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Topic Contents 1) Formation of Kerala On 1 November 1956, the state of Kerala 2) Capital 3) Chief Minister Mr. Vijayan 25 May 2016 4) Governor Shri. Justice P. Sathasivam 5, September 2014 5) Districts 14 6) Official Language & English 7) Local Language English, Tamil, Marathi and Konkani. 8) Bordered States Tamilnadu, , Puducherry (Mahe) 9) Sex Ratio Male Female 1084 : 1000 10) Classical Dance 11) Folk Dance Ottam Thulal, Attam, Kaikottikali or Thiruvathirakali Tappatikali, Kali Auttam, , , Pulikali, , , or Aravanmuttu , , , Thitambu 12) National Parks Shola National Park National Park Mathikettan shola National Park Parambikulam Tiger Reserve Pampadum shola national park Silent Valley National Park 13) Birds Sanctuaries Bird Sanctuary Bird Sanctuary Mangalavanam Bird Sanctuary Bird Sanctuary 14) Tiger Reserve Parambikulam Tiger Reserve 15) Festivals , , , Arattu , Ambalapuzha Arattu Uthrattathi Attukal Pongala Coaching For: BANK PO / CLERK, TNPSC Gr-I,II,IV,VII & VAO, SSC, Gajamela NEET, JEE, RRB,TET,TRB,MAT, POLICE, SI,NIC- AO, LIC-ADO & AO,TANCET AND ENTRANCE EXAMS E-MAIL: [email protected], cell: 9360246557 / 0427-4056557 Model Exam Website: www.arunonlineexam.com, Official website: www.arunacademy.in, www.facebook.com/arunacademy BranchName: SALEM NAMAKKAL DHARMAPURI ATTUR Contact No: 9994949322 9942029422 9994987867 9994953608 9994983313 9994953607

Download from www.arunacademy.in Static G.K and Kettukazhcha Chittoor Konganpada Chottanikkara Makam Festival Guruvayoor Festival Haripad Temple Festival Kanathurkava Uthsavam Kappally Kumbham Thira Kodiyettu Uthsavam Bharani Utsavam Koodalmanikyam Utsavam Thrikarthika Uthsavam Kalapathy Ratholsavam (Chariot Festival) Kuttikkol Thampuratty Theyyam Lokanarkavu Uthsavam Mannarsala Utsavam Nellikulangara Vela Sharkara Bharani and Kaliyootu Sundareshwara Temple Festival Thirunakkara Uthsavam Thrichambaram Uthsavam Janardhana Swamy Temple Arattu Vaikathashtami Festival Uthralikavu Pooram Christmas Easter Ramadan Bakrid Muharram Miladi Sheriff Maha Shivratri Deepavali 16) Kakki Idukki Kulamavu Idamalayar 17) Thermal Plants Bhramapuram Thermal Power Plants. Thermal Power Plants. Thermal Power Plants. 18) Airport of Kerala Cochin International Airport , Calicut International Airport , Kozhikode Aranmula International Airport , Trivandrum International Airport , Thiruvananthapuram 19) Nick Name of cities -Cashew Capital of the World, Prince of Arabian Sea , Gateway to Backwaters - Venice of the East Trivandrum - City of Statues, Evergreen City of , God's Own Land , City of Lord Kochi or Cochin - Queen of Arabian Sea, Garden of Spices , Gateway to Kerala 20) Schemes in Kerala  Kerala Education Loan Repayment Scheme Coaching For: BANK PO / CLERK, TNPSC Gr-I,II,IV,VII & VAO, SSC, NEET, JEE, RRB,TET,TRB,MAT, POLICE, SI,NIC- AO, LIC-ADO & AO,TANCET AND ENTRANCE EXAMS E-MAIL: [email protected], cell: 9360246557 / 0427-4056557 Model Exam Website: www.arunonlineexam.com, Official website: www.arunacademy.in, www.facebook.com/arunacademy BranchName: SALEM ERODE COIMBATORE NAMAKKAL DHARMAPURI ATTUR Contact No: 9994949322 9942029422 9994987867 9994953608 9994983313 9994953607

Download from www.arunacademy.in Static G.K  Rubber Price Stabilisation Scheme for Small Scale Rubber Farmers  Karunya Health Scheme– Application Form, Status & List of Hospitals  E-Health Kerala Scheme Launched by CM Pinarayi Vijayan  Cattle Insurance Scheme to Cover 40,000 Cows  Project LIFE – Housing Scheme for Homeless  Insurance Scheme for Migrant LaborersThalolam Scheme  Kerala Educational Assistance to Children of Women Headed Families  www.vipanikanjikuzhi.com – Kanjikuzhi Online Market Portal for Organic Production Kerala  M-Kerala App  She Pad Scheme to Provide Free Sanitary Napkins for Girls  Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) Scheme Kerala Online Payment to Framers  Edam Scheme Kerala for the development of  Blind Students Insurance Policy – A financial Assistance by Kerala Government 21) Rivers Origin in Kerala Periyar River Bharatapuzha River River River 22) Wild Life Sanctuaries Periyar National Park Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary Peechi-Vazhani Wildlife Sanctuary Chimmony Wildlife sanctuary Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary 23) Water falls Waterfalls Palaruvi or ‘The Stream of Milk’ Thusharagiri Waterfalls Nyayamkadu Waterfalls Meenmutty Waterfalls Cheeyappara 24) 100% Literacy District (Kerala) 25) Temples  Sree , Thiruvananthapuram  Sastha(ayyappa) Temple, Pathanamthitta  Attukal Bhagavathy Temple, Thiruvananthapuram  Ambalapuzha Srikrishna Temple, Ambalapuzha  Chottanikkara Temple, Chottanikkara  Guruvayoor Srikrishna Temple, Guruvayoor  Ettumanoor Mahadeva Temple, Coaching For: BANK PO / CLERK, TNPSC Gr-I,II,IV,VII & VAO, SSC, NEET, JEE, RRB,TET,TRB,MAT, POLICE, SI,NIC- AO, LIC-ADO & AO,TANCET AND ENTRANCE EXAMS E-MAIL: [email protected], cell: 9360246557 / 0427-4056557 Model Exam Website: www.arunonlineexam.com, Official website: www.arunacademy.in, www.facebook.com/arunacademy BranchName: SALEM ERODE COIMBATORE NAMAKKAL DHARMAPURI ATTUR Contact No: 9994949322 9942029422 9994987867 9994953608 9994983313 9994953607

Download from www.arunacademy.in Static G.K  Tali Temple, Kozhikode  , Wayanad Valley  Vadakkunathan Temple, Thrissur  Mahadeva Temple, Kaviyoor  Aranmula Parthasarathy Temple, Mallapuzhassery  Sivagiri Temple, Varkala  Mahadeva Temple, Vaikom  Mannarasala Nagaraja Temple, Haripad  Sree Parassinikadavu Temple, Parassinikadavu  Lokanarkavu Temple, Temple, Thiruvalla  Thiruvanchikulam Temple, Kodungalloor  Pazhavangadi Ganapathy Temple, Thiruvananthapuram  Ganapathy Temple, Kottarakkara  Ayyappa Temple, Pandalam  Mahadeva Temple, Chengannur Temple, Malayalapuzha  Mahadeva Temple,

26) Highest mountain Anamudi Peak , & & Hill station , Agasthiyamalai, Aryankavu , Athirapally, Charalkunnu , Chinnakanal , Chittar , Gavi, , Kanjirakolly, Kodanad Kodencheri, Kottancheri Hills , Kulathupuzha , Kuttampuzha , Kuttikkanam Lakkidi, ,Malayattur ,Maniyar, Mattupetty , , Muthanga Muthumalai, , , , Parambikulam , Peruvannamuzhi, Poonjar, Ramakkalmedu, Seethathode, Sulthan Bathery, Thattekkad, , Thenmala Thiruvambadi, Thusharagiri, Tirunelli , ,Vaithalmala Vazhachal, , . 27) Sea port Kochi Port or , Kochi 28) Water Falls Meenmutty Falls , Wayanad

29) Largest Floating Solar PV Plant Kerala 30) Important Hydropower plant  Banasura Sagar - Dam--Periyar River  -Pennar River  Dam-Pennar River-Kerala. 31) Important Coaching For: BANK PO / CLERK, TNPSC Gr-I,II,IV,VII & VAO, SSC, NEET, JEE, RRB,TET,TRB,MAT, POLICE, SI,NIC- AO, LIC-ADO & AO,TANCET AND ENTRANCE EXAMS E-MAIL: [email protected], cell: 9360246557 / 0427-4056557 Model Exam Website: www.arunonlineexam.com, Official website: www.arunacademy.in, www.facebook.com/arunacademy BranchName: SALEM ERODE COIMBATORE NAMAKKAL DHARMAPURI ATTUR Contact No: 9994949322 9942029422 9994987867 9994953608 9994983313 9994953607

Download from www.arunacademy.in Static G.K Vembanad Lake is India’s longest lake and is the largest lakes in the beautiful state land of God, Kerala 32) State landness household is higher Kerala 33) Production of crops Spices, Rubber, Ginger 34) Tribes of India Kanis , Uralis , 35) Stadium EMS Stadium- Kohzikode Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium- Kochi

36) Museum - Museum-Nilambur Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Police Museum-Kollam -Kayamkulam Indo-Portuguese Museum-Kochi -Thrissur Mural Art Museum-Thrissur Archaeological Museum, Thrissur Vaidyaratnam Museum-Thrissur Indian Business Museum-Kozhikode Kerala Soil Museum-Thiruvananthapuram -Thiruvananthapuram Archaeological Museum-Kozhikode - Hill Palace- 37) Important place Trivandrum- Palace Kochi- Thrissur-Shakthan Thampuran Palace 38) Gardens in India Malampuzha Garden - Palakkad 39) River project Idduki Project - Periyar 40) Lake Lake Maanaanchira, Kozhikode Manakody Kayal , Thrissur city Paravur Kayal Punnamada Lake Shasthamkotta lake , Thrissur city , Thrissur Lake Vembanad Lake

41) Longest lake in India Vembanad,kerala 42) Chief Justice, Justice Navniti Prasad Singh 43) High court in Kerala Kerala high court 44) Symbols Government seal - The official Kerala emblem is a derivative version of the Royal coat of arms of the Kingdom of State animal - Indian (Elephas maximus) State bird - Great hornbill State fish - Green chromide State flower - Kanikonna State tree - Coconut tree

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Download from www.arunacademy.in Static G.K 45) Name of Chief Ministers 1) Shri E. M. S. Namboodiripad, Apr 5, 1957-Jul 31, 1959,CPI President's Rule, Jul 31, 1959-Feb 22, 1960 2) Shri Thanupillai, Feb 22, 1960-Sep 26, 1962,Praja Socialist Party 3) Shri R. Sankar, Sep 26, 1962-Sep 10, 1964,INC President's Rule, Sep 10, 1964-Mar 6, 1967 4) Shri E. M. S. Namboodiripad, Mar 6, 1967-Nov 1, 1969, CPM 5) Shri C. Achutha Menon, Nov 1, 1969- Aug 1, 1970, CPI President's Rule, Aug 1, 1970 - Oct 4, 1970 6) Shri C. Achutha Menon, Oct 4, 1970-Mar 25, 1977, CPI 7) Shri K. Karunakaran, Mar 25, 1977-Apr 25, 1977,INC 8) Shri A.K. Antony, Apr 27, 1977- Oct 27, 1978, INC 9) Shri P. K. Vasudevan , Oct 29, 1978-Oct 7, 1979, CPI 10) Shri C. H. Mohammed Koya, Oct 12, 1979-Dec 1, 1979, MUL President's Rule, Dec 1, 1979 - Jan 25, 1980

11) Shri E. K. Nayanar, Jan 25, 1980-Oct 20, 1981, CPM 12) Shri K. Karunakaran, Dec 28, 1981-Mar 17, 1982, INC 13) Shri K. Karunakaran, May 24, 1982 - Mar 25, 1987, INC 14) Shri E. K. Nayanar, Mar 26, 1987- Jun 17, 1991, CPM 15) Shri K. Karunakaran, Jun 24, 1991-Mar 16, 1995, INC 16) Shri A. K. Antony, Mar 22, 1995-May 9, 1996, INC 17) Shri E. K. Nayanar, May 20, 1996-May 13, 2001,CPM 18) Shri A. K. Antony, May 17, 2001-Aug 29, 2004, INC 19) Shri Oommen Chandy, Aug 31, 2004-May 18, 2006, INC 20) Shri V.S. Achuthanandan, May 18, 2006-May 14, 2011 CPM 21) Shri Oommen Chandy, May 18, 2011-May 25, 2016,INC 22)Pinarayi Vijayan, May 25, 2016, Present, CPM

46) Governors P Sathasivam, Aug 30, 2014, Present

47) Government Awards Literary Awards - Bharatiya Moortidevi Award Awards Short Stories Ramavarma Award Coaching For: BANK PO / CLERK, TNPSC Gr-I,II,IV,VII & VAO, SSC, NEET, JEE, RRB,TET,TRB,MAT, POLICE, SI,NIC- AO, LIC-ADO & AO,TANCET AND ENTRANCE EXAMS E-MAIL: [email protected], cell: 9360246557 / 0427-4056557 Model Exam Website: www.arunonlineexam.com, Official website: www.arunacademy.in, www.facebook.com/arunacademy BranchName: SALEM ERODE COIMBATORE NAMAKKAL DHARMAPURI ATTUR Contact No: 9994949322 9942029422 9994987867 9994953608 9994983313 9994953607

Download from www.arunacademy.in Static G.K Award Kendra Sahitya Academy Awards (Malayalam) Kerala State Chalachitra Academy Asan Poetry Prize Edasseri Award Jnanpith Award Literary Award Muttathu Varkey Award O. V. Vijayan Literary Award Odakkuzhal Award Padmaprabha Literary Award Award Abudhabi Shakthi Award , Shakthi Thayat Sankaran Award , Shakthi Erumeli Parameswaran pilla award , Shakthi T K Ramakrishnan award 48) Kerala Budget 2017: Highlights * Kerala Budget 2017 promises free Internet for 20 poor families

* Isaac attacks Sangh Parivar, quotes MT Vasudevan Nair in Budget speech

* Sops for differently-abled citizens announced

* Demonetisation will cause economic slump, says Isaac in Budget speech.

* Finance minister quotes statements and stories of writer MT Vasudevan Nair, who faced criticism of Sangh Parivar during demonetisation.Budget promises Rs 25,000 crore worth infrastructure projects in 2017-18

* Finance minister praises Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Board

* Government will spend Rs 150 crore on water conservation projects, says Isaac. Waterbody revival will be taken up NREGA.

* Free treatment for life style diseases. Primary health sector to get Rs 2,000 crore. These health centres will provide free diabetes, cholesterol drugs. Budget makes provisions for creation of over more than 5,000 medical posts, including doctors.

* Rs 10 crore allocated for sewage maintenance. Efforts will be on to bring an end for manual scavenging.

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* Rs 100 crore allocated for Smart City mission. Thiruvananthapuram likely to be included. Government to set up autism parks in all districts of the state.

* Budget allocates Rs 1,621 crore for child welfare.

* Finance minister announces Rs 10 crore for endosulfan victims.

* Rs 350 crore under Karuna scheme allocated by the minister.

* Over one lakh homeless people to get houses under budgetary provisions.

* Rs 128 crore allocated for coir industry. Rs 50 crore will be spent under coir workers'welfare scheme.

* Government will spend Rs 39 crore for development of ports.

* Rs 45 crore allocation for coconut farming, Rs 10 crore for pepper and . Special project for rice cultivation in Kuttanad and Palakkad.

* Kerala Budget 2017 make provisions for free internet for 20 lakh economically-backward families.

* Rs 270 crore allocated for rejuvenation of public sector units in the stateBudget allocates Rs 549 crore for IT sector. Rs 100 crore allocated for IT mission.

* More than 1 lakh jobs to be created via Infopark by 2020.

* Rs 968 crore allocated for state's hydel power projects.

* State universities to get Rs 381 crore and also a non-plan fund of Rs 1,200 crore.

* Rs 25 crore allocated for Sabarimala master plan.

* For the revival of KSRTC, Rs 3,000 crore package announced by the minister

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* Rs 863 crore allocated for school education.

* Rs 1,260 crore set aside for women development in the Kerala Budget 2017. Women development corporation to get Rs 8 crore. Gender Parks allotted Rs 10 crore.

* Rs 68 crore announced for women protection. Gender budgeting to be revised. 49) Highest Literacy Rate in state Kerala 93.11% (94%) 50) Space Centre Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre Formed, November 21, 1963 Agency executive (Head) : K. Sivan, Director Thiruvananthapuram

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