Kerala Renaissance Part- 2


•To which King of Travancore was the Ezhava Memorial submitted ?
Ans:-Sri Moolam Thirunal

• Which social reformer is associated with 'Kalyanadayini Sabha' ?
Ans:-Pandit Karuppan

• Which social reformer of Kerala met Gandhiji at Neyyattinkara ?
Ans:-Poikayil Yohannan

• Who was the Chairman of the Travancore Constitutional Reforms Committee ?
Ans:-PGN Unnithan

•In which year K. Ramakrishna Pillai came the editor of Swadeshabhimani?
Ans:-1906

• A.G.Velayudhan is associated with which agitation ?
Ans:-Paliyam Satyagraha

• During the reign of which Travancore ruler Vaikunda Swami was arrested & put to Singarathoppu jail ?
Ans:-Swathy Thirunal

• Which social reformer started the journal'Atmavidya Kahalam' ?
Ans:-Vagbhatananda

• Which event was hailed by Gandhiji as 'a miracle of modern times' ?
Ans:-Temple Entry Proclamation

• Who wrote the book 'Punarjanma Smaranakal' ?
Ans:- M.C.Joseph

• Who established the CMS Press, the first printing press in Kerala ?
Ans:-Benjamin Bailey

• Who prepared 'Malayala Bhasha Vyakaranam', the first comprehensive grammatical work in Malayalam ?
Ans:- Herman Gundert

• In which year was the Progressive Writers' Association (Purogamana Sahitya Samiti) formed ?
Ans:-1937

• Who is the author of the drama 'Pattabakki'?
Ans:- K. Damodaran

• Who wrote the historical novel 'Kerala Simham' ?
Ans:-Sardar K.M. Panikker

• In which year K. Ayyappan organised 'Misra Bhojanam' at Cherayi?
Ans:-1917

• Who was hailed as 'Jhansi Rani of Travancore' by Gandhiji ?
Ans:-Akkamma Cherian

• 'Veenapoovu', the classical work of Kumaranasan was first published in ?
Ans:-Mithavadi

• What was the motto of Malabar Economic Union founded by Dr Palpu ?
Ans:-Thrive through industry

• Who published the weekly 'Dharma Poshini` ?
Ans:- Velukkutty Arayan

• Who is known as 'the Iron Lady of Kerala'?
Ans:-Akkamma Cherian

• Where was the first session of the Praja Mandal held in January 1942 ?
Ans:-Irinjalakuda

• Who organised Cheramar Mahajana Sabha in 1921?
Ans:- Pampady John Joseph

• The motto of which journal was 'Awake! Pray to the Lord of the Universe! Arise: now itself, and oppose injustice' ?
Ans:- Abhinava Keralam

• Who translated Rabindra Nath Tagore's 'Gitanjali into Malayalam ?
Ans:-G. Sankara Kurup

• Which is known as the first social organization in Kerala ?
Ans:-Samatva Samajam

• Who composed the 'Nava Manjari' or nine stanzas in dedication to Chattambi Swami?
Ans:- Sree Narayana Guru

• Name the booklet written by Vagbhatananda in 1927 to condemn the ideas of Sivayogi
Ans:-Adhyatmayudham

• Who set up a Sanskrit study centre 'Thatwaprakasika' in 1906 at Kozhikode ?
Ans:-Vagbhatananda

 • Who was the author of Jnana Kummi and Pillathalolippu' ?
Ans:-Brahmananda Sivayogi

• Who addressed V.K.Gurukkal by the name of 'Vagbhatananda' for the first time ?
Ans:-Brahmananda Sivayogi

• Who wrote the book 'Vigraharadhana Khandanam' to oppose the practice of idol worship in temples ?
Ans:-Brahmananda Sivayogi

 • The slogan 'American Model Arabikkadalil is associted with which agitation ?
Ans:-Punnapra-Vayalar (1946)

• In 1959, who was given the title Bharatha Kesari (Lion of India) by the Indian President ?
Ans:-Mannathu Padmanabhan

• Ayyavazhi is a dharmic belief system centered on the life and preachings of …….?
Ans:- Vaikunda Swamikal

• Vedadikara Niroopanam, Vedantha saram and Pracheena Malayalam are the major works of …….?
Ans:-Chattampi  Swamikal

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