Deck 3: Historical and Social Significance of Keralas Early Settlers and Personalities

Question 1

The earliest settlers of Kerala were

A)Brahmins
B)Kshtriyas
C)Proto-Negroids
D)None of the above

Answer 1

Proto-Negroids

Question 2

The famous Kerala born Indian philosopher of 9th cent AD

A)Sankaraachaarya
B)Sree Narayana Guru
C)Kautilya
D)None of the above

Answer 2

Sankaraachaarya

Question 3

Excavation work for the ancient Kerala city of Mahodayapuram is going on in

A)Kannur
B)Kasarkod
C)Thiruvananthapuram
D)Kodungalloor

Answer 3

Kodungalloor

Question 4

Which one of the following Christian saint is believed to have visited Kerala in the 1st cent?

A)St. Thomas
B)St. Peter
C)St. Paul & St. Peter
D)Mar Dionysius

Question 5

Which one of the following Kerala King is believed to have visited Mecca and converted to Islam?

A)Zamuthiri
B)Konathiri
C)Cheraman Perumal
D)None of the above

Question 6

The first European to visit Kerala was from

A)England
B)Portugal
C)France
D)None of the above

Question 7

Mamamkam ws held along the banks of

A)Bharatha Puzha
B)Periyar
C)Chaliyar
D)None of the above

Question 8

Which one of the following custom was abolished by Sree Kerala Varma in 1696?

A)Mannappedi
B)Pulappedi
C)Untouchability
D)Both (a) and (b)

Question 9

Which one of the following was a Christian missionary group in Kerala

A)LMS
B)CMS
C)BEM
D)All the above

Question 10

The first Malayalam-English dictionary was prepared by the missionary named

A)W. T. Ringletaube
B)Henry Baker
C)Rev. J. Dawson
D)Herman Gundert

Question 11

Sree Narayana Guru was born in

A)Chempazanthi
B)Aruvipuram
C)Varkala
D)Aluva

Question 12

The Aruvipuram Siva prathishta by Sree Narayana Guru was in the year

A)1888
B)1889
C)1890
D)1891

Question 13

Sree Naryana Guru had close contacts with

A)Chattampi Swamikal
B)Gandhiji
C)Tagore
D)All the above

Question 14

Who said that Sree Narayana Guru was a Paramaacharya of modern India?

A)Gandhiji
B)Nehru
C)Ulloor S. Parameshwara Aiyar
D)None of the above

Question 15

Sadhujana Paripaalana Sangham was founded by

A)Ayyankali
B)Sree Narayana Guru
C)Chattampi Swamigal
D)None of the above

Question 16

Pulaya Mahasabha was instituted by

A)Sree Narayana Guru
B)Chattampi Swamikal
C)Ayyankali
D)None of the above

Question 17

Who among the following was called as 'Pulaya Raj' by Gandhiji?

A)Sree Narayana Guru
B)Chattampi Swamikal
C)Ayyankali
D)None of the above.

Question 18

Who urged the Pulaya Women to get rid of "kallu mala" for proper upper clothes?

A)Sree Narayana Guru
B)Chattampi Swamikal
C)Ayyankali
D)None of the above

Question 19

Who is associated with the movement 'misra-bhojanam'?

A)Ayyankali
B)Chattampi Swamikal
C)Sahodaran Ayyappan
D)None of the Above

Question 20

Vidya Poshini Sabha was founded by

A)Sahoraran Ayyappan
B)Sree Narayan Guru
C)Chattampi Swamikal
D)None of the above

Question 21

SNDP Yogam was founded by

A)Sree Narayana Guru
B)Dr. Palpu
C)Kumaranasan
D)None of the above

Question 22

The Nair Service Society was founded by

A)Sree Narayana Guru
B)Chattampi Swamikal
C)Mannath Padmanaabhan
D)None of the above

Question 23

Yogakshema Sabha was a social movement among

A)Namboothiris
B)Ezhavas
C)Nairs
D)Christians

Question 24

The social reformist drama 'adukkaliyil ninnum arangathekku' was a product of

A)K. T. Muhammed Bashir
B)N. N. Pillai
C)E.M. Sankaran Namboothiripad
D)V. T. Bhattathirippad

Question 25

Portuguese trader-traveller by name Vaso da Gama landed at Kerala at

A)Kozhikoe
B)Kappad
C)Kodungalloor
D)Koilandi