Ernakulam (District) Kerala PSC Questions

1. Ernakulam was formerly known as Rishinagakkulam
2. The district with most number of vehicles registered - Ernakulam 
3. First international container transhipment terminal of India - Vallarpadam terminal 
4. The place formerly known as `Gosri' or Terumbadappu Swaroopam' - Kochi 
5. Industrial Capital of Kerala - Ernakulam
6. The district in which maximum number of national highways pass through Ernakulam 
7. The first fully 'iterated district in Kerala. Ernakulam (2010) 
8. Headquarters of Ernakulam district Kakkanadu
9. First palace constructed by Europeans in India - Mattanchery Palace (1555) 
10. The palace known as 'Dutch Palace' Mattanchery Palace
11. Cochin port was constructed by Robert Bristo 
12. First Metro Railway in Kerala - Kochi 
13. Hill Palace Museum is situated at Thrippunithura 
14. The famous Bird Sanctuary situated in the heart of Cochin city - Mangalavanam 
15. Spices Board is situated at - Palarivattom (Kochi) 
16. Parishith Thampuran Museum situated at - Ernakulam 
17. Shanmugham Chetty, the First Finance Minister of India called Kochi as 'Queen of Arabian sea' 
18. Sri Narayana Guru founded Advaita Ashram at - Aluva 
19. The foreign country associated with the development of Cochin Port - Japan 
20. The foreign country associated with Cochin Oil refinery - America 
21. Cochin oil refinery is situated at Ambalamugal 
22. Thattekad Bird Sanctuary (Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary) is at - Ernakulam
23. The only stock exchange in Kerala Kochi (1978) 
24. The only woman ruler of Kochi Gangadhara Lakshmi 
25. The only major port in Kerala - Cochin port
26. The headquarters of aromatic and medical plant research centre - Odakkali
27. First successful heart transplantation in Kerala held at - Medical Trust Hospital (13' May 2003) 
28. Team of doctors headed by - Dr. Jose Chacko Periyapuram 
29. First successful liver transplantation in Kerala held at - Amritha Institute of Medical Science (Ernakulam) 
30. Only man made Island in Kerala Wellington 
31. District with highest jews population Ernakulam
32. Jewish street is situated at - Mattanchery 
33. First rubber park in India situated at Irapuram
34. Idamalayar Project, Bhuthathankettu Dam are situated in - Ernakulam 
35. First English School in Mattancherry was established by - J. Dawson 
36. Milk producing ATM by Milma was established in - Kochi 
37. The place known by `Rippolin' in European Scripts - Idapally 
38. Oldest Coin of Kochi - Kaliameni 
39. First tourism village in Kerala -Kumbalangi 
40. The first fort built by portuguese in India Pallippuram Fort (Ernakulam) 
41. Sivarathri festival held in Aluva (banks of the river Periyar)
42. Electronic voting machine was first used in North Paravoor 
43. The leading producer of Pineapple in Kerala Ernakulam  

Ernakulam - Headquarters

Brahmapuram Diesel Power Plant Ernakulam

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Kerala State Ware Housing Corporation Kochi

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Coconut Development Board - Kochi

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Kerala State civil supplies corporation Kochi

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Info park - Kochi

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Bamboo Corporation - Angamali

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FACT - Udyogamandal (Aluva)

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Travancore Cochin Chemicals Udyogamandal (Aluva)