Facts about kerala 1

1.  Which ruler belonged to the Aay dynasty was known as Kerala Asoka?

Ans: Vikramaditya Varaguna

2.  Which dynasty was known as Trippapur Swaroopam?

Ans: Travancore

3.  Who is the author of the text 'Mushikavamsha'?

Ans: Athula

4.  Njeralattu Rama Pothuval was related with which musical stream?

Ans: Sopana Sangeetham

5.  Who is the artist behind the painting 'Shantanu and Matsyagandhi?

Ans: Raja Ravivarma

6.  Who is the director of 'Balan', the first talkie in Malayalam?

Ans: S. Nottani

7.  Name the Venadu ruler who was bestowed with the title 'Samgramadheeran'?

Ans: Ravi Varma Kulasekharan

8.  What is the full form of the drama troupe KPAC?

Ans: Kerala People's Arts Club

9.  Who wrote the play 'Ibilusukalude Nattil'?

Ans: N.P.Chellappan Nair

10.  Name the British Police personnel who found the Edakkal cave?

Ans: Fred Fawcett

11.  Name the leader who was jailed for his controversial 'Kozhencherry Speech' on May 13, 1935?

Ans: C. Kesavan

12.  Which ruling period was known as 'Golden Age of Ancient Kerala'?

Ans: Kulasekhara Period (AD 800 -1102)

13.  Mangattachan was the Prime Minister of which ruler?

Ans: Zamorin of Calicut

14.   Name the queen who banned slave trade in Travancore in 1812 ?

Ans: Gowri Lakshmi Bhai

15.   Who came to Kerala as the Gandhiji's observer for the Vaikom Satyagraha?

Ans: Acharya Vinoba Bhave

17.   Name the Travancore king who was known as 'Dakshina Bhojan'?

Ans: Swathi Thirunal

18.   Who is the author of Malabar Manual?

Ans: Wiliam Logan

19.   Name the sole Malayali who served as the Chief Election Commissioner of India?

Ans: T.N.Seshan

20.   Who proposed the name 'Nivarthana Prakshobham'?

Ans: I.C.Chacko

21.  Name the only Malayali who became the governor of Kerala?

Ans: V.Viswanathan

22.  Which is the novel by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer set in the background of a jail?

Ans: Mathilukal

23.  Which king ruled Travancore during the attack of Mysore Sultans Hyder All and Tippu?

Ans: Dharma Raja (Karthika Thirunal Rama Varma)

24.  Wagon Tragedy happened in connection with which rebellion?

Ans: Malabar Rebellion

25.  What was the common name of the Sangha dynasties Cheras, Pandyas and Cholas?

Ans: Moovendar

26.  Who led the Suchindram Satyagraha?

Ans: Dr.M.E.Naidu

27.  Name the freedom fighter who became famous in the name 'Nair San'?

Ans: Ayyappan Pillai Madhavan Nair (A.M.Nair)

28.  Who was known as Sahityapanchananan?

Ans: P.K.Narayana Pillai

29.  Who founded the International Pro-India Committee in Berlin?

Ans: Chempakaraman Pillai

30.  Who was the first president of Travancore State Congress founded in 1938?

Ans: Pattom A. Thanu Pillai

31.  Who was the last chief minister of Travancore-Kochi state?

Ans: Panampilly Govinda Menon

32.  Which book is also known as Keralaaramam?

Ans: Hortus Malabaricus

33. To which Travancore king the title Maharaja was bestowed by British queen in 1866?

Ans: Ayilyam Thirunal

34. Who was known as Sadasya Thilakan?

Ans: T.K.Velu Pillai

35. Who authored the book 'Atuk-kalayil ninnu Parliamentilek-ku'?

Ans: Bharati Udayabhanu

36. Who wrote the book 'Muslim Janavum Vidyabhyasavum'?

Ans: Makti Thangal

37. Which novel by S.K.Pottekkatt is based on the migration to Wayanad?

Ans: Vishakanyaka

38. Which freedom fighter's autobiography is 'Enteyum Kathayum Alpam'?

Ans: A.P.Udayabhanu

39. Who portrayed Swathi Thirunal Maharaj in the film directed by Lenin Rejendran with the same name?

Ans: Anant Nag

40. Who was the last Dewan of Cochin state?

Ans: C.P.Karunakara Menon

41. Name the Malayali who became the first woman IAS officer in the country?

Ans: Anna Rajam Malhotra

42. Who is known as the biographer of Ayyankali?

Ans: T.H.P.Chentharasseri

43. The only queen in Kochi kingdom who acted as regent?

Ans: Rani Gangdhara Lakshmi

44. When Vasco Da Gama died in Kochi?

Ans: December 24, 1524

45. Which European power signed with Marthanda Varma in the treaty of Mavelikara in 1753?

Ans: The Dutch

46. Which commission probed into the Wagon Tragedy in 1921?

Ans: Knapp Commission

47. In which year the Kurichya rebellion took place in Wayanad?

Ans: 1812

48. Name the artists' village founded by Painter KCS Panicker in Chennai?

 Ans: Cholamandalam

49.  Who succeeded Velu Thampi as Dalawa in Travancore?

Ans: Ummini Thampi

50.  Ramayyan was the Dalawa of which Travancore king?

Ans: Marthanda Varma

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