Deck 2: Kerala History and Literature: Part B

Question 1

Who was the author of the novel Indulekha, published in 1889

A)appu nedungadi
B)o chandu menon
C)c v ramanpilla
D)m t vasudevan nair

Answer 1

o chandu menon

Question 2

Which British official of English India company along with Kanaramenon was able to suppress the Pazhasssi Revolt in 1805

A)wellesley
B)a r knapp
C)t h babar
D)r h hitchcock

Answer 2

t h babar

Question 3

Which tribal leader of Pazhassi Raja was captured and later beheaded at Panamaram fort

A)edachena kungan
B)talakal chandu
C)yogimoola machan
D)paloor emman

Answer 3

talakal chandu

Question 4

Who wrote the novel Saraswativijayam, which discusses about caste conversion in colonial Kerala?

A)o chandu menon
B)potheri kunjambu
C)c v ramanpilla
D)vallathol

Question 5

Who was behind the famous Anjarakandy plantations?

A)robert clive
B)murdock brown
C)francis buchanan
D)william logan

Question 6

who started the newspaper Swadeshabhimani on 19th January 1905

A)vakkom abdul kader moulavi
B)swadeshabhimani ramakrishna pilla
C)t k madhavan
D)k madhavan nair

Question 7

Which native ruler of Malabar invited Haider Ali to invade Malabar?

A)zamorin of calicut
B)chirakkal raja
C)ali raja of kannur
D)kurumbranad raja

Question 8

One of the earliest Ethnographic work entitled Castes and Tribes of South India was written by- ----

A)francis buchanan
B)edgar thurston
C)william logan
D)herman gundert.

Question 9

The Christian priest who came forward to find and bring together the Harijan students under the same roof of the school.

A)arnos pathiri
B)chavara achan
C)poykayil yohannand.
D)none of these

Question 10

On which day The Famous Kundara proclamation of Diwan Velu Thampi Dalwa happened?

A)11th january 1809
B)11th february 1809
C)11th january 1819
D)11th january 1899

Question 11

Which plantation was first introduced in Wayanad in the first half of nineteenth century?

A)tea
B)coffee
C)chinchona
D)eucalyptus

Question 12

Who was the leader who along with Edachena kungan captured the panamaram fort on 11th October 1802

A)kaiteri ambu
B)paloor emman
C)talakal chandu
D)pazhayaveetil chandu

Question 13

In which place Velu Tampi Dalawa the diwan of Travancore committed suicide

A)kundara
B)kollam
C)mannadi
D)thiruvananthapuram

Question 14

The revolt of Padinjare Kovilakam was one of the earliest resistances against the English East India Company. The raja's of padinjare belonged to which ruling family of Malabar

A)kolathiri
B)samuthiri
C)kottayam
D)palakkad raja

Question 15

Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja belonged to which royal dynasty of Malabar

A)kolathiri
B)samuthiri
C)kottayam
D)palakkad raja

Question 16

The Main reason for Pazhassi revolt was the mistaken revenue policy of the Joint Commissioners, To which ruler they had given the right to collect the revenue of Kottayam

A)kolathiri
B)samuthiri
C)kottayam
D)kurumbranad

Question 17

Who was punished with transportation for life in Connection with Pazhassi Rebellion to the prince of wales island

A)edachenna kungan
B)yogimoola machan
C)kaitheri ambu
D)paloor emman

Question 18

Which Missionary organisation founded lot of industries especially tile factories in different parts of Malabar in the second half of nineteenth Century.

A)basel evanchalical missions
B)london missionary society
C)church mission society
D)church of south india.

Question 19

Basel Evangelical Mission one of the missionary organisations focused its activities in ____

A)travancore
B)kanyakumari
C)cochin
D)malabar

Question 20

Who was elected as the first secretary of Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana (SNDP) founded in the year 1903.

A)sree narayana guru
B)dr palpu
C)tk madhavan
D)kumaranasan

Question 21

The last Malabar District Political Conference held at

A)palakkd political conference
B)vadakara political conference
C)manjeri political conference
D)ottappalam political conference

Question 22

The first president of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee was

A)k p kesava menon
B)manjeri rama ayyar
C)k madhavan nair
D)ramunni menon

Question 23

Which famous social reformer of Kerala wrote the work Pracheena Malayalam

A)sree narayana guru
B)chattambi swamikal
C)ayyankali
D)sahodaran ayyappan

Question 24

in which year Ayyankali founded the Sadhu Jana Paripalana Sangam?

A)1903
B)1907
C)1911
D)1915

Question 25

Which social reformer of Kerala was involved in Kallumala and Irumpuval agitation

A)sree narayana guru
B)ayyankali
C)poikayil appachan
D)pandit karupan