KERALA HISTORYKerala Famous Personalities & their Nick Names • Kerala Vatmiki - Vallathol S. Narayana Menon • Kerala Vyasan - Kodungalloor Kunikuttan Thampuram • • • • • • • Kerala Kalidasan - Kerla Varma Valiyakoyi Thampuran Kerala Panini - A.R. Raja Raja Varma Kerala Scott - C.V. Raman Pillai Kerala Ibsen - N. Krishna Pillai Kerala Hemingway - M.T. Vasudevan Nair Kerala Tulasidasan - Vannikulam Gopalakurup Kerala Maupassant - Takazhi Sivasankara Pillai KEARALA HISTORY (Series -4) [Expected Questions] 1. Kerala's first Coast Guard Station was started in _______? [Vizhinjam] 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. India's first Computerized 'Grama Panchayat' is at ______? [Vellanad Grama Panchayat Trivandrum] The Smallest Grama Panchayat in Kerala? [Valapattanam] The Largest Grama Panchayat in Kerala? [Kumily - Idukki] Kerala State was formed on _____? [1st November, 1956] The Chief Minister of Kerala was ____ ? [EMS Namboothirippad] First Chief Minister of an Indian State to be dismissed under Article 356 was _____? [EMS Namboothirippad] The Biggest power station in Kerala is ______? [Idukki] 9. The Biggest dam in Kerala is ______? [Malampuzha Dam] 10. The Biggest Irrigation Project in Kerla is ______? [Kallada Project - Kollam] 11. First Thermal Power Station in Kerala? [Kayamkulam] 12. First Five Star Hotel of Kerala is _____? [Kovalam Ashoka Beach Resort] 13. First Malayalee win the Booker Prize is______? [Arundhati Roy] 14. First Keralite to win the Jnanpith Award is _____? [G.Sankara Kurup -1965] 15. First Malayalam Talkie film was _______? [Balan] 16. First Cinema Studio in Kerala is _____? [Udaya Studio -1948] 17. The Name 'Akshara Keralam' is given to ? [Kerala Literacy Programme] 18. The Name 'Suraksha' is given to? [Kerala Aids Control Programme] Kottayam] KEARALA HISTORY (Series -3) [Expected Questions] 1. 1936? [Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma] 15. Who was called the 'Jhansi of Travancore'? [Accamma Cheriyan] 11. The Temple Entry Proclamation was issued by _____ on November 12. Who was the first Chief Minister of Travancore? [Pattom A Thanu Pillai] 17. 5. 1921] 13. Trivandrum was established in_____during the reign of Ayilyam Thirunal? [1864] 10. 7. The first Chief Minister who completed one full term was ____? [Achutha Menon] . The Longest & Largest River in Kerala? [Periyar] 20. Who founded the Sahodaya Samajam? [K. The first trade union of Kerala set up in 1922 was ____? [Travancore Labour Association] 19. 3. Highest Mountain Peak in Kerala? [Anamudi] 23.Kottayam (1860)] 25. The Biggest freshwater in Kerala? [Sasthamkotta] 22. The first census was conducted in Travancore? [1831] Who founded the first Government Hospital in Kerala? [Swathi Thirunal] Sree Narayana Guru was born at _______? [Chempazhanthi in Trivandrum] First railway line in Kerala was opened on March 12. 1904 between ____&_____? [Thirunelveli & Kollam] _____is called 'Pulayaraja' ? [Ayyankali] ______ is called Ayyankali 'Pulayaraja'? [Mahatma Ganhdi] General Hospital.Ayyappan] 16. First Bank in Kerala? [Nedungadi Bank-1899] 24. First College in Kerala? [CMS College . The Biggest backwater in Kerala? [Vembanad] 21. First General Election in Travancore held in _____? [1948] 18. In which place was the first all Kerala Congress held? [Ottappalam] 14. Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) was formed in _____?[1920] 12. The Wagon Tragedy took Place on _____? [November 10. 1861 between ______& _____? [Beypore & Tirur] First railway line in Travancore was inagurated on November 26. Who made primary education compulsory in Travanocore in 1817? [Rani Gauri Parvathi Bai] 2. 4. 6. First Printing Press in Kerla? [CMS Press . Punnapra Vayalar is located in _____? [Alappuzha] 20. 9. 8.19. Who was know as Kerala Simham (Lion of Kerala)? [Pazhassi Raja] 22. Dutch East India Company was established in _____? [1592] 12.21. The Farook town was set up by Tippu in ______? [1788] 20. Kerala Panchayat Raj Act became operational on _____? [April 24. Fifth & Last visit of Gandhiji was in _____? [January 13. 1937] 17. Doordarshan programmes started in Kerala on _____? [November 14. Kerala Forest Reaserch Institute is at _____? [Peechi] 23. 6. How many times Gandhiji visited Kerala? [Five Times] 16. Who was the first Portuguese viceroy in Kerala (1505)? [De Almeida] 2. When did Gandhiji visit Kerala for the first time? [August 18. 'Narayaneeyam' is written by? [Melpathur Narayana Bhattathiri] 11. Who was the first Britisher to come to Kerala? [Captain Keeling] 14. 8. 7. DD Metro Channel (DD2) was started in _______in 1993?[Thiruvananthapuram] KEARALA HISTORY (Series -2) [Expected Questions] 1. First Pazhassi Revolution was held in _____? [1793] 21. Name of the battele which shattered the hope of the Dutch to establish their political power in India? [Battle of Kulachal] 18. The First Europeans to come to India was _____? [The Portuguese] 13. 1994] 24. 4. 5.Nayanar] 22. Longest Serving Chief Minister of Kerala is ______? [E. 1982] 25.K. 3.Herman Gundart from Germany] Birth place of Ezhuthachan is at ______? [Thunchanparambu in Tirur(Malappuram District)] Malayalam Reaserch Centre at ______? [Tirur] 10. Malabar district became a province of Madras Presidency in ______? [1800] . Mahodayapuram was the Capital of ______? [Kulasekharas] The emperor of Kulasekhara Kingdom was know as ______? [Perumal] Father of Malayalm Language? [Ezhuthachan] First Book in Malayalam is _____? [Samkshepa Vedartham] Samkshepa Vedartham is written by _______ in 1772? [Clement Piyanus Pathiri] First Malayalam Dictionery was compiled by _______? [Dr. Land Revenue was introduced in Kochi in the Year_____? [1761] 19. 9. 1920] 15. 3. Veluthampi Dalava who committed suicide at _____? [Mannadi] 25. Thomas who first came to Kerala in _______? [AD-52] 2. The only Muslim Kingdom in Kerala was the ______? [Arakkal Kingdom] 11.D. Nicolo Kondy European Traveler visted Kerala in_____? [1440] 15. The Capital City of Venad Kingdom was_____? [Kollam] 17. Thomas who established the first Christian church at _______?[Kodungalloor] Name of the Indian who first claimed that the Earth is orbiting around the sun? [Aryabhattan] Who discovered that Earth revolves around the sun? [Copernicus] Jews migrated to Kerala in_____A. First Mamankom was held in ______? [AD-829] 20. 4. Kollam Era is also Known as _____? [Malayalam Era] 13. St. Philosophy of Advaita is developed by _____ ? [Sankaracharya] 10. The first Jewish Synagogue in Asia was set up in _________ in 1350?[Kodungalloor] 18. 7. Mamankom held at ______ during the reign of Samoothiri of Kozhikode?[Thirunavaya in Malappuram Districts] 19. St. August 15th] 12. Who established the Chala Bazar in Thiruvanathapuram? [Raja Kesavadas] 24. Kundara Proclamation was made by ____ in the year 1809? [Veluthampi] KEARALA HISTORY (Series -1) [Expected Questions] 1. Kollam Era began in ______? [AD-825. Vascoda Gama second visit to Kappad (Kozhikkode) was in _____? [1502] 24. Name of the Ship in which Vascoda Gama came? [Saint Gabriel] 25. ? [ AD-68] The prehistoric people of Kerala belonged to the _____ race? [Negroto race] Huang Tsang a Chinese Traveler visited Kerala in _____? [AD-630] 'Sankaracharya' was the great Hindu philosopher who was responsible for the revival of Hinduism in India born at _____? [Kaladi in Eranakulm District] 9. 1498] 23. Who was the head of the military force of Samoothiri of Kozhikode? [Kunjali Marakkar] 22. The book The Career and Legend of Vascoda Gama is written by? [Sanjay Subrahmanyam] . 5. 6. 8.23. Last Mamankom was held in _______? [1755] 21. Italiam Traveller Marco Polo visited Kerala in ______? [1292] 14. Vascoda Gama landed at Kappad in ______ ? [20th May. Name of the Chinese Traveler who visited Kerala in 1409? 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