KERALA HISTORY

Kerala Famous Personalities & their Nick Names

• Kerala Vatmiki - Vallathol S. Narayana Menon
• Kerala Vyasan - Kodungalloor Kunikuttan Thampuram

• Kerala Kalidasan - Kerla Varma Valiyakoyi Thampuran

• Kerala Panini - A.R. Raja Raja Varma

• Kerala Scott - C.V. Raman Pillai

• Kerala Ibsen - N. Krishna Pillai

• Kerala Hemingway - M.T. Vasudevan Nair

• Kerala Tulasidasan - Vannikulam Gopalakurup

• Kerala Maupassant - Takazhi Sivasankara Pillai

KEARALA HISTORY (Series -4) [Expected Questions]

1. Kerala's first Coast Guard Station was started in _______? [Vizhinjam]

2. India's first Computerized 'Grama Panchayat' is at ______? [Vellanad Grama Panchayat -

Trivandrum]
3. The Smallest Grama Panchayat in Kerala? [Valapattanam]

4. The Largest Grama Panchayat in Kerala? [Kumily - Idukki]

5. Kerala State was formed on _____? [1st November, 1956]

6. The Chief Minister of Kerala was ____ ? [EMS Namboothirippad]

7. First Chief Minister of an Indian State to be dismissed under Article 356 was _____? [EMS
Namboothirippad]

8. The Biggest power station in Kerala is ______? [Idukki]

9. The Biggest dam in Kerala is ______? [Malampuzha Dam]

10. The Biggest Irrigation Project in Kerla is ______? [Kallada Project - Kollam]

11. First Thermal Power Station in Kerala? [Kayamkulam]

12. First Five Star Hotel of Kerala is _____? [Kovalam Ashoka Beach Resort]

13. First Malayalee win the Booker Prize is______? [Arundhati Roy]
14. First Keralite to win the Jnanpith Award is _____? [G.Sankara Kurup -1965]

15. First Malayalam Talkie film was _______? [Balan]

16. First Cinema Studio in Kerala is _____? [Udaya Studio -1948]

17. The Name 'Akshara Keralam' is given to ? [Kerala Literacy Programme]

18. The Name 'Suraksha' is given to? [Kerala Aids Control Programme]
 19. The Longest & Largest River in Kerala? [Periyar]

20. The Biggest backwater in Kerala? [Vembanad]

21. The Biggest freshwater in Kerala? [Sasthamkotta]

22. Highest Mountain Peak in Kerala? [Anamudi]

23. First Bank in Kerala? [Nedungadi Bank-1899]

24. First College in Kerala? [CMS College - Kottayam (1860)]

25. First Printing Press in Kerla? [CMS Press - Kottayam]

KEARALA HISTORY (Series -3) [Expected Questions]

1. Who made primary education compulsory in Travanocore in 1817? [Rani Gauri Parvathi Bai]

2. The first census was conducted in Travancore? [1831]

3. Who founded the first Government Hospital in Kerala? [Swathi Thirunal]

4. Sree Narayana Guru was born at _______? [Chempazhanthi in Trivandrum]

5. First railway line in Kerala was opened on March 12, 1861 between ______& _____? [Beypore &
Tirur]
6. First railway line in Travancore was inagurated on November 26, 1904 between
____&_____? [Thirunelveli & Kollam]

7. _____is called 'Pulayaraja' ? [Ayyankali]

8. ______ is called Ayyankali 'Pulayaraja'? [Mahatma Ganhdi]

9. General Hospital, Trivandrum was established in_____during the reign of Ayilyam Thirunal? [1864]

10. Who was called the 'Jhansi of Travancore'? [Accamma Cheriyan]

11. Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) was formed in _____?[1920]

12. The Wagon Tragedy took Place on _____? [November 10, 1921]
13. In which place was the first all Kerala Congress held? [Ottappalam]

14. The Temple Entry Proclamation was issued by _____ on November 12, 1936? [Chithira
Thirunal Balarama Varma]

15. Who founded the Sahodaya Samajam? [K.Ayyappan]

16. Who was the first Chief Minister of Travancore? [Pattom A Thanu Pillai]
17. First General Election in Travancore held in _____? [1948]

18. The first trade union of Kerala set up in 1922 was ____? [Travancore Labour Association]

19. Punnapra Vayalar is located in _____? [Alappuzha]

20. The first Chief Minister who completed one full term was ____? [Achutha Menon]
 21. Longest Serving Chief Minister of Kerala is ______? [E.K.Nayanar]
22. Kerala Forest Reaserch Institute is at _____? [Peechi]

23. Kerala Panchayat Raj Act became operational on _____? [April 24, 1994]

24. Doordarshan programmes started in Kerala on _____? [November 14, 1982]

25. DD Metro Channel (DD2) was started in _______in 1993?[Thiruvananthapuram]

KEARALA HISTORY (Series -2) [Expected Questions]

1. Who was the first Portuguese viceroy in Kerala (1505)? [De Almeida]

2. Mahodayapuram was the Capital of ______? [Kulasekharas]

3. The emperor of Kulasekhara Kingdom was know as ______? [Perumal]

4. Father of Malayalm Language? [Ezhuthachan]

5. First Book in Malayalam is _____? [Samkshepa Vedartham]

6. Samkshepa Vedartham is written by _______ in 1772? [Clement Piyanus Pathiri]

7. First Malayalam Dictionery was compiled by _______? [Dr.Herman Gundart from Germany]

8. Birth place of Ezhuthachan is at ______? [Thunchanparambu in Tirur(Malappuram District)]

9. Malayalam Reaserch Centre at ______? [Tirur]

10. 'Narayaneeyam' is written by? [Melpathur Narayana Bhattathiri]

11. Dutch East India Company was established in _____? [1592]

12. The First Europeans to come to India was _____? [The Portuguese]

13. Who was the first Britisher to come to Kerala? [Captain Keeling]

14. When did Gandhiji visit Kerala for the first time? [August 18, 1920]

15. How many times Gandhiji visited Kerala? [Five Times]

16. Fifth & Last visit of Gandhiji was in _____? [January 13, 1937]

17. Name of the battele which shattered the hope of the Dutch to establish their political power
in India? [Battle of Kulachal]

18. Land Revenue was introduced in Kochi in the Year_____? [1761]

19. The Farook town was set up by Tippu in ______? [1788]

20. First Pazhassi Revolution was held in _____? [1793]

21. Who was know as Kerala Simham (Lion of Kerala)? [Pazhassi Raja]

22. Malabar district became a province of Madras Presidency in ______? [1800]

 23. Who established the Chala Bazar in Thiruvanathapuram? [Raja Kesavadas]
24. Veluthampi Dalava who committed suicide at _____? [Mannadi]

25. Kundara Proclamation was made by ____ in the year 1809? [Veluthampi]

KEARALA HISTORY (Series -1) [Expected Questions]

1. St. Thomas who first came to Kerala in _______? [AD-52]

2. St. Thomas who established the first Christian church at _______?[Kodungalloor]

3. Name of the Indian who first claimed that the Earth is orbiting around the sun? [Aryabhattan]

4. Who discovered that Earth revolves around the sun? [Copernicus]

5. Jews migrated to Kerala in_____A.D. ? [ AD-68]

6. The prehistoric people of Kerala belonged to the _____ race? [Negroto race]
7. Huang Tsang a Chinese Traveler visited Kerala in _____? [AD-630]

8. 'Sankaracharya' was the great Hindu philosopher who was responsible for the revival of Hinduism
in India born at _____? [Kaladi in Eranakulm District]

9. Philosophy of Advaita is developed by _____ ? [Sankaracharya]

10. The only Muslim Kingdom in Kerala was the ______? [Arakkal Kingdom]

11. Kollam Era began in ______? [AD-825, August 15th]

12. Kollam Era is also Known as _____? [Malayalam Era]

13. Italiam Traveller Marco Polo visited Kerala in ______? [1292]

14. Nicolo Kondy European Traveler visted Kerala in_____? [1440]

15. Name of the Chinese Traveler who visited Kerala in 1409? [Mahuvan]

16. The Capital City of Venad Kingdom was_____? [Kollam]

17. The first Jewish Synagogue in Asia was set up in _________ in 1350?[Kodungalloor]

18. Mamankom held at ______ during the reign of Samoothiri of Kozhikode?[Thirunavaya

in Malappuram Districts]

19. First Mamankom was held in ______? [AD-829]

20. Last Mamankom was held in _______? [1755]

21. Who was the head of the military force of Samoothiri of Kozhikode? [Kunjali Marakkar]

22. Vascoda Gama landed at Kappad in ______ ? [20th May, 1498]

23. Vascoda Gama second visit to Kappad (Kozhikkode) was in _____? [1502]

24. Name of the Ship in which Vascoda Gama came? [Saint Gabriel]
25. The book The Career and Legend of Vascoda Gama is written by? [Sanjay Subrahmanyam]
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