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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) .
| 201. |
Raja Kesavadas was the first minister of …………….who assumed the title Diwan. |
| A. | thiruvitamkur |
| B. | kozhikode |
| C. | thiruvalla |
| D. | cochi |
| Answer» A. thiruvitamkur | |
| 202. |
…………….court was adorned by such literary luminaries as Kunchan Nambiar and Ramapurath Warrier. |
| A. | dharmaraja’s |
| B. | shakthan tampuran |
| C. | bala rama varma |
| D. | raja kesavadas |
| Answer» A. dharmaraja’s | |
| 203. |
In Rama Varma, better known as Shakthan Tampuran, the state of ……………..had a remarkable. |
| A. | guruvayur |
| B. | thiruvitamkur |
| C. | kochi |
| D. | kozhikode |
| Answer» C. kochi | |
| 204. |
The revolt of…………, the Dalawa of Travancore, is a significant episode in the annals of Indian resistance movements against the British. |
| A. | sankaran namputiri |
| B. | bala rama varma |
| C. | velu thampi |
| D. | sankaranarayana chetty |
| Answer» C. velu thampi | |
| 205. |
Velu Thampi was elevated to the high office of Dalawa (1801) on the advice of………………. |
| A. | vagbhatananda |
| B. | mathu tharakan |
| C. | macaulay |
| D. | t.h.baber |
| Answer» C. macaulay | |
| 206. |
Velu Thampi entered into a secret deal with…………., the chief minister of Kochi who too had similar grievances. |
| A. | paliath achan |
| B. | vagbhatananda |
| C. | chattampi swamikal |
| D. | macaulay |
| Answer» A. paliath achan | |
| 207. |
Paliath Achan attacked the Residency at …………to capture Macaulay. |
| A. | kozhikode |
| B. | allapuzha |
| C. | kollam |
| D. | kochi |
| Answer» D. kochi | |
| 208. |
Having reached Kundara, ………………issued his famous proclamation on January 11, 1809 exhorting the people to rally, under his banner for a patriotic struggle against the British. |
| A. | velu thampi |
| B. | paliath achan |
| C. | marthanda varma |
| D. | sakthan thampuran |
| Answer» A. velu thampi | |
| 209. |
…………..had already issued an order permitting the Shanar women who became converts to Christianity to wear upper jackets. |
| A. | chattampi swamikal |
| B. | vagbhatananda |
| C. | col. munroe |
| D. | ayyankali |
| Answer» C. col. munroe | |
| 210. |
The Shanar agitation eventually led to the Royal Proclamation of 26th July………….., abolishing all restrictions in the matter of dress by Shanar women. |
| A. | 1859 |
| B. | 1929 |
| C. | 1931 |
| D. | 1938 |
| Answer» A. 1859 | |
| 211. |
……………….was born in the village of Chempazhanthy near Trivandrum and showed keen interests in Sanskrit and Hindu philosophy. |
| A. | sri narayana guru |
| B. | vagbhatananda |
| C. | chattampi swamikal |
| D. | ayyankali |
| Answer» A. sri narayana guru | |
| 212. |
…………had a highly eclectic outlook in religions matters as is shown in the saying ‘one caste, one Religion and one God’. |
| A. | sri narayana guru |
| B. | vagbhatananda |
| C. | chattampi swamikal |
| D. | ayyankali |
| Answer» A. sri narayana guru | |
| 213. |
……………was the founder of the SNDP yogam (1903). |
| A. | sri narayana guru |
| B. | dr.palpu |
| C. | kumaran asan |
| D. | chattampi swamikal |
| Answer» A. sri narayana guru | |
| 214. |
As a literary luminary, …………penned Darsanamala in Sanskrit, Jatimimamsa in Sanskrit and Malayalam and Siva Sathakom in Malayalam. |
| A. | narayana guru |
| B. | vagbhatananda |
| C. | chattampi swamikal |
| D. | ayyankali |
| Answer» A. narayana guru | |
| 215. |
…………..founded the Atma Vidya Sangham, a major force of social change in Kerala. |
| A. | vagbhatananda |
| B. | chattampi swamikal |
| C. | ayyankali |
| D. | sri. narayana guru |
| Answer» A. vagbhatananda | |
| 216. |
Kunjikkannan Gurukkal, as vagbhatananda was known in early life, was born at Patyam village of Kannur district in an Ezhava family in…………….. |
| A. | 1885 |
| B. | 1929 |
| C. | 1931 |
| D. | 1938 |
| Answer» A. 1885 | |
| 217. |
As a great orator of the time, he was conferred the title Vagbhatananda by ……………of Alathur. |
| A. | ayyankali |
| B. | ram mohan roy |
| C. | chattampi swamikal |
| D. | sivananda yogi |
| Answer» D. sivananda yogi | |
| 218. |
………………was a humanist and a liberal and started a journal Abhinava Keralam in 1921. |
| A. | chattampi swamikal |
| B. | vagbhatananda |
| C. | sri. narayana guru |
| D. | ayyankali |
| Answer» B. vagbhatananda | |
| 219. |
…………………journal Atma Vidya Kahalam’ stood with the nationalist cause. |
| A. | vagbhatananda’s |
| B. | chattampi swamikal |
| C. | ayyankali |
| D. | sri. narayana guru |
| Answer» A. vagbhatananda’s | |
| 220. |
……………..was the founder of the Nair service society. |
| A. | mannath padmanabhan |
| B. | chattampi swamikal |
| C. | ayyankali |
| D. | pattom thanu pillai |
| Answer» A. mannath padmanabhan | |
| 221. |
A great scholar and man of letters, ………..came to be called Vidyadhiraja. |
| A. | chattampi swamikal |
| B. | ayyankali |
| C. | pattom thanu pillai |
| D. | sri. narayana guru |
| Answer» A. chattampi swamikal | |
| 222. |
In his work ‘Prachina Malayalam’, …………….has challenged some of the traditional theories of Kerala History. |
| A. | chattampi swamikal |
| B. | sri. narayana guru |
| C. | vagbhatananda |
| D. | ayyankali |
| Answer» A. chattampi swamikal | |
| 223. |
A Pulaya by birth, ………….gave leadership to the movement for social advancement of the oppressed classes in general and the Pulayas in particular. |
| A. | chattampi swamikal |
| B. | sri. narayana guru |
| C. | ayyankali |
| D. | vagbhatananda |
| Answer» C. ayyankali | |
| 224. |
Drawing inspiration from Narayana Guru, …………founded the Sadhu Jana Paripalana Sangham in 1906. |
| A. | sri. narayana guru |
| B. | pattom thanu pillai |
| C. | ayyankali |
| D. | chattampi swamikal |
| Answer» C. ayyankali | |
| 225. |
…………….was nominated as a representative of lower castes in the Sree Mulam Sabha in 1911. |
| A. | ayyan kali |
| B. | sri. narayana guru |
| C. | chattampi swamikal |
| D. | vagbhatananda |
| Answer» A. ayyan kali | |
| 226. |
…………….was the leader of the ‘Kallu Mala Agitation’. |
| A. | ayyan kali |
| B. | sri. narayana guru |
| C. | chattampi swamikal |
| D. | vagbhatananda |
| Answer» A. ayyan kali | |
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