Kerala Current Affairs Questions and Answers

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What is the capacity of the Idukki Extension Scheme in Keralam, for which WAPCOS is preparing the reports?
1. 400 MW
2. 800 MW
3. 1,200 MW
4. 600 MW
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Answer: B. 800 MW — WAPCOS has time until March 2027 to prepare the FSR and DPR for the 800 MW Idukki Extension Scheme.
The Kerala School Sports Meet 2026 opened in which district on 25 October 2026?
1. Kozhikode
2. Thrissur
3. Kollam
4. Kannur
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Answer: A. Kozhikode — The meet opened in Kozhikode with 9,309 athletes competing across 10 venues.
Which stadium was allotted to Kerala Blasters FC for their 2026-27 ISL home matches at Rs 3.5 lakh per game?
1. Greenfield Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram
2. EMS Stadium, Kozhikode
3. Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
4. Payyanad Stadium, Kannur
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Answer: C. Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi — Kerala Blasters FC got the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi for ISL home games after the government helped reduce the rent.
Keralam plans strict action against bars serving alcohol to people below which age?
1. 18 years
2. 21 years
3. 25 years
4. 23 years
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Answer: D. 23 years — The legal drinking age in Keralam is 23 years, so bars serving anyone below it face action.
The 28th Charles Correa Gold Medal 2026 was given for which thesis?
1. Equitability through Design
2. Urban Heat
3. Walled City Futures
4. Energy Commons
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Answer: D. Energy Commons — The Kochi student's thesis was "Energy Commons"; "Equitability through Design" was the theme.
Who took oath as the 29th Governor of Keralam on 23 October 2026?
1. Rajendra Arlekar
2. Arif Mohammed Khan
3. Dushyant Gautam
4. Om Prakash Mathur
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Answer: D. Om Prakash Mathur — Chief Justice Soumen Sen administered the oath; Mathur had been Governor of Sikkim.
Which village in Ernakulam was declared Kerala's first tobacco-free village?
1. Thrikkakara
2. Keezhmad
3. Peralassery
4. Perali
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Answer: B. Keezhmad — Keezhmad was named in the October 2026 weekly list of Kerala updates.
Which Kerala constituency became the first in India to target carbon neutrality by 2050?
1. Kattakada
2. Aroor
3. Vaikom
4. Kakkanad
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Answer: A. Kattakada — Kattakada is in Thiruvananthapuram district.
By what percentage did Keralam's 2026 southwest monsoon rainfall fall short?
1. 28%
2. 13%
3. 17%
4. 20%
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Answer: A. 28% — It received 1,446.5 mm against a normal of 2,018.6 mm.
Raghavan Nambiar, who died on 19 October 2026, is remembered for lighting the torch in which year?
1. 1947
2. 1961
3. 1973
4. 1956
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Answer: D. 1956 — He began the torch relay at Kozhikode when Kerala was formed in 1956.

What is GIGON, opened in Thiruvananthapuram?
1. A river museum
2. A drone station for fishermen
3. The state's first rest centre for gig workers
4. A school for tribal children
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Answer: C. The state's first rest centre for gig workers — GIGON was reported in the October 2026 list of Kerala firsts.
Which Act's Section 66(2) did the Supreme Court say is only an intimation, not a direction, in a Kerala case?
1. PC Act, 1988
2. PMLA, 2002
3. DPDP Act, 2023
4. RTI Act, 2005
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Answer: B. PMLA, 2002 — The Special Bench stayed the Kerala High Court-ordered probe for a week.
Which invasive plant is the target of the robotic pilot at Vembanad Lake?
1. Lantana
2. Parthenium
3. Water hyacinth
4. Mesquite
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Answer: C. Water hyacinth — Water hyacinth, native to South America, spreads fast across Kerala's wetlands.
Parliament passed the bill to rename Kerala as:
1. Keralaa
2. Kerala Pradesh
3. Malayalam
4. Keralam
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Answer: D. Keralam — The Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026 was cleared by the Lok Sabha on 11 August and the Rajya Sabha on 12 August.
Who became Kerala's Chief Minister after the UDF ended ten years of LDF rule in May 2026?
1. Pinarayi Vijayan
2. K. Sudhakaran
3. V. D. Satheesan
4. Ramesh Chennithala
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Answer: C. V. D. Satheesan — The Congress-led UDF won Kerala and V. D. Satheesan became the new Chief Minister.
The Akasha300 3D printer was handed to which ISRO centre?
1. VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram
2. LPSC, Valiamala
3. SDSC, Sriharikota
4. URSC, Bengaluru
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Answer: B. LPSC, Valiamala — A Kerala start-up gave the printer to the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre at Valiamala.
Which two ports got India's first 'Port of Refuge' facilities?
1. Vizhinjam and Gopalpur
2. Mundra and Kandla
3. Kochi and Chennai
4. Paradip and Haldia
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Answer: A. Vizhinjam and Gopalpur — Adani Ports started the facilities at Vizhinjam (west coast) and Gopalpur (east coast).
Which team won its eighth Santosh Trophy in 2025-26?
1. Kerala
2. Services
3. West Bengal
4. Punjab
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Answer: B. Services — Services beat Kerala 1-0 in extra time in the final in Assam.

One-liner questions: fill in the blank

Parliament passed the _____ to rename the state Keralam. The Lok Sabha cleared it on 11 August and the Rajya Sabha on 12 August; the new name takes effect from a date the Centre will notify.
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Answer: Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026
Writer _____ won the 50th Vayalar Award (2026), a leading Malayalam literary prize, for her novel *Athreyakam*.
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Answer: R. Rajasree
Chief Minister Satheesan opened the 800-metre _____ across Vembanad Lake, linking Alappuzha and Kottayam, and announced that Aroor will become a blue economy hub under Mission Samudra.
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Answer: Makkekadavu-Nere Kadavu bridge
Keralam plans strict action against bars that serve alcohol to people below _____, which is the state's legal drinking age.
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Answer: 23 years
The _____ opened in Kozhikode on 25 October 2026, with 9,309 athletes competing across 10 venues.
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Answer: Kerala School Sports Meet
_____ won the Santosh Trophy 2025-26 by beating Kerala 1-0 in extra time in the final at Dhakuakhana Stadium, Assam. It was Services' eighth title.
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Answer: Services
The Union Cabinet approved renaming _____ as 'Keralam' using the Article 3 process. The Kerala Assembly had passed the proposal in June 2024 and sought changes to the First and Eighth Schedules.
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Answer: Kerala
A Kerala start-up handed its _____ 3D printer to ISRO's Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), Valiamala; its dual-extrusion head prints two materials together, and it withstands 350 degrees C, with 500 degrees C planned.
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Answer: Akasha300
The Delhi government launched the _____ for free screening of newborns for 56 genetic and metabolic disorders through a heel-prick blood test; earlier, only Kerala ran such full newborn screening.
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Answer: ANMOL scheme
India's first metro opened in Kolkata in _____, the first underwater metro tunnel was also built there in 2024, and Kochi is the country's first water-metro city.
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Answer: 1984
The Indian Navy held _____ at Kochi on 27 March. It was the third meeting of the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) and India chairs IONS for 2026-2028.
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Answer: IMEX TTX 2026
_____ became the new Chief Minister of Kerala after the UDF victory.
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Answer: V. D. Satheesan
In _____, the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) ended ten years of rule by the Left's LDF. Voter turnout was 79.7%.
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Answer: Kerala
Kerala researchers described a new seahorse species, *_____*, named after marine biologist Amanda Vincent. It shows that the thorny seahorse once treated as one species is actually three species.
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Answer: Hippocampus amandavincentae
The Indian Navy and the US Navy began the 8th bilateral Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) exercise_____Kochi, running from 10 to 14 August 2026.
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Answer: at the Southern Naval Command,
Actress _____, a veteran of Malayalam theatre and cinema, passed away in Kozhikode. She received a Special Jury Mention at the 66th National Film Awards.
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Answer: Savithri Sreedharan
The Kerala State Wetland Authority began a one-month pilot using _____ at Kumarakom to stop the spread of water hyacinth, an invasive plant from South America, in the Ramsar site Vembanad Lake.
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Answer: robotic technology
ISRO completed crew module and service module separation tests at VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram, ahead of the uncrewed _____ mission carrying the humanoid Vyommitra.
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Answer: Gaganyaan-1
Kerala launched the _____, which supplies sanitary napkins through vending machines at KSRTC terminals. Each pack of three costs Rs 10.
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Answer: WOMN scheme
Rice conservationist and Padma Shri awardee _____ died in Kerala at 74. He saved over 45 traditional rice varieties on his Wayanad farm.
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Answer: Cheruvayal Raman (Nellachan)
New cattle breeds recognised: _____ (Kerala) and Umarda (Maharashtra).
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Answer: Periyar dwarf
At the Asian Para Games 2026, _____ of Kerala and Pallavi Kaluvelli of Karnataka won bronze in badminton doubles, India's first Para Asian Games badminton medal.
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Answer: Alphia James
The _____ directed the Union government to make the Data Protection Board functional within eight weeks under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, in a case on airport passenger data and Digi Yatra.
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Answer: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court observed that a _____ is not covered by the word "makkal" (children) in the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act.
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Answer: daughter-in-law
A Special Bench of the Supreme Court stayed for a week a corruption probe ordered by the _____, holding that Section 66(2) of the PMLA, 2002 is only an intimation, not a direction.
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Answer: Kerala High Court
Excavations at _____ near North Paravur, linked to the ancient port of Muziris, show evidence from about 300 BCE to 300 CE. Sixty-seven trenches dug between 2006 and 2023 yielded about 1.3 lakh artefacts.
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Answer: Pattanam
_____ ranked first among Malayalis on the Forbes 2026 list of India's 100 richest people, in which Gautam Adani was first overall.
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Answer: Yusuff Ali M. A.
Animation filmmaker _____ received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 18th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala.
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Answer: Neena Sabnani
_____, a Malayali, was appointed a member of the National Commission for Women (NCW) in October 2026.
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Answer: Niveditha Subramanian
Kerala named new heads of cultural bodies: _____ (State Film Academy), Premkumar (KSFDC) and Suresh Babu Elayavoor (Folklore Academy).
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Answer: Raveendran
_____ became the first woman from a Scheduled Tribe community to serve as District Collector in Kerala, taking charge in Kasaragod.
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Answer: Sreedhanya Suresh
Fisheries scientist _____, the first Vice-Chancellor of the Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), died in October 2026.
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Answer: Dr B. Madhusoodanakurup
_____ in Ernakulam was declared Kerala's first tobacco-free village, and Kattakada became the first constituency in India to target carbon neutrality by 2050.
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Answer: Keezhmad
Kozhikode was included in the UN _____, and Alappuzha became India's first fully digitised library district, with 351 libraries on the Info Library app.
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Answer: Global Network of Age-friendly Cities
Thiruvananthapuram opened _____, Kerala's first rest centre for gig workers, and a drone station for locating missing fishermen is planned at Vizhinjam.
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Answer: GIGON
Kerala's first _____ will be set up at Vallakkadavu in Thiruvananthapuram, and a tribal university is planned in Wayanad.
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Answer: river museum
Kerala started the _____ self-employment scheme for Scheduled Caste women and the Excise Department's Mayangilla Keralam campaign against drug mafias; the Mittai scheme gives free treatment to children with Type 1 diabetes.
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Answer: Dakshayani
The Education Department launched _____ to bring back students who are often absent and expanded the Sampoorna portal. Mentor Teacher improves learning in Classes 1 to 7.
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Answer: Koode
Kerala athletes _____ and Murali Sreeshankar won silver in the women's and men's long jump at the 2026 Asian Games, and Vidarsha K. Vinod became the first Malayali with two Asian Games shooting medals.
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Answer: Ancy Sojan
_____, a Malayali sprinter, won silver in the men's 100 m at the Asian Para Games 2026, where the Games record was broken by both medallists.
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Answer: Mohammed Basil

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