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Modern Kerala Problems and Perspectives | Set 1

1. Who wrote Tuhafat-ul-Mujahiddin?

Correct : B. sheik zainuddin

2. Athula was the court poet of

Correct : A. srikantha

3. Name the work of Atula?

Correct : B. mushakavamsa kavya

4. Rajatarangini written by Kalhana deals with the history of

Correct : C. kashmir

5. Which king is mentioned in the Narayan-Kannur inscription of A.D. 929

Correct : B. vikramarama

6. Mushakavamsa Kavya is written in

Correct : A. sanskrit

7. Which of the following was/were the indigenous coins of Kerala

Correct : D. all the above

8. Which of the following statements regarding the Tharisapalli copper plates is/are correct? a. It documents Venad ruler Ayyanadikal Thiruvadikal's donation of a region and its

Correct : D. all above

9. Who was Mar Saphir Eso

Correct : C. a jew who established tharisapalli church in kollam

10. Anjuvannam was

Correct : B. a trade guild

11. Which of the statements is/are true regarding Iravikutty Pillai Pattu?

Correct : D. all the above

12. Which Aranyaka refers to the Chera Army?

Correct : A. aitareya

13. Which ancient text mentions Kerala’s links to the Kurukshetra war?

Correct : D. mahabharata

14. River Churni is?

Correct : A. periyar

15. Who wrote Arthasathra?

Correct : B. chanakya

16. Akananuru deals with

Correct : C. love and romance

17. Purananuru deals with

Correct : B. war and diplomacy

18. Who wrote Silappathikaram?

Correct : B. ilango adikal

19. The text Tolkapiyam deals with?

Correct : C. tamil grammar

20. Who wrote Tolkapiyam?

Correct : C. tolkapiyar

21. The author of Perumal-Thirumozhi is

Correct : B. kulasekhara alwar

22. Numismatics is the study of

Correct : C. coins

23. Epigraphy is the study of

Correct : D. inscriptions

24. The lost documents of Tarisappalli copper plates were republished by?

Correct : C. dr. herman gundert

25. The Thrikkodithanam stone inscriptions belong to

Correct : B. 10th century a.d

26. Author of Krishnagatha is

Correct : B. cheusseri

27. The Syrian Copper plate (Viraraghava Pattayam) issued by

Correct : D. viraraghava, of perumpadappu

28. A Survey of Kerala History is written by

Correct : A. a. sreedhara menon

29. Who were Uralars?

Correct : B. land owners and temple trustees

30. Kudiyars were

Correct : B. settled tenant cultivator

31. Tenets and Intermediary holders were called

Correct : C. karalar

32. The obligations of the tenants were determined by

Correct : A. mariyadai

33. Which Venad ruler is associated with the Mampalli copper plate (974 A.D)?

Correct : D. sri vallabhakotha

34. Name the perumal who shifted his headquarters from Koudangallur to Kollam.

Correct : D. sri vallabhakotha

35. Who was the first ruler of Venad who ascended the throne according to the matrilineal system of succession?

Correct : A. vira udaya mathanda varma

36. Name the group who taught Malayalam letters as basic knowledge in indigenous schools?

Correct : C. natteuzhthachan

37. The Malayalam work Unnunili Sandesam contains the earliest reference to. a) b) c) d)

Correct : A. koodiyattam

38. Who wrote Indica?

Correct : C. megasthenes

39. Who was the author of Kokila Sandesam?

Correct : B. uddhanda sastrikal

40. Author of Vasumitra-Manavikrama?

Correct : A. kakkasseri

41. Smarthavicharam existed among the?

Correct : C. nampoodiris

42. Medini Vennilavu is a character of

Correct : C. chandrotsavam

43. Who annexed Goa to Portuguese in 1510??

Correct : A. alfonso de albuquerque

44. Second Portuguese mission to India was headed by

Correct : C. pedro alvariz cabral

45. Which European power introduced cartaz?

Correct : C. portuguese

46. Mamankam was held once in 12 years at Tirunavaya on the banks of the river

Correct : A. bharatapuzha

47. Cherusseri wrote Krishnagatha under the patronage of

Correct : B. udayavarman of kolathunad.

48. Karyakkars were

Correct : D. tax collectors

49. Dharmoth Panikkar in the court of the Zamorin was

Correct : B. the officer in charge of the kalari.

50. The original headquarters of Cochin royal family was at?

Correct : C. chithrakutam in vanneri.