PAGE : 24 (Questions : 106 to 120)
This section contains general knowledge questions for candidates preparing for Kerala PSC degree level exams. It will be useful for degree level preliminary, mains and other higher post exams. Statement type questions and previous exam questions as per PSC latest syllabus are included in this section.
QN : 106
Uzhiyam means
  1. forced labour without wage
  2. survey and settlements of land
  3. direct management of Devaswoms
  4. land tenure in Malabar
A Only (i)
B Only (ii)
C Only (iii)
D Only (iv)
QN : 107
Which of the following statement is/are true about 'Swadeshabhimani'?
  1. K.Ramakrishna Pilla was its editor
  2. Vakam Abdul Khader Moulavi was its publisher
  3. It was against English Education
A Only (i) is true
B Only (i and ii)
C All of above (i, ii and iii)
D Only (ii and iii)
QN : 108
Pick out the statements that are true related to the Pookkottoor War
  1. The first planned and direct attack that brock out during the Malabar Rebellion
  2. It was held in 1932
  3. The district Magistrate Thomas demanded the Madras Government for military support to suppress the rebellion
A Only (i and ii)
B Only (ii and iii)
C Only (i and iii)
D All of above (i, ii and iii)
QN : 109
'Jovannes Gonsalves' is related to
  1. The first printing in Malayalam was done at Goa
  2. A Spanish Missionary
  3. Started printing presses at Vaipin
A Only (iii)
B Only (i)
C Only (i and iii)
D Only (i and ii)
QN : 110
Which of the following does not match with the history of Kumarenasan?
  1. Deemed as an epic poet without writing an epic
  2. Author of 'Chindavishtayaya Sita'
  3. Founder of Kerala Kalamandalam
  4. The poet who belongs to modern poetic trio and also is a graduate
A Only (i and ii)
B Only (ii and iii)
C Only (i and iv)
D Only (iii and iv)
QN : 111
Odd one out
  1. a-Ummachu b-Mindapennu c-Aniyara d-Yakshi Parambu
  2. a-Vishakanyaka b-Moodupadam c-Tattakam d-oru desathinte kada
  3. a-Dharmapuranam b-Aalkoottam c-Thalamurakal d-Pravachakante vazhi
  4. a-Balyakala Saghi b-Premalekhenam c-Mathilukal d-Nalukettu
A (1-d, 2-b, 3-c, 4-a)
B (1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-a)
C (1-d, 2-c, 3-b, 4-a)
D (1-d, 2-c,3-b, 4-d)
QN : 112
The film won the first ever Kerala State film award for the best film
A Balan
B Kumara Sambavam
C Swam
D Marthanda Varma
QN : 113
Pick out the correct pair
  1. Kerala Panini - A.R. Raja Raja Varma
  2. Vanampadi - Meri John Thottam
  3. Olappamanna - Subrahmanyan Namboothiri
  4. Kerala Vyasan - Kerala Varma Valiya Koyitampuran
A Only (i and iii)
B Only (i and ii)
C Only (ii and iii)
D Only (iii and iv)
QN : 114
Whose work is the drama 'Mannum Pennum'?
A Paratholli Chalapurathu Kutti Krishnan
B N. Krishnapillai
C M. Govindan
D Muhammed Yousuf
QN : 115
Pick out the wrong pair
  1. Autobiography of Toppil Bhasi - Olivile Ormakal
  2. Autobiography of Kamale Surayya - My Story
  3. Autobiography of V.T. Bhattathiripad - Adukkalayil Ninnu Parlamentikku
  4. Autobiography of Tatazhi Siva Sankarapilla - Jeevitha Mudrakal
A Only (i and ii)
B Only (iii and iv)
C Only (ii and iii)
D Only (i and iv)
QN : 116
Which of the following incidents are connected to Sree Narayana Guru?
  1. Slogan uttered-know and inform and not to Argue and win
  2. Kallumala Samaram
  3. Aruvipuram installation
  4. Misra Bhojanam
A Only (ii and iii)
B Only (i and iv)
C Only (i and iii)
D Only (iii and iv)
QN : 117
Which news papers are used by C. Krishnan and T.K. Madhavan to attack against untouchability in Malabar and Travancore?
  1. Swaraj
  2. Deshabhimani
  3. Vivekodaya
  4. Milhavadi
A (i and ii) only
B Only (i and iv)
C Only (ii and iii)
D Only (ii and iv)
QN : 118
Which factors are true in connection with 'Wagon Tragedy'?
  1. Closed railway good wagon run from Tanur to Coimbatore
  2. Closed railway goods wagon run from Tirur to Coimbatore
  3. Sixty one out of 90 mappila rebels died of asphyxiation during the course of Journey in a closed railway goods wagon
A Only (ii and iii)
B Only (iii)
C Only (i and ii)
D Only (ii)
QN : 119
Which of the statement are the correct of the left wing in Kerala during the Civil Disobedience movement?
  1. Started a news paper called 'Prabhatam' as the official organ of the KPCC
  2. Leaders unleashed a sharp criticism against the defeatist attitude of the National Leadership of Congress
A Only (i)
B Only (ii)
C Only (i and ii)
D Both are false
QN : 120
The 'Pattini Jatha' organized by the two Socialist leaders, who are they?
  1. CK Govindan Nair
  2. AK Gopalan
  3. K.Kelapan
  4. KPR Gopalan
A Only (i and ii)
B Only (ii and iv)
C Only (ii and iii)
D Only (iii and iv)