Deck 1: Kerala History and Literature: Part A

Question 1

The book Perspectives on Kerala History was edited by-----

A)k n ganesh
B)k n pannikar
C)p j cheriyan
D)m g s narayanan

Answer 1

p j cheriyan

Question 2

Keralathinte Innalakal was written by -----

A)k p padmanabha menon
B)m g s narayanan
C)rajan gurukal
D)k n ganesh

Answer 2

k n ganesh

Question 3

Who is the Author of the book Against Lord and State: Religion and Peasant Uprisings in Malabar

A)k n ganesh
B)m gangadaran
C)stephen f dale
D)k n panikkar

Answer 3

k n panikkar

Question 4

Whose survey report was later published as A Journey from Madras through the countries of Mysore Canara and Malabar

A)ward & conner
B)herman gundert
C)francis buchanan
D)william logan

Question 5

On the basis of whose letters K P Padmanabha Menon wrote History of Kerala

A)duarte barbosa
B)francis buchanan
C)canter vischer
D)ibn bathutha

Question 6

Native life in Travancore is a work by-----

A)herman gundert
B)v nagam aiyya
C)samuel mater
D)col. munro

Question 7

The German missionary who wrote the book Keralapazhama

A)samuel mater
B)herman gundert
C)clement atlee
D)francis buchanan

Question 8

Who is the author of 'A History of Travancore from the Earliest Times' published in 1878.

A)p. shangunny menon
B)k p padmanaba menon
C)t k velupillai
D)t a gopainatha rao

Question 9

'Tiruvitamkur Charitram' (History of Travancore) in Malayalam was written by

A)c achutha menon
B)p shangunny menon
C)vaikath pachu moothath
D)k p padmanabha menon

Question 10

Who prepared Travancore state Manual

A)p. shangunny menon
B)v nagam aiyya
C)t k velupillai
D)t a gopainatha rao

Question 11

The early sovereigns of Tavancore was written by-------

A)p. shangunny menon
B)sundaram pillai
C)t k velupillai
D)t a gopainatha rao

Question 12

Cochin Forests and the British Techno Ecological Imperialism in India was written by--------

A)sebastian joseph
B)m g s narayanan
C)rajan gurukal
D)elamkulam p n kunjanpillai

Question 13

Who is the author of the work Brahmin settlements in Kerala: Historical Studies.

A)keshavan veluthat
B)rajan gurukal
C)m g s narayanan
D)conrad wood

Question 14

Mappila Muslims of Kerala: A study in Islamic trends was written by_____

A)roland miller
B)dileep m menon
C)robbin jeffrey
D)stephen f dale

Question 15

The work cultural symbiosis in Kerala which analyses the cultural aspects of Pre modern Kerala society was written by___

A)keshavan veluthat
B)m g s narayanan
C)rajan gurukal
D)k n ganesh

Question 16

____ is the author of The decline of Nair dominance in Kerala: society and politics in Travancore 1847-1908

A)roland miller
B)dileep m menon
C)robbin jeffrey
D)abilash malayil

Question 17

Caste Nationalism and Communism in South India: Malabar 1900-1948 was written by-----

A)roland miller
B)dileep m menon
C)robbin jeffrey
D)abilash malayil

Question 18

Who wrote the article Aahwanavum Takeetum in Connection with Malabar Rebellion of 1921?

A)k n panikkar
B)k kelappan
C)em s namboodiripad
D)k p kesava menon

Question 19

Travancore signed treaty with English East India company in 1805, who was the then British resident of Travancore who interfered in the internal affairs of Travancore

A)munro
B)col. macaulay
C)rippon
D)tomas warden

Question 20

The Travancore ruler who built Nedumkotta to check Mysorian Invasion was

A)marthanda varma
B)darmaraja
C)velu tampi
D)swathi tirunal

Question 21

Who were appointed for provincial settlements with local rulers and to suggest future administrative system of Malabar after the treaty of Srirangapatnam in 1792

A)francis buchanan & william logan
B)joint commissioners
C)ward and conner
D)william logan & h v connolly

Question 22

Malabar came into the possession of English East India company After the treaty of Srirangapatnam in 1792, Malabar was the part of which Presidency from 1792 to 1800

A)madras presidency
B)bombay presidency
C)bengal presidency
D)delhi presidency

Question 23

Munnar one of the main hill station in Travancore state was famous for which plantation crop

A)coffee
B)tea
C)chinchona
D)cardamom

Question 24

Malabar was ceded to English East India Company by the treaty of Srirangapatanam, When was the treaty of Srirangapatanam Signed

A)1795
B)1792
C)1795.
D)1799