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151.	--- served as the first speaker of first Kerala Legislative Assemply 1957.
A.	Seethi Sahib
B.	R. Sankar
C.	Pattam Thanu Pillai
D.	R. Sankara Narayannan Tambi
Answer» E.

Discussion

152.	Who served as the education minister in the first E.M.S. ministry of 1957?
A.	Joseph Mundassery
B.	P.K. Chathan Master
C.	Dr. A.R. Menon
D.	C.Achutha Menon
Answer» B. P.K. Chathan Master

Discussion

153.	Who penned the book ‘Kerallam Malayalikalute Matrubhumy’?
A.	A. K. Gopalan
B.	E. M. S. Namboodiripad
C.	K. Kelappan
D.	K. P. Kesava Menon
Answer» C. K. Kelappan

Discussion

154.	What was the total number of seats in the first Kerala Legislature formed after the first generalelection held in February-March 1957?
A.	140
B.	114
C.	126
D.	100
Answer» D. 100

Discussion

155.	---- was the Revenue Minister who introduced the Agrarian Relations Bill piloted by the firstCommunist ministry that came to power in 1957 after the formation of the united Kerala.
A.	Suseela Gopalan
B.	Rosamma Punnose
C.	K. R. Gowriamma
D.	Ani Mascarene
Answer» D. Ani Mascarene

Discussion

156.	‘Malabarile Janakeeya Samarathinte Penvazhikal’ was written by .............
A.	t.k.anamdi
B.	p.radhakrishnan
C.	richard w. frank
D.	c. balan
Answer» B. p.radhakrishnan

Discussion

157.	Land to the Tiller was written by .........
A.	ronald herring
B.	c. balan
C.	k.n.ganesh
D.	m.o.oomman
Answer» B. c. balan

Discussion

158.	................is the Author of ‘The Extremist Movement in Kerala’
A.	k.k.kusuman
B.	b.sobhanan
C.	k.k.n.kurup
D.	mgs
Answer» B. b.sobhanan

Discussion

159.	..................is the Author of ‘Kerala Samuhapadhanangal’
A.	ganesh. k.n.
B.	m.o.oomman
C.	a. sreedharan menon
D.	k.k.n.kurup
Answer» B. m.o.oomman

Discussion

160.	Kasargod: Samohavum Charithravum was edited by .......................
A.	c.balan
B.	e.k.nayanar
C.	vishnu baratheeyan
D.	thomas isaac
Answer» B. e.k.nayanar

Discussion

161.	Muthanga Incident refers to a situation in which police fired onthe Adivasis in the Muthanga village of .................district , Kerala.
A.	wayanad
B.	palakkad
C.	malappuram
D.	kasargode
Answer» B. palakkad

Discussion

162.	..................is the leader of the Adivasi Gothra Maha Sabha, a socialmovement that has been pushing for land to be redistributed to landless adivasis in Kerala state.
A.	c. k. janu
B.	k. r. gowri amma
C.	k. ajitha
D.	mayilamma
Answer» B. k. r. gowri amma

Discussion

163.	The State of Kerala was formed on 1st November……………, as a part of thestate’s reorganizationexercise integrating Malabar with the princely states of Cochin and Travancore.
A.	1942
B.	1947
C.	1954
D.	1956
Answer» E.

Discussion

164.	..................., a member of the Eravalar tribe, was the founder of the Coca- Cola Virudha Samara Samiti (Anti Coca-Cola Struggle Committee) inPlachimada which has spearheaded the campaign against Coca-Cola.
A.	mayilamma
B.
C.	k. janu c)k.ajitha
Answer» B.

Discussion

165.	Mayilamma was an Indian social activist whose claim to fame was thecampaign against Coca-Cola company in Plachimada in ..........., Kerala.
A.	palakkad
B.	wayanad
C.	malappuram
D.	kasargode
Answer» B. wayanad

Discussion

166.	Plachimada village of Perumatty panchayat in Chittoor taluk is a smallhamlet in ................district.
A.	palakkad
B.	wayanad
C.	malappuram
D.	kasargode
Answer» B. wayanad

Discussion

167.	Plachimada of ...............district in Kerala State where the Coca Cola plantis situated, is an important agricultural region for the state and is popularly known as the ‘rice bowl of Kerala’.
A.	palakkad
B.	kannur
C.	trissur
D.	malappuram
Answer» B. kannur

Discussion

168.	on September 7, ...............the Silent Valley National Park was formallyinaugurated.
A.	1973
B.	1975
C.	1978
D.	1985
Answer» E.

Discussion

169.	On October 31, .............Indira Gandhi was assassinated .
A.	1972
B.	1974
C.	1979
D.	1984
Answer» E.

Discussion

170.	................, eminent ornithologist of the Bombay Natural History Society, visited the Silent Valley and appealed for cancellation of the HydroelectricProject.
A.	dr. salim ali
B.	m. g. k. menon
C.	dr. m.s. swaminathan
D.	rvg menon
Answer» B. m. g. k. menon

Discussion

171.	The poet activist .................. played an important role in the silent valleyprotest 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.
A.	sugathakumari
B.	onv kurup
C.	ullur
D.	kadammanitta ramakrishnan
Answer» B. onv kurup

Discussion

172.	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.
A.	1965
B.	1968
C.	1973
D.	1978
Answer» E.

Discussion

173.	In .................. theKerala Forest Research Institute carried out anEcological Impact study of the Silent Valley area and proposed that the area be declared a Biosphere Reserve.
A.	1965
B.	1967
C.	1969
D.	1977
Answer» E.

Discussion

174.	.................., founder of the Madras Snake Park and the Madras CrocodileBank, was probably the first person to draw public attention to the small and remote area.
A.	romulus whitaker
B.	radhakrishnan.p
C.	richard w. frank
D.	balan. c.
Answer» B. radhakrishnan.p

Discussion

175.	In 1928 the location at Sairandhri on the K............ River was identified asan ideal site for electricity generation.
A.	kunthipuzha
B.	pponnani
C.	barathapuzha
D.	periyar
Answer» B. pponnani

Discussion

176.	The ...........is a major river that flows 15 km southwest from Silent Valley.
A.	kuntipuzha
B.	b)pponnani
C.	barathapuzha
D.	periyar
Answer» B. b)pponnani

Discussion

177.	The valley was declared as Silent Valley National Park in............
A.	1955
B.	1965
C.	1985
D.	1987
Answer» D. 1987

Discussion

178.	Save Silent Valley was a social movement aimed at the protection ofSilent valley, an evergreen tropical forest in the ............district of Kerala, India.
A.	palakkad
B.	trissur
C.	kottayam
D.	malappuram
Answer» B. trissur

Discussion

179.	The older term and concept of "conspicuous consumption" originated atthe turn of the 20th century in the writings of sociologist and economist,.........................
A.	thorstein veblen
B.	pope emeritus benedict xvi
C.	oswald spengler
D.	georges duhamel
Answer» B. pope emeritus benedict xvi

Discussion

180.	.............. Daivathinte Vikrithikal draws out in detail the socio-economicimpacts of Gulf migration on the enclave of Mahe.
A.	m. mukundan's
B.	josiah wedgewood
C.	james livingston's,
D.	thorstein veblen
Answer» B. josiah wedgewood

Discussion

181.	People's Plan Campaign, held in ............ in Kerala State, was aremarkable experiment in decentralisation of powers to local governments with focus on local planning.
A.	1956
B.	1966
C.	1996
D.	1998
Answer» D. 1998

Discussion

182.	................, April 18 - Kerala declared a Fully Literate State
A.	1971
B.	1981
C.	1991
D.	1997
Answer» D. 1997

Discussion

183.	Kerala was declared a, 'Fully Literate State', on April 18th,........................
A.	1971
B.	1981
C.	1991
D.	1995
Answer» D. 1995

Discussion

184.	February 1990- ..............District is the first Fully Literate district in India.
A.	ernakulam
B.	thrissur
C.	malappuram
D.	kozhikode
Answer» B. thrissur

Discussion

185.	The nation had suffered a great Tragedy in the death of Shri. RajivGandhi, the former Prime Minister of the country at the assassins hands on 21st May....................
A.	1971
B.	1981
C.	1991
D.	1996
Answer» D. 1996

Discussion

186.	Shri .....................formed his second ministry on October 4, 1970.
A.	c. achutha menon
B.	p.k. vasudevan nair
C.	c.h. mohammed koya
D.	e.k. nayanar
Answer» B. p.k. vasudevan nair

Discussion

187.	An agitation known as liberation struggle was launched by the Congressled opposition and the president issued on 31st July ............. a proclamationunder article 356 of the Constitution dissolving the Assembly and introducing President s rule in the Kerala State.
A.	1946
B.	1949
C.	1956
D.	1959
Answer» E.

Discussion

188.	The second Namboodiripad ministry was formed on 6th March 1967.
A.	1963
B.	1965
C.	1967
D.	1978
Answer» D. 1978

Discussion

189.	The first popular ministry of Kerala headed by Shri.............., leader of theCommunist Party, was sworn in on 5th April 1957.
A.	e.m.s. namboodiripad
B.	pattam a thanu pillai
C.	shri. r. sankar
D.	shri. seethi shib
Answer» B. pattam a thanu pillai

Discussion

190.	The first elections to the Kerala Assembly were held from February 28 toMarch 11,...........
A.	1945
B.	1947
C.	1957
D.	1959
Answer» D. 1959

Discussion

191.	Reorganisation of states on linguistic lines took place on the recomm- endations of the States Reorganisation Commission.Thus a United Keralacame true on November 1,...........
A.	1956
B.	1947
C.	1949
D.	1966
Answer» D. 1966

Discussion

192.	Following the national policy of integration, the States of Travancore andCochin were merged into Travancore-Cochin state under the Raja of Travancore as the Raj Pramukh on 1st July............
A.	1945
B.	1947
C.	1949
D.	1967
Answer» D. 1967

Discussion

193.	India became a Sovereign Democratic Republic on January 26,..................
A.	1946
B.	1947
C.	1950
D.	1952
Answer» D. 1952

Discussion

194.	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.
A.	1942
B.	1946
C.	1948
D.	1956
Answer» D. 1956

Discussion

195.	On September 4, ..........the Maharaja of Travancore issued a declarationto elect Constituent Assembly in Travancore as a prelude to the introduction of adult franchise.
A.	1942
B.	1945
C.	1947
D.	1956
Answer» D. 1956

Discussion

196.	When .............let loose repression, an unsuccessful attempt on his lifewas made on July 25, 1947. And forced by the new developments he left Travancore on August 19, 1947.
A.	dewan, sir c.p. ramaswamy iyer
B.	pattam thanu pillai
C.	shri mannath padmanabhan
D.	shri. r. sankar.
Answer» B. pattam thanu pillai

Discussion

197.	Even after the attainment of freedom the Dewan .................declared onJune11, 1947 that Travancore would remain an Independent State on the lapse of British paramountancy.
A.	dewan, sir c.p. ramaswamy iyer
B.	pattam thanu pillai
C.	shri mannath padmanabhan
D.	c.rajagopalachari
Answer» B. pattam thanu pillai

Discussion

198.	In the last week of October............, the State of Travancore saw themost 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.
A.	1934
B.	1936
C.	1939
D.	1946
Answer» E.

Discussion

199.	On January 26, 1941 a new political called Cochin Rajya Prajamandalamwas constituted with Sri. ..............as its President.
A.	v.r. krishnan ezhuthachan
B.	parambi lonappan
C.	balakrishna menon
D.	sahodaran ayyappan
Answer» B. parambi lonappan

Discussion

200.	The peasant and labour movements of the 1930s were responsible for theemergence of a left wing in politics which ultimately resulted in the birth of the.....................
A.	congress socialist party
B.	cpi
C.	congress
D.	csp
Answer» B. cpi

Discussion

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

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

Who penned the book ‘Kerallam Malayalikalute Matrubhumy’?

What was the total number of seats in the first Kerala Legislature formed after the first generalelection held in February-March 1957?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Plachimada village of Perumatty panchayat in Chittoor taluk is a smallhamlet in ................district.

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

on September 7, ...............the Silent Valley National Park was formallyinaugurated.

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

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

The poet activist .................. played an important role in the silent valleyprotest 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Even after the attainment of freedom the Dewan .................declared onJune11, 1947 that Travancore would remain an Independent State on the lapse of British paramountancy.

In the last week of October............, the State of Travancore saw themost 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.

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

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