Deck 4: Historical Events and Personalities in Keralas Political Landscape

Question 1

The major supporters of Pazzassi Raja were

A)Brahmins
B)Kurichiya tribes men
C)British traders
D)None of the above

Answer 1

Kurichiya tribes men

Question 2

The Channar Agitation for the rights of women to wear proper upper clothes was in the year

A)1859
B)1759
C)1880
D)1890

Answer 2

1859

Question 3

The basic issue of Malayali Memmorial was

A)Democratic rights
B)Right to vote
C)Right against exploitation
D)Government jobs

Answer 3

Government jobs

Question 4

The Ezhava Memorial which came 5 years after Malayali Memorial was in the year

A)1891
B)1896
C)1901
D)1906

Question 5

Who was instrumental in establishing the Indian National Congress in Kerala?

A)K. Kelappan
B)EMS Namboothiripad
C)K. P. Kesava Menon
D)None of the above

Question 6

'Wagon Tragedy' was in the year

A)1921
B)1922
C)1931
D)1932

Question 7

'Mathrubhumi' daily was started by

A)Kandathil Varghese Mappilai
B)CMS missionaries
C)K. P. Kesava Menon
D)K. Kelappan

Question 8

'Vaikkaom Satyagraha' was in the year

A)1924
B)1954
C)1964
D)1974

Question 9

The 'Savarna Jatha' in association with Vaikkom Satyagraha was led by

A)Sree Narayan Guru
B)Mannath Padmanabhan
C)C. Kesavan
D)K. Kelappan

Question 10

The Guruvayur Satyagraha was held in the year

A)1921-22
B)1931-32
C)1941-42
D)None of the above

Question 11

Punnapra Vayalar Revolt was in the year

A)1936
B)1946
C)1956
D)1928

Question 12

The Kayyur incident was in t he year

A)1931
B)1941
C)1951
D)1928

Question 13

The Karivellur samara was in the year

A)1946
B)1936
C)1926
D)1928

Question 14

Travancore Legislative Council was formed in the year

A)1888
B)1881
C)1891
D)1889

Question 15

Sri Mulam Praja Sabha (Sri Mulam Popular Assembly) was formed in the year

A)1888
B)1904
C)1889
D)1900

Question 16

The State of Kerala was formed on

A)14th August 1947
B)15th August 1947
C)1st November 1956
D)15th August 1956

Question 17

Kerala went to her first polls in

A)August 15th 1947
B)January 26th 1950
C)March 1957
D)None of the above

Question 18

The first Chief Minister of Kerala is

A)E.M. Sankaran Namboothiripad
B)K. P. Kesava Menon
C)Panampilli Govinda Menon
D)K. Karunakaran

Question 19

The original number of seats in the Kerala Legislative Assembly was

A)16
B)20
C)126
D)140

Question 20

The first leader of opposition of Kerala Legislative Assembly was

A)P. T. Chacko
B)E.M.S. Namboothiripad
C)K. Karunakaran
D)None of the above

Question 21

The first speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly was

A)R. Sankara Narayanan Thampi
B)K. M. Seethi Sahib
C)C. H. Mohammed Koya
D)Alexander Parambithara

Question 22

The first Governor of the State of Kerala

A)Dr. B. Ramakrishna Rao
B)V. V. Giri
C)Ajith Prasad Jain
D)Bhagvan Sahai

Question 23

The leader of Vimochana Samaram was

A)K. P.Kesava Menon
B)K. Kelappan
C)K. Karunakaran
D)Mannath Padmanabhan

Question 24

The second Kerala Ministry known as the three party alliance consisted of

A)Congress, Praja Socialist Party, Muslim League
B)Congress, CPI, and Muslim League
C)CPM, Muslim League and Praja Socialist Party
D)None of the above

Question 25

The chronological order of first three chief Ministers of Kerala is

A)K. Karunakaran, E. M. Sankaran Namboothiripad, R. Sankar
B)E. M. Sankaran Namboothiripad, Pattom A Thanu Pillai, R. Sankar
C)E. M. Sankaran Namboothiripad, K. Karunakaran, R. Sankar
D)E. M. Sankaran Namboothiripad, R. Sankar, C. Achutha Menon