1. The Kerala Provincial Congress Committee which came into existence in ……………….. on linguistic basis included the whole of the Malabar District and
the States of Travancore and Cochin.
Correct : A. 1921
2. The first All Kerala Provincial Conference under the auspices of the Congress
met at ………………..in 1921.
Correct : A. ottappalam
3. The first All Kerala Provincial Conference of …………. helped to create a sense
of Kerala identity in the minds of the people.
Correct : A. 1921
4. The Nehru Committee set up in …………. by the all parties Conference to draft
a model constitution for free India.
Correct : A. 1928
5. The All-Kerala Kudiyan Conferences held at Ernakulam in …………..
Correct : A. 1928
6. The All-Kerala Kudiyan Conferences held at ……………..in 1928
Correct : A. ernakulam
7. The Political Conferences held at Payyannur in ………….. passed resolutions
emphasizing the need for the formation of a separate Province of Kerala in the new constitutional set-up.
Correct : A. 1928
8. The Political Conference held under the auspices of the Travancore district
Congress Committee at Trivandrum in 1938 with ………………in the Chair passed a resolution favouring a Sub-Federation comprising of Malabar, Travancore and Cochin.
Correct : A. dr. pattabhi sitaramiah
9. The Political Conference held under the auspices of the Travancore district
Congress Committee at Trivandrum in ……….. with Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramiah in the Chair passed a resolution favouring a Sub-Federation comprising of Malabar, Travancore and Cochin.
Correct : A. 1938
10. The Political Conference held under the auspices of the ………….district
Congress Committee at Trivandrum in 1938 with Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramiah in the Chair passed a resolution favouring a Sub-Federation comprising of Malabar, Travancore and Cochin.
Correct : A. travancore
11. The Second World War broke out in …………………..
Correct : C. 1939
12. The Cochin state Praja Mandal which was formed in ………….. had also been
endorsing the demand for a separate Kerala State at its successive annual sessions.
Correct : B. 1941
13. Cultural organizations like 'Samastha Kerala Sahitya Parishad' however,
welcomed the idea of …………..speaking State with great enthusiasm.
Correct : A. malayalam
14. The Kerala Provincial Congress committee took the lead in this matter and set
up a Sub-Committee in …………… to carry on the movement for Aikya Kerala with the utmost vigour.
Correct : D. 1946
15. A meeting of the KPCC Sub-committee was held at Cheruthuruthi late in
1946 under the Chairmanship of…………………., with leading figures from all parts of Kerala, including Mahakavi Vallathol, participating in it.
Correct : A. k.p. kesava menon
16. Sree Kerala Varma reigning Maharaja of……………., participated in the Aikya
conference held at Trichur in April 1947 .
Correct : D. cochin
17. Aikya conference held at Trichur in April 1947 passed a resolution, moved
by the Veteran congress leader, …………., demanding the early formation of Aikya Kerala.
Correct : A. e. moidu maulavi
18. Aikya conference held at ……in April 1947 elected an Aikya Kerala Council
of hundred members to take appropriate steps for the achievement of the goal.
Correct : A. trichur
19. In 1948 another representative convention was held at …………..under the
auspices of the Aikya Kerala Council.
Correct : C. alwaye
20. In a memorandum submitted before the ……………..Commission set up to
consider the question of reorganization of states in India, the Aikya Kerala council demanded the formation of new Kerala State comprising of Malabar, Travancore, Cochin, Coorg, Nilgiris, Guddalore, South Canara, Mahe and Lakshadeep.
Correct : A. dhar
21. It may be noted here that the Travancore Government under …………..did not
co-operate with the work of the Dhar Commission.
Correct : A. pattom thanu pillai
22. Attempts have been made to unify Kerala politically first by the …………..and then by Marthanda Varna. But these attempts did not bear
fruit.The ideal of pan Kerala unity remained in the womb of time.
Correct : C. zamorin
23. However, it was in the ………….. in modern times that the Aikya Kerala
movement acquired the dimensions of a people’s movements.
Correct : A. 1920’s
24. In the …………… the demand for a separate state of the Malayalis gathered
strength.
Correct : A. 1920’s
25. The political conferences held at Payyannur in …………. passed resolutions
in favour of the formation of a state for the Keralites.
Correct : C. 1928
26. On 1st July, …………., the two states of Travancore and Kochi were
integrated heralding the birth of the Travancore-Cochin State.
Correct : C. 1949
27. The state Reorganisation Commission under ………….recommended the
inclusion of the district of Malabar and the taluk of Kasargode to the Malayalam speaking people’s state.
Correct : A. syed fazi ali
28. The new state of Kerala, the long cherished dream of the Malayalis came in
to being on November 1st, ……….with a Governor at its head.
Correct : D. 1956
29. When Kerala was formed, the State was under President's rule. The new
State went to the polls for the first time in March………….
Correct : D. 1957
30. ……………formed an 11 member ministry on April 5, 1957 with the support
of some independents.
Correct : A. e.m.s.namboodiripad
31. Political agitation and unrest extending over several months, culminated in
the taking over of the administration of the State and the dissolution of the Legislative Assembly, under Article 356 of the Constitution, by the president of India, on July 31,………….
Correct : D. 1959
32. A three party alliance comprising of the Congress, the Praja Socialist Party
and the Muslim League, was returned to power.Shri Pattom A.Thanu Pillai (PSP) took over as the coalition Chief Minister, leading a council of eleven ministers, in February…………..
Correct : C. 1960
33. Shri. ……………however, resigned on September 25, 1962, consequent on a
gubernatorial appointment; Shri.R.Sankar was appointed Chief Minister the next day.
Correct : A. pattom a.thanu pillai
34. Shri. C.Achutha Menon formed his second ministry on 4th October,
Correct : D. 1970
35. A fresh alignment of forces with the Assembly initiated the formation of an
eight-member cabinet headed by Shri.C.Achutha Menon (CPI) in November………………...
Correct : D. 1969
36. Shri………… formed his second ministry on 4th October, 1970.
Correct : A. c.achutha menon
37. Shri................. of the Congress who formed a ministry on March 25, 1977.
Correct : A. k.karunakaran
38. Shri.P.K.Vasudevan Nair (CPI) took over as Chief Minister on October
29,...............
Correct : D. 1978
39. .................ministry resigned on October 7, 1979 in order to create a
favourable atmosphere for the formation of a Left Democratic Front in Kerala.
Correct : A. p.k.vasudevan nair’s
40. Shri................ was sworn-in as Chief Minister on October 12, 1979, but the
four member ministry could continue in office only for a short term.
Correct : A. c.h.muhammad koya
41. C.H.Muhammad Koya’s ministry resigned on December 1, .............and the
Assembly was dissolved.
Correct : D. 1979
42. Shri.E.K.Nayanar, leader of the L.D.F. headed a 17 member ministry which
assumed office on 25th January,...............
Correct : D. 1980
43. The 9th Kerala Assembly was sworn in to power on 24th June 1991, with
Shri. K.Karunakaran as the Chief Minister.
Correct : A. 1991
44. Shri.E.K.Nayanar tendered resignation of the ministry and President's rule
was introduced on 21st October...............
Correct : D. 1981
45. An eight-member U.D.F.ministry was sworn in on 28th December 1981
with Shri ................(Congress-I) as the leader.
Correct : A. k.karunakaran
46. A five-member ministry under the Chief Ministership of Shri................... assumed charge of office on March 26,1987.
Correct : B. e.k.nayanar
47. The ninth election to the eighth Kerala Assembly was held on March 23,
................., about two months in advance of the due date.
Correct : D. 1987
48. The presences of 84 candidates fielded by the newly born Communist
Marxist Party led by Shri................. who was expelled from the CPM, added a new dimension to the poll.
Correct : A. m.v.raghavan
49. A five-member ministry under the Chief Ministership of Shri.E.K.Nayanar
assumed charge of office on March 26,.............
Correct : B. 1987
50. Consequent to the assassination of Shri..............., former Prime Minister,
on 21st May, barely two days before the dates fixed for the polls, the elections were postponed to 12th June, 1991.
Correct : A. rajiv gandhi
51. The 9th Kerala Assembly was sworn in to power on 24th June 1991, with
Shri.................. as the Chief Minister.
Correct : A. k.karunakaran
52. On 22nd March, 1995, Shri.K.Karunakaran took up a berth in the union
cabinet, making way for Shri................ to take up the Chief Ministership.
Correct : A. a.k.antony
53. The 10th Kerala Assembly was sworn in to power on the 20th of May 1996
with Shri................. as Chief Minister.
Correct : A. e.k.nayanar
54. The Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics was founded by
................of Sangamagrama in Kerala.
Correct : A. madhava
55. Shri.A.K.Antony rendered the resignation of his cabinet on august 29,........
Correct : B. 2004
56. INC faced a split in 2005,a new party ,DIC[K] was formed under the
leadership of veteran congress leader .............on may Ist 2005.
Correct : A. k.karunakaran
57. The 19 member LDF ministry was sworn into power on 18th may 2006 with
Shri................... as the chief minister.
Correct : A. v.s.achuthanandan
58. ................who as an eminent teacher, literary critic, educationalist and
Education Minister in Kerala.
Correct : A. joseph mundassery
59. As minister ………………..introduced the famous education bill in the Kerala
Assembly on 13th July, 1957, which spurred an agitation in the State.
Correct : A. joseph mundassery
60. The education bill was passed by the Kerala Assembly on 28th November, …………….after completing the formalities of going through the Select
Committee and completing the three readings.
Correct : D. 1957
61. The bill presented by ………….was not much different from the bills
previously presented by the PSP and Panampilly Govinda Menon Governments and that of C.P. Ramaswamy Iyer.
Correct : A. joseph mundassery
62. The merit of the education bill introduced by …………..and the Communist
government was that it liberated the teachers from their servitude and made them capable of social and political organizational work like other sections of people.
Correct : A. joseph mundassery
63. Due to the ancient land relations and taxation and regulation under
the ................., at the time of independence, India inherited a semi-feudal agrarian system, with ownership of land concentrated in the hands of a few individual landlords.
Correct : A. british raj
64. The Land Reforms Ordinance was a law in the state of
Kerala, India by ................. minister in the first EMS government.
Correct : A. k. r. gowri amma
65. The.............. government was the first communist state government
popularly elected to power in India, in the southern state of Kerala.
Correct : A. ems
66. Different types of feudal relations existed in Travancore-Cochin and
................at the time of the formation of the kerala state.
Correct : A. malabar
67. The Kerala government which came to power in .............. introduced the
Land Reforms Bill in the Legislative Assembly.
Correct : D. 1957
68. The Agrarian Relations Bill introduced in ........... was passed with minor
amendments.
Correct : D. 1958
69. The Liberation Struggle (1958–59) (Vimochana Samaram in Malayalam) is
an anti-Communist socio-political agitation, started in.................., against the first elected state-government in Kerala, India, which was led by E. M. S. Namboodiripad of the Communist Party of India as the chief minister.
Correct : D. 1958
70. The Liberation Struggle (1958–59) (Vimochana Samaram in Malayalam) is
an anti-Communist socio-political agitation, started in 1958, against the first elected state-government in Kerala, India, which was led by .................. of the Communist Party of India as the chief minister.
Correct : A. e. m. s. namboodiripad
71. On 1 November................, the state of Kerala was formed by the States
Reorganisation Act merging the Malabar district, Travancore-Cochin and the taluk of Kasargod, South Kanara.
Correct : D. 1956
72. In 1957, elections for the new Kerala Legislative Assembly were held, and a
reformist, Communist-led government came to power, under .........................
Correct : A. e. m. s. namboodiripad
73. The immediate cause of the outbreak of the Liberation Struggle was the
introduction of the Education Bill by the minister of education .....................
Correct : A. joseph mundassery
74. The immediate effect of the Vimochana Samaram was the dismissal of the Communist government under ..............on 31 July 1959
Correct : A. e. m. s.
75. In December……………, NSS joined up with the Catholic Church to form an
anti-communist front.
Correct : D. 1958
76. The immediate effect of the Vimochana Samaram was the dismissal of the
Communist government under E. M. S. on 31 July ...............
Correct : D. 1959
77. Soon after the dismissal, a state election was declared and the United
Front, led by Indian National Congress, won with a clear majority, a ministry under .................. took office.
Correct : A. pattom a. thanu pillai
78. For administrative purposes the Kerala State is divided into …………
revenue districts:
Correct : C. 14
79. The 14 districts are further divided into …………. Revenue divisions, 63
Taluks and 1453 Revenue Villages.
Correct : C. 21
80. There are …………..District Panchayats, 152 Block Panchayats, 978 Grama
Panchayats, 60 Municipalities, 5 Corporations and 1 Township in Kerala.
Correct : C. 14
81. A district is governed by a District Collector, who is an officer from ………….of Kerala cadre and is appointed by the State Government of Kerala.
Correct : A. ias
82. The state of …………is located in the south western part of India.
Correct : A. kerala
83. Kerala is bordered by …………to the north, Tamil Nadu to the south and
the east and the Lakshadweep Sea towards the west.
Correct : A. karnataka
84. ……………… is the capital of Kerala.
Correct : A. thiruvananthapuram
85. The Indian state of Kerala borders with the states of ………….. on the south
and east, Karnataka on the north and the Arabian Seacoastline on the west.
Correct : A. tamil nadu
86. The ……………., bordering the eastern boundary of the State, form an almost
continuous mountain wall, except near Palakkad where there is a natural mountain pass known as the Palakkad Gap.
Correct : A. western ghats
87. When the independent India amalgamated small states together Travancore
and Cochin states were integrated to form Travancore-Cochin state on 1 July…………….. However, Malabar remained under the Madras province.
Correct : D. 1949
88. The States Reorganisation Act of 1 November …………… elevated Kerala to
statehood.
Correct : D. 1956
89. A significant figure in the 19th century was ............... who started a system
called "A school along with every church" to make education available for both poor and rich which still continues in the present.
Correct : A. rev.fr. kuriakose elias chavara
90. Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit (SSUS), famous as Sanskrit
University, is situated in Kalady, in the Northern side of ....................District.
Correct : A. ernakulam
91. ................ is the only district in kerala that holds three universities
(University of Calicut, Aligarh Muslim University campus and Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan Malayalam University.
Correct : A. malappuram
92. According to the 1991 census, ............... of Kerala is the first district to
achieve full literacy rate in the whole of India.
Correct : A. kottayam
93. Kannur Medical College at .................is a private Medical College.
Correct : A. anjarakandy
94. A private sector Ayurveda Medical College is situated at ...............in
Kannur District.
Correct : A. parassinikkadavu
95. Kerala (90.86%) was declared a, 'Fully Literate State', on April 18th,.........
Correct : D. 1991
96. District-wise data showed that '..............' district ranks first both in male
and female literacy rates and it is the first town in India to have achieved 100% literacy (a remarkable feat achieved as early as in 1989).
Correct : A. kottayam
97. The lowest literacy rate was found in .......................district in both sexes.
Correct : A. palakkad
98. A convention of gazeted officers was held at Ernakulum on 12-07-
................. which gave birth to The Kerala Gazetted Officers Union.
Correct : C. 1985
99. Smt.................., the Iron Lady and worlds renowned states woman fell
prey to the bullets of her gunman turned terrorist.
Correct : A. indira gandhi
100. A convention of gazeted officers was held at ................on 12-07-1985
which gave birth to The Kerala Gazetted Officers Union.