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1. |
Who wrote Tuhafat-ul-Mujahiddin? |
A. | minhaj-us siraj |
B. | sheik zainuddin |
C. | ibn batuta |
D. | imtiaz khan |
Answer» B. sheik zainuddin |
2. |
Athula was the court poet of |
A. | srikantha |
B. | sreerama |
C. | manavikrama |
D. | ravivarma |
Answer» A. srikantha |
3. |
Name the work of Atula? |
A. | ramacharitha |
B. | mushakavamsa kavya |
C. | keralolpathi |
D. | sidhantha siromani |
Answer» B. mushakavamsa kavya |
4. |
Rajatarangini written by Kalhana deals with the history of |
A. | kerala |
B. | ezhimala kingdom |
C. | kashmir |
D. | tamilakam |
Answer» C. kashmir |
5. |
Which king is mentioned in the Narayan-Kannur inscription of A.D. 929 |
A. | srikantha |
B. | vikramarama |
C. | jayamani |
D. | ramagatha |
Answer» B. vikramarama |
6. |
Mushakavamsa Kavya is written in |
A. | sanskrit |
B. | tamil |
C. | malayalam |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. sanskrit |
7. |
Which of the following was/were the indigenous coins of Kerala |
A. | dinaram |
B. | pazhankasu |
C. | kashu |
D. | all the above |
Answer» D. all the above |
8. |
Which of the following statements regarding the Tharisapalli copper plates is/are correct? a. It documents Venad ruler Ayyanadikal Thiruvadikal's donation of a region and its |
A. | ministration to tharisapalli church in kollam. |
B. | venad adikal was a ruler under the kulasekhara king sthanu ravi perumal |
C. | donation was made in the fifth year (ad 849) of sthanu ravi’s reign. |
D. | all above |
Answer» D. all above |
9. |
Who was Mar Saphir Eso |
A. | a merchant from arabia. |
B. | ancient traveller |
C. | a jew who established tharisapalli church in kollam |
D. | ruler of portugal |
Answer» C. a jew who established tharisapalli church in kollam |
10. |
Anjuvannam was |
A. | a ritual |
B. | a trade guild |
C. | a tax |
D. | a royal title |
Answer» B. a trade guild |
11. |
Which of the statements is/are true regarding Iravikutty Pillai Pattu? |
A. | belongs to southern ballads. |
B. | its hero is iravikutty pillai. |
C. | iravikutty pillai was the minister to the king of travancore. |
D. | all the above |
Answer» D. all the above |
12. |
Which Aranyaka refers to the Chera Army? |
A. | aitareya |
B. | brihat |
C. | katha |
D. | taitiriya |
Answer» A. aitareya |
13. |
Which ancient text mentions Kerala’s links to the Kurukshetra war? |
A. | keralolpathi |
B. | mushikavamsa kavya |
C. | ramayana |
D. | mahabharata |
Answer» D. mahabharata |
14. |
River Churni is? |
A. | periyar |
B. | bharathapuzha |
C. | kabani |
D. | pampa |
Answer» A. periyar |
15. |
Who wrote Arthasathra? |
A. | banabhatta |
B. | chanakya |
C. | kalhana |
D. | athula |
Answer» B. chanakya |
16. |
Akananuru deals with |
A. | administration |
B. | warcraft |
C. | love and romance |
D. | trade |
Answer» C. love and romance |
17. |
Purananuru deals with |
A. | medicine |
B. | war and diplomacy |
C. | love and romance |
D. | agriculture |
Answer» B. war and diplomacy |
18. |
Who wrote Silappathikaram? |
A. | tolkapiyar |
B. | ilango adikal |
C. | nanthanar |
D. | nammalavar |
Answer» B. ilango adikal |
19. |
The text Tolkapiyam deals with? |
A. | medicine |
B. | trade guilds |
C. | tamil grammar |
D. | wars |
Answer» C. tamil grammar |
20. |
Who wrote Tolkapiyam? |
A. | nanthanar |
B. | ilango adilkal |
C. | tolkapiyar |
D. | thiruvalluvar |
Answer» C. tolkapiyar |
21. |
The author of Perumal-Thirumozhi is |
A. | ilango adikal |
B. | kulasekhara alwar |
C. | sathanar |
D. | nanthanar |
Answer» B. kulasekhara alwar |
22. |
Numismatics is the study of |
A. | inscriptions |
B. | pottery |
C. | coins |
D. | fossil |
Answer» C. coins |
23. |
Epigraphy is the study of |
A. | fossil |
B. | pottery |
C. | coins |
D. | inscriptions |
Answer» D. inscriptions |
24. |
The lost documents of Tarisappalli copper plates were republished by? |
A. | ilamkulam kunjan pillai |
B. | lord macaulay |
C. | dr. herman gundert |
D. | charles swanston |
Answer» C. dr. herman gundert |
25. |
The Thrikkodithanam stone inscriptions belong to |
A. | 11th century a.d |
B. | 10th century a.d |
C. | 13th century a.d |
D. | 9th century a.d |
Answer» B. 10th century a.d |
26. |
Author of Krishnagatha is |
A. | cheeraman |
B. | cheusseri |
C. | poonthanam |
D. | ezhuthachan |
Answer» B. cheusseri |
27. |
The Syrian Copper plate (Viraraghava Pattayam) issued by |
A. | ayyan atikal |
B. | vikramadithya varaguna |
C. | bhaskararavi |
D. | viraraghava, of perumpadappu |
Answer» D. viraraghava, of perumpadappu |
28. |
A Survey of Kerala History is written by |
A. | a. sreedhara menon |
B. | kesavanveluthattu |
C. | krishna reddy |
D. | mgs narayanan |
Answer» A. a. sreedhara menon |
29. |
Who were Uralars? |
A. | rulers |
B. | land owners and temple trustees |
C. | settled tenant cultivator |
D. | bonded service classes |
Answer» B. land owners and temple trustees |
30. |
Kudiyars were |
A. | bonded service classes |
B. | settled tenant cultivator |
C. | land owners and temple trustees |
D. | rulers |
Answer» B. settled tenant cultivator |
31. |
Tenets and Intermediary holders were called |
A. | uralars |
B. | adiyar |
C. | karalar |
D. | kudiyar |
Answer» C. karalar |
32. |
The obligations of the tenants were determined by |
A. | mariyadai |
B. | janmi |
C. | uralar |
D. | king |
Answer» A. mariyadai |
33. |
Which Venad ruler is associated with the Mampalli copper plate (974 A.D)? |
A. | govardhana marthanda |
B. | rama varma kulasekhara |
C. | ayyan atikal tiruvatikal |
D. | sri vallabhakotha |
Answer» D. sri vallabhakotha |
34. |
Name the perumal who shifted his headquarters from Koudangallur to Kollam. |
A. | rama varma kulasekhara |
B. | ayyan atikal tiruvatikal |
C. | govardhana marthanda |
D. | sri vallabhakotha |
Answer» D. sri vallabhakotha |
35. |
Who was the first ruler of Venad who ascended the throne according to the matrilineal system of succession? |
A. | vira udaya mathanda varma |
B. | ayyan atikal tiruvatikal |
C. | govardhana marthanda |
D. | sri vallabhakotha |
Answer» A. vira udaya mathanda varma |
36. |
Name the group who taught Malayalam letters as basic knowledge in indigenous schools? |
A. | panikkar |
B. | uralar |
C. | natteuzhthachan |
D. | aasan |
Answer» C. natteuzhthachan |
37. |
The Malayalam work Unnunili Sandesam contains the earliest reference to. a) b) c) d) |
A. | koodiyattam |
B. | kathakali |
C. | padhakom |
D. | theyyam |
Answer» A. koodiyattam |
38. |
Who wrote Indica? |
A. | strabo |
B. | badauni |
C. | megasthenes |
D. | pliny |
Answer» C. megasthenes |
39. |
Who was the author of Kokila Sandesam? |
A. | athula |
B. | uddhanda sastrikal |
C. | chennos nampudiri |
D. | poonthanam |
Answer» B. uddhanda sastrikal |
40. |
Author of Vasumitra-Manavikrama? |
A. | kakkasseri |
B. | chennos nampudiri |
C. | uddhanda sastrikal |
D. | poonthanam |
Answer» A. kakkasseri |
41. |
Smarthavicharam existed among the? |
A. | nairs |
B. | ezhavas |
C. | nampoodiris |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» C. nampoodiris |
42. |
Medini Vennilavu is a character of |
A. | unniyacchi charitham |
B. | unnichiruthevi charitham |
C. | chandrotsavam |
D. | unniyadi charitham |
Answer» C. chandrotsavam |
43. |
Who annexed Goa to Portuguese in 1510?? |
A. | alfonso de albuquerque |
B. | francisco de almeida |
C. | pedro alvariz cabral |
D. | vasco da gama |
Answer» A. alfonso de albuquerque |
44. |
Second Portuguese mission to India was headed by |
A. | alfonso de albuquerque |
B. | vasco da gama |
C. | pedro alvariz cabral |
D. | francisco de almeida |
Answer» C. pedro alvariz cabral |
45. |
Which European power introduced cartaz? |
A. | french |
B. | dutch |
C. | portuguese |
D. | english |
Answer» C. portuguese |
46. |
Mamankam was held once in 12 years at Tirunavaya on the banks of the river |
A. | bharatapuzha |
B. | periar |
C. | pamba |
D. | bhavani |
Answer» A. bharatapuzha |
47. |
Cherusseri wrote Krishnagatha under the patronage of |
A. | ayyan atikal tiruvatikal |
B. | udayavarman of kolathunad. |
C. | govardhana marthanda |
D. | sri vallabhakotha |
Answer» B. udayavarman of kolathunad. |
48. |
Karyakkars were |
A. | local rulers |
B. | army men |
C. | teachers |
D. | tax collectors |
Answer» D. tax collectors |
49. |
Dharmoth Panikkar in the court of the Zamorin was |
A. | the local ruler |
B. | the officer in charge of the kalari. |
C. | chief priest |
D. | court astrologer |
Answer» B. the officer in charge of the kalari. |
50. |
The original headquarters of Cochin royal family was at? |
A. | ezhimala |
B. | palakkad |
C. | chithrakutam in vanneri. |
D. | kodungallur |
Answer» C. chithrakutam in vanneri. |
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