100 Questions GK (12)

01.First Technopark in India was launched at - Thiruvananthapuram
02.First evening Court was established in - Thiruvananthapuram
03.Trivandrum is the leading producer of tapioca in - Kerala
04.Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre - Tumba

DAMS IN KERALA

• Aruvikkara – Thiruvanathapuram

• Peppara – Thiruvanathapuram

• Neyyar – Thiruvanathapuram

• Thenmala – Kollam

• Kakki – Pathanamthitta

• Idamalayar – Eranakulam

• Mullepperiyar – Idukki

• Idukki Arch Dam - Idukki

• Malankara - Idukki

• Mattuppetty - Idukki

• Peechi - Thrissur

• Vazhani - Thrissur

• Malampuzha – Palakkad

• Wayalar – Palakkad

• Pothundi – Palakkad

05.The architect of Kollam City - Sapir Iso (Syrian merchant)
06.The largest freshwater lake in Kerala - Shasthamkotta
07.The second largest lake in Kerala - Ashtamudi
08.The first tourist seaplane service in India was started in - Ashtamudi lake
09.The famous neendakara estuary is in - Ashtamudi lake
10.Neendakara fisheries community project established in Kollam with the help of - Norway in 1953
11.The southernmost railway junction in Kerala - Kollam railway junction
12.The hottest place in Kerala - Punalur
13.Kallada irrigation project is the biggest irrigation project in - Kerala
14.The first Tsunami Museum is in India is situated - Azheekkal
15.The first paper mill in Kerala was established at - Punalur
16.Tenmala is the first Eco tourism project in - India
17.Tenmala is the first butterfly safari Park in - Asia
18.Jatayupara is situated in - Kollam
19.Coastal areas in Kollam are famous for - Ilmenite and monocyte deposit
20.Oldest hanging bridge in Kerala - Punalur
21.The historic place kundara where the greater Warrior veluthambi dalawa issued kundara proclamation in 1809 is in - Kollam district
22.First coastal police station in Kerala - Neendakara
23.First cyber police station in Kerala - Pattom
24.First tourism police station in Kerala - Mattancherry
25.First ISO Certified police station - Kozhikode Town Police Station
26.First women police station - Kozhikode
27.First abkari Court in Kerala - Kottarakara
28.Kerala Institute of rural development - Kottarakkara
29.Kerala ceramics Limited - Kundara

Visited Kerala in

• Hippalus                       – AD 45
• St Thomas                    – AD 52
• Hieun Tsang                 – AD 630
• Marco Polo (Itali)        – AD 1292
• Ibin Batuta (Morocco) – AD 1347
• Mahuan (China)           – AD 1409
• Nicolo Conte                - AD 1440

30.Indian rare Earth factory - Chavara
31.Cashew Development Corporation - Kollam
32.The architect of Pathanamthitta - KK Nair
33.Padayani was originated in - Pathanamthitta
34.Chengara land agitation is related to - Pathanamthitta
35.The first private sector hydroelectric project Maniyar is in - Pathanamthitta
36.The biggest forest division in Kerala - Ranni
37.The temple has in India which has highest sessional income - Sabarimala
38.Sabarimala is situated in - Ranni Taluk
39.Headquarters of pilgrimage tourism - Pathanamthitta
40.The famous Aanakkood is at - konni
41.First district in India to attend zero population growth rate in - Pathanamthitta
42.The first polio free district in India - Pathanamthitta
43.The district have most Reserve Forest in Kerala - Pathanamthitta
44.The only railway station in Pathanamthitta district - Tiruvalla
45.Venice of the east - Alappuzha
46.Who developed Alappuzha as a port city - Raja kesavadas
47.The largest lake in Kerala - Vembanad lake
48.First cartoon museum in India - Kayamkulam
49.The Taluk with longest coastline - Cherthala
50.Rajiv Gandhi combined cycle power project it is in - Kayamkulam
51.President Trophy boat race - Ashtamudi lake
52.Nehru Trophy boat race - Punnamada Kayal
53.Ayyankali Trophy boat race - Vellayani lake
54.Mother Teresa boat race - Achankovilaar
55.Sree Narayana Jayanthi boat race - Kumarakom
56.Sree Narayana Trophy boat race - Kannetti lake
57.Pandavan para is in - Chengannur
58.India first Siddha gramam - Chandiroor
59.Mayoora Simhasanamnathinte Nadu - Haripad
60.Pakshi Gramam in Kerala - Nooranadu
61.Thottappally spillway in - Alappuzha

Thermal Power Plants in Kerala

PLANT	FUEL	DISTRICTS
KAYAMKULAM	NAPTHA	ALAPPUZHA
NALLALAM	DIESEL	ERANAKULAM
CHEEMENI	NATURAL GAS	KASARGOD
VYPIN	NATURAL GAS	ERANAKULAM

62.Karumadikuttan and the sreemoolavaasam is related to - Buddhism
63.The only reserve forest in Alappuzha - Viyyaapuram
64.First post office in Kerala was established at Alappuzha in - 1857
65.Dara’s mail was the first coir factory in Kerala it was owned - James Dara 1859
66.Nehru Trophy boat race is known as - Olapparappile Olympics
67.Virology Institute - Alappuzha
68.Drugs and pharmaceuticals - Kalavoor
69.Central coconut Research Station - Kayamkulam
70.Kerala state water transport corporation - Alappuzha
71.First seafood park in Kerala - Aroor
72.Founder of kottayam City - T Rama Rao
73.The leading rubber producer in India - Kottayam
74.The only district in Kerala which fully shares its boundary with other district of Kerala - Kottayam
75.Kottayam situated on the banks of river - Meenachil river
76.The meenachil river is mentioned in the God of Small Things written by - Arundhati Roy
77.Birthplace of K R Narayanan - Uzhavoor
78.KR Narayanan national institute of visual Science and Arts is situated at - Thekkumthala
79.Kottayam is the first fully literate town in - India
80.Fast Chumar Chitra Nagaram in Kerala - Kottayam
81.First rubberized road in Kerala - Kottayam - Kumily
82.The only Sun Temple in Kerala- Adityapuram
83.The newspaper Deepika was published from - Kottayam 1887
84.Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary is situated in - Kottayam
85.Pathiramanal Island is in - Vembanad Kayal
86.Hindustan newsprint factory - Vellore
87.Kerala forest Development Corporation - Kottayam
88.Plantation Corporation - Kottayam
89.Spice garden of Kerala - Idukki
90.Idukki is the district in Kerala producing - Garlic
91.The highest peak in South India - Anamudi 2695 m
92.Kashmir of Kerala - Munnar
93.Mayur is famous for - Sandalwood and muniyaraas
94.The only tribal gram panchayat in Kerala - Idamalakkudi
95.Kuthumkal project in - Idukki
96.Spice park in Kerala - Puttady
97.First bio village in Kerala - Udumbannoor
98.The first national park in Kerala eravikulam - 1978
99.First neelakurinji sanctuary in India is established - Idukki
100.The oldest hydro electric project in Kerala - Pallivasal 1940