{"id":221169,"date":"2023-01-05T19:00:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T13:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=221169"},"modified":"2023-01-06T11:26:04","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T05:56:04","slug":"upsc-ias-interviews-2022-state-based-questions-kerala-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-ias-interviews-2022-state-based-questions-kerala-state\/","title":{"rendered":"UPSC IAS Interviews 2022 | State Based Questions | Kerala State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Friends,<\/p>\n<p>In this post, we are releasing the <strong>state-based questions of Kerala state for UPSC IAS interviews 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This post is a part of our\u00a0series of state-based UPSC IAS interview questions. In this series, we are going to create state-specific posts, containing the questions that have been asked in the interviews on the basis of the home state of the candidate, mentioned in DAF.<\/p>\n<p>You can take hints for your own interview preparation, from the type of questions asked.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">State-based UPSC IAS interview questions for Kerala state<\/span><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>For more Study materials related to UPSC IAS interviews<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/interview-transcript\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit this page<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>For state-based questions from other states<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-interview-know-your-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit this page<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>To view all IAS Interview Transcripts 2021,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/interview-transcript\/#int2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit this page<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>History-based UPSC IAS Interview Questions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Enlist famous dynasties of Kerala?<\/li>\n<li>Why is Senkuttuvan remembered as one of the most famous kings of Kerala? Whuch dynasty did he belong to?<\/li>\n<li>Tell us something about the princely state of Travancore and how did the present day Kerala emerge as a separate state?<\/li>\n<li>Are there any sites in Kerala that are related to the Neolithic\/Megalithic cultures?<\/li>\n<li>When did Kerala come under the rule of the Vijayanagar Empire?<\/li>\n<li>What was the reason of the rivalry between the Zamorin of Calicut and the Kingdom of Tanur?<\/li>\n<li>With whose contribution was the Temple Entry Proclamation made?<\/li>\n<li>What were the causes of the Moplah Rebellion?<\/li>\n<li>Name a few leaders who participated in the Vaikom Satyagraha.<\/li>\n<li>Tell us about the contribution of Narayan Guru in ushering social reforms in Kerala.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Art and Culture-based UPSC IAS Interview Questions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>What is Theyyam? Give any two features.<\/li>\n<li>What is a unique feature of the Mohiniattam dance? Can you name any famous contemporary dancer of this dance form?<\/li>\n<li>Do you agree that Kerala has a cosmopolitan culture?<\/li>\n<li>How is Malyalam calendar different from the India National Calendar based on Saka era?<\/li>\n<li>What is the belief surrounding Mahabali who comes to Kerala during the Onam celebrations?<\/li>\n<li>Who built the Cheraman Masjid?<\/li>\n<li>Which is the largest and very famous mural painting in Kerala?<\/li>\n<li>Tell me two notable works of Raja Ravi Varma.<\/li>\n<li>Which architectural forms are temples in Kerala based on? Tell us something about the Padmanabhaswamy Temple.<\/li>\n<li>What is the significance of the Thrissur Pooram festival?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Politics-based UPSC IAS Interview Questions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>How many political alliances are active in Kerala?<\/li>\n<li>How did the State Reorganisation Act 1956 alter the areas of the present day Kerala?<\/li>\n<li>What are the political irritants between Kerala and Karnataka?<\/li>\n<li>When did the first communist government come to power in Kerala?<\/li>\n<li>Kerala has 50% women\u2019s representation in local governance institutions but state legislature and cabinet ministers have very few women. What do you think is the reason?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Economics-based UPSC IAS Interview Questions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Tell us about \u2018Kerala model of development\u2019?<\/li>\n<li>Explain importance of Kochi port since ancient period?<\/li>\n<li>What steps have been taken by the state government for the betterment of the fishery sector?<\/li>\n<li>Besides remittances from Gulf region, what are the other drivers of the economy of Kerala?<\/li>\n<li>What is the reason for a thriving services sector in Kerala?<\/li>\n<li>Tell us about the contribution of the energy sector to the GDP of the state<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Social issues\u00a0based UPSC IAS Interview Questions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>What is the reason behind the communal violence cases in Kerala?<\/li>\n<li>In spite of having high literacy levels, the age at marriage is very low for girls in Kerala. Why?<\/li>\n<li>If you are working as an administrator in such area how will you prevent such atrocities?<\/li>\n<li>What special did Kerala do to contain the pandemic so effectively?<\/li>\n<li>Reason behind caste discrimination in Kerala especially in local governance bodies?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Geography and Environment-based UPSC IAS Interview Questions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Kerala is surrounded by how many states?<\/li>\n<li>Where does the Periyar river originate from?<\/li>\n<li>Name three Ramsar sites in Kerala.<\/li>\n<li>What type of vegetation is found in Kerala?<\/li>\n<li>River Periyar is in news because of high contamination of water. What are the reasons?<\/li>\n<li>What makes Kerala coastline prone to cyclones?<\/li>\n<li>What are the Kerala backwaters? Why are they so called?<\/li>\n<li>Even though sand mining is banned in most parts of Kerala, it is still continuing and disrupting ecological balance. Why? What steps would you take to address the problem?<\/li>\n<li>Name a few endemic species of the Western Ghats?<\/li>\n<li>Give two differences between the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Miscellaneous Questions:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Tell us about the boat race during Onam.<\/li>\n<li>If I want to travel to Kerala what places would you suggest?<\/li>\n<li>Tell us about the problems your district is facing? As a DM how will you handle these problems?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>For more Study materials related to UPSC IAS interviews<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/interview-transcript\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit this page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Friends, In this post, we are releasing the state-based questions of Kerala state for UPSC IAS interviews 2022. This post is a part of our\u00a0series of state-based UPSC IAS interview questions. In this series, we are going to create state-specific posts, containing the questions that have been asked in the interviews on the basis&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/upsc-ias-interviews-2022-state-based-questions-kerala-state\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UPSC IAS Interviews 2022 | State Based Questions | Kerala State<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-221169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":8,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1698467749},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221169\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}