KERALA PSC INFO - QUESTION AND ANSWER

• Which vitamin acts as a strong antioxidant?

       Vitamin C

• Which Sikh is also called ‘The Second Nanak’?

       Guru Angad

• Where is the famous Tipu Sultan Masjid Situated?

       Kolkata

• Which Indian city has the nickname of Sans Kari Magari or the Cultural City?

       Vadodara

• Which war was fought between the Portugal and a combined force of Turkey, Egypt, and Venice the Republic of Ragusa and the Sultan of Gujarat Mahmud Beaded?

       Battle of Diu (1509)

• Across which river is the Ujjain dam in Maharashtra built?

       Baima River

• Which national leader had the title of Lokapria (Loved by all)?

       Goliaths Bordoloi

• Which Indian city is also known in the names of City of Eastern Light and Gateway of the North- East India?

       Guwahati

• Which writer’s famous work is Fire on the Mountain?

       Anita Desai

• Which is the richest award in children’s literature?

       Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (Sweden)

• Who is credited with the invention of the modern two-man beach volleyball game?

       Paul Johnson (USA)

• What is the name of the scientific study of dreams?

       Oneirology

• What is the name of the mental disorder characterized by a breakdown in thinking and poor emotional responses?

       Schizophrenia

• Which chemical is widely used in no radioactive treatment?

       Potassium iodide

• Which chemical is the most widely used drain cleaner in the world?

       Sodium Hydroxide

• Which chemical has the nickname of The White Caustic’?

       Sodium Hydroxide

• The Dutch multinational company Akzo Nobel is active in the field of ……..?

       Decorative panits

• Which British statesman made the famous speech of ‘Nabob of Argot’s Debts in 1785, condemning the damage done unto Lndia by the East India Company?

       Edmund Burke

• Name the famous fictional character created by New York based pulp writer Johnston McCauley?

       Zorro

• Which animal’s scientific name is Vulpes Vulpes?

       Red fox

• What kind of animal is ‘Dingo’ found mainly in Australia?

       Dog

• The official residence of which country’s Governor General is known as Yarralumla’?

       Australia

• Which celestial body’s geological periods are named as Pre-Noachian, Noachian, Hesperian and Amazonian periods?

       Mars

• Which is the prominent type of cloud found in the atmosphere of Mars?

       Cirrus Clouds

• Which Hindi writer is referred to as the Great Scholar (Mahayanist)?

       Rahul  Sankrityayan