Kerala GK Questions and Answers

21. Who was the first Chief Minister of Travancore who assumed the title Diwan?

• A) Arumukan Pillai
• B) Marthanda Pillai
• C) Ramayyan Dalawa
• D) Raja Kesava Das

22. Who was the last Diwan of independent Travancore?

• A) Thomas Austin
• B) T. Raghavaiah
• C) P. G. N. Unnithan
• D) Muhammad Habibullah

23. Who shifted the capital of Travancore from Padmanabhapuram to Trivandrum?

• A) Balarama Varma
• B) Marthanda Varma
• C) Rama Varma
• D) Dharma Raja

24. Where was the first English factory in Kerala set up?

• A) Poovar
• B) Attukal
• C) Vizhinjam
• D) Kovalam

25. In which year did the Attingal Outbreak take place?

• A) 1718
• B) 1721
• C) 1726
• D) 1730

26. In which year did Velu Thampi Dalawa make the Kundara Proclamation?

• A) 1807
• B) 1809
• C) 1810
• D) 1812

27. Who was appointed as the first English Diwan in Travancore State?

• A) Col. John Munro
• B) M. E. Watts
• C) Thomas Austin
• D) Arthur Wellesley

28. During whose reign was coffee cultivation introduced into Travancore for the first time?

• A) Gowri Parvati Bayi
• B) Gowri Lakshmi Bayi
• C) Balarama Varma
• D) Uthram Thirunal

29. Who introduced English education in Trivandrum?

• A) Gowri Parvati Bayi
• B) Swathi Thirunal
• C) Balarama Varma
• D) Uthram Thirunal

30. The first railway line in Kerala, opened in 1861, connected Beypore and which town?

• A) Munnar
• B) Tirur
• C) Tirunavaya
• D) Kuttippuram