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Contemporary Kerala | Set 2

1. KGOU started functioning in the state of Kerala during 1984, separating from KGOA after the martyrdom of ......................., then prime minister of India.

Correct : A. smt. indira gandhi

2. Sri. K.P Radhakrishnan was the founder president of.................

Correct : A. kgou

3. The Kerala Gazetted Officers Association is a major service organisation representing Gazetted Officers of Kerala State Civil Service was formed in.........

Correct : D. 1966

4. Kerala Non-Gazetted Officer's Front was formed on…………….

Correct : D. 1976

5. Kerala NGO Centre was formed in 27th November 1977 in a convention held at……………...

Correct : A. ernakulam

6. KERALA NGO SANGH was formed in 1988 December at the 10th State Conference held at……………….

Correct : A. kasargode

7. The state office of Kerala NGO Sangh had been started functioning at Ulsavamadom Buildings, Fort,……………...

Correct : A. thiruvananthapuram

8. In………………, the Communists succeeded in forming a government in Kerala, which however, was soon overthrown.

Correct : D. 1957

9. In a remote village called Naxalbari in……………., a tribal youth named Bimal Kissan, having obtained a judicial order, went to plough his land on 2 March 1967.

Correct : A. west bengal

10. The AICCCR went ahead with the formation of the Communist Party of India (MarxistLeninist) in May…………...

Correct : D. 1969

11. The CPI (M-L) held its first congress in 1970 in ……………..and Charu Mazumdar was formally elected its general secretary.

Correct : A. kolkata

12. It was during …………….that an influential group of the CPI (ML), led by Jauhar (Subrata Dutt), Nagbhushan Pattnaik and Vinod Mishra, launched a major initiative, which they termed ‘course-correction’.

Correct : D. 1974

13. CPI (ML) Red Flag was formed in ................ as a break-away from the Central Reorganization Committee, CPI (ML).

Correct : D. 1988

14. The first All India Secretary of CPI (ML) Red Flag was Arup Majumdar, followed by.....................

Correct : A. k.n. ramachandran

15. The main mass organization of .................was the Trade Union Centre of India (TUCI).

Correct : A. cpi (ml) red flag

16. ................. published Red Star (English), Iykya Horatta (Kannada) and Saghavu (Malayalam).

Correct : A. cpi (ml) red flag

17. Mandakini Narayanan (died December 16, 2006), popularly known as ‘Ma’, was an Indian ............... leader in Kerala.

Correct : A. naxalite

18. Born in ................., Mandakini Narayanan married the late Naxal leader Kunnikkal Narayanan.

Correct : A. gujarat

19. ...............was born to a Gujarati couple, Navin Chandra Osa and Urvashi Osa.

Correct : A. mandakini

20. .................., along with her husband and daughter, led several agitations waged by naxalites in Kerala.

Correct : A. mandakini

21. ................. was arrested and sent to jail in the Pulpally and Thalassery police stations attack cases, which resulted in death of two police officials.

Correct : A. mandakini narayanan

22. Mandakini is survived by her daughter ..............., naxalite-turned human rights activist and social reformist.

Correct : A. k.ajitha

23. ................. now championing the cause of women-rights and fight against social evils and corruption through an organization named ANWESHI.

Correct : B. k.ajitha

24. K. Ajitha is a social activist of ..................., Kerala.

Correct : A. kozhikode

25. ..................was indoctrinated to Marxism at a very young age through her parents to Kunnikal Narayanan and Mandakini, who were both its prominent supporters.

Correct : A. k.ajitha

26. K. Ajitha is one of the greatest ladies who are fighting for women's freedom from.................

Correct : A. kozhikode

27. .............played an active role in the Naxalite movement of Kerala.

Correct : B. k. ajitha

28. ................... is now working for the rights of women through an organization Anweshi.

Correct : A. k. ajitha

29. ...............founded an organisation called ‘Bodhana’ (Awareness), based in Kozhikode (Calicut).

Correct : B. k. ajitha

30. ................. then set up another organisation called ‘Anweshi’ (Searcher) in 1993, which she says has grown out of its infancy and now commands attention.

Correct : A. k. ajitha

31. ................. came into the limelight with the exposure of the sensational Calicut sex scandal involving several top politicians and influential public figures.

Correct : A. anweshi

32. Ajitha worked briefly with the Janadipatya Samrakshana Samiti (Committee to Save Democracy), founded by former Communist Party of India- Marxist leader.................

Correct : A. k r gouri ‘amma’

33. Traumatised by guilt, constable Nair penned a confession shortly after he shot Varghese in a fake police encounter in the forests of ................back in 1970.

Correct : A. wayanad

34. Chief minister ......................has rebuffed the demand by Naxalite organisations and prominent personalities as well as by Niyama Vedi, an organisation of lawyers against human rights violation, for a full-fledged inquiry into the circumstances that led to the killing of Varghese.

Correct : A. e.k. nayanar

35. The police team that arrested Varghese in the .................forests in 1970 was led by the then DIG K.P. Vijayan.

Correct : A. wayanad

36. The order to execute the Naxalite leader was issued by the then Dy SP K. Lekshmana—also an accused in the infamous ................case involving the disappearance of an engineering student in police custody during the Emergency.

Correct : A. rajan

37. Following the murder of landlord Vasud-eva Adiga and a suspected police informer Chekkoo at Thrissileri in .................in 1970, and the subsequent police crackdown, Varghese and his comrades retreated into the Thirunelli forests.

Correct : A. wayanad

38. Malabar Migration refers to the large-scale migration of ................... from Central-South Kerala to northern regions of Kerala called Malabar in the 20th century.

Correct : C. syrian christians

39. Later in 1967-82 Kerala elected a series of leftist coalition governments; the most stable was that led by ..............from 1969 to 1977.

Correct : A. achutha menon

40. From 1967 to 1970, .................led a Naxalite movement in Kerala.

Correct : A. kunnikkal narayanan

41. The theoretical difference in the communist party, i.e. CPM is the part of the uprising of Naxalbari movement in ...............which leads to the formation of CPI (ML) in India.

Correct : A. bengal

42. Among the Princely States in the country, it was in the erstwhile state of ...................that the first Legislative Council was constituted in 1888 with six official and two non-official members.

Correct : A. travancore

43. During the regime of Sri. Chitra Thirunal, who was enthroned in 1932, there were some radical reforms in this field. In protest against the inadequacy of the Constitutional reforms of............., the Nivartana (abstention) movement was started.

Correct : D. 1932

44. The peasant and labour movements of the 1930s were responsible for the emergence of a left wing in politics which ultimately resulted in the birth of the.....................

Correct : A. congress socialist party

45. The Cochin Congress with the support of some independents came to power on June 17,............... Ambattu Sivarama Menon was appointed Minister for Rural Development.

Correct : D. 1938

46. On January 26, 1941 a new political called Cochin Rajya Prajamandalam was constituted with Sri. ..............as its President.

Correct : A. v.r. krishnan ezhuthachan

47. In the last week of October............, the State of Travancore saw the most violent upheavals, the Punnappra Vayalar revolt of the working class, an armed revolt by the poor with a view to ending the police raj under the Dewan.

Correct : D. 1946

48. Even after the attainment of freedom the Dewan .................declared on June11, 1947 that Travancore would remain an Independent State on the lapse of British paramountancy.

Correct : A. dewan, sir c.p. ramaswamy iyer

49. When .............let loose repression, an unsuccessful attempt on his life was made on July 25, 1947. And forced by the new developments he left Travancore on August 19, 1947.

Correct : A. dewan, sir c.p. ramaswamy iyer

50. On September 4, ..........the Maharaja of Travancore issued a declaration to elect Constituent Assembly in Travancore as a prelude to the introduction of adult franchise.

Correct : C. 1947

51. On March 20, ........the Travancore Constituent Assembly came into being, the first of its kind formed on the basis of adult franchise in the country.

Correct : C. 1948

52. Following the national policy of integration, the States of Travancore and Cochin were merged into Travancore-Cochin state under the Raja of Travancore as the Raj Pramukh on 1st July............

Correct : C. 1949

53. India became a Sovereign Democratic Republic on January 26,..................

Correct : C. 1950

54. Reorganisation of states on linguistic lines took place on the recomm- endations of the States Reorganisation Commission.Thus a United Kerala came true on November 1,...........

Correct : C. 1949

55. The first elections to the Kerala Assembly were held from February 28 to March 11,...........

Correct : C. 1957

56. The first popular ministry of Kerala headed by Shri.............., leader of the Communist Party, was sworn in on 5th April 1957.

Correct : A. e.m.s. namboodiripad

57. An agitation known as liberation struggle was launched by the Congressled opposition and the president issued on 31st July ............. a proclamation under article 356 of the Constitution dissolving the Assembly and introducing President s rule in the Kerala State.

Correct : D. 1959

58. The second Namboodiripad ministry was formed on 6th March 1967.

Correct : C. 1967

59. Shri .....................formed his second ministry on October 4, 1970.

Correct : A. c. achutha menon

60. The nation had suffered a great Tragedy in the death of Shri. Rajiv Gandhi, the former Prime Minister of the country at the assassins hands on 21st May....................

Correct : C. 1991

61. Kerala was declared a, 'Fully Literate State', on April 18th,........................

Correct : C. 1991

62. February 1990- ..............District is the first Fully Literate district in India.

Correct : A. ernakulam

63. ................, April 18 - Kerala declared a Fully Literate State

Correct : C. 1991

64. People's Plan Campaign, held in ............ in Kerala State, was a remarkable experiment in decentralisation of powers to local governments with focus on local planning.

Correct : C. 1996

65. .............. Daivathinte Vikrithikal draws out in detail the socio-economic impacts of Gulf migration on the enclave of Mahe.

Correct : A. m. mukundan's

66. The older term and concept of "conspicuous consumption" originated at the turn of the 20th century in the writings of sociologist and economist,.........................

Correct : A. thorstein veblen

67. Save Silent Valley was a social movement aimed at the protection of Silent valley, an evergreen tropical forest in the ............district of Kerala, India.

Correct : A. palakkad

68. The valley was declared as Silent Valley National Park in............

Correct : C. 1985

69. The ...........is a major river that flows 15 km southwest from Silent Valley.

Correct : A. kuntipuzha

70. In 1928 the location at Sairandhri on the K............ River was identified as an ideal site for electricity generation.

Correct : A. kunthipuzha

71. .................., founder of the Madras Snake Park and the Madras Crocodile Bank, was probably the first person to draw public attention to the small and remote area.

Correct : A. romulus whitaker

72. In .................. theKerala Forest Research Institute carried out an Ecological Impact study of the Silent Valley area and proposed that the area be declared a Biosphere Reserve.

Correct : D. 1977

73. In ................ Smt. Indira Gandhi, the Honorable Prime Minister of India, approved the project, with the condition that the State Government enact Legislation ensuring the necessary safeguards.

Correct : D. 1978

74. The poet activist .................. played an important role in the silent valley protest and her poem "Marathinu Stuthi" (Ode to a Tree) became a symbol for the protest from the intellectual community and was the opening song/prayer of most of the "save the Silent Valley" campaign meetings.

Correct : A. sugathakumari

75. ................, eminent ornithologist of the Bombay Natural History Society, visited the Silent Valley and appealed for cancellation of the Hydroelectric Project.

Correct : A. dr. salim ali

76. On October 31, .............Indira Gandhi was assassinated .

Correct : D. 1984

77. on September 7, ...............the Silent Valley National Park was formally inaugurated.

Correct : D. 1985

78. Plachimada of ...............district in Kerala State where the Coca Cola plant is situated, is an important agricultural region for the state and is popularly known as the ‘rice bowl of Kerala’.

Correct : A. palakkad

79. Plachimada village of Perumatty panchayat in Chittoor taluk is a small hamlet in ................district.

Correct : A. palakkad

80. Mayilamma was an Indian social activist whose claim to fame was the campaign against Coca-Cola company in Plachimada in ..........., Kerala.

Correct : A. palakkad

81. ..................., a member of the Eravalar tribe, was the founder of the Coca- Cola Virudha Samara Samiti (Anti Coca-Cola Struggle Committee) in Plachimada which has spearheaded the campaign against Coca-Cola.

Correct : A. mayilamma

82. The State of Kerala was formed on 1st November……………, as a part of the state’s reorganizationexercise integrating Malabar with the princely states of Cochin and Travancore.

Correct : D. 1956

83. Muthanga Incident refers to a situation in which police fired on the Adivasis in the Muthanga village of .................district , Kerala.

Correct : A. wayanad

84. ..................is the leader of the Adivasi Gothra Maha Sabha, a social movement that has been pushing for land to be redistributed to landless adivasis in Kerala state.

Correct : A. c. k. janu

85. Kasargod: Samohavum Charithravum was edited by .......................

Correct : A. c.balan

86. ..................is the Author of ‘Kerala Samuhapadhanangal’

Correct : A. ganesh. k.n.

87. ................is the Author of ‘The Extremist Movement in Kerala’

Correct : A. k.k.kusuman

88. Land to the Tiller was written by .........

Correct : A. ronald herring

89. ‘Malabarile Janakeeya Samarathinte Penvazhikal’ was written by .............

Correct : A. t.k.anamdi

90. ---- was the Revenue Minister who introduced the Agrarian Relations Bill piloted by the first Communist ministry that came to power in 1957 after the formation of the united Kerala.

Correct : C. K. R. Gowriamma

91. What was the total number of seats in the first Kerala Legislature formed after the first general election held in February-March 1957?

Correct : C. 126

92. Who penned the book ‘Kerallam Malayalikalute Matrubhumy’?

Correct : B. E. M. S. Namboodiripad

93. Who served as the education minister in the first E.M.S. ministry of 1957?

Correct : A. Joseph Mundassery

94. --- served as the first speaker of first Kerala Legislative Assemply 1957.

Correct : D. R. Sankara Narayannan Tambi

95. Who was the leader of opposition in the first legislative assembly of Kerala in 1957?

Correct : A. P.T. Chacko

96. --- acted as the first governor of the state of Kerala?

Correct : A. Burgula Ramakrishna Rao

97. --- was the first Inspector General of Police in the newly formed state of Kerala during 1956 in whose honour the Police Stadium of Thiruvananthapuram is dedicated.

Correct : C. N. Chandrasekharan Nair

98. --- served as the first deputy speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1957.

Correct : A. Ayisha Bai

99. Who among the following was a member of the first Legislative Assembly of Kerala elected independently.

Correct : A. V.R.Krishna Iyar

100. The popular agitation that led to the dismissal of the first E.M.S. ministry in 1959 is known as ---.

Correct : A. Vimochana Samaram