Deck 7: Historical Events in the Formation of Kerala State

Question 1

The first struggle in Kerala against untouchability was

A)Guruvayur Sathuagraha
B)Kalpathy Kalapam
C)Civil Disobedience Movement
D)Vaikom Satyagraha

Answer 1

Vaikom Satyagraha

Question 2

--------------session of KPCC in May 1931 decided to launch antiuntouchability drive as one of the programmes of the Congress

A)Ottappalam
B)Palakkad
C)Manjeri
D)Vadakara

Answer 2

Vadakara

Question 3

----------was nominated as captain of the Sathyagraha volunteers of Guruvayr Sathyagraha.

A)T K Madhavan
B)Mannath Padmanabhan
C)AK Gopalan
D)A.K.Gopalan

Answer 3

A.K.Gopalan

Question 4

Temple entry was given in Cochin in

A)1936
B)1947
C)1938
D)1937

Question 5

Keezhariyur Bomb Case was associated with

A)Vaikkom Sathyagraha
B)Civil Disobedience Movement
C)Second World War
D)Quit

Question 6

A secret Journal called Swatantra Bharatam was published during this period------------

A)Vaikkom Sathyagraha
B)Civil Disobedience Movement
C)Second World War
D)Quit India Movement

Question 7

Leader of Quit India Movement in Kerala was

A)K Kelappa
B)K B Meno
C)T K Madhava
D)Muhammed Abdurahman Sahib

Question 8

United State of Travancore and Cochin and was created on 1 July 1949 by the merger of two former Princely States, the kingdoms of Travancore and Cochin with --------------- as the capital.

A)Cochin
B)Vaikkom
C)Trivandrumd
D)Alappuzha

Question 9

After the merger of Thiru-Kochi, High Court was established at

A)Vaikko
B)Trivandru
C)Alappuzh
D)Ernamkulam

Question 10

One of the earliest resolutions on the subject of United Kerala was passed at the State Peoples' Conference held at ---------in April 1928

A)Vaikko
B)Trivandru
C)Alappuzh
D)Ernamkulam

Question 11

The All Kerala Kudiyan Conference in-----------also adopted separate resolutions demanding 'Aikya Keralam'.

A)1928
B)1920
C)1924
D)1930

Question 12

A sub-committee of the Kerala Provincial Congress formed for the formation of Kerala State met at ---------------late in 1946 under the presidentship of K.P.Kesava Menon and decided to convene an Aikya Kerala Conference at an early date.

A)Thrissur
B)Cheruthututhi
C)Guruvayur
D)Ernamkulam

Question 13

--------------- established the Pallivasal Hydro electric power project on the Periyar River and initiated the Pechipara Hydro-electric scheme and the Periyar Wildlife Sanctury Project.

A)Veluthamby
B)Macaulay
C)C P Ramaswamy Ayyar
D)P.Rajagopalachari

Question 14

Punnapra Vayalar Uprising took place in the year

A)1946
B)1947
C)1945
D)1950

Question 15

The Travancore King became ------------of the new Thiru-Kochi State .

A)uprajpramukh
B)Chief Minister
C)Rajpramukh
D)Maharaja

Question 16

Kesava Menon went to Malaya in ------------ and practiced as an advocate at Singapur.

A)1924
B)1926
C)1925
D)1927

Question 17

First General elections in Thiru-Kochi was held in 1951 and --------------- from Congress party was elected as the Chief Minister, ruling until 1954.

A)A J John Anaraparambil
B)Pattom A ThanuPillai
C)EMS
D)K Narayana Pillai

Question 18

The Aikya Kerala conference was held at ------------in November 1949.

A)Thrissur
B)Palakka
C)Trivandrum
D)Ernamkulam

Question 19

The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee-KPCC-was split into two in --------with separate organization called Malabar Pradesh Congress Committee and Thiru-Kochi Pradesh Congress Committee on the issue of the formation of Kerala State.

A)1952
B)1954
C)1955
D)1950

Question 20

According to the State Reorganization Act that was passed in-------, Malabar added to the Thiruvitamkur-Kochi state and thus a new state called came into existence on 1st November 1956.

A)1952
B)1954
C)1955
D)1956