Basic General Knowledge

• In 1974 India surprised the world by exploding a "nuclear device" in an underground test in ......... state.

Answer:Rajastan

• The cheapest transport in India is:

Answer: Water transport

• Public health and sanitation, under the Indian Constitution fall in ......... list.

Answer: State list

• The festival kumbhamela is celebrated in:

Answer: Uttar Pradesh

• Varika Vrika Sahajare ......... these malayalam poetic lines had been written by:

Answer: Amsi Narayana pillai

• The largest planet is:

Answer: Jupiter

• Name the capital of Switzerland:

Answer: Berne

• Who wrote Asian Drama?

Answer: Gunnar Myr Dal

• Pneumonia affects:

Answer: Lungs

• Arms and the man is a drama written by:

Answer: Bernard Shaw

• One word for a group of islands.

Answer:Archipelago

•  The game chess had its origin in:

Answer: India

• How many bones are there in the human body?

Answer: 206

•  The first Cricketer who complete 300 one day internationals.

Answer: Wasim Akram

• Who published ‘Horthus Malabaricus’?

Answer: The Dutch

•  ‘Kovilan’ is the pen name of:

Answer: V.V. Ayyappan

• Who was the first Education Minister of Kerala State?

Answer: Joseph Mundasseri

• The Idukki dam is across the river:

Answer: Periyar

• The first month of the Saka era is:

Answer: Chaithra

•  The production of which commodity was the subject of Brown Revolution?

Answer: Leather

•  The efforts to increase the production of ......... was given the name of Blue Revolution?

Answer: Fish

•  Black Revolution associated with the production of .........?

Answer: Petroleum

•  Operation Flood associated with the increase in the production of .........?

Answer: Milk

•  Who is known as the ‘Father of White Revolution’?

Answer: Dr. Varghese Kurien

• Which country is the leading producer of vegetables?

Answer: India

•  Which is the major type of soil in India?

Answer: Alluvial Soil

•  Black Soil is best suited for the cultivation of .........?

Answer: Cotton

• Which country is the leading producer of rice and wheat?

Answer: China

•  Which country is the leading producer of wheat?

Answer: India

•  ......... Is the leading of producer of tea in the world?

Answer: China

• Which is the major soil type found in Kerala?

Answer: Laterite Soil

• Which is the leading Rice producer state in India?

Answer: West Bengal

• Who authored the Bok ‘The One Straw Revolution’?

Answer: Masanobu Fukuoka

• Who is known as ‘The Father of Organic Farming’?

Answer: Albert Howard