General Awareness Questions for Banking & Government Exams

The largest among the Scandinavian countries:
Sweden

The Sangam period dynasty which had an efficient navy:
Cholas

Script writer of the film Chemmeen:
S. L. Puram Sadanandan

In which year the Cabinet Mission came to India:
1946

Soori Namboodiripad is a character in the novel:
Indulekha

The first church built by the Portuguese in India:
St. Francis Church

Who defeated Seleucus:
Chandragupta Maurya

Painavu is the headquarters of the district:
Idukki

Name the Chief Minister of Kerala who was born in the 19th century:
Pattom A. Thanu Pillai

Southwest monsoon in India originates from:
Indian Ocean

Who has the power to nominate Anglo-Indian representatives in the Assembly:
Governor

Director of the film Cheriyachante Kroorakrithyangal:
John Abraham

Name the Abyssinian slave on whom Sultana Razia was more compassionate:
Jalaluddin Yakut

The positively charged particle in the atom:
Proton

Last of the Nanda kings:
Dhanananda

Son of Buddha:
Rahula

The Indian state which produces the largest quantity of Chrysotile asbestos:
Andhra Pradesh

Who was known as “Christhava Kalidasa”:
Kattakkayathil Cheriyan Mappila

The vitamin which enhances immunity:
Vitamin C

The layer of the atmosphere where jet planes can fly comfortably:
Stratosphere

Sultan Battery is named after:
Tipu Sultan

Name the advisor to the Defence Minister who later became the President:
Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

KPCC President during the Liberation Struggle:
R. Sankar

The place in Tamil Nadu where Swami Vivekananda observed meditation:
Kanyakumari

Study of earthquakes:
Seismology