1. Who was the father of Renaissance Movement in Kerala?
(a) Vaikunda Swamikal
(b) Dr. Palpu
(c) Sree Narayana Guru
(d) Chattambi Swamikal
2. 'Samatva Samajam' probably the first social organisation of Kerala was initiated by
(a) Chattambi Swamikal
(b) Vaikunda Swamikal
(c) Vagbhadananda
(d) Sree Narayana Guru
3. Who Started 'SadhujanaparipalanaYogam'?
(a) Sree Narayana Guru
(b) Vaikunda Swamikal
(c) Chattampi Swamikal
(d) Ayyankali
4. The founder of Sidhasramam at Alathur in Palakkad District was
(a) Brahmananda Sivayogi
(b) Dr. Palpu
(c) Sahodaran Ayyappan
(d) Vagbhatananda
5. Who is known as the 'Father of Literacy in Kerala'?
(a) Thycaud Ayya
(b) Mar Kuriakose Elias Chavara
(c) Ayyathan Gopalan
(d) Brahmananda Sivayogi
6. Name the social reformer who was lodged at Singarathoppu Jail during the reign of Maharaja Swathi Thirunal:
(a) Ayyankali
(b) Sahodaran Ayyappan
(c) Dr. Palpu
(d) Vaikunda Swamikal
7. Name the social reformer who was born at Kollengode in Palakkad on August 26 in 1852.
(a) Nataraja Guru
(b) Pandit Karuppan
(c) Brahmananda Sivayogi
(d) Vagbhatananda
8. Who led an upper caste March from Vaikom to Thiruvananthapuram expressing solidarity to the Vaikom Sathyagraha?
(a) T.K. Madhavan
(b) Sree Narayana Guru
(c) V.T. Bhattathiripad
(d) Mannathu Padmanabhan
9. Who was called 'Savarna Pandiparayan'?
(a) Dr. Palpu
(b) Thycaud Ayya Guru
(c) V.T. Bhattathirippad
(d) Vagbhatananda
10. Who started the Sanskrit education centre called 'Tatwa Prakasika Ashram In 1898?
(a) Thycaud Ayya
(b) Vagbhatananda
(c) Ayya Vaikundar
(d) V.T. Bhattathirippad
11. Who characterised Kumaranasan as the poet of renaissance?
(a) M. Leelavathi
(b) Joseph Mundasseri
(c) Edasseri
(d) Thayat Sankaran
12. The weekly 'Vivekodayam' was published under the leader ship of
(a) Dr. Palpu and Kumaranasan
(b) Dr. Palpu and C. Kesavan
(c) Kumaranasan and M.Govindan
(d) Kumaranasan and C. Kesavan
13. Where Ayyankali organised the first planned peasant strike in Kerala in 1909?
(a) Kottayam
(b) Kannur
(c) Aluva
(d) Venganoor
14. Who wrote the Tamil work 'Akhilathirattu'?
(a) V.T. Bhattathirippad
(b) Ayya Vaikundar
(c) Thycaud Ayya
(d) Subrahmanya Bharathiyar
15. Who was considered as the first martyr of Kerala Renaissance?
(a) Kurumban Daivathan
(b) Subhananda Gurudevan
(c) Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker
(d) A.G. Velayudhan
16. Who is known as the 'Father of Modern Malayalam Oratory'?
(a) Pandit Karuppan
(b) V.T. Bhattathirippad
(c) Ananda Theerthan
(d) Sahodaran Ayyappan
17. Who called Ayyankali as 'Pulaya Raja'?
(a) Swami Vivekananda
(b) Sree Narayana Guru
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Rabindranath Tagore
18. Who wrote the book 'Druva Charitham'?
(a) Chattampi Swamikal
(b) Poikayil Yohannan
(c) Brahmananda Sivayogi
(d) Pandit Karuppan
19. Who founded the religion 'Ayyavazhi'?
(a) Vaikunda Swamikal
(b) Ayyankali
(c) Chattampi Swamikal
(d) Thaicaud Ayya
20. Who founded the temple 'Nizhal Tangal'?
(a) Ayyankali
(b) Dr. Palpu
(c) Vaikunda Swamikal
(d) Thaicaud Ayya
21. Mannath Padmanabhan delivered the 'Muthukulam Speech' in the year of
(a) 1946
(b) 1947
(c) 1948
(d) 1949
22. The 'Kerala Napoleon' is
(a) Pazhasi Raja
(b) K.P. Karuppan
(c) Poykayil Yohannan
(d) Barrister G.P. Pillai
23. Who was known as'Shanmughadasan?
(a) Kumar Guru
(b) Ayyankali
(c) Bhrahmananda Sivayogi
(d) Chattambi Swamikal
24. Sreenarayan Guru established Thiruppatheeswara temple at
(a) Thalasseri
(b) Mangalapuram
(c) Palani
(d) Kulathupuzha
25. Out of the following which is not a work of Brahmananda Sivayogi?
(a) Aananda Vimanam
(b) Aananda Darsanam
(c) Moksha Pradeepam
(d) Aanandabhasha
26. Vaikunda Swamikal' claimed himself as the incarnation of
(a) Vishnu
(b) Siva
(c) Rama
(d) Krishna
27. Kumaran Asan's poem veenapoovu was first
published in
(a) Malyalee
(b) Kerala Kaumudi
(c) Bhashaposhini
(d) Mithavadi
28. 'If you don't allow your children to study, weeds will grow in your fields'. who said this?
(a) Chattambi Swamikal
(b) Ayyankali
(c) Pandit Karuppan
(d) Sahodharan Ayyappan
29. Under whose leadership was the 'Achipudava Strike' organised?
(a) A.V. Kuttimalu Amma
(b) Akkamma Cheriyan
(c) Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker
(d) Ambalapuzha Madhava Kurup
30. Who started a branch of the Brahmo Samaj at Calicut?
(a) Ayyankali
(b) Dr. Ayyathan Gopalan
(c) Brahmananda Sivayogi
(d) Dr. Palpu
31. In which year Sree Narayana Guru consecrated Shiva idol at Aruvippuram?
(a) 1881
(b) 1896
(c) 1903
(d) 1888
32. Who organised Kallumala agitation?
(a) Ayyankali
(b) Chattampi Swamikal
(c) Thycaud Ayya
(d) Dr. Palpu
33. The real name of Vagbhatananda?
(a) Ayyappan
(b) Kunhikkannan
(c) Kunhiraman
(d) Theerthandan
34. Chronologically arrange the following events of Kerala history and select the answer using the CODES given below:
(1) Ezhava Memorial
(2) Malayalee Memorial
(3) Nivarthana Agitation
(4) Kallumala Samaramn
Codes:
(a) (1) (3) (2) (4)
(b) (4) (2) (3) (1)
(c) (2) (1) (4) (3)
(d) (3) (4) (1) (2)
35. Who was the father of Muslim Renaissance in Kerala?
(a) Chalilakath Maulavi
(b) Vakkom Moulavi
(c) Mampuram Thangal
(d) Makthi Thangal
36. Who wrote the biography of Prophet Muhammed for the first time in Malayalam language named 'Nabinanayam'?
(a) E.V. Krishna Pillai
(b) Makthi Thangal
(c) Sayed Muhammed Hamadani Thangal
(d) Vakkom Moulavi
37. Name the Namboodiri woman who was nominated by the government to participate in
the disccussion on Namboodiri Bill at Cochin Legislative Council?
(a) Devaki Nilayangodu
(b) Arya Pallam
(c) Parvathy Nenminimangalam
(d) Parvathy Manazhi
38. Who called Akkamma Cherian 'The Jhansi Rani of Travancore?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) K. Kelappan
(d) Subhash Candra Bose
39. Name the woman who led the march that accompanied the participants of the Paliyam
Sathyagraham for entering the sathyagraha pandal on March 3, 1948?
(a) Akkamma Cherian
(b) Arya Pallam
(c) Lalitha Prabhu
(d) Lalithambika Antharjanam
40. Who was the famous activists for Kerala Mahila Desa Sevika Sangam?
(a) Lalitha Prabhu
(b) Anna Chandi
(c)Arya Pallam
(d) A.V. Kuttimalu Amma
41. Where did Chavara Kuriakose Elias Achan established first press in Kerala?
(a) Vazhakkunnath
(b) Pulinkunnu
(c) Mannanam
(d) Edathuruthy
42. Vakkom Abdul Khadar Moulavi published Al-Islam in ............ anguage
(a) Malayalam
(b) Arabimalayalam
(c) Arabic
(d) English
49. Nair Service Society's first school in Kerala was started at
(a) Karukachal
(b) Perunna
(c) Changanassery
(d) Pandalam
44. The first secretary of SNDP was
(a) Ayyankali
(b) Sree Narayana Guru
(c) Kumaranasan
(d) T.K. Madhavan
45. Which one of the following work of Kumaranasan was published in the year 1907?
(a) Duravasta
(b) Veena Poovu
(c) Nalini
(d) Karuna
46. Who was the first president of Travancore Devaswam Board?
(a) K. Kelappan
(b) Kumaranasan
(c) Panampilli Govinda Menon
(d) Mannath Padmanabhan
47. Who was the teacher of Sree Narayana Guru and Chattampi Swamikal?
(a) Pandit Karuppan
(b) Ayya Vaikundar
(c) Thycaud Ayya
(d) Kumara Guru
48. The magazine 'Sadhujana Dootan' was started by
(a) Abraham Malpan
(b) Dr. Palpu
(c) Sahodaran Ayyappan
(d) Pampady John Joseph
49. Who formed the 'Nyuna paksha Pinnokka Samudaya Federation' to give a common political forum for the depressed classes
(a) Moorkoth Kumaran
(b) K.P. Vellon
(c) Velukkutti Arayan
(d) PK. Chathan Master
50. Who among the following was a member of Cochin Legislative Council?
(a) K.P. Vellon
(b) PK. Chatan Master
(c) M.C. Joseph
(d) C. Kesavan
51. Dharmam was a work
(a) Sree Narayana Guru
(b) Dr. Palpu
(c) Kumaranasan
(d) T.K. Madhavan
52. The famous text ‘Siddhanubhooti’ is written by:
(a) Chattampi Swamikal
(b) Brahmananda Sivayogi
(c) Swami Vivekananda
(d) Ramakrishna Paramahansa
53. Who was the only person who was exempted from court appearances in civil cases by
Government of Travancore?
(a) Chattambi swamikal
(b) Sree Narayana Guru
(c) Vaikunda swamikal
(d) Ayyankali
54. Jathi kummi, which criticised the prevailing caste system was written by
(a) V.T. Bhattathirippad
(b) Vakkom Moulavi
(c) Pandit Karuppan
(d) Sree Narayana Guru
55. Who headed the Ezhava Memmorial?
(a) C. Kesavan
(b) Dr. Palpu
(c) G. P. Pillai
(d) T.K. Raghavan
56. Who was the Master Brain of Malayali Memmorial?
(a) A.K. Pillai
(b) N.V. Joseph
(c) G.P. Pillai
(d) C. Kesavan
57. The year in which Sree Narayana Guru conducted all religious conference at the Aluva
Advaitha Ashramam?
(a) 1903
(b) 1914
(c) 1921
(d) 1924
58. Vaikunda Swamikal founded the organisation Samathwa Samajam in
(a) 1809
(b) 1836
(c) 1840
(d) 1850
59. An episode connected with the campaign against untouch ability observed in the post
independence period
(a) Paliyam Satyagraha
(b) Vaikkom Satyagraha
(c) Guruvayoor Satyagraha
(d) Nivarthana Agitation
60. 'Make Namboothiri a human
being' was the slogan of:
(a) Jathinasini Sabha
(b) Samathwa Samajam
(c) Kalliyanadayini Sabha
(d) Yogakshema Sabha
61. 'Ritumati-, The drama portrayed the cloistered life led by Namboothiri women, written by
(a) V.T. Bhattathirippad
(b) M.P. Bhattathiripad
(c) Kurur Nilakandan Namboothiripad
(d) N. Krishna Pillai
62. The freedom fighter who belonged to famous Palakkad Anakkara vadakkath family:
(a) Lalitha Prabhu
(b) Arya Pallam
(c) A.V. Kuttimalu Amma
(d) Parvathi Nenmenimangalam
63. The Kerala leader attended Kakinada congress session in 1923 and enlisted congress support in his fight for social justice:
(a) Dr. Ayathan Gopalan
(b) C. Krishnan
(c) C.V. Kunjuraman
(d) T.K. Madhavan
64. Who wrote the monograph Gandhian non violent struggle and untouchability
in South India: The 1924-25 Vykom Satyagraha and Mechanism of change'?
(a) Aruna Roy
(b) Mary Elizabeth King
(c) K.K. Kusumam
(d) Dr. Gene Sharp
65. 'Athmanuthapam' is written by:
(a) Chattampi Swamikal
(b) Ayyankali
(c) Mar Kuriakose Elias Chavara
(d) Dr. Palpu
66. Who started Mirror Consecration in South India?
(a) Sree Narayana Guru
(b) Ayyankali
(c) Vagbhatananda
(d) Vaikunda Swamikal
67. Which social reformer was known as 'The Kerala Spartacus'?
(a) Vaikunda Swamikal
(b) Thycaud Ayya
(c) Dr. Palpu
(d) Ayyankali
68. Sree Narayan Guru made his first visit to Sri Lanka in which of the following year?
(a) 1918
(b) 1922
(d) 1920
(c) 1924
69. The poem 'Stree Vidhya Poshini' was written by:
(a) Vakkom Abdul Khader Maulavi
(b) Arya Pallam
(c) Thottakkatt Madhavi Amma
(d) Brahmananda Sivayogi
70. Name the social reformer and poet of Kerala who received the titles namely Sahityanipunan and Kavithilakan from Valiya Tampuran of Cochin?
(a) Kumaranasan
(b) Vengayil Kunhiraman Nair
(c) Thycaud Ayya
(d) Pandit Karuppan
71. The 'Yachana Yatra' in 1931 from Thrissur to Kasargod on foot, was conducted under the leadership of which social reformer of Kerala?
(a) Kumara Guru
(b) Ayyankali
(c) V.T. Bhattathirippad
(d) Dr. Palpu
72. Name the social reformer in Kerala who breathed his last on 25th January 1950 just
before the day India became a Republic?
(a) Pandit Karuppan
(b) Ayyankali
(c) Dr. Palpu
(d) Vaikunda Swamikal
73. Vivekodayam: SNDP Yogam, Unni Nambutiri: ............
(a) Yogakshema Sabha
(b) Samatwa Samajam
(c) Sahodara Sangham
(d) PRDS
74. 'Awake, remember the Lord Almighty, Get up at once and fight injustice'. Which social reform organization of 20th century Kerala putforth the
above slogan?
(a) Yogakshema Sabha
(b) PRDS
(c) Sahodara Sangham
(d) Atmavidya Sangham
75. ........... is considered as the Father of political movements in modern 'Thiruvithamkur'.
(a) K.P. Karuppan
(b) G.P. Pillai
(c) Dr. Palpu
(d) T.K. Madhavan
Answers
1.(c) 2. (b) 3. (d) 4. (a) 5. (b)
6. (d) 7. (c) 8. (d) 9. (b) 10. (b)
11. (d) 12. (c) 13. (d) 14. (b) 15. (c)
16. (d) 17. (c) 18. (d) 19. (a) 20. (c)
21. (b) 22. (c) 23. (d) 24. (b) 25. (d)
26. (a) 27. (d) 28. (b) 29. (c) 30. (b)
31. (d) 32. (a) 33. (b) 34. (v) 35. (b)
36. (b) 37. (c) 38. (a) 39. (b) 40. (a)
41. (c) 42. (b) 43. (a) 44. (c) 45. (b)
46. (d) 47. (c) 48. (d) 49. (c). 50. (a)
51. (a) 52. (b) 53. (b) 54. (c) 55. (b)
56. (c) 57. (d) 58. (b) 59. (a) 60. (d)
61. (b) 62. (c) 63. (d) 64. (b) 65. (c)
66. (d) 67. (d) 68. (a) 69. (d) 70. (d)
71. (c) 72. (c) 73. (a) 74. (d) 75. (b)