Deck 5: Historical Milestones in Keralas Social and Educational Development

Question 1

H V Cannolly planted the Connolly's Teak Plantation, the first teak plantation in the world at

A)Nilambur
B)Calicut
C)Malappuram
D)Wynad

Answer 1

Nilambur

Question 2

The Cannolly canal was constructed by

A)Col. Munroe
B)Macaulay
C)Baber
D)H V Connolly

Answer 2

H V Connolly

Question 3

The Jesuit missionaries had arrived in Kerala during the period of

A)Dutch
B)Portuguese
C)French
D)English

Answer 3

Portuguese

Question 4

The first printing in Malayalam was done at

A)Calicut
B)Kannur
C)Nilambur
D)Goa

Question 5

The Hortus Malabaricus was prepared by

A)Portuguese
B)Dutch
C)French
D)English

Question 6

Apart from Leelathilakam, the first grammar work in Malayalam language was prepared by

A)Dr. Anjelos Francis.
B)Jovanas Gonsalvez.
C)Father Clement
D)Father Kariyattil Ousep

Question 7

The first travelogue in Malayalam is

A)Varthamanapusthakamd.
B)Vedarthakam
C)Leelethilakam
D)Hortus Malabaricus

Question 8

The Victoria College at Palakkad was established by

A)Jesuit Missionaries
B)Evangelical Mission
C)Basel Mission
D)Christain Missionaries

Question 9

The first Western education school of Malabar was started at -------in 1841.

A)Kannur
B)Calicut
C)Wynad
D)Malappuram

Question 10

'Aruvippuram Installation' has been done by

A)Sahodaran Ayyappan
B)Pandit Karuppan
C)Vagbadanand
D)Sreenarayana Guru

Question 11

The Sree Narayana Trusts was formed by------- in 1952

A)R.Sankar
B)Kumaranasan
C)Vellappalli Nadesan
D)Sreenarayana Guru

Question 12

The author of the khandakavyas like Nalini,Leela,Karuna and Chadalabhiksuki is

A)Sreenarayana Gur
B)Vadbadanandha
C)Kumaranasan
D)Vallathol

Question 13

Vedadhikara Niroopanan is the work of

A)Kumaranasan
B)Chattambi Swamikal
C)Sreenaranayana Guru
D)Vagbhadanada

Question 14

The Sadhujana Paripalana Sangham (SJPS) was established in 1907 by

A)Sahodaran Ayyappan
B)Pandit Karuppan
C)Poykayil Yohannan
D)Ayyankali

Question 15

Valasabhas were formed in different parts of Kochin State to regenerate the vala community by

A)Sahodaran Ayyappan
B)Pandit Karuppan
C)Poykayil Yohannan
D)Ayyankali

Question 16

The first poem of Pandit Karuppan was

A)Jathikummi
B)Sthothramandaaram.
C)Aacharabhooshanam
D)Baalakalesam

Question 17

The Cochin Pulaya Maha Sabha was formed by

A)Sahodaran Ayyappan
B)Pandit Karuppan
C)Poykayil Yohannan
D)Ayyankali

Question 18

The Atma Vidya Sangham was founded by

A)Kumaranasan
B)Chattambi Swamikal
C)Sreenaranayana Guru
D)Vagbhadanada

Question 19

Prathyaksha Raksha Daiva Sabha(PRDS) was founded in 1909 by

A)Chavara Achan
B)Chattambi Swamikal
C)Poykayil Appachan
D)Ayyankali

Question 20

The significant pamphlet 'Katora Kutaram'(ferocious axe) was issued in 1884in Malabar by

A)Sayyid Alavi Thangal Pookoya Thangal
B)Veliyankode Umar Quazi
C)Sayid Fazal
D)Sanaulla Makti Thangal

Question 21

Sanaulla Makti Thangal's concise autobiography is

A)Makthi Manaklasham
B)Nabi Nanayam
C)Katora Kutaram
D)None of these

Question 22

Who was the founder, printer and publisher of Swadesabhimani newspaper?

A)Swadesabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai
B)K P Kesava Menon
C)Vakkom Abdul Khadr Moulavi
D)Muhammed Abdurahman Sahib

Question 23

Vidyarthi Magazine was started by

A)Swadesabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai
B)Chattambi Swamikal
C)EMS
D)V T Bhattathiripad

Question 24

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 Yohanna
D)d. None of these

Question 25

In the year ------------a Namboothiri women's organization was formed with the name Antarjana Samajam under the leadership of Arya Pallam and Parvathi Neminimangalam.

A)1932
B)1923
C)1934
D)1925