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Contemporary Kerala | Set 1

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.

Correct : A. ernakulum