca, 4 Christian, 5 Trilby, 6 Easter Island, 7 Elisha,
8 Victor, 9 Kidnapped, 10 From the New World.

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Last Grade Servant Exam Solved Questions Kerala psc Quiz 12

1 Which colour is produced by adding together yellow
and cyan?
2 Which disease carried by bark beetles was first
described in The Netherlands in 1919?
3 What was invented by Sir Frank Whittle in 1930?
4 On which area of the moon did Armstrong, Aldrin and
Collins make their landing on 20 July 1969?
5 For which film did Steven Spielberg win an Oscar for
Best Director at the 1999 Academy Awards?
6 What is the British English word for the eggplant?
7 Which French town on the Scarpe River gave its name
to a type of tapestry?
8 Which musical set in the slums of New York is based
on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet?
9 The movie Apocalypse Now is based on the book
Heart of Darkness by which author?
10 The Quarrymen was the original name of which pop
group?


ANSWERS:
1 Green, 2 Dutch Elm Disease, 3 The jet engine, 4 Sea of Tranquility,
5 Saving Private Ryan, 6 Aubergine, 7 Arras, 8 West Side Story, 9 Joseph
Conrad, 10 The Beatles.

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Last Grade Servant Exam Solved Questions Kerala psc Quiz 11

1 Who succeeded Yuri Andropov as leader of the Soviet
Union in 1984?
2 What was the name of the submarine in the TV series
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea?
3 Which actor played James Bond in GoldenEye?
4 With which Italian motor company is the Agnelli family
associated?
5 Of which Canadian province is St John’s the capital?
6 Which English adventurer and courtier to Elizabeth I
was executed in 1618?
7 In which country did the rottweiler originate?
8 Which Pulp Fiction actor starred in the remake of the
movie Shaft?
9 Who wrote the novel Roots: The Saga of an American
Family?
10 Which Turkish dish comprises thin layers of filo pastry
containing nuts and honey?


ANSWERS:
1 Konstantin Chernenko, 2 Seaview, 3 Pierce Brosnan, 4 Fiat,
5 Newfoundland, 6 Sir Walter Raleigh, 7 Germany, 8 Samuel L Jackson,
9 Alex Haley, 10 Baklava.

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