General Knowledge for the preparation of Kerala PSC Village Extension Officer

Kerala PSC Village Extension Officer [VEO]

• The year in which the Dada Saheb Phalke award was instituted?

Answer: 1969 {The Award is given for lifelong contribution to Indian Cinema. The first winner of Dada Saheb Phalke Award was Devika Rani Chaudhuri Roerich (1969).}

• Name the Commission which investigated the Rajiv Gandhi murder case?

Answer: Jain Commission.

• Who was the youngest elected President of India?

Answer: Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

• Who was the first woman IPS Officer in Kerala?

Answer: Srilekha {Smt. Padma Ramachandran was the first woman Chief Secretary of Kerala.}

• Who said, ‘‘Liberty is my birthright’’?

Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak

• The constitution of India was adopted on:

Answer: November 26, 1949. Our Constitution came into existence on January 26, 1950.

• Rourkela steel plant is in:

Answer: Orissa.

• The headquaters of UNICEF is in:

Answer: New York

• The headquarters of World Bank is in:

Answer: Washington.

• Which state in India having maximum number of Lok Sabha seats?

Answer: Uttar Pradesh. {There are 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh also has the maximum number of Legislative Assembly seats.}

• Who is the author of the book 'Randamoozham'?

Answer: Vasudevan Nair

• The first Indira Gandhi Award for International Justice and Harmony was given to:

Answer: Nelson Mandela.

•  Who started the Bhoodan Movement?

Answer: Vinoba Bhave.

•  Name the person who received both Bharat Ratna and Nishan-E-Pakistan:

Answer: Morarji Desai.

•  The first district in India to attain total literacy?

Answer: Ernakulam.