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1. Kollam Era was started in 

                    AD 825

2. When was Dutch East India Company formed?

                    1592

3. Whose period is called as the 'Golden Age' of ancient Kerala?

                    Second Chera Empire

4. Who was the last Diwan of Kochi?

                    C.P Karunakara Menon

5. Integration of Travancore and Cochin took place in?

                    July 1, 1949

6. Which of the Travancore ruler abolished slave trade among their subjects?

                    Rani Gowri Lakshmi Bhai

7. Which was the first revolt that took place in Kerala to protest against untouchability?

                    Vaikom Satyagraha

8. The strength of elected members in the first Kerala Assembly?

                    126

9. Who is known as the Father of Renaissance?

                    Petrarch

10. Where did Mahatma Gandhi and Sree Narayana Guru meet in 1925?

                    Sivagiri

11. The year of Kurichya Rebellion?

                    1812

12. 'Makarakoythu' was written by

                    Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon

13. Swadeshabhimani K.Ramakrishna Pillai was banished from Travancore for alleged charge of sedition, in the year:

                    1910

14. In which district is Chinnakkanal?

                    Idukki

15. Who is famous with the pen name 'Sumangala'?

                    Leela Namboothirippad

16. 'Athmakadhaykku Oru Amugham' is the autobiography of 

                    Lalithambika Antharjanam

17. EMS became the second Chief Minister of Kerala in the year?

                    1967

18. The first to get Dadasahib Phalke Award from Kerala

                    Adoor Gopalakrishnan

19. The first MLA in Kerala to be disqualified under the antidefection law in 1990

                    R Balakrishna Pillai

20. Under whose leadership Kochi Rajya Prajamandalam was formed in 1941?

                    V R Krishnanezhuthachan

21. The year of the battle of Kaniyamkulam

                    1634

22. The present form of Kathakali was designed by :

                    Kottayam Thampuran

23. Barrister G.P Pillai who was mentioned by Mahatma Gandhi in his autobiography was the editor of 

                    Madras Standard

24. Where Chattampi Swamikal met Swami Vivekananda?

                    Ernakulam

25. Sree Narayana Guru used saffron colour dress for the first time during the occasion of 

                    First visit to Sri Lanka

26. The immediate cause of the outbreak of the Liberation Struggle was the introduction of the

                    Education Bill

27. Which district is the largest producer of tobacco in Kerala?

                    Kasargod

28. The first woman to become a member in Travancore Legislative Assembly

                    Mary Punnan Lukkose

29. The first reserve forest in Travancore

                    Konni

30. Ayya Vaikundar founded a 'dharmic' belief system known as :

                    Ayyavazhi (Path of the Father)

31. The secondary worship places of 'Ayyavazhi' is known as

                    Nizhal Thangal

32. The main religious text of Ayyavazhi is

                    Akilathirattu Ammanai

33. Thycaud Ayya Guru was born in the year

                    1814

34. Who was popularly known as Superintendent Ayya?

                    Thycaud Ayya Gurukkal

35. The original name of Ayya Swamikal is 

                    Subbarayan

36. Ayyankali was born in the year

                    1863

37. Ayyankali organized 'Villunadi Strike' in the year

                    1893

38. Sadhujana Paripalana Sangham was founded by

                    Ayyankali

39. Sadhujana Paripalana Sangham was found in the year

                    1907

40. Who unveiled the sculpture of Ayyankali at Trivandrum?

                    Indira Gandhi

41. In which year was Ayyankali nominated to Sree Moolam Praja Assembly?

                    1914

42. The ritual 'Murajapam' is associated to the temple ?

                    Padmanabhaswami Temple

43. The king of Travancore who constructed Nedumkotta?

                    Dharma Raja

44. Who is known as Kerala Gandhi?

                    K Kelappan

45. What was the early profession of K Kelappan?

                    Lawyer

46. Who was the founder editor of Mathrubhumi?

                    K P Kesava Menon

47. Who led the Vaikkom Satyagraha?

                    K P Kesava Menon

48. Who was the first executive president of Sahitya academy?

                    K P Kesava Menon

49. Who is popularly known as 'Kerala Simham'?

                    Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja

50. The first Pazhassi Revolt was held in the period of

                    1793-1797

51. In the period of Second Pazhassi revolt, Sir Arthur Wellesley formed a local army known as

                    Kolkar

52. The real name of Ayya Vaikunda Swamikal

                    Mudichudum Perumal

53. Ayya Vaikunda Swamikal was born in the year

                    1809

54. Samathua Samajam was founded by

                    Ayya Vaikunda Swamikal

55. Samathua Samajam was founded in the year

                    1836

56. Who was the editor of Swadeshabhimani?

                    Ramakrishna Pillai

57. Who started the magazine Al-Islam and Deepika?

                    Vakkam Muhammed Abdul Khadar Moulavi

58. What title Mannathu Padmanabhan got in 1959 from the President?

                    Bharatha Kesari

59. Who wrote 'Adukkalayil Ninnu Arangathekku'?

                    V.T Bhattathirippad

60. Where was Mannathu Padmanabhan born?

                    Perunna

61. Who was the founder of NSS?

                    K Kelappan

62. To which community K P Karuppan belong?

                    Dheevara

63. Who was the leader of Guruvayoor Styagraha?

                    K Kelappan

64. Who led the Yachana Yatra?

                    V.T Bhattathirippad

65. When did Vakkom Muhammed Abdul Khader Moulavi expired?

                    1932

66. Where was Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai born?

                    Neyyattinkara

67. Whom did Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai criticize for which he was exiled?

                    Diwan P Rajagopalachari (Travancore)

68. What is the name of autobiography of Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai?

                    Ente Nadukadathal

69. Who wrote the first biography of Karl Marx in any Indian language?

                    Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai

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