Renaissance in Kerala Part - 2

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Narayana Guru (died 1928) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1. The person who was known as ‘Bharat Kersari’:

(a) Ramakrishna Pillai

(b) Balakrishna Pillai

(c) M.R.Nair

(d) Mannath Padmanabhan

Ans. Mannath Padmanabhan

2. ‘Vayalvaram Veedu’ is related to:

(a)Chattambi swamikal

(b)Sri Narayana Guru

(c) Ayyankali

(d)Vagbhatanandan

Ans. Sri Narayana Guru

3.Which organisation encouraged ‘Misrabhojanam’ to annihilate the evils of caste system?

(a)Yogakshemasabha

(b)N.S.S

(c)Sahodara Sangham

(d)P.R.D.S

Ans. Sahodara Sangham

4. Who was the volunteer captain of Guruvayur Satyagraha:

(a)K.Kelappan

(b)A.K Gopalan

(c)K.P Kesava Menon

(d)E.M.S

Ans. A.K Gopalan

5. Kerala Yuktivadi Sangham was established at Thrissur in:

(a)1960

(b)1962

(c)1964

(d)1966

Ans. 1964

6. Who wrote the song ‘Akhilandamandapam aniyichorukki’?

(a)Panthalam Kerala Varma

(b)Bodheswaran

(c)Ulloor

(d)Panthalam K.P Raman Pillai

Ans. Panthalam K.P Raman Pillai

7. ‘Yoganadam’ is the publication of:

(a)NSS

(b)SNDP

(c)Kalamandalam

(d)None of these

Ans. SNDP

8. The organisation in Kerala which was founded in the lines of Servants of India Society?

(a)SNDP

(b)NSS

(c)Yogakshema sabha

(d)None of these

Ans. NSS

9. Which was the mouth piece of Abstention Movement?

(a)Yoganadam

(b)Malayali

(c)Kerala Kesari

(d)Swadeshabhimani

Ans. Kerala Kesari

10. In which district is the birth place of Vakkom Maulavi?

(a)Kottayam

(b)Kollam

(c)Thiruvananthapuram

(d)Alappuzha

Ans. Thiruvananthapuram

11. Who took initiative to file a counter memorial in favour of Brahmins, against the Malayali Memorial?

(a)Chenkotta Ramayyar

(b)CP Ramaswami Aiyyer

(c)T. Madhava Rao

(d)Sankarasubbayyar

Ans. Chenkotta Ramayyar

12. Who suggested the name Nair Service Society?

(a)K. Paramu Pillai

(b)K. Kelappan

(c)Mannath Padmanabhan

(d)M.P Manmadan

Ans. K. Paramu Pillai

13. ‘Unni Namboothiri’ is the publication of:

(a)NSS

(b)SNDP

(c)Yogakshema Sabha

(d)PRDS

Ans. Yogakshema Sabha

14. Who led the ‘Liberation Struggle’?

(a)P.T Chacko

(b)Mannath Padmanabhan

(c)Pattom Thanu Pillai

(d)R. Sankar

Ans. Mannath Padmanabhan

15. Yogakshema Sabha aimed at the welfare of ...........

(a)Ezhavas

(b)Dalits

(c)Brahmins

(d)Nairs

Ans. Brahmins

16. Who was called ‘Vaikom Veerar’?

(a)K. Kelappan

(b)T.K Madhavan

(c)K.P Kesava Menon

(d)E.V Ramaswami Naicker

Ans. E.V Ramaswami Naicker

17. The date of Temple Entry Proclamation in Travancore:

(a)12 November 1947

(b) 12 November 1936

(c) 12 November 1950

(d) 1st January 1950

Ans. 12th November 1936

18. Which of the following Satyagrahas was conducted after independence?

(a)Guruvayur Satyagraha

(b)Paliyam Satyagraha

(c)Suchindram Satyagraha

(d)Vaikom Satyagraha

Ans. Paliyam Satyagraha

19. The Slogan ‘Travancore for Travancoreans’ is related to:

(a)Abstention Movement

(b)Ezhava Memorial

(c)Liberation Struggle

(d)Malayali Memorial

Ans. Malayali Memorial

20. Who was the official editor of ‘Vivekodayam’ when it was started in 1904?

(a)Kumaranasan

(b)M. Govindan

(c)Dr. Palpu

(d)T.K Madhavan

Ans. M. Govindan