Quiznetik

Formation of Kerala, Society and Culture | Set 3

1. Raja Kesavadas was the first minister of …………….who assumed the title Diwan.

Correct : A. thiruvitamkur

2. …………….court was adorned by such literary luminaries as Kunchan Nambiar and Ramapurath Warrier.

Correct : A. dharmaraja’s

3. In Rama Varma, better known as Shakthan Tampuran, the state of ……………..had a remarkable.

Correct : C. kochi

4. The revolt of…………, the Dalawa of Travancore, is a significant episode in the annals of Indian resistance movements against the British.

Correct : C. velu thampi

5. Velu Thampi was elevated to the high office of Dalawa (1801) on the advice of……………….

Correct : C. macaulay

6. Velu Thampi entered into a secret deal with…………., the chief minister of Kochi who too had similar grievances.

Correct : A. paliath achan

7. Paliath Achan attacked the Residency at …………to capture Macaulay.

Correct : D. kochi

8. Having reached Kundara, ………………issued his famous proclamation on January 11, 1809 exhorting the people to rally, under his banner for a patriotic struggle against the British.

Correct : A. velu thampi

9. …………..had already issued an order permitting the Shanar women who became converts to Christianity to wear upper jackets.

Correct : C. col. munroe

10. The Shanar agitation eventually led to the Royal Proclamation of 26th July………….., abolishing all restrictions in the matter of dress by Shanar women.

Correct : A. 1859

11. ……………….was born in the village of Chempazhanthy near Trivandrum and showed keen interests in Sanskrit and Hindu philosophy.

Correct : A. sri narayana guru

12. …………had a highly eclectic outlook in religions matters as is shown in the saying ‘one caste, one Religion and one God’.

Correct : A. sri narayana guru

13. ……………was the founder of the SNDP yogam (1903).

Correct : A. sri narayana guru

14. As a literary luminary, …………penned Darsanamala in Sanskrit, Jatimimamsa in Sanskrit and Malayalam and Siva Sathakom in Malayalam.

Correct : A. narayana guru

15. …………..founded the Atma Vidya Sangham, a major force of social change in Kerala.

Correct : A. vagbhatananda

16. Kunjikkannan Gurukkal, as vagbhatananda was known in early life, was born at Patyam village of Kannur district in an Ezhava family in……………..

Correct : A. 1885

17. As a great orator of the time, he was conferred the title Vagbhatananda by ……………of Alathur.

Correct : D. sivananda yogi

18. ………………was a humanist and a liberal and started a journal Abhinava Keralam in 1921.

Correct : B. vagbhatananda

19. …………………journal Atma Vidya Kahalam’ stood with the nationalist cause.

Correct : A. vagbhatananda’s

20. ……………..was the founder of the Nair service society.

Correct : A. mannath padmanabhan

21. A great scholar and man of letters, ………..came to be called Vidyadhiraja.

Correct : A. chattampi swamikal

22. In his work ‘Prachina Malayalam’, …………….has challenged some of the traditional theories of Kerala History.

Correct : A. chattampi swamikal

23. A Pulaya by birth, ………….gave leadership to the movement for social advancement of the oppressed classes in general and the Pulayas in particular.

Correct : C. ayyankali

24. Drawing inspiration from Narayana Guru, …………founded the Sadhu Jana Paripalana Sangham in 1906.

Correct : C. ayyankali

25. …………….was nominated as a representative of lower castes in the Sree Mulam Sabha in 1911.

Correct : A. ayyan kali

26. …………….was the leader of the ‘Kallu Mala Agitation’.

Correct : A. ayyan kali