PSC questions 2 answer key

1. The first meeting of Indian National Congress was held in Bombay in December 1885 under the leadership of

A) Dadabhai Naoroji

B) Sir C. Sankaran Nair

C) W.C. Banerjee

D) Badaruddin Tyabji

2. Who among the following was the author of the book ‘Anand Math’ ?

A) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

B) Ravindranath Tagore

C) Rajaram Mohan Roy

D) Bal gangadhara Tilak

3. Identify the Governor General who introduced the Vernacular Press Act.

A) Sir Ashely Eden

B) Warren Hastings

C) Lord Lytton

D) Lord Stanely

4. Which among the following book was authorised by Mahatma Gandhi ?

A) My Truth

B) Hindu View of Life

C) Discovery of India

D) Hindu Swaraj

5. On which among the following dates ‘Jallianwala Bagh’ massacre took place ?

A) April 16, 1919

B) April 13, 1919

C) April 3, 1919

D) April 14, 1919

6. Which of the following part of India ever-green forest are found ?

A) Assam

B) Rajastan

C) Odisha

D) Uttar pradesh

7. Which is the Southern most hills in India ?

A) Anamudi hills

B) Nilgiri hills

C) Cardomom hills

D) Ponmudi hills

8. Where is Thattekkadu bird Sanctuary is located ?

A) Kerala

B) Andhra Pradesh

C) Tamil Nadu

D) Karnataka

9. What is ‘Sex Ratio’ ?

A) Number of females per thousand males

B) Number of females per hundred males

C) Difference between birth rate and death rate

D) Study of population growth

10. Which of the following migration of population does not change the size of the population ?

A) External migration

B) Internal migration

C) International migration

D) National migration

11. The Southern most part of Peninsular India, that is Kanyakumari is in

A) North of Tropic of Cancer

B) South of Equator

C) South of Capricon

D) North of Equator

12. The first Railway Line was opened from Bombay to Thana in 1853. Identify the Governor General who introduced it.

A) Lord Curzon

B) Lord Dalhousie

C) Lord Ripon

D) Lord Wellesley

13. Who started “Prathyaksha Raksha Daiva Sabha” ?

A) Kumaranasan

B) Poykayil Yohannan

C) K.P. Kesava Menon

D) Vaikunda Swamikal

14. Which social reformer of Kerala was honoured with the title of “Bharata Kesari” ?

A) Mannathu Padmanabhan

B) Karuppan

C) V.T. Bhattathirippadu

D) Swami Sivayogi

15. Who has been hailed as the “Father of Modern Kerala Renaissance” ?

A) Vakkom Abdul Khadar Maulavi

B) Ali Musaliyar

C) Sree Narayana Guru

D) Ayyankali

16. Which Maharaja of Travancore issued the temple entry proclamation in 1936 ?

A) Ayilyam Thirunal

B) Sree Moolam Thirunal

C) Utram Thirunal

D) Sree Chithra Thirunal

17. Who submitted “Ezhava Memorial” to Travancore Maharaja in 1896 ?

A) Dr. Palpu

B) G.P. Pillai

C) Muhammed Abdul Rahiman

D) Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishnapilla

18. Identify the present Secretary General of U.N.O.

A) Ban Ki Moon

B) Antonio Gutteres

C) Kofi Annan

D) Javier Perez de Cuellar

19. The Parliament of Russia is called

A) Diet

B) Duma

C) Majlis

D) National Assembly

20. Name the present Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India.

A) Venkatachellaya

B) Sadasivam

C) Ranjan Gogoi

D) Justice Chelameswar