The document contains details about various trivia questions related to history, geography, personalities and current events. It provides information about famous landmarks and relics in Kerala like Ammachiplavu tree in Neyyattinkara temple and Gajendramoksham mural painting in Krishnapuram palace. It also mentions projects like Hand-made in India and people like Sree Narayana Guru, Sahodaran Ayyappan, Captain GR Gopinath whose biopic Soorarai Pottru is based on.
2. • Shown in the image is the deity of the Buddhist pilgrimage centre in
Ambalappuzha. What is the popular name by which it is known? It
shares its name with a 2001 movie starring Kalabhavan Mani.
4. • Granity Studios is an award winning multimedia original content
company focused on creating new ways to tell stories around sports.
Stories that are crafted to entertain, by bringing education and
inspiration together. Who is the founder of Granity studios?
6. • This is a memorial that is located in Alappuzha. To which person is the memorial
dedicated to? It is built incorporating the design of two separate things
amalgamating the life and death of the person. Identify both the things as well.
8. • Why was many authors
including the sci-fi writer Philip
Pullman calling for the boycott
of the newly introduced Brexit
50p coin?
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10. • This is the relic of an age-old jack fruit tree protected in a railed enclosure in the
compound of Neyyattinkara Krishna Swamy Temple. This relic is under the
protection of the Dept of Archaeology of Kerala. It is believed that Anizham
Thirunal Marthanda Varma once escaped his enemies by hiding in the trunk of
this tree. What is the name of this relic?
14. • Image shows the largest mural painting in Kerala which is located in the
Krishnapuram palace in Kayamkulam. Which story from the mythology is
depicted here? Alternatively, id the title of the painting.
16. • Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII) will look to
develop entrepreneurial competencies in about 5000 weavers,
artisans and traders to promote hand-made art. This project will be
implemented in three years and in the first phase, it has been
extended to 6 centres. What is the project named? The name sounds
similar to another project launched in September 2014.
18. • Sree Narayana Guru famously
said, “One Caste, One Religion,
One God for Human beings”.
Who proclaimed “No Caste, No
Religion, No God for Human
beings.”?
20. • Soorarai Pottru (Hail the Brave) is an
upcoming film starring Suriya, whose
music was launched aboard a
SpiceJet flight. Suriya says that it is
his first biopic and was based on a
person who retired from the army to
start his entrepreneurship journey.
One of his first venture was an Royal
Enfield dealership with the name
Malnad Mobikes. Who is the biopic
based on?
22. • What was unique about Johnson winning the national award for
music direction for the film Sukrutham (1994) starring Mammootty,
directed by Hari kumar and written by MT Vasudevan Nair?
23. • It was awarded for the soundtrack and not the songs.
24. • Charles de Lorme is often credited with this
costume. He had catered to the needs of many
European royals, including King Louis XIII. The
costume had half a foot extension filled with
perfume with only two holes, one on each side
near the nostrils, but that can suffice to breathe.
Who used these costumes? Or, what unusual
feature of the costume is explained in the
question?
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26. • This was started for religious propagation by the Christian
missionaries of Basel Mission in June 1847 from Illikunnu near
Thalassery. What first was this in the history of Kerala? This first was
soon followed by Paschimodayam and Njananikshepam.