Facts about Kerala

1. The first radio station in Kerala:
(a)Kannur
(b) Kochi
(c) Thiruvananthapuram
(d) Devikulam

2. The place where the first training college in
Kerala was established:
(a) Kozhikode
(b) Alappuzha
(c) Thiruvananthapuram
(d) Kochi

3. The first tidal power project in India was
established in:
(a)Varkala
(b) Kanjikode
(c) Neendakara
(d) Vizhinjam

4. The first light house in western coast was
established in 1862 at:
(a)Kollam
(b) Alappuzha
(c) Kochi
(d) Kovalam

5. Pallivasal, the first hydro electric project is
in the district of:
(a)Kollam
(b) Pathanamthitta
(c) Idukky
(d) Ernakulam

6. The place where the first mobile court in
Kerala was established:
(a)Thiruvananthapuram
(b) Kannur
(c)Kozhikode
(d) Kochi

7. The first college in Kerala was established at:
(a)Kozhikode
(b) Thiruvananthapuram
(c) Kottayam
(d) Kochi

8. Which is the first boat race in Kerala which
marks the beginning of the season of boat
race in Kerala:
(a)Chambakkulam
(b) Payippatt
(c) Aranmula
(d) Nehru Trophy

9. The place where the first Sanskrit College
in Kerala was established:
(a)Kozhikode
(b) Alappuzha
(c) Thiruvananthapuram
(d) Kochi

10. The place where the first jail in Kerala was
established:
(a)Thiruvananthapuram
(b) Alappuzha
(c) Kollam
(d) Kochi

11. The first industrial establishement in Kerala
to use electricity is Kannan Devan Company.
It is in the district of:
(a)Ernakulam
(b) Idukky
(c) Kottayam
(d) Kollam

12. Mangalam project, the first hydel project
constructed after the formation of Kerala
state, is in the river:
(a)Muthirappuzha
(b) Bharatappuzha
(c) Pamba
(d) Panniyar

13. The place where the first international air port
in Kerala was established:
(a)Kozhikode
(b) Alappuzha
(c) Thiruvananthapuram
(d) Kochi

14. The place in Kerala where fine arts college
was established for the first time:
(a)Kozhikode
(b) Alappuzha
(c) Kochi
(d) Thiruvananthapuram

15. In which river Pallivasal, the first govt.
owned hydel project in Kerala was built?
(a) Pamba
(b) Kallada
(c) Vamaanapuram river
(d) Muthirappuzha

16. The first wild life sanctuary in Kerala:
(a)Iravikulam
(b) Thekkady
(c) Parambikkulam
(d) Peechi-Vazhani

17. The first English school in the princely state
of Cochin was started at:
(a)Thrissur
(b) Mattanchery
(c) Thripunithura
(d) Kodungallur

18. James Dara established the first coir
factory in Kerala in 1859 at:
(a)Alappuzha
(b) Kollam
(c) Thiruvananthapuram
(d) Punalur

19. The first diesel power project in Kerala:
(a)Nallalam (b) Kannur
(c) Brahmapuram (d) Kanjikode

20. The first texile mill in Kerala was
established in 1881 at:
(a)Alappuzha
(b) Kannur
(c) Kottayam
(d) Kollam

21. The first arch dam in India:
(a)Idukky
(b) Neyyar
(c) Sabarigiri
(d) Idamalayar

22. The first national park in Kerala:
(a)Silent Valley
(b) Mathikettan
(c) Anamudi
(d) Iravikulam

23. The place where Bible was published in
Malayalam for the first time:
(a)Kottayam
(b) Thalassery
(c) Kozhikode
(d) Alappuzha

24. The first tiger reserve in Kerala:
(a)Neyyar
(b) Periyar
(c) Parambikkulam
(d) Aralam

25. The first meeting of ‘Vavootuyogam’ the
ancestor organisation of SNDP Yogam was
held at:
(a)Kollam
(b) Alappuzha
(c) Aruvippuram
(d) Chavara

Answers

1 (c) 2(c) 3 (d) 4 (b)
5(c) 6(a) 7(c) 8(a)
9(c) 10(a)11(b) 12(a)
13(c) 14(d) 15(d) 16(b)
17(b) 18(a) 19(c)20(d)
21(a) 22(d) 23(a) 24(b)
25(c)