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1. Who initiated Misrsbhojanam as a struggle against social taboos with eating together?
A:-Sree Narayana Guru
B:-Sahodaran Ayyappan
C:-Ayyankali
D:-Mannath Padmanabhan
Correct Answer:- Option-B

2. Who is the reformation leader of Malankara Syrian Community in Kerala?
A:-Palakkunnath Abraham Malppan
B:-Palakunnath Titus I
C:-Mathews Mar Athanesius
D:-Thomas Mar Athanesius
Correct Answer:- Option-A

3. Rasabharathi is the authored by
A:-Sukumar Azheekode
B:-Vedabhandu
C:-N.V.Krishna Varier
D:-Prof.S.Guptan Nair
Correct Answer:- Option-B

4. Jananee Nava Ratna Manjari is written by
A:-Sree Narayana Guru
B:-Vagbadananda
C:-Swami Vivekanada
D:-Mahatma gandhi
Correct Answer:- Option-A

5. The Formation of Tiru-Kochi was in the year of
A:-1949 July 1
B:-1950 July 1
C:-1948 July 1
D:-1951 July 1
Correct Answer:- Option-A

6. Who consecrated Siva linga at Aruvitara in 1888?
A:-Sahodaran Ayyappan
B:-Changapuzha Krishna pillai
C:-Sree narayana Guru
D:-Vaikunta Swamikal
Correct Answer:- Option-C

7. Which is the Cochin State legislative Assembly came into existence in 1925?
A:-Cochi State Congress
B:-Cochi Praja Sabha
C:-Cochi Maha Sabha
D:-Cochi Prajamandalam
Correct Answer:- Option-D

8. Who initiated Villuvandi Yathra inorder to access public road to dalits?
A:-Sadananda Swamikal
B:-Ayyankali
C:-Sreenarayana Guru
D:-K.P.Karuppan
Correct Answer:- Option-B

9. Who is the director of Malayam movie Chemeen released in 1965?
A:-Adoor Gopala Krishnan
B:-I.V.Sasi
C:-Ramu Karyat
D:-K.Thankappan
Correct Answer:- Option-C

10. Which was the organization founded by Ayyankali?
A:-Sadhujana paripalana Sangham
B:-Dharma paripalana Yogam
C:-Brahmanishta madam sangham
D:-pulaya jana sangham
Correct Answer:- Option-A

11. Who is the founding father of the Nair Service Society?
A:-Kumaran Asan
B:-Mannath Padmanabhan
C:-K.Kelappan
D:-Vaikunta Swamikal
Correct Answer:- Option-B

12. Who was the first president of Travancore Devasom Board?
A:-K.Kelappan
B:-Chattambi Swamikal
C:-Mannath Padmanabhan
D:-Vellapally Nadesan
Correct Answer:- Option-C

13. Who is regarded as the Renaissance leader of Kerala Muslims?
A:-Koya Thangal
B:-Abdul Nasser
C:-Shihab ali thangal
D:-Vakkom Abdul Khader Moulavi
Correct Answer:- Option-D

14. Jathikummi is the famous poem stood against the caste inequalities in Kerala written by
A:-Chattambi Swamikal
B:-Brahmanda Sivayogi
C:-Vaikunta Swamikal
D:-K.P.Karuppan
Correct Answer:- Option-D

15. Who is the founding father of weekly Deepika?
A:-Vakkom Abdul Khader
B:-Mannath Padmanabhan
C:-Swadeshabimani Rama Krishna Pillai
D:-K.Kelappan
Correct Answer:- Option-A

16. Who Propounded Pallikkoodam Education in Kerala ?
A:-K.P.Karuppan
B:-Annie Besant
C:-Mar Thoma
D:-Fr.Chavara Kuriakose
Correct Answer:- Option-D

17. Whose pen name is Keralan ?
A:-Mannath Padmanabhan
B:-K.Kelappan
C:-Swadeshabimani RamaKrishna Pillai
D:-C.P.Govindapillai
Correct Answer:- Option-C

18. Which is the famous autobiography of Swadeshabhimani Rama Krishna pillai?
A:-Ente Athmakatha
B:-Ente Nadu kadathal
C:-Pathranubhavangal
D:-My Experiments With Truth
Correct Answer:- Option-B

19. Who is the first editor of Swadeshabimani?
A:-Ramakrishana Pillai
B:-Mannath Padmanabhan
C:-C.Kesavan
D:-C.P.Govinda Pillai
Correct Answer:- Option-D

20. The Savarna Jatha to support vaikkom sathyagraha was organised by
A:-T.K.Madhavan
B:-K.Kelappan
C:-Dr.Palpu
D:-Mannath padmanabhan
Correct Answer:- Option-D

21. Athmavidhya sagham was founded by
A:-Ayyankali
B:-Sahodaran ayyappan
C:-Vaghbatananda
D:-Dr.Palpu
Correct Answer:- Option-C

22. Which is the date of Temple Entry Proclamation in Travancore?
A:-12 Nov 1936
B:-12 Nov 1947
C:-12 Nov 1950
D:-12 Nov 1942
Correct Answer:- Option-A

23. Which is the united Organisation founded by Vaikunta Swamikal?
A:-Brahma Nishta matam
B:-Dharma paripalana Yogam
C:-Samathwa Samajam
D:-Sadhujana paripalana Yogam
Correct Answer:- Option-C

24. In which year the first Government order released to access the right to education to Pulayas?
A:-1912
B:-1910
C:-1907
D:-1908
Correct Answer:- Option-C

25. Who was the first president of Travancore State Congress?
A:-K.Kesavan
B:-Pattom Thanu Pillai
C:-G.P.Piilai
D:-K.P.Sankara Menon
Correct Answer:- Option-B

26. Ezhava Memorial was submitted on 3rd Sep 1896 sighed by 13176 members of the Ezhava community under the leadership of
A:-Sahodaran Ayyappan
B:-Kumaran Asan
C:-Sree Narayana Guru
D:-Dr.Palpu
Correct Answer:- Option-D

27. Which was the movement started to protest against the constitutional reforms in Travancore in 1932?
A:-Punnapra Vayalar
B:-Channar Agitation
C:-Nivarthana( Abstention)Movement
D:-Temple Entry Movement
Correct Answer:- Option-C

28. Represent India is a famous work written by
A:-G.P. Pillai
B:-Balakrishna Pillai
C:-P. Krishna Pillai
D:-T.K. Madhavan
Correct Answer:- Option-A

29. Name the play written by Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai
A:-Thottilla
B:-Professor
C:-Jethakkal
D:-Nizhalukal
Correct Answer:- Option-D

30. In which district of Kerala firstly started the Kudumbasree project?
A:-Thiruvananthapuram
B:-Malappuram
C:-Alappuzha
D:-Kannur
Correct Answer:- Option-C

31. In which year Sahodaran Ayyappan became the editor of the magazine Yukthivadi
A:-1928
B:-1910
C:-1921
D:-1917
Correct Answer:- Option-A

32. Malayalam translation of Rubaiayat by G. Sankara Kuruppu is
A:-Vilasalathika
B:-Madanotsavam
C:-Jeevithotsavam
D:-Vilasalahari
Correct Answer:- Option-D

33. Who characterised Kumaranasan as the poet of renaissance?
A:-M. Leelavathi
B:-Thayat Sankaran
C:-Mundasseri
D:-Edasseri
Correct Answer:- Option-B

34. Janamma a socio reformer was the wife of ----------- who was well-known social reformer and Renaissance leader.
A:-Chattambi Swamikal
B:-Vagbhadananda
C:-Brahmananda Shivayogi
D:-Kumaraguru
Correct Answer:- Option-D

35. Who started the magazine Adhakrithan?
A:-T.K. Madhavan
B:-K.P. Vallon
C:-Dr. Palpu
D:-Ayyankali
Correct Answer:- Option-B

36. Who was the chief architect of Kerala legislative assembly?
A:-Kanayi Kunjiraman
B:-Dhandapani
C:-Ram Swami Ayer
D:-Larry Baker
Correct Answer:- Option-C

37. Which among the following works is not written by Brahmananda Sivayogi?
A:-Moksha Pradeepam
B:-Ananda Sutram
C:-Anandadarsam
D:-Ananda Madam
Correct Answer:- Option-D

38. The Newspaper 'Swadesabhimani' was founded by
A:-Vakkam Abdul Khader Moulavi
B:-K.P. Kesava Menon
C:-Swadesabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai
D:-Kesari Balakrishna Pillai
Correct Answer:- Option-A

39. The father of Renaissance in Kerala
A:-Vagbhatananda
B:-V.T. Bhattathirippad
C:-Sree Narayana Guru
D:-Ayyankali
Correct Answer:- Option-C

40. 'Sadhujana Paripalana Sangham' is the old name of
A:-Pulaya Mahajana Sabha
B:-Brahmasamajam
C:-Arya Samajam
D:-Adivasi Maha Sabha
Correct Answer:- Option-A

41. 'Manushyanu Oru Aamukham' is a book by
A:-Amish
B:-Subhash Chandran
C:-K.R. Meera
D:-Benjamin
Correct Answer:- Option-B

42. 'Keraleeya Mahakavi' was a title awarded to __________ by the Prince of Wales in 1922.
A:-Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer
B:-Kumaranasan
C:-Changampuzha Krishna Pillai
D:-Vallathol Narayana Menon
Correct Answer:- Option-B

43. Channar Mutiny took place in
A:-Malabar
B:-Kochi
C:-Travancore
D:-Thiru-Kochi
Correct Answer:- Option-C

44. Who was the Editor of the journal 'Sreemathi'?
A:-Anna Chaandi
B:-Kuttimalu Amma
C:-V.W. Elizabeth
D:-Lakshmi Kutti Amma
Correct Answer:- Option-A

45. Who among the following was not hanged in the famous 'Kayyur Incident' of 1941?
A:-Aboobacker
B:-C. Krishnan Nair
C:-P. Kunhambu Nair
D:-Madathil Appu
Correct Answer:- Option-B

46. All Kerala Women's League was formed at
A:-Kannur
B:-Thalassery
C:-Shornur
D:-Kozhikode
Correct Answer:- Option-D

47. Who is the author of the Malayalam work ''Adimakal Engane Udamakalay''?
A:-A.K. Gopalan
B:-P. Krishna Pillai
C:-Vishnu Bharateeyan
D:-K.P.R. Gopalan
Correct Answer:- Option-C

48. Cochin Rajya Praja Mandalam was formed in the year
A:-1938
B:-1939
C:-1940
D:-1941
Ans: D

49. Which among the following organisation was formed at the earliest?
A:-Kalyanodayathi Sabha
B:-Vala Samudaya Parishkarana Sabha
C:-Sri Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam
D:-Sadujana Paripalana Sabha
Ans: C

50. Which one of the following work of Kumaran Asan was published in the year 1907?
A:-Duravasta
B:-Veena Poovu
C:-Nalini
D:-Karuna
Ans: B

51. Tatwa Prakashika Ashram was associated with
A:-Vagbhatananda
B:-Ananda Thertha
C:-Brahmananda Shivayogi
D:-P. Kunhi Raman Nair
Ans: A

52. Who published the first travelogue in Malayalam?
A:-Fr. Clement
B:-Thoma Cathanar
C:-Fr. Kariyattil Ousep
D:-Arnos Patiri
Ans: B

53. Who was the last Diwan of Kochi?
A:-R.K. Shanmugam Chetti
B:-Sankunny Menon
C:-C.P. Karunakara Menon
D:-Govinda Menon
Ans: C

54. Paliyam Satyagraha was started in the year
A:-1944
B:-1945
C:-1946
D:-1947
Ans: D

55. Which one of the following newspaper was not associated with K. Ramakrishna Pillai?
A:-Keraliyam
B:-Kerala Darpanam
C:-Kerala Panchika
D:-Malayali
Ans: A

56. Which British Viceroy of India visited Travancore in 1900?
A:-Lord Curzon
B:-Lord Lansdowne
C:-Lord Dufferin
D:-Lord Minto
Ans: A

57. From which constituency Joseph Mundassery was elected to the first Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1957?
A:-Paravoor
B:-Manaloor
C:-Kottayam
D:-Thodupuzha
Ans: B

58- The leader of Ezhava memorial?
A:-Ayyankali
B:-Dr.Palpu
C:-Chattampi Swami
D:-Mannathu padmanabhan
Ans: B

59:-The birth place of Sreenarayana Guru?
A:-Varkala
B:-Sivagiri
C:-Aravippuram
D:-Chempazhanthy
Ans: D

60:-The highest mountain peak in Kerala is ?
A:-Aravalli Hills
B:-Western ghat
C:-Anamudi
D:-Cardamon Hills
Ans: C

61:-Who founded Nair service society?
A:-Mannathu Padmanabhan
B:-Sankaracharya
C:-Vakkam moulavi
D:-Vagbhatananda
Ans: A

62:-The first secretary of SNDP was?
A:-Ayyankali
B:-Kumaranashan
C:-Vallathole
D:-Ezhuthachan
Ans: B

63:-Sadhujana Paripalana Yogam was founded by?
A:-Sreenarayana Guru
B:-Ayyankali
C:-Chattambi Swami
D:-Dr.Palpu
Ans: B

64:-Who was the first woman of Kerala to be enscribed on postal stamp ?
A:-Sister Alphonsa
B:-Annie Mascrene
C:-Akkamma Cheriyan
D:-Meera Bhai
Ans: A

65:-To whom the second Ezhava memorial was presented by the leaders of Ezhava community in 1900 ?
A:-Lord Rippon
B:-Lord Curzon
C:-Sri Moolam Thirunal
D:-Swathi Thirunal
Ans: B

66:-Brahma Prathyaksha Sadhujano Paripalana Sangam was founded by
A:-Ayyankali
B:-Kavarikulam Kandan Kumaran
C:-Kumara Guru
D:-Vagbhadananda
Ans: B

67:-The Magazine Bhashaposhini Started under
A:-K. C. Maman Mappila
B:-T. C. Yohannan
C:-Kandathil Varghese Mappila
D:-K. M. Cheriyan
Ans: C

68:-'Navamanjari' written by Sree Narayana Guru is dedicated to
A:-Chattampi Swamikal
B:-Vaikunda Swamikal
C:-Brahmananda Sivayogi
D:-Vagbhadananda
Ans: A

69:-The Malayali Novelist who was conferred Kendra Sahitya Academy Award 2014.
A:-C. Radhakrishnan
B:-Subhash Chandran
C:-M. T. Vasudevan Nair
D:-M. Mukundan
Ans: B

70:-Name the captain of temple entry campaign in Guruvayoor Sathyagraha.
A:-K. Kelappan
B:-T. S. Subrahmanyan Thirumumbu
C:-N. D. Damodaran
D:-A. K. Gopalan
Ans: B

71:-The idea 'A School along with every Church' was put forward by
A:-Poikayil Yohannan
B:-Palakkunnath Abraham Malpan
C:-Pampadi John Joseph
D:-Kuriakose Chavara
Ans: D

72:-Who is considered as the 'Political Father' of the Ezhavas?
A:-Kumaran Asan
B:-Dr. Palpu
C:-Sree Narayana Guru
D:-S. Shankar
Ans: B

73:-The founder of 'Vavoottu Yogam'
A:-Sree Narayana Guru
B:-Ayyankali
C:-Chattampi Swamikal
D:-Swami Vagbhatananda
Ans: A

74:-At which place Brahmananda Sivayogi founded the Sidhasramam?
A:-Aluva
B:-Sivagiri
C:-Alathur
D:-Alappuzha
Ans: C

75:-What was the name of the system introduced by Chavara Achan for making free education available for everyone?
A:-Padikkirikkal
B:-Pallikudam
C:-Kadannirikkal
D:-Thripadithanam
Ans: B

76:-In which year Vakkom Abdul Khader Moulavi started his New Paper 'Swadeshabhimani'?
A:-1904
B:-1903
C:-1906
D:-1905
Ans: D

77:-What was the name of the News Paper started by Sahodaran Ayyappan?
A:-Velakkaran
B:-Bhojanam
C:-Sangabhodam
D:-Yachana
Ans: A

78:-Who was the author of 'Paalazhimadhanam'?
A:-Sree Narayana Guru
B:-Ayyankali
C:-Kunchan Nambiyar
D:-Ezhuthachan
Ans: C

79:-Who wrote the work 'Jathikummi'?
A:-Kumaranasan
B:-Chavara Achan
C:-Poikayil Yohannan
D:-Pandit Karuppan
Ans: D

80:-What was the name of the first Arakkal Bibi?
A:-Arakkal Bibi Fathima
B:-Ali Raja Bibi Harrabichi Kadavul
C:-Arakkal Bibi Ayisha
D:-Ali Raja Bibi Khadeeja
Ans: B

81:-Who authored the pamphlet 'Thiruvithamkoor for Tiruvithamkoorian'?
A:-T.K. Madhavan
B:-G.P. Pillai
C:-P. Ranga Rao
D:-N. Raman Pillai
Ans: B

82:-Who led the 'Pattini Jatha' from Kannur to Madras in 1936?
A:-E.M.S. Namboothirippad
B:-K. Kelappan
C:-A.K. Gopalan
D:-C. Kesavan
Ans: C

83:-The Kerala Kalamandalam was founded by whom?
A:-Vallathol Narayana Menon
B:-G. Sankara Kurup
C:-S.K. Pottakkad
D:-Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyyer
Ans: A

84:-Who was known as the 'Jhansi Rani of Travancore'?
A:-Anna Chandi
B:-Arya Pallam
C:-A.V. Kuttimalu Amma
D:-Akkamma Cheriyan
Ans: D

85:-Venganoor was the centre of activities of a great social reformer in Kerala
A:-Vaikunda Swamikal
B:-Ayyankali
C:-Brahmananda Shivayogi
D:-Pandit Karuppan
Ans: B

86:-Which missionary played an important role in the development of Malabar Christian College ?
A:-CMS
B:-LMS
C:-BEM
D:-CSI
Ans: C

87:-"Whatever be one's religion, it is enough if the individual becomes good". Who said ?
A:-Vaikunda Swamikal
B:-Ayyankali
C:-Vagbhatananda
D:-Sree Narayana Guru
Ans: D

88:-'Ente Gurunathan' the poem written by Vallathol Narayana Menon belong to which works ?
A:-Chithrayogam
B:-Sahitya Manjari
C:-Bathiravilapam
D:-Sishyanum Makanum
Ans: B

89:-The Malabar Vayanasala conference held in 1937 at Kozhikode was presided over by
A:-C. Rajagopalachari
B:-A.K. Gopalan
C:-P.N. Panikkar
D:-K. Kelappan
Ans: D

90:-The Chancellor's Award for the best University in Kerala for 2014-15 was won by
A:-Calicut University
B:-Mahatma Gandhi University
C:-Kerala University
D:-Kannur University
Ans: C

91:-The first annual conference of the SNDP Yogam was held at
A:-Chempazhanthi
B:-Sivagiri
C:-Varkala
D:-Aruvipuram
Ans: D

92:-The play Kanyaka by N. Krishna Pillai was published in the year
A:-1944
B:-1950
C:-1930
D:-1984
Ans: A

93:-Trivandrum Law College was found in
A:-1957
B:-1958
C:-1874
D:-1887
Ans: C

94:-The poem Nakshatra Gitam is a work of
A:-Changampuzha Krishna Pillai
B:-K. Ayyappa Panikkar
C:-Kumaran Asan
D:-G. Shankara Kurup
Ans: D

95:-The water level recorded in the Mullaperiyar Dam on December 3, 2015 was
A:-140.12 ft.
B:-141.02 ft.
C:-141 ft.
D:-142 ft.
Ans: A

96:-The revolt held to wear upper cloth for lower caste women in kerala is....
A:-Channar agitation
B:-Guruvayur satyagraha
C:-Paliyam satyagraha
D:-Malabar riot
Ans: A

97:-Which district of kerala speaks more number of languages?
A:-Kozhkkode
B:-Malappuram
C:-Kannur
D:-Kasaragod
Ans: D

98:-Which of the following team are behind the Malayali Memorial Movement?
A:-K.P. Shankara menon,Dr.Palpu,G.P. Pillai
B:-Chattambi Swamikal,C.V.Ramanpillai,V.T.Bhattathirippad.
C:-T.K.Madhavan,Dr.Palpu,K.Kelappan
D:-Mannath Pathmanabhan,K.P. Kesava menon,P.krishnapillai
Ans: A

99:-Which among the following is known as the first college in India?
A:-CMS College Kottayam
B:-BCM College kottayam
C:-University College
D:-Maharajas College
Ans: A

100:-The largest back water in kerala is .......
A:-Ashtamudi
B:-Chaliyar
C:-Vembanad
D:-punnamada
Ans: C

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