Friday, 27 October 2017

Chair Persons: National Human Rights Commission of India



KPSC previous questions:

1. Who was the second chairperson of National Human Rights Commission of India

Sr
No
NameTenure
1.Justice Ranganath Misra12 October 1993 – 24 November 1996
2.Justice M N Venkatachaliah26 November 1996 – 24 October 1999
3.Justice J S Verma4 November 1999 – 17 January 2003
4.Justice A S Anand17 February 2003 – 31 October 2006
5.Justice S. Rajendra Babu2 April 2007 - 31 May 2009
6.Justice K G Balakrishnan7 June 2010 - 11 May 2015
7.Justice H.L. Dattu29 Feb-2016

Wednesday, 18 October 2017


     KPSC Previous Questions: General Awareness   (Jr Clerk -2017)


1. The United Nations (UN) has declared the year 2017 a,
     



            International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development


2. Name the weekly newspaper started by Gandhi in the year 1903
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         Indian Opinion

    Note : 
             Young India - from 1919 to 1931
             
              Harijan -1933 

              Navjivan -  from Sep 7,1919  to 1931 

3. Which of the work won odakkuzhal Award to S.Joseph 

          Chandranodoppam

4. Which malayalee poet was honoured by the British in 1922?

         Kumaranasan

5.Chudala muthu and his son Mohanan are characters in

         Thottiyude makan by Thakazhi

6.world's first oil paintings have been found in which country ?

          Afganisthan 

7. Who founded Samathwa samajam a reform movemnet for Nadar community  
        Ayya vaikunda swamikal

8. Lincoln of kerala - Pandit Karuppan

9. Which is the subject matter covered under Article 12 to 35 in the Indian           constitution ?

        Fundamental Rights 

10. Who invented Laser?

         Charles H Townes

11.Who won Nobel prize twice for same subject ?

       John Bardeen (physics) and Frederick Sanger in Chemistry

         Note : Marie Curie won the Nobel prize in 1903 for Physics and 1911 
                 in  Chemistry; Linus Pauling in 1954 (for Chemistry) and 1962 (for            Peace)