Wednesday, 12 August 2026

KERALA PSC / KERALA ECONOMICS / AGRICULTURE IN KERALA / NOTES / STUDY MATERIALS

 

KERALA PSC / KERALA ECONOMICS / AGRICULTURE IN KERALA / NOTES / STUDY MATERIALS



KERALA PSC / KERALA ECONOMICS / AGRICULTURE IN KERALA / NOTES / STUDY MATERIALS


·      Kuttanadu is known as the Granary of Kerala

·      The largest producer of Paddy in Kerala is Palakkad

·      Coconut reached Kerala from Sri Lanka

·      Red Chilli was brought to Kerala by the Portuguese from Brazil

·      Travancore Agricultural Department was organized by Sri Moolam Thirunnal

·      Largest producer of Pepper in India is Kerala

·      Kerala produces 97% of national output of pepper and accounts for 85% out of the area under natural rubber in the country

·      Largest producer of Tapioca in Kerala is Thiruvananthapuram district

·      Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI) in Kasargode was started in 1970

·      Waynad is the largest producer of coffee seeds and ginger in Kerala

·      Kasargode district is the only tobacco cultivating district in Kerala

·      Coconut is the most important agricultural product of Kerala

·      Kerala cultivates 30% of its area with coconut, 16% with Rubber and 13% with Paddy

·   Kerala accounts for about 60% of the total production of coconut in India. The annual yield of coconut in Kerala is approximately 450 crores. Kozhikode district stands first in producing coconuts in Kerala

·      About 90% of India’s rubber production is from Kerala

·      Idukki and Wayanad are the spice districts of the state

·      Kerala is popularly known as the Spice Garden of India

·      Kuttanad is the place in Kerala where rearing of ducks is most popular

·  Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Kasargode (CPCRI) developed 4 new varieties of coconut trees namely Kalpa Prathibha, Kalpadenu, Kalpa Mithra and Kalpa Raksha

·      Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute is an autonomous Institute established by the Kerala Government

·      Indian Institute of Spices Research situated in Kozhikode

·   Central Tuber Crops Research Institute is established in 1963 with its headquarters at Sreekariyam, Trivandrum

·      Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) is situated in Mannuthy, Thrissur


KERALA PSC / KERALA ECONOMICS / AGRICULTURE IN KERALA / NOTES / STUDY MATERIALS


Tuesday, 21 July 2026

KERALA PSC / CDPO / PREVIOUS QUESTION PAPERS / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / NOTES

 

KERALA PSC / CDPO / PREVIOUS QUESTION PAPERS / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / NOTES


KERALA PSC / CDPO / PREVIOUS QUESTION PAPERS / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / NOTES

 

1.    The Method applied to understand the status of natural resources of region

Transect walk

 

2.    Traveling Allowance paid to the project staff is

Administrative Cost

 

3.    Which branch of Social Science helps social work profession to study the physical, social and cultural development and behaviour of human being?

Anthropology

 

4.    Which principle is applied when the social case worker and client emerge under two diverse conditions?

Principle of Acceptance

 

5.    Universal Declaration of Human rights by UN in the year?

1948

 

6.    First Chairperson of Central Social Welfare Board (CSWB)

Durgabai Deshmukh

 

7.    Marriage between people of different social categories is called

Exogamy

 

8.    Which is a social group with some degree of we feeling and living

Community

 

9.    Group which serves as a point of comparison is known as

Reference group

 

10. The articles 36 to 51 in the Indian Constitution speak of the

Directive Principles

 

 

 

KERALA PSC / CDPO / PREVIOUS QUESTION PAPERS / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / NOTES

 

11. When did India constitute National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)?

1993

 

12. The movement in India successfully intervened to oppose the development projects in Himalayas?

Chipko

 

13. Who started Bhudan Movement?

Vinoba Bhave

 

14. According to article 24 of Indian Constitution, child labour is considered for those children who are working below ……..years

14

 

15. When the need of the client is to get sympathetic response to his problem, what principle is applied?

Controlled emotional involvement

 

16. Who formulated the four stages of cognitive development. Sensory motor, preoperational, concrete operational and formal operational?

Piaget

 

17. The eating disorder which involves episode of binge eating and purging is called

Anorexia

 

18. The famous slogan Garibi Hatao (remove property) was launched during the

Fifth Five year plan

 

19. The term ambivalence was coined by

Eugen Bleuler

 

20. The vitamin that is available for human body from sunlight is

Vitamin D

 

 

KERALA PSC / CDPO / PREVIOUS QUESTION PAPERS / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / NOTES

 

21. The famous suicide theory was developed by

Durkheim

 

22. The capacity of a physician to put himself in the patients place to such a degree that he able to experience the meaning of the patients feelings, wishes and thoughts is known as

Empathy

 

23. The output of the project is assessed through

Evaluation

 

24. A variable that is presumed to influence another variable is called

An Independent variable

 

25. The most frequently occurring number in a set of values is called

Mode

 

26. The social process in which two or more persons are striving for the same goal which is limited, that all cannot be shared is known

Competition

 

27. Model of group work that focuses on restoration to normalcy after a point of breakdown

Remedial Model

 

28. Central Social Welfare Board was formed in the year

1953

 

29. When people are working in a farm or business but are not producing anything additionally, it is known as

Disguised Unemployment

 

30. National income is calculated by

Central Statistical Organization

 

 

KERALA PSC / CDPO / PREVIOUS QUESTION PAPERS / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / NOTES

 

31. A process in which inputs are transformed into outputs called

Production

 

32. In a democratic group process the group morale and discipline will be

We centered

 

33. The persons with Disabilities (Equal opportunities, Protection of rights and Full participation) Act came into existence

1995

 

34. What helps an individual to free himself while being helped to interact with his fellow men

Self direction

 

35. The stages of forming, storming, norming, performing, adjourning is the contribution of

Bruce Tuckmen

 

36. Morbidity measurement which indicates the number of new cases occurring in a defined population during a specified period of time is

Incidence rate

 

37. If a person is accused of crime, the first court he/she will have contact with will be the

Magistrates Court

 

38. The proponent of Need for achievement theory is

McClelland

 

39. The term Personality derived from

Greek word

 

40. Who said that religion is the opium of masses?

Karl Marx

 

 

KERALA PSC / CDPO / PREVIOUS QUESTION PAPERS / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / NOTES

 

41. Right to Free Legal Aid is included in

Article 14

 

42. The Settlement house movement began in

London

 

43. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was passed in the year

2005

 

44. Gender-related Development Index is used in

UNDP Report

 

45. Which Article of Indian Constitution declares untouchability as an offence?

Article 17

 

46. The main opportunistic infection among AIDS cases in India is

Tuberculosis (TB)

 

47. The book “The Poor and their Money” is written by

Rutherford

 

48. Who prepares the five year plans in India?

Planning Commission

 

49. Almoners (outside visitors) were related to which country?

England

 

50. Who is the father of modern India for inspiring social reforms?

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

 

KERALA PSC / CDPO / PREVIOUS QUESTION PAPERS / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / NOTES

 

51. The Societies Registration Act of India was passed in the year

1860

 

52. Rejection of a null hypothesis when it is known as

Type – I error

 

KERALA PSC / CDPO / PREVIOUS QUESTION PAPERS / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / NOTES