100 GK Questions for Kerala PSC Exams

1. What is the theme of India Ideas summit 2020?

a. Building a better future

b. Business and environment

c. Business in Post-COVID World

d. Sustainable Business

2. Which state's government has approved Mukhya Mantri Ghar

Ghar Ration Yojana?

a. Madhya Pradesh b. Gujarat

c. Delhi d. Maharashtra

3. Which nation will be hosting the 2020 edition of the Indian

Premier League?

a. New Zealand b. Australia

c. Sri Lanka d. UAE

4. Who launched MANODARPAN initiative to provide

psychological support to students for their mental health and

well being?

a. PM Narendra Modi b. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank

c. Piyush Goyal d. Smriti Irani

5. Indian army has acquired newly developed drones from

DRDO. What are they called?

a. Bharat b. India

c. Desh d. Hindustan

6. Who became the first cricketer to violate ICC's 'Saliva ban'

rule?

a. Jofra Archer b. Dom Sibley

c. Stuart Broad d. Chris Woakes

7. Which Union Territory's administration has approved Rs.25

lakhs insurance cover for all local elected members?

a. Jammu and Kashmir b. Ladakh

c. Puduchery d. Chandigarh

8. Which party has retained power in Singapore General

Elections 2020?

a. People's Action Party

b. Democratic Progressive Alliance

c. Justice Party

d. Worker's Party

9. Who has developed the P7Heavy Drop system that is

capable of para dropping military stores up to 7-ton weight

class from IL 76 aircraft?

a. DRDO b. HAL

c. ISRO d. NASA

10. Who has been appointed as interim BCCI CEO?

a. Anil Kumble b. Rahul Dravid

c. Hemang Amin d. Srikanth

11. India was ranked at which position on the Global Real Estate

Transparency Index (GRETI)?

a. 34th b. 55th

c. 37th c. 41st

12. Which among the following apps has NOT been banned by

the Indian Army?

a. Facebook b. Instagram

c. Tinder d. Twitter

13. Which nation has dropped the 2011 World Cup Final fixing

probe due to lack of evidence?

a. India b. Pakistan

c. Sri Lanka d. England

14. A suspected case of Bubonic plague has been detected in

which nation?

a. Japan b. Germany

c. Brazil d. China

15. What is the name of India's first indigenous vaccine candidate?

a. COVIN c. Coril

c. Coris d. Covaxin

16. Dehing Patkai Wildlife sanctuary is located in which state?

a.Tripura b. Meghalaya

c. Manipur d. Assam

17. Which state has launched 'Balram' scheme to provide credit

to 7 lakh landless farmers?

a. Jharkhand b. Odisha

c. Chhattisgarh d. MadhyaPradesh

18. India was ranked at which position on the annual World

Competitiveness Index 2020?

a. 54th b. 43rd

c. 37th c. 61st

19. The newly elected president of the 75th UN General Assembly Volkan Bozkir belongs to which nation?

a. Russia b. Armenia

c. Germany d. Turkey

20. How much fund has been allocated for Garib Kalyan Rojgar

Abhiyan to provide livelihood opportunities to the returnee

migrant workers?

a. Rs. 50,000 crores b. Rs.20,000 crores

c. Rs. 25,000 crores d. Rs. 40,000 crores

21. Which nation was ranked first on the World Competitiveness

Index 2020?

a. Denmark b. Netherlands

c. Singapore d. Switzerland

22. Bollywood actor Sushant Singh passed away on June 14,

2020. Which among the following is his unreleased film?

a. Welcome to New York b. Raabta

c. Sonchiriya d. Dil Bechara

23. Which among the following awards has been cancelled for

2020 due to COVID-19?

a. Ramon Magsaysay Awards

b. Nobel Prize

c. National Awards

d. Academy Awards

24. Which state has made 'Bande Utkala Janani' its state song?

a. Odisha b. Tripura

c. Manipur d. Jharkhand

25. Panchavati, a key part of the Valmiki Ramayana is located in

which state of India?

a. Uttarakhand b. Uttar Pradesh

c. Maharashtra d. Tamil Nadu

26. In the present Union cabinet the portfolio of Micro, Small and

Medium Enterprises was allocated to:

a. Ramvilas Paswan b. Narendra Singh Tomar

c. Nitin Jairam Gadkari d. Sadananda Gowda

27. Who among the following was the first sayyid ruler of Delhi?

a. Muhammad Shah b. Alam Shah

c. Khizr Khan d. Mubarak Shah

28. Which of the following are the highest frequency electromagnetic waves?

a. Ultraviolet Rays b. Microwaves

c. Radio waves d. Gamma Rays

29. Who is the Director of the film 'PM Narendra Modi'?

a. Tigmanshu Dhulia

b. Rakesh Omprakash Mehra

c. Omung Kumar

d. Hansal Mehta

30. What is the full form of GSTIN in relation to GST?

a. Goods and services Tax Identification Number

b. Goods and services Taxation Income Number

c. Goods and services Tax Information Number

d. Goods and services Tax Identification Note

31. Which of the following terms refers to the running down or

payment of a loan in installments?

a. credit creation b. Amortisation

c. Backwardation d. Discounted cash flow

32. In which year was Google incorporated as a private company?

a. 2000 b. 1998

c. 2002 d. 2005

33. The Joint Process of Vapourisation and Condensation is

called:

a. Chromatography b. Crystallisation

c. Distillation d. Sublimation

34. During the passage of the Royal Titles Act 1876, the office of

the British Prime Minister was occupied by:

a. Arthur Balfour b. William Ewart Gladstone

c. John Russell d. Benjamin Disraeli

35. The Bhupen Hazarika Setu also called Dhola Sadiya Bridge

connects Assam and..........

a. Sikkim b. Arunachal Pradesh

c. West Bengal d. Meghalaya

36. A region of computer memory where frequently accessed

data can be stored for rapid access is called:

a. Cookie b. Plug-in

c. Token d. Cache

37. Rani-Ki-Vav (the Queen's stepwell), which is in the UNESCO

World Heritage list, is located in:

a. Uttar Pradesh b. Rajasthan

c. Gujarat d. Madhyapradesh

38. Dolomite is an ore of which of the following metals?

a. Calcium b. Strontium

c. Pottassium d. Aluminium

39. In January 2019, which panel was setup by the RBI to suggest measures to strengthen the safety of the digital payments

ecosystem in India?

a. Sudha Murthy Panel

b. Nandan Nilekani Panel

c. Raghuram Rajan Panel

d. Urjit Patel Panel

40. To quote ''Bombs and pistols do not make a revolution. The

sword of revolution is sharpened on the whetting-stone of

ideas'' belongs to which of the following freedom fighters.

a. Bal Gangadhar Tilak b. Lala Lajpat Rai

c. Bhagat Singh d. Subhash Chandra Bose

41. Indira Sagar Dam which is a concrete gravity dam is located

in which of the following states of India?

a. Maharashtra b. Chattisgarh

c. Madhya Pradesh d. Uttar Pradesh

42. Which of the following banks was founded by Muthiah

Chidambaram in Chennai in 1937?

a. Canara Bank b. Dhanlaxmi Bank

c. Syndicate Bank d. Indian Overseas Bank

43. The world body governing of which sport has introduced a

new game format called ''Triples''?

a. Badminton b. Table Tennis

c. Tennis d. Sqash

44. When pressure is applied to a fluid, the pressure change is

transmitted to every part of the fluid without any loss. Which of

the following laws best explains this phenomenon?

a. Avogadro's law b. Pascal's law

c. Hookes law d. Bernoullis law

45. Which committee was appointed to give a detailed report on

the Non Performing Assets of Public Sector Banks?

a. Pannir Selvam Committee b. Mandal Committee

c. Malegam Committee d. Srikrishna Committee

46. The Valley of flowers National Park is located in

a. Himachal Pradesh b. Meghalaya

c. Uttarakhand d. Jammu & Kashmir

47. The distributory of which river takes the name 'Padma' in

Bangladesh?

a. Jhelum b. Indus

c. Brahmaputra d. Ganga

48. In which year the Indian cricket team won the ODI World Cup

for men for the second time?

a. 2007 b. 2011

c. 2015 d. 2003

49. Which of the following instruments is used for the visual examination of eardrum?

a. Phonograph b. Polygraph

c. Optometer d. Otoscope

50. Rafael Nadal, one of the top male tennis players in the world

hails from which European country?

a. Switzerland b. Serbia

c. Austria d. Spain

51. The Rajyasabha can withhold its consent to a Money Bill for:

a. 14 days b. 15 days

c. 30 days d. 18days

52. Which of the following reasons were cited by the Ashok

Mehta Committee for the decline of Panchayati Raj Institutions

in India?

1. Role of Bureaucracy

2. Lack of political will

3. Lack of conceptual clarity

4. Lack of gender parity

Select the correct answer using the code given below

a. 1and 4 b. 2 and 3 only

c. 1, 2 and 3 d. 2, 3 and 4

53. Amarasimha is the name of a:

a. Famous lexicographer of ancient India

b. Rajput King of Chalukya lineage

c. Poet mentioned by Kautilya in his Arthashastra

d. Dance form of Odisha

54. The Tolkappiyam is the name of

a. A Step-well of western India

b. The book on Tamil Grammar

c. A collection of Tamil bhakti poems

d. A collection of Kannada poems

55. Which one of the following statements regarding baking

powder is NOT correct?

a. It is a mixture

b. It forms bubbles in wet mixture

c. It can be used instead of using yeast

d. It does not contain sodium bicarbonate

56. Match List-1 with List-1I and select the correct answer using

the code given below the Lists

List-1 List-1I

(Tropical cyclone) (Location)

A. Cyclones 1. USA

B. Hurricanes 2. East Asia

C. Typhoons 3. Australia

D. Wily-willies 4. India

a. A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3 b. A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3

c. A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4 d. A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4

57. Match List-1 with List-1I and select the correct answer using

the code given below the Lists

List-1 List-1I

(Element) (Application)

A. Isotope of Uranium 1. Treatment of cancer

B. Isotope of Cobalt 2. Treatment of goitre

C. Isotope of Iodine 3. Treatment of secondary

cancer

D. Isotope of Radium 4. Nuclear Fuel

a. A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4 b. A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3

c. A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3 d. A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4

58. Arrange the following National parks of India from North to

South direction.

1. Indravati National Park

2. Nagerhole National Park

3. Corbett National Park

4. Madhav National Park

Select the correct answer using the code given below

a. 1, 3, 2, 4 b. 2, 1, 4, 3

c. 3, 4, 1, 2 d. 2, 3, 4, 1

59. Match List-1 with List-1I and select the correct answer using

the code given below the Lists

List-1 List-1I

(Scientist) (Area of study)

A. J D Watson 1. Microbiology

B. Louis Pasteur 2. Taxonomy

C. Carl Linnaeus 3. Molecular Biology

D. Charles Darwin 4. Evolution

a. A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3 b. A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3

c. A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4 d. A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4

60. Hemocyanin is an oxygen-transport metalloprotein present

in some invertebrate animals. This protein contains

a. One copper atom b. Two copper atoms

c. One Iron atom d. one magnesium atom

61. It is reported that there is an ongoing decrease in the PH

value of Ocean water because of global warming. It happens due to

a. Larger uptake of Co2 by Ocean water

b. Lesser uptake of Co2 by Ocean water

c. Larger uptake of atmospheric nitrogen by Ocean water

d. Lesser uptake of atmospheric nitrogen by Ocean water

62. Match List-1 with List-1I and select the correct answer using

the code given below the Lists

List-1 List-1I

(Day) (Occasion)

A. 11th July 1. Human Rights Day

B.5th June 2. Hiroshima Day

C. 6th August 3. International

Environmental Day

D. 10th December 4. World population Day

codes

a. A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4 b. A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4

c. A-4, B-2, C-3, D-1 d. A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1

63. From which among the following pairs of species, a small

quantity of fine quality wool is obtained in India?

a. Pashmina goats and Angora rabbits

b. Pashmina rabbits and Angora goats

c. Pashmina rabbits and Angora sheep

d. Pashmina goats and Angora sheep

64. Which one among the following substances is NOT a 'greenhouse' gas?

a. Water vapour b. Chloroflurocarbon

c. Methane d. Nitrogen

65. Ozone layer depletion is a major phenomenon in:

a. Troposphere b. Stratosphre

c. Thermosphere d. Exosphere

66. Which one of the following plains is associated with Limestone Topography?

a. Bajada plain a. Alluvial plain

c. Karst plain d. Pene plain

67. Regur soil is most suitable for the cultivation of:

a. Groundnut b. Cotton

c. Tobacco d. Sugarcane

68. The hydrogen atom present in acetylene molecule are:

a. acidic b. basic

c. both acidic and basic d. neutral

69. Which one among the following states is the leading producer of salt in India?

a. Rajasthan b. Gujarat

c. Tamil Nadu d. Andhra Pradesh

70. Movement of outer electrons in the inner orbits of an atom

produces:

a. Alpha ray b. Beta ray

c. Gama ray d. X-ray

71. Gama ray consists of:

a. Meson particles b. Neutrino particles

c. Higg's boson d. Electromagnetic waves

72. 'Evaporites' is

a. a rock b. a meteorite

c. a brackish waterpan d. an evaporimeter

73. Heavy water of an atomic reactor is

a. deionised water

b. an oxide of heavier isotope of oxygen

c. a mixtre of ice and water

d. an oxide of heavier isotope of hydrogen

74. In a radio active decay of a nucleus, an electron is also

emitted. This may happen due to the fact that:

a. Electrons are present inside a nucleus

b. An electron is created at the time of conversion of a neutron

into proton

c. An electron is created at the time of conversion of a proton

into a neutron

d. Electrons need to be emitted for conservation of momentum

75. Which institution has topped the overall list of educational

institutions in the NIRF India Rankings 2020?

a. IIT Delhi b. IIT Madras

c. IIT Bengaluru d. IIT Bombay

76. Who launched COVID BEEP-India's first wireless physiological parameters monitoring system for COVID-19 patients?

a. P M Narendra Modi b. Piyush Goyal

c. Smriti Irani d. Dr. Jitendra Singh

77. Which place has been declared as Uttarakhand's new summer capital?

a. Rishikesh b. Kashipur

c. Ramnagar d. Bhararisen

78. Who has indigenously developed ARPIT-Airborne Rescue

pod?

a. IAF b. DRDO

c. ISRO d. ICMR

79. The Vikramshila University was founded by.......

a. Dharmapala b. Bimbisara

c. Ashoka d. Chandragupta-I

80. Which state topped India's State Food Safety Index among

larger states?

a. Madhya Pradesh b. Gujarat

c. Maharashtra d. Telangana

81. What was the theme of world Environment Day 2020?

a. Zero Tolerance for the illegal wildlife trade

b. Beat Plastic Pollution

c. Connecting people to Nature

d. Biodiversity

82. Which nation is the smallest ever nation to secure a United

Nations Security Council (UNSC) seat?

a. St. Vincent and the Grenadines b. Estonia

c.Tunisia d. Niger

83. Which Union Ministry has launched the information booklet-

'Safe online learning in the times of COVID-19 ?

a. Home Ministry b. Health Ministry

c. HRD Ministry d. WCD Ministry

84. Which year did G 8 become G7 again?

a. 2011 b. 2013

c. 2014 d. 2015

85. During the reign of which of the following kings did Chinese

traveller Xuanzang visit India?

a. Chandragupta Maurya b. Harshavardhana

c. Prabhakara Vardhana d. Ashoka

86. According to Global peace Index 2019, which one of the

following is the most peaceful country?

a. Bhutan b. Iceland

c. Indonesia d. India

87. Albert Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in the

year........

a. 1920 b. 1924

c. 1934 d. 1921

88. Where was Khelo India Youth Games 2019 held?

a. Delhi b. Noida

c. Pune d. Ludhiana

89. Who amongst the following established an institution named

'Kalashram' for imparting training in dance and associated

disciplines?

a. Shambhu Maharaj b. Pandit Birju Maharaj

c. Sitara Devi d. Lachhu Maharaj

90. In which city of India would you find the Swami Vivekananda

Airport?

a. Ranchi b. Durgapur

c. Kanyakumari d. Raipur

91. Sanjhi Art is associated to which of the following states of

India?

a. Rajasthan b. Gujarat

c. West Bengal d. Uttar Pradesh

92. In which of the following states is Kolleru Lake located?

a. Kerala b. Andhra Pradesh

c. Tamil Nadu d. Karnataka

93. Jadugora, in Singhbhum district, Jharkand is an important

mine for which of the following?

a. Manganese b. Emerald

c. Uranium d. Coal

94. Which of the following words was inserted in the Preamble

by the 42nd Amendment of the Constitution of India?

a. Belief b. Political

c. Integrity d. Economic

95. Which part of the human body gets affected by the illness

called Osteoporosis?

a. Kidney b. Bones

c. Lungs d. Brain

96. Which of the following states is the biggest Jute producer in

India?

a. Rajasthan b. West Bengal

c. Karnataka d. Nagaland

97. In which state is the Kamakhya Temple situated?

a. Assam b. Arunachal Pradesh

c. Chhattisgarh d. Jharkhand

98. According to Article 243 V of the Constitution of India, the

minimum age requirement for becoming a member of a Municipality is.............

a. 28 years b. 25 years

c. 32 years d. 21 years

99. In February 2018, who was appointed as the first independent female director of ICC?

a. Nita Ambani b. Indra Jai Singh

c. Indra Nooyi d. Chanda Kochar

100.Who among the following is called the 'father of super computing'?

a. Vintcerf b. Alan Perils

c. Ken Thompson d. Seymour cray

Answers

1 (a) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 (b) 5 (a) 6 (b) 7 (a) 8 (a) 9 (a) 10 (c) 11 (a)

12 (d) 13 (c) 14 (d) 15 (d) 16 (d) 17 (b) 18 (b) 19 (d) 20 (a) 21

31 (b) 32 (b) 33 (c) 34 (d) 35 (b) 36 (d) 37 (c) 38 (a) 39 (b) 40

50 (d) 51 (a) 52 (c) 53 (a) 54 (b) 55 (d) 56 (b) 57 (c) 58 (c) 59

69 (b) 70 (d) 71 (d) 72 (a) 73 (d) 74 (b) 75 (b) 76 (d) 77(d) 78

(a) 79 (a) 80 (b) 81 (d) 82 (a) 83 (c) 84 (c) 85 (a) 86 (b) 87 (d)

88 (c) 89 (b ) 90 (d) 91 (d) 92 (b) 93 (c) 94 (c) 95 (b) 96 (b ) 97

(a) 98 (d) 99 (c) 100 (d)

Jun 27, 2021

100 GK Questions for Kerala PSC Exams