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1. Who was the first English President of the Indian National Congress - George Yule
2. Provincial Autonomy was one of the important features of - Government of India Act,
1935
3. Which day was declared as the 'Direct Action Day' by the Muslim League - 16 August,
1946
4. The Indian Councils Act of 1909 is also known as - The Morley-Minto Reforms
5. Name the social reformer related to 'Muthira Kinar' - Ayya Vaikundar
6. Who authored 'Dhruvacharitham' - Pandit Karuppan
7. Who founded 'Balaprabodhini Sankrit Patasala' - C.Krishnan
8. Who was the exponent of Pacha Malayalam Movement - Kodungallur
Kunhikkuttan Thampuran
9. At which place Sree Narayana Guru established Thiruppatheeswara temple - Mangalore
10. Mannath Padmanabhan delivered the famous Muthukulam Speech in which year - 1947
11. The women who bravely faced police during the Malabar revolt - Kammath Chinnamma
12. Who founded English School at Mattancheri in 1818 - J.Dawson
13. Author of the book 'Chorayum Kanneerum Nananja Vazhikal' - K.Devayani
14. Who authored '1114-nte Katha' - Akkamma Cheriyan
15. Under whose leadership Kochi Rajya Prajamandalam was formed in 1941 -
V.R.Krishnanezhuthachan
16. Who was the main leader of salt satyagraha in Kerala, which was organised as a part of
Civil Disobedience movement - K.Kelappan
17. Kayyur strike was in - 1941
18. The year in which Sree Narayana Guru gave the message 'One caste, one religion, one god
for man' at a conference held at 'Adwaithasramam' - Aluva-1924
19. Who was appointed in 1934 to examine the matter of appointment to Government Services
in Travancore - G.D.Knox
20. Who was the first secretary of the SNDP Yogam, formed in 1903 - Kumaranasan
21. In which year Rabindranath Tagore visited Sree Narayana Guru at Sivagiri - 1922
22. Who wrote a book on 'Karl Marx' in 1912 - K.Ramakrishna Pillai
23. Who wrote 'Dhyanasallapangal' - Kuriakose Elias Chavara
24. Who wrote the book 'Purushanmar Illatha Lokam' - K.Saraswati Amma
25. 'Purogamana Sahitya Prathanam' was formed in - 1981
26. Who led 'Achippudava samaram' - Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker
27. Who submitted counter petition against Malayali Memorial - E.Ramayyar
28. Who was the General Secretary of Travancore Defence Committee - M.M.Cheriyan
29. Based on whose life, the drama 'Thozhil Kendrathilekk' was written - Kavumkod
Bhargavi
30. In which year Gandhiji and Ayyankali met - 1937
31. In which year Jnanodayam Sabha was founded - 1906
32. Who authored 'Vichara Viplavam' - Kuttippuzha Krishna Pillai
33. Who launched the publication Sadhujana Dothan - Pambadi John Joseph
34. Who was known as the 'Martin Luther of Kerala' - Abraham Malpan
35. Where did Benjamin Bailey established printing press - Kottayam
36. The social reformer who met Gandhiji at Neyyattinkara - Poikayil Yohannan

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37. Vaikunda Swami proclaimed himself as an incarnation of which deity - Mahavishnu

38. Who established the first English School at Southern Travancore - William T.Ringle
Taube
39. Who wrote the book 'Benjamin Franklin' in Malayalam - K.Ramakrishna Pillai
40. Who founded Maha Bodhi Mission at Kozhikode - C.Krishnan
41. Who started a branch of Theosophical Society at Kozhikode - Mancheri Ramayyar
42. Who took initiative to establish Antharjana Samajam at Chettupuzha - Parvathy
Nenmenimanglam
43. Who was known as the first martyr of Kerala renaissance - Arattupuzha Velayudha
Panicker
44. Who was the founder President of Mahila Deshasevika Sangham established at Kozhikode -
Margaret Pavamani
45. The novel by Kesavdev based on the background of partition of India - Bhranthalayam
46. Who led 'Mukkuthi Agitation' - Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker
47. Who was known as 'Kali' in childhood - Ayyankali
48. Who translated Rubaiyat by Omar Khayyan into Malayalam with the title 'Vilasalahari' -
G.Sankarakurup
49. Which scheme is an initiative of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan to prepare physical health
and fitness profile card for students - Swasth Bachche, Swasth Bharat
50. Which scheme was launched to the care facilities for pregnant women, especially the poor -
Pradhan Manthri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA)
51. In which year was the Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan launched - 2016
52. Which scheme of the Central Government is known as 'Saubhagya' - Pradhan Mantri
Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana
53. In which year was the Saubhagya Yojana launched - 2017 (September 25)
54. Which scheme is aimed at providing electricity to all households in India by December
2018 - Saubhyagya Scheme
55. Which scheme aims to ensure 24*7 power for all - Integrated Power Development
Scheme
56. In which year was the Integrated Power Development scheme launched - 2015 (September
18)
57. Which scheme of the India government is also known as 'Prakash Path (Way to Light)' -
National LED Programme
58. In which year was the National LED Programme launched - 2015 (January 5)
59. Which scheme was launched to obtain operational and financial turn around of State-owned
Power Distribution Companies (DISCOMs) - UDAY (UJWAL Discom Assurance
Yojana)
60. In which year was the UDAY scheme launched - 2015 (November 20)
61. Which scheme aims to distribute free LPG connections to the women belonging to 5 crores
BPL families across the country - Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
62. In which year was the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana launched - 2016 (May 1)
63. Which scheme aims to provide subsidy to farmers for setting up of solar power plants on
their barren land - KUSUM Scheme (Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan)

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64. Which scheme is aiming to manage and convert cattle dung and solid wastes in farms to
compost, biogas and bio CNG - GOBAR-DHAN (Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro
Resources Dhan)
65. What is the aim of Central Government's NABH Nariman Scheme - Growth in passenger
traffic of Civil aviation
66. Which scheme was introduced to connect 56 unserved airports and 31 unserved helipads
across the country - UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik)
67. Which scheme was introduced to develop world-class tourism infrastructure - Swadesh
Darshan Yojana
68. In which year was the Swadesh Darshan Yojana launched - 2015 (March 9)
69. As part of which scheme is theme based tourism circuits identified for infrastructure
development - Swadesh Darshan Yojana
70. Which scheme aims to develop world class tourism infrastructure in spiritual centres -
PRASAD (Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Augmentation Drive)
71. Which scheme was inaugurated by the President of India on the World Tourism Day
(September 27), 2017 - Adopt a Heritage Scheme
72. In which year was the 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' Yojana launched - 2015 (January 22)
73. Which scheme was launched to consolidate information of Labour Inspection and its
enforcement through a unified web portal - Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Shramev
Jayate Yojana (PDUSJY)
74. In which year was the PDUSJY launched - 2014 (October 16)
75. Which scheme was launched to identify sporting talent among students in the age group 8 -
12 years - National Sports Talent Search Scheme (NSTSS)
76. In which year was the National Sports Talent Search Scheme launched - 2015 (February
20)
77. Which scheme has been acknowledged as the world's largest cash transfer program
(households) by the Guinness Book of World Records - PAHAL Scheme (Pratyaksha
Hastaantarit Laabh)
78. The objective of which scheme is to send the subsidy money of LPG cylinders directly into
the bank accounts of the consumers - PAHAL
79. In which year was the PAHAL Scheme extended nationwide - 2015 (January 1)
80. Which scheme was launched to safeguard health, environment and economic conditions of
the tribal people affected by mining-related issues - Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra
Kalyan Yojana - (PMKKKY)
81. In which year was the Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana launched - 2015
(September 17)
82. Which scheme was launched with the objective to free all national highways form railway
level crossings and renovate the old bridges on national highways by 2019 - Setu
Bharatam Project
83. In which year was the Setu Bharatam Project launched - 2016 (March 3)
84. Which scheme was introduced for providing unemployment allowance to workers rendered
jobless due to the changing employment pattern - Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana
85. Which scheme was launched to ensure the conservation of high Himalayan ecosystem -
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86. In which year was the Secure Himalaya project launched - 2017 (October 2)
87. In which year was the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme
(MPLADS) introduced - 1993 (December 23)
88. Which programme was aimed to provide useful and relevant elementary education for all
children in the 6-14 age group - Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
89. In which year was the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan scheme launched - 2001
90. In which year the Right to Education Act came into force - 2010 (April 1)
91. Which programme was popularly called 'Mid-Day Meal Scheme' - The National
Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education (NPNSPE)
92. In which year was the Mid-Day Meal Scheme formally launched -1995 (August 15)
93. Which programme was launched in March 2009 for improving the quality of secondary
education in the country - Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA)
94. What is the popular name of the Rajeev Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent
Girls - SABLA
95. First cyber police station in India started at - Bengaluru
96. World computer literacy day - December 2
97. A 'Menu' contains a list of - Commands
98. Unsolicited commercial email is commonly known as - Spam
99. Creation of email messages with a forged sender address - email spoofing
100. Sending of massive volumes of email to a specific e-mail address for abuses is called -
email Bombing
101. Full form of ICANN - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
102. First fully Wi-Fi enabled municipality in India - Malappuram
103. Who developed LISP language - John McCarthy
104. Graphical representation of a computer program - Flow Chart
105. The first known use of the word "computer" was in 1613 in a book called The Yong Mans
Gleanings by English writer - Richard Braithwaite
106. Author of the book 'Passage from the Life of a Philosopher' - Charles Babbage
107. Who invented the first mechanical calculator - Balise Pascal
108. Who invented Jacquard Loom - Joseph Marie Jacquard
109. Father of Computer Science - Alan Turing
110. World's first computer programmer - Ada Lovelace
111. Who invented 'Analytical Engine' - Charles Babbage
112. Who wrote the book 'Computing Machinery and Intelligence' - Alan Turing
113. First electronic Computer - ENIAC
114. First Wi-Fi enabled train in India - Rajadhani Express
115. India passed the IT Act 2000 and notified it for effectiveness on - 2000 October 17
116. Loosely organized groups of Internet criminals are called as - Web gangs
117. _____ is the practice and study of Hiding Information - Cryptography
118. Feeling guilty or defensive about our internet use is symptom of - Cyber addiction
119. Making distributing and selling the software copies those are fake, known as -
Counterfeiting
120. Which memory is known as 'work area of a computer' - RAM
121. Storage capacity of a Floppy Disk - 1.44 MB

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122. Who discovered CD ROM - James T Russel

123. A Computer program that is used to convert an assembly language to machine language is -
Assembler
124. Data going into the computer is called - Input Data
125. Obtaining credit cards and loans in someone else's name or someone wrongfully obtains and
uses another person's personal data - Identity theft
126. Where was India's first computer installed - Indian Statistical Institute (Calcutta)
127. The default font available in MS WORD is - Times New Roman
128. Unauthorized access of a computer system and networks - Hacking
129. The social network Facebook was founded by - Mark Zuckerberg
130. The brain of any computer system is - CPU
131. Which was the first search engine in the Internet - Archie
132. The programs which are as permanent as hardware and stored in ROM is known as -
Firmware
133. Which virus is treated as the first computer virus - Creeper virus
134. The number of functional keys in a keyboard - 12
135. India's first banking Robot - Lakshmi
136. ASCII stands for - American Standard Code for Information Interchange
137. In IT Act 2000, which section deals with the punishment of cyber terrorism - 66 (F)
138. First High Level Language - FORTRAN
139. Second High Level language - LISP
140. Which technology is used in Compact disks - Laser
141. The Indian President who gave assent to Information Technology Act 2000 -
K.R.Narayanan
142. The first Cyber Police Station in Kerala was inaugurated in - 2009
143. India's first Cyber dome is established at - Thiruvananthapuram
144. In IT Act, Chapter 3 related to - Electronic governance
145. Paintbrush belong to - Application-group
146. Cyber Laws are included in - Residuary Powers
147. A digital signature is an - Encrypted information
148. Laptop was developed by - Adam Osborne
149. A website's main page is called - Home page
150. The inventor of www (world wide web) -Tim Berner's Lee
151. Server on internet is also known as - Host
152. Computer Mouse was invented by - Douglas Engelbart
153. Baidu is a most popular Search engine in - China
154. HTML is considered as a - Markup language
155. A computer on internet is identified by - IP address
156. Free of cost repair of software bug available in internet is called - Patch
157. ____ is the process of finding and resolving defects or problems within a computer program
- Debugging
158. Full form of SMPS - Switched-mode power supply
159. A combination of Hardware and Software - Firmware

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160. A device which converts human-readable data into machine language is - Character
reader
161. MICR stands for - Magnetic Ink Character Reader
162. ENIAC was a research that was sponsored by - U.S military
163. The disk's surface is divided into a number of invisible concentric circles called - Tracks
164. COBOL is an acronym for ____ - Common Business Oriented Language
165. A mechanism for arranging controlled access to a shared resource is - Lock-out
166. VLSI stands for - Very Large Scale Integration
167. Which output device is known as Soft Copy Output device - Monitor
168. A ___ is a group of computers and network devices connected together, usually within the
same building - LAN (local area network)
169. The network of Networks - Internet
170. ___ is a type of cybercrime in which data is altered as it is entered into a computer system -
Data diddling
171. How many Toggle keys are there in a keyboard - Three
172. The authority to specify as to which castes shall be deemed to be Scheduled Castes rests
with the - President
173. Which article is related to "Equal Justice and free legal aid - Article 39 A
174. Which article is related to Special Address by the President - Article 87
175. The Supreme Court Judge must have been a High Court Judge for at least a period of - Five
years
176. Which amendment seeks to extend reservation for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes
and Anglo-Indian up to 2020 - The Ninety-fifth Amendment
177. The Indian Constitution does not clearly provide for the freedom of press, but this freedom
is implicit in Article - Article 19(1) (a)
178. The Inter-State Council, a non-permanent constitutional body set up by a presidential order
on the basis of provisions in Article 263 of the Constitution of India in - 1990
179. Which Indian artist decorated the handwritten copy of the Constitution - Nandalal Bose
180. In which Constitutional Amendment Act seats of Lok Sabha were increased from 525 to
545 - 31st Constitutional Amendment Act, 1973
181. How are legislative excesses of Parliament and State Assemblies checked - Judicial
review
182. Which functionary can be invited to give his opinion in the Parliament - Attorney-General
of India
183. In which House of the Parliament, the Presiding Officer is not a member of the House -
Rajya Sabha
184. The Speaker's vote in the Lok Sabha is called - Casting Vote
185. The first mid-term elections for Lok Sabha were held in which year - 1971
186. Which type of authority is attributed to the President of India - Constitutional and
nominal
187. Which Article of the Constitution permits the Supreme Court to review its own judgement
or order - Article 137
188. Who has the right to transfer any case anywhere in India - Supreme Court
189. Who is the final authority to interpret the Constitution - The Supreme Court

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190. Under which Article of the Indian Constitution can the President be impeached - Article 61
191. What is the minimum strength of the Legislative Assemblies of India prescribed by the
Constitution - 60
192. Any political party in India can be recognized as a national party if it has state party status
in - Four States
193. How many states in India have two houses, namely Legislative Assembly and Legislative
council - Seven
194. The ordinance of Governor has to be passed by the Assembly within how many months - 6
weeks
195. Money Bill can be introduced in the State Legislature with the prior consent of - Governor
196. Who remains in office as long as the President of India wishes - Governor
197. The ordinance issued by the Governor are subject to approval by which body - State
Legislature
198. The total number of members of the Legislative Council can in no case be less than how
many members - 40
199. U.C.Banerjee Commission was constituted to probe - Godhra incident
200. In which year was Mandal Commission Report implemented - 1990
201. Who is the author of the book 'A Foreign Policy of India' - I.K.Gujral
202. Which State can nominate two women members of the Legislative Assembly - Jammu and
Kashmir
203. The legislative council of a state can be created or abolished by the - Parliament on
recommendation of concerned state legislative assembly
204. Which is the Upper Chamber of State Legislature in India - Legislative Council
205. What is the period for the Legislative Council to detain the ordinary bills - 3 months
206. The procedure for creation o Legislative Council in States has been described in which
article of the Constitution - Article 169
207. Who is authorised to transfer the judges of one High /court to another High Court -
President
208. A High Court Judge addresses his letter of resignation to - President
209. Which High Court has the largest number of benches - Guwahati High Court
210. Which High Court has the Territorial Jurisdiction over Andaman and Nicobar Islands -
Calcutta High Court
211. To which State the Special Marriage Act, 1954 does not apply - Jammu and Kashmir
212. What does the 74th Amendment Act, 1993 of the Constitution mentions - The
Municipalities
213. When was the Panchayat Raj System introduced in India - October 2, 1959
214. A committee appointed in 1977 to review working of the Panchayat Raj was chaired by -
Ashok Mehta
215. The constitutional status has been given to Panchayat under Article - Article 243
216. The power, authority and responsibilities of municipalities are listed in which schedules of
the Constitution of India - 12th schedule
217. The Panchayati Raj system was first started in India in the states of Rajasthan. What is
Second state - Andhra Pradesh

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218. The Panchayati Raj institution at the block level is known by which name - Panchayat
Samiti
219. What is the middle unit in the three-tier Panchayati Raj System - Panchayat Samiti
220. Public Health and Sanitation ti included in the Constitution of India in which list - State
list
221. Which Schedule of the Indian Constitution prescribes distribution of seats in Rajya Sabha -
Fourth Schedule
222. Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act was enacted in Indian Constitution in
which year - 2003
223. the Election Commission was converted into 'Three Members Commission' in which year -
1990
224. The 42nd Amendment Act (1976) has incorporated into the Constitution of India a new
chapter on which matter - Fundamental Duties
225. Which was the most controversial Amendment passed during the emergency - 42nd
Amendment
226. The method of Constitutional Amendment is provided in which article - Article 368
227. Under the Preventive Detention a person can be detained without trial for how many
months - Three months
228. In which General Election did the Congress Party lost majority in the Parliament for the
first time - 1977
229. Which is the only State in India to have the Common Civil Code - Goa
230. As per Article 100(3), the quorum to constitute a meeting of either House of Parliament is -
One-tenth of the total number of members of that House
231. The Secretary-General of Lok Sabha, who is the Chief of its Secretariat, is appointed by the
- Speaker
232. The proclamation of Emergency under Article 352 was made by the President for the first
time in - 1962
233. The Government of India Act, 1935, envisaged the introduction of - Federal form of
Government
234. The system of Proportional Representation is used in the election of the - President
235. Which authority should an Indian citizen approach for securing his fundamental right of
personal freedom guaranteed by the Constitution - The Supreme Court or a High Court
236. The first Official Language Commission, as required under Article 344 of the constitution,
was constituted by the President in - 1955
237. Under which article, the Supreme Court has been given the powers to review any
judgement pronounced or order made by it previously - Article 137
238. Who can recommend abolition or creation of the Legislative Council in a State -
Legislative Assembly of the State
239. Which Constitutional Amendment introduced the anti-defection provisions in the
Constitution -52nd Amendment
240. Who appoints "Ad hoc" judges of the Supreme Court - Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court with permission of President
241. Rajya Sabha can delay the Finance Bill sent for its consideration by the Lok Sabha for a
maximum period of - 14 days

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242. Dapsone immunotherapy is related to - Leprosy

243. Which rays are mainly used to find out invisible hand-writings, forged documents and
fingerprints - Ultraviolet rays
244. Which chemical is used for the preservation of foods - Sodium Benzoate
245. For the treatment of which gland disease is radioactive iodine used - Thyroid
246. Which carbon compound is used as a fire-extinguisher - Carbon Tetrachloride
247. How many vertebrate does a human being have - 33
248. Fibula is the bone of which organ of the body - Leg (beneath the knee)
249. A tablet of which vitamin should be advised to be used after purification of water by iodine
as a disinfectant - Vitamin C
250. A genetic code specifies how many kinds of amino acids - 20

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