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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in History (BA History) .
| 101. |
KGOU started functioning in the state of Kerala during 1984, separating from KGOA after the martyrdom of ......................., then prime minister of India. |
| A. | smt. indira gandhi |
| B. | sarojini naidu |
| C. | rani lakshmi bai |
| D. | sethu lakshmibai |
| Answer» A. smt. indira gandhi | |
| 102. |
Sri. K.P Radhakrishnan was the founder president of................. |
| A. | kgou |
| B. | icse |
| C. | cbse |
| D. | nios |
| Answer» A. kgou | |
| 103. |
The Kerala Gazetted Officers Association is a major service organisation representing Gazetted Officers of Kerala State Civil Service was formed in......... |
| A. | 1945 |
| B. | 1947 |
| C. | 1956 |
| D. | 1966 |
| Answer» D. 1966 | |
| 104. |
Kerala Non-Gazetted Officer's Front was formed on……………. |
| A. | 1955 |
| B. | 1956 |
| C. | 1966 |
| D. | 1976 |
| Answer» D. 1976 | |
| 105. |
Kerala NGO Centre was formed in 27th November 1977 in a convention held at……………... |
| A. | ernakulam |
| B. | palakkad |
| C. | kannur |
| D. | wayanad |
| Answer» A. ernakulam | |
| 106. |
KERALA NGO SANGH was formed in 1988 December at the 10th State Conference held at………………. |
| A. | kasargode |
| B. | palakkad |
| C. | kannur |
| D. | wayanad |
| Answer» A. kasargode | |
| 107. |
The state office of Kerala NGO Sangh had been started functioning at Ulsavamadom Buildings, Fort,……………... |
| A. | thiruvananthapuram |
| B. | palakkad |
| C. | kannur |
| D. | wayanad |
| Answer» A. thiruvananthapuram | |
| 108. |
In………………, the Communists succeeded in forming a government in Kerala, which however, was soon overthrown. |
| A. | 1946 |
| B. | 1947 |
| C. | 1954 |
| D. | 1957 |
| Answer» D. 1957 | |
| 109. |
In a remote village called Naxalbari in……………., a tribal youth named Bimal Kissan, having obtained a judicial order, went to plough his land on 2 March 1967. |
| A. | west bengal |
| B. | bihar |
| C. | orissa |
| D. | andhra pradesh |
| Answer» A. west bengal | |
| 110. |
The AICCCR went ahead with the formation of the Communist Party of India (MarxistLeninist) in May…………... |
| A. | 1946 |
| B. | 1949 |
| C. | 1959 |
| D. | 1969 |
| Answer» D. 1969 | |
| 111. |
The CPI (M-L) held its first congress in 1970 in ……………..and Charu Mazumdar was formally elected its general secretary. |
| A. | kolkata |
| B. | bombay |
| C. | madras |
| D. | bihar |
| Answer» A. kolkata | |
| 112. |
It was during …………….that an influential group of the CPI (ML), led by Jauhar (Subrata Dutt), Nagbhushan Pattnaik and Vinod Mishra, launched a major initiative, which they termed ‘course-correction’. |
| A. | 1952 |
| B. | 1954 |
| C. | 1964 |
| D. | 1974 |
| Answer» D. 1974 | |
| 113. |
CPI (ML) Red Flag was formed in ................ as a break-away from the Central Reorganization Committee, CPI (ML). |
| A. | 1946 |
| B. | 1948 |
| C. | 1958 |
| D. | 1988 |
| Answer» D. 1988 | |
| 114. |
The first All India Secretary of CPI (ML) Red Flag was Arup Majumdar, followed by..................... |
| A. | k.n. ramachandran |
| B. | p.c. unnichekkan |
| C. | m.s. jayakumar |
| D. | k.ajitha |
| Answer» A. k.n. ramachandran | |
| 115. |
The main mass organization of .................was the Trade Union Centre of India (TUCI). |
| A. | cpi (ml) red flag |
| B. | cpi |
| C. | congress |
| D. | bjp |
| Answer» A. cpi (ml) red flag | |
| 116. |
................. published Red Star (English), Iykya Horatta (Kannada) and Saghavu (Malayalam). |
| A. | cpi (ml) red flag |
| B. | cpi |
| C. | congress |
| D. | cpi(m) |
| Answer» A. cpi (ml) red flag | |
| 117. |
Mandakini Narayanan (died December 16, 2006), popularly known as ‘Ma’, was an Indian ............... leader in Kerala. |
| A. | naxalite |
| B. | cpi |
| C. | congress |
| D. | cpi(m) |
| Answer» A. naxalite | |
| 118. |
Born in ................., Mandakini Narayanan married the late Naxal leader Kunnikkal Narayanan. |
| A. | gujarat |
| B. | iritty |
| C. | peravoor |
| D. | thiruvambady |
| Answer» A. gujarat | |
| 119. |
...............was born to a Gujarati couple, Navin Chandra Osa and Urvashi Osa. |
| A. | mandakini |
| B. | k. venu |
| C. | t. nagi reddy |
| D. | kanhai chatterjee |
| Answer» A. mandakini | |
| 120. |
.................., along with her husband and daughter, led several agitations waged by naxalites in Kerala. |
| A. | mandakini |
| B. | t. nagi reddy |
| C. | kanhai chatterjee |
| D. | k. venu |
| Answer» A. mandakini | |
| 121. |
................. was arrested and sent to jail in the Pulpally and Thalassery police stations attack cases, which resulted in death of two police officials. |
| A. | mandakini narayanan |
| B. | k. venu |
| C. | k.n. ramachandran |
| D. | p.c. unnichekkan |
| Answer» A. mandakini narayanan | |
| 122. |
Mandakini is survived by her daughter ..............., naxalite-turned human rights activist and social reformist. |
| A. | k.ajitha |
| B. | k. venu |
| C. | k.n. ramachandran |
| D. | p.c. unnichekkan |
| Answer» A. k.ajitha | |
| 123. |
................. now championing the cause of women-rights and fight against social evils and corruption through an organization named ANWESHI. |
| A. | k. venu |
| B. | k.ajitha |
| C. | k.n. ramachandran |
| D. | p.c. unnichekkan |
| Answer» B. k.ajitha | |
| 124. |
K. Ajitha is a social activist of ..................., Kerala. |
| A. | kozhikode |
| B. | palakkad |
| C. | mannarkkad |
| D. | wadakkanchery |
| Answer» A. kozhikode | |
| 125. |
..................was indoctrinated to Marxism at a very young age through her parents to Kunnikal Narayanan and Mandakini, who were both its prominent supporters. |
| A. | k.ajitha |
| B. | k. venu |
| C. | k.n. ramachandran |
| D. | p.c. unnichekkan |
| Answer» A. k.ajitha | |
| 126. |
K. Ajitha is one of the greatest ladies who are fighting for women's freedom from................. |
| A. | kozhikode |
| B. | chemperi |
| C. | cherupuzha |
| D. | kudianmala |
| Answer» A. kozhikode | |
| 127. |
.............played an active role in the Naxalite movement of Kerala. |
| A. | k. venu |
| B. | k. ajitha |
| C. | k.n. ramachandran |
| D. | p.c. unnichekkan |
| Answer» B. k. ajitha | |
| 128. |
................... is now working for the rights of women through an organization Anweshi. |
| A. | k. ajitha |
| B. | k. venu |
| C. | k.n. ramachandran |
| D. | p.c. unnichekkan |
| Answer» A. k. ajitha | |
| 129. |
...............founded an organisation called ‘Bodhana’ (Awareness), based in Kozhikode (Calicut). |
| A. | k. venu |
| B. | k. ajitha |
| C. | k.n. ramachandran |
| D. | p.c. unnichekkan |
| Answer» B. k. ajitha | |
| 130. |
................. then set up another organisation called ‘Anweshi’ (Searcher) in 1993, which she says has grown out of its infancy and now commands attention. |
| A. | k. ajitha |
| B. | k. venu |
| C. | k.n. ramachandran |
| D. | p.c. unnichekkan |
| Answer» A. k. ajitha | |
| 131. |
................. came into the limelight with the exposure of the sensational Calicut sex scandal involving several top politicians and influential public figures. |
| A. | anweshi |
| B. | keralapatrika |
| C. | lakshmibai |
| D. | mitavadi |
| Answer» A. anweshi | |
| 132. |
Ajitha worked briefly with the Janadipatya Samrakshana Samiti (Committee to Save Democracy), founded by former Communist Party of India- Marxist leader................. |
| A. | k r gouri ‘amma’ |
| B. | k. venu |
| C. | a. varghese |
| D. | p. ramachandran nair |
| Answer» A. k r gouri ‘amma’ | |
| 133. |
Traumatised by guilt, constable Nair penned a confession shortly after he shot Varghese in a fake police encounter in the forests of ................back in 1970. |
| A. | wayanad |
| B. | chemperi |
| C. | cherupuzha |
| D. | kudianmala |
| Answer» A. wayanad | |
| 134. |
Chief minister ......................has rebuffed the demand by Naxalite organisations and prominent personalities as well as by Niyama Vedi, an organisation of lawyers against human rights violation, for a full-fledged inquiry into the circumstances that led to the killing of Varghese. |
| A. | e.k. nayanar |
| B. | v.s. achuthanandan |
| C. | e.m.s. namboodiripad |
| D. | achutha menon |
| Answer» A. e.k. nayanar | |
| 135. |
The police team that arrested Varghese in the .................forests in 1970 was led by the then DIG K.P. Vijayan. |
| A. | wayanad |
| B. | kasargod |
| C. | kannur |
| D. | alakode |
| Answer» A. wayanad | |
| 136. |
The order to execute the Naxalite leader was issued by the then Dy SP K. Lekshmana—also an accused in the infamous ................case involving the disappearance of an engineering student in police custody during the Emergency. |
| A. | rajan |
| B. | gopalan |
| C. | ramachandran |
| D. | narayanan |
| Answer» A. rajan | |
| 137. |
Following the murder of landlord Vasud-eva Adiga and a suspected police informer Chekkoo at Thrissileri in .................in 1970, and the subsequent police crackdown, Varghese and his comrades retreated into the Thirunelli forests. |
| A. | wayanad |
| B. | kasargod |
| C. | kannur |
| D. | alakode |
| Answer» A. wayanad | |
| 138. |
Malabar Migration refers to the large-scale migration of ................... from Central-South Kerala to northern regions of Kerala called Malabar in the 20th century. |
| A. | ezhavas |
| B. | muslims |
| C. | syrian christians |
| D. | nairs |
| Answer» C. syrian christians | |
| 139. |
Later in 1967-82 Kerala elected a series of leftist coalition governments; the most stable was that led by ..............from 1969 to 1977. |
| A. | achutha menon |
| B. | kunnikkal narayanan |
| C. | balakrishna menon |
| D. | sahodaran ayyappan |
| Answer» A. achutha menon | |
| 140. |
From 1967 to 1970, .................led a Naxalite movement in Kerala. |
| A. | kunnikkal narayanan |
| B. | c.r. iyyunni |
| C. | balakrishna menon |
| D. | sahodaran ayyappan |
| Answer» A. kunnikkal narayanan | |
| 141. |
The theoretical difference in the communist party, i.e. CPM is the part of the uprising of Naxalbari movement in ...............which leads to the formation of CPI (ML) in India. |
| A. | bengal |
| B. | thiruvananthapuram |
| C. | kochi |
| D. | kozhikode |
| Answer» A. bengal | |
| 142. |
Among the Princely States in the country, it was in the erstwhile state of ...................that the first Legislative Council was constituted in 1888 with six official and two non-official members. |
| A. | travancore |
| B. | kochi |
| C. | kozhikode |
| D. | thrissur |
| Answer» A. travancore | |
| 143. |
During the regime of Sri. Chitra Thirunal, who was enthroned in 1932, there were some radical reforms in this field. In protest against the inadequacy of the Constitutional reforms of............., the Nivartana (abstention) movement was started. |
| A. | 1925 |
| B. | 1927 |
| C. | 1930 |
| D. | 1932 |
| Answer» D. 1932 | |
| 144. |
The peasant and labour movements of the 1930s were responsible for the emergence 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» A. congress socialist party | |
| 145. |
The Cochin Congress with the support of some independents came to power on June 17,............... Ambattu Sivarama Menon was appointed Minister for Rural Development. |
| A. | 1926 |
| B. | 1928 |
| C. | 1934 |
| D. | 1938 |
| Answer» D. 1938 | |
| 146. |
On January 26, 1941 a new political called Cochin Rajya Prajamandalam was constituted with Sri. ..............as its President. |
| A. | v.r. krishnan ezhuthachan |
| B. | parambi lonappan |
| C. | balakrishna menon |
| D. | sahodaran ayyappan |
| Answer» A. v.r. krishnan ezhuthachan | |
| 147. |
In the last week of October............, the State of Travancore saw the most 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» D. 1946 | |
| 148. |
Even after the attainment of freedom the Dewan .................declared on June11, 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» A. dewan, sir c.p. ramaswamy iyer | |
| 149. |
When .............let loose repression, an unsuccessful attempt on his life was 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» A. dewan, sir c.p. ramaswamy iyer | |
| 150. |
On September 4, ..........the Maharaja of Travancore issued a declaration to elect Constituent Assembly in Travancore as a prelude to the introduction of adult franchise. |
| A. | 1942 |
| B. | 1945 |
| C. | 1947 |
| D. | 1956 |
| Answer» C. 1947 | |
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