Kerala GK Quiz Questions and Answers

This article provides you 100+ Kerala GK Quiz questions and answers 2024. We have covered many important topics in our set of general knowledge questions on Kerala state and it also includes state, India, history, geography, Kerala politics, rivers, culture and many others.

This set of Kerala state GK questions will help you prepare for various government examinations held across the state and the country.

100+ Important Kerala GK Questions and Answer

Question: Who has won the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Foundation Kerala State award for the year 2016-17?

Ans. Dileep K Nair

Question: Who is the first person to received Arjuna Award from Kerala?

Ans. T. C. Yohannan

Question: Vaikom Satyagraha was started in the year?

Ans. 1924

Question: Total number of poems in the ‘Ramacharitham’ book is?

Ans. 1814

Question: Who is considered as the father of Malayalam cinema?

Ans. J. C. Daniel

Question: How many districts of Kerala have coastline?

Ans. 9

Question: In which year, Mahatma Gandhi visited Kerala for the first time?

Ans. 1920

Question: Edakkal Caves are located in?

Ans. Wayanad district

Question: The Treaty of Mannar was signed in?

Ans. 1742

Question: Who was the last Chief Ministers of Travancore-Cochin?

Ans. Panampilly Govinda Menon

Question: “Deepika” which is the oldest Malayalam newspaper still in circulation was first published in?

Ans. 1887

Question: Who has been selected for Kerala’s top literary award “Ezhuthachan Puraskaram-2017”?

Ans. K Satchidanandan

Question: Which one was the first Olympic participated by PT Usha?

Ans. Moscow 1980

Question: Misrabhojanam was the idea popularised by?

Ans. Sahodaran Ayyappa

Question: Who is also known as “Kerala Vyasan”?

Ans. Kunhikuttan Thampuran

Question: The K. R. Narayanan National Institute of Visual Science and Arts is located at?

Ans. Kottayam

Question: Which district have longest coastline?

Ans. Kannur

Question: In which place the first All Kerala Congress Political Meeting was held in 1921?

Ans. Ottapalam

Question: The Royal symbol of Cheras was?

Ans. Tiger

Question: Which Travancore ruler introduce the framing of the annual budget called ‘Pativukanakku’?

Ans. Marthanda Varma

Question: The first railway line in Kerala was opened for traffic in 1861 between Beypore and?

Ans. Tirur

Question: Which one place is also known as the “Gateway of Highrange”?

Ans. Kothamangalam

Question: High court seat of Kerala & Lakshadweep is located at?

Ans. Kochi

Question: The United Kerala Convention of 1947 was held at?

Ans. Thrissur

Question: The Octopus shaped lake in Kerala?

Ans. Vembanad

Question: Who is also known as “Kerala Vyasan”?

Ans. Kunhikuttan Thampuran

Question: The first Malayalam talkie “Balan” was released in the year?

Ans. 1938

Question: Which district is also known as “Land of Looms and Lores”?

Ans. Kannur

Question: Who called Travancore a “lunatic asylum”?

Ans. Swami Vivekananda

Question: The Royal symbol of Pandya Dynasty was?

Ans. Fish

Question: Who was the first Chief Minister of Travancore who assumed the title Diwan?

Ans. Raja Kesava Das

Question: Who is also known as Jhansi Rani of Travancore?

Ans. Accamma Cherian

Question: Which one is know as the Cultural Capital of Kerala?

Ans. Thrissur

Question: Approximately what fraction of India’s rubber is produced by Kerala?

Ans. 90%

Question: Who is known as the father of political movement in modern Travancore?

Ans. G Parameswaran Pillai

Question: Asia’s first arch dam that was constructed across the Kuravan and Kurathi hills?

Ans. Idukki Dam

Question: In which district of Kerala is Puttingal temple?

Ans. Kollam

Question: Which one is the first Malayalam colour film?

Ans. Kandam Bacha Coat

Question: Who is also known as “Kerala Maupassant”?

Ans. Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai

Question: The Guruvayur Satyagraha was started in the year?

Ans. 1931

Question: The origin of the Malayalam calendar has been dated to?

Ans. 825 CE

Question: Who was the last Diwan of independent Travancore?

Ans. P. G. N. Unnithan

Question: The “Museum Of Kerala History” is located in?

Ans. Ernakulam

Question: Which one is the oldest football club in Kerala?

Ans. R B Ferguson Club

Question: Aranmula Kannadi is a GI protected tag of Kerala. It is a?

Ans. Handicraft

Question: Who founded “Prathyaksha Raksha Sabha”?

Ans. Poikayil Kumara Devan

Question: Subramanya Sathakam and Sankara Sathakam were the earlier works of the poet?

Ans. Kumaran Asan

Question: In which district of Kerala, the Silent Valley National Park is located?

Ans. Palakkad

Question: Which one is the first film of Adoor Gopalakrishnan?

Ans. Swayamvaram

Question: The first newspaper in Malayalam ‘Rajyasamacharam’ was published from?

Ans. Thalassery

Question: Who is the founder of the University of Kerala?

Ans. Balarama Varma

Question: Who was the first recorded Chera ruler of the Sangam period?

Ans. Uthiyan Cheralathan

Question: Who shifted the capital of Travancore from Padmanabhapuram to Trivandrum?

Ans. Dharma Raja

Question: Adoor Gopalakrishnan was awarded with Dadasaheb Phalke Award in the year?

Ans. 2004

Question: In which year, the Santosh Trophy Tournament was held for the first time in Kerala?

Ans. 1955