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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Kerala PSC Last Grade Examination 2014

1. December 10 is observed as :
Ans. Human Rights Day

2. In Which district is the Malampuzha gardens :
Ans. Palakkad

3. India became a Sovereign democratic republic on :
Ans. Jan 26, 1950

4. Name the country other than India whose independence day falls on 15th August :
Ans. South Korea

5. Paralysis is caused by disorders connected with:
Ans. Brain

6. The election commissioner can be removed by:
Ans. The Parliament

7. The first effective vaccine against Polio was prepared by:
Ans. Jonas E Salk

8. The first Malayalam film actor who received Bharat Award :
Ans. P J Antony ( Film : Nirmalyam)

9. The fungus that produces alcohol is:
Ans. Yeast

10.The gas produced by partial combustion of fuels is
Ans. Carbon monoxide

11. The konkan railway has been constructed between:
Ans. Mangalore and Roha (760 km )

12. The last Viceroy of India was:
Ans. Lord Mountbatten

13. The name given to a disease of the eye, caused by increased tension with in eyeball is:
Ans. Glaucoma

14. The name given to instrument sent to Mars , in 1997, for investigations:
Ans. Sojourner

15. The organ that regulates body temperature in human body is:
Ans. Skin

16. The Paris Commune took place in:
Ans. 1871

17. The partition of Bengal was carried out under the rule of:
Ans. Lord Curzon

18. The person who is said to be the “ Iron man “ of India is:
Ans. Sardar Vallbhbhai Patel

19. The person who occupied the post of the President of India for two sessions continuously was:
Ans. Dr Rajendra Prasad

20. The Scientist who arranged elements according to their increasing atomic weight:
Ans. Mendeleev

21. The scientist who gave laws of heredity for the first time was:
Ans. Mendel

22. The structure of DNA was discovered by:
Ans. Watson and Crick

23. Transportation of food in plants takes place through:
Ans. Phloem

24. hich disease is caused by the deficiency of vitamin B:
Ans. Beriberi

25. Which disease is caused by the deficiency of Vitamin D:
Ans. Rickets

26. Which is the longest bone in human body:
Ans. Femur

27. Which plant does brown hopper affect most:
Ans. Rice

28. Who is the journalist associated with “Kesari”: Ans. Balakrishna Pillai

29. Whose name is associated with the Theory of Evolution:
Ans. Charles Darwin

30. With which crop is the name “Jaya” associated: Ans. Rice

31. “Arjuna “ award is associated with:
Ans. Sports and Games

32. Capital of Bulgaria:
Ans. Sofia

33. E.C.G is an instrument used in the study of:
Ans. Heart

34. East India Company was formed in the year:
Ans. 1600

35. Ecology is a branch of science which deals with: Ans. Balance of nature

36. English education was introduced in India by:
 Ans. Macaulay

37. Expansion of LPG:
Ans. Liquefied Petroleum Gas

38. Idukki Dam is built in the river:
Ans. Periyar

39. In democracy the Sovereignty or the superior power lies in the hands of:
Ans. The People

40. Leaves are green due to the presence of:
Ans. Chlorophyll

41. National Science Day is observed on 28, February to commemorate:
Ans. The day of declaration of Raman Effect

42. Railway service was introduced in India by:
Ans. Lord Dalhousie

43. Rainbow is caused due to:
Ans. Refraction and Dispersion

44. Richter Scale is used for measuring the intensity of:
Ans. Magnitude of Earthquake

45. Santhosh Trophy is associated with:
Ans. Football

46. Television was started in India in the Year:
Ans. 1959

47. The author of “Panchathantra” was:
Ans. Vishnu Sharma

48. The canal that joins the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean is:
Ans. Panama Canal

49. The currency of Bangladesh is:
Ans. Taka

50. The first Indira Gandhi Award for “International Justice and Harmony” was given to:
Ans. Nelson Mandela

51. The first University in India was started at:
Ans. Kolkata

52. The King of England who signed “Magna Carta“ was:
Ans. King John

53. The largest planet orbiting the Sun is:
Ans. Jupiter

54. The oldest Dravidian language:
Ans. Tamil

55. The present name of Persia:
Ans. Iran

56. The ruler who introduced public transport system in Travancore:
Ans. C P Ramaswami Iyer

57. The Scientist who first discovered that the earth revolves round the sun:
Ans. Copernicus

58. The world famous painting ‘Mona Lisa‘ was painted by:
Ans. Leonardo da Vinci

59. Which dance form is popularly known as “Poetry in motion”:
Ans. Bharatnatyam

60. Which is known as the land of white elephants:
Ans. Thailand

61. Who is the author of the book “My experiment with Truth”:
Ans. MK Gandhi

62. Who said “There is neither a Hindu nor a Muslim, only a man“ ? (Repeated Question)
Ans. Swami Vivekananda

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LDC CLASSROOM {Kerala PSC LDC Examination 2013}

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