Practice Questions on Renaissance of Kerala for Kerala PSC Degree Level Exams
1Who was the only person who was exempted from court appearances in civil cases by Government of Travancore?
Ans : Sree Narayana Guru
2The place where Ayyankali started a school for the depressed classes in 1904?
Ans : Venganur
3The presiding deity of the Thycaud Ayya Swami Temple?
Ans : Shiva
4Who among the following actively participated in Vaikom Satyagraha but didn’t participated in Guruvayur Satyagraha as he had gone abroad to practise law?
Ans : K.P.Kesavamenon
5‘Thuvayal Panthi’ was established by?
Ans : Ayya Vaikunatar
6Which is the second temple where Sree Narayana Guru installed mirror in place of idol?
Ans : Ullala (Kottayam district)
7In which year Sree Narayana Guru established Adwaithasramam at Aluva?
Ans : 1914
8Another name of ‘Melmundu Kalapam’?
Ans : Channar Agitation
9The world rises from love /And attains progress with love,/Love is itself the power of the world,/Love brings happiness to all; / Love is life itself, sir,/And Love’s absence is death”-The work of Kumaranasan which depicts the sacredness of love?
Ans : Chandalabhikshuki
10Who gave a detailed explanation of ‘Chinmudra’ to Swami Vivekananda when he visited Kerala?
Ans : Chattampi Swamikal
11Which organisation showed profound adherence to the principles enshrined by Chattampi Swamikal?
Ans : Nair Service Society
12The founder of ‘Islam Dharma Paripalana Sangham’?
Ans : Vakkom Moulavi
13Panmana Ashramam is related to?
Ans : Chattampi Swamikal
14Who called Kumaranasan “the Poet of Renaissance’?
Ans : Thayatt Sankaran
15The founder of Sharada Book Depot?
Ans : Kumaranasan
16The social reformer who proclaimed himself as an incarnation of Mahavishnu?
Ans : Ayya Vaikuntar
17“Ask not, Say not, think not caste” are the words of?
Ans : Sree Narayana Guru
18“Ascetic and holy man who tried to break the Brahmin hold on the performance of religious ceremonies. Attacked caste and associated with Izhavas. Said to have taught yoga to Sree Narayana Guru” – Robin Jeffri made this comment about?
Ans : Chattampi Swamikal
19Who was deputed by Sree Narayana Guru in Sree Lanka to supervise the activities there?
Ans : Swami Satyavratha
20Who wrote ‘Nirvruthi Panchakam’?
Ans : Sree Narayana Guru
21The publication ‘The Muslim’ was launched by Vakkom Moulavi in?
Ans : 1906
22Who called the rule of English as ‘White Devil’ and the rule of the King of Travancore as the ‘Devil of Ananthapuri’?
Ans : Ayya Vaikundar
23Who was the founder editor of Sadhujana Paripalini?
Ans : Kalichothikaruppan
24The work of Kumaransan on the background of the Malabar Rebellion of 1921?
Ans : Duravastha
25The place where Dr.Palpu was born?
Ans : Pettah
26The only Keralite whose birth day and death anniversary are declared holiday by the Government of Kerala?
Ans : Sree Narayana Guru
27Which book written by Chattampi Swamikal quashes the legend that Kerala was donated to Brahmins by Parasurama?
Ans : Prachina Malayalam
28The real name of Bodheswaran?
Ans : Kesava Pillai
29The social reformer whose ancestors were migrated from Malabar to Tamil Nadu during the invasion of Tipu Sultan?
Ans : Thycaud Ayya
30Kummampalli Raman pillai Asan was the teacher of?
Ans : Sree Narayana Guru
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