Q 01/05

Which legendary king's annual homecoming, granted by Vishnu's Vamana avatar, does Kerala celebrate at Onam?

A) Ravana

B) Dasharatha

C) Mahabali

D) Bharata

Answer · why

C) Mahabali

Mahabali was a generous asura king banished to the netherworld by Vamana, who let him return once a year to visit his people. That yearly visit is the...

Q 02/05

Kerala Piravi, the state's formation day, falls on the same date as Karnataka Rajyotsava; which date is it?

A) 26 January

B) 1 November

C) 15 August

D) 2 October

Answer · why

B) 1 November

1 November 1956 was the day the States Reorganisation Act redrew India along language lines, creating Kerala and enlarging Mysore State (now Karnataka...

Q 03/05

Which explorer died at Cochin on Christmas Eve 1524 and was first buried in the city's St Francis Church?

A) Vasco da Gama

B) Ferdinand Magellan

C) Pedro Álvares Cabral

D) Afonso de Albuquerque

Answer · why

A) Vasco da Gama

Vasco da Gama caught malaria three months into his third stay in India, and his remains were shipped back to Lisbon in 1539. The church still shows hi...

Q 04/05

Which apostle, by tradition, landed on the Kerala coast in 52 AD and founded the state's Syrian Christian community?

A) Philip

B) Andrew

C) Matthew

D) Thomas

Answer · why

D) Thomas

Thomas is said to have stepped ashore at the ancient spice port of Muziris, near present-day Pattanam, which is why Kerala's oldest churches call them...

Q 05/05

Kerala was the first Indian state to run a government what, launched in 1967 after private operators were banned?

A) Liquor shops

B) Lottery

C) Bus service

D) Film studio

Answer · why

B) Lottery

Kerala State Lotteries began in 1967 as the first government-run lottery in India, the same year the state outlawed every private lottery. Its draws a...