Renaissance in Kerala PSC

■ Who organised interdining at Kozhikode and called it "Preethibhojanam"?

Ans: Vagbhatananda

■ Who raised the concept of 'Dravida dalit' who is neither Hindu nor Christian?

Ans: Kumaragurodevan

■ Who started the publication 'Saragrahi’ to propagate his ideals?

Ans: Brahmananda Sivayogi

■ Who was declared as his successor by Sree Narayana Guru in 1925?

Ans: Bodhananda

■ Who wrote preface to 'Nalini’ written by Kumaranasan:

Ans: Rajaraja Varma

■ What type of literary work is ‘Thozhilkendrathilekk’?

Ans: Drama

■ The organiser of ‘Kalyanadayini Sabha':

Ans: Pandit Karuppan

■ ‘Organize and strengthen, Educate and Enlighten." are the words of:

Ans: Sree Narayana Guru

■ Who founded a school near Arppookkara for depressed classes?

Ans: Kuriakose Elias Chavara

■ Under the leadership of whom the resolution to boycott 'marakkuda’ was passed in a meeting held at the residence of VT Bhattathirippad:

Ans: Parvathi Nenmenimangalam and Arya Pallam

■ Where the remains of Chavara Kuriakose Alias is kept:

Ans: Mannanam

■ Who authored 'Adhyathmayuddham':

Ans: Vagbhatananda

■ The personality who was known as 'Bharat Kesari’:

Ans:  Mannath Padmanabban

■ Who wrote the play 'Ritumathi’:

Ans: Premji

■ The social reformer who inspired the formation of 'Karshaka Sangham" in Malabar:

Ans: Vagbbatananda

■ What was the full name of MRB:

Ans: Mullamangalath Raman Bhattathirippad

■ The social reformer who said "Mind is God":

Ans: Brahmananda Sivayogi

■ What was the theme of 'Marakkudakkullile Mahanarakam" (Hell behind the Cadjan Umbrella):

Ans: Sapatni (co-wife) conflict

■ Who called Kumaranasan the Poet of Renaissance?

Ans: Thayatt Sankaran

■ In which session of the Indian National Congress T.K Madhavan took initiative to introduce a resolution related to Vaikom Satyagraha?

Ans: Kakinada

■ The author of 'Udhyanavirunnu’:

Ans: Pandit Karuppan

■ How many people signed the Ezhava Memorial:

Ans: 13176

■ Who was nominated as a select committee member of Cochin Namboothiri Bill:

Ans: Parvathi Nenmenimangalam

■ Who led ‘Jeevasikha Jatha' during the Liberation Struggle:

Ans: Mannath Padmanabhan

■ Who led the movement marked in Kerala history as Achipudava samaram:

Ans: Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker

■ In 1904 the then Maharajah of Travancore exempted whom from personal appearances in court, an honour recognizing him as a distinguished hying personality:

Ans: Sri Narayana Guru

■ The first planned and organised agitation for denied rights in the history of Kerala:

Ans: Vaikom Satyagraha

■ 'Ente Jeevithasmaranakal’ is the autobiography of:

Ans: Mannath Padmanabhan

■ Who established places of worship known as ‘Nizhal Thangal’:

Ans: Ayya Vaikunatar

■ The social reformer who was known as ‘Shanmukhadasa’:

Ans: Chattambi Swamikal

■ Who became the first woman president of youth wing of Yogakshema Sabha:

Ans: Parvathi Nenmenimangalam

■ Name the Namboothin woman who was elected to Malabar District Board:

Ans: Arya Pallam

■ Who authored 'Jathi Nirnayam":

Ans: Sree Narayana Guru

■ Who was the President of the Guruvayur Satyagraha Committee:

Ans: Mannath Padmanabhan

■ In which year Kuriakose Elias Chavara was beatified :

Ans: 1986

■ The Tamil Renaissance leader who was associated with the Vaikom Saryagraha of 1924-25:

Ans: E.V. Ramaswami Naicker

■ The first drama written and acted solely by Namboodiri women:

Ans: Thozhilkendrathilekk

■ ‘Here I met a remarkable man'. About whom Swami Vivekananda made this comment on hearing the clarifications on 'Chinmudra’:

Ans:  Chattambi Swamikal

■ The leader of renaissance who considered the struggle of Kuriyedath Thathri as the first struggle by a Namboodiri woman for freedom:

Ans: V.T. Bhattathrippad

■ Who authored 'Jeevakarunya Niroopanam’:

Ans: Chattambi Swamikal

■ In which year Chattampi Swamikal was born:

Ans: 1853

■ The founder of Vidhya Posbini Sabha:

Ans: Sabodaran Ayyappan

■ The father of Islamic renaissance in Kerala:

Ans: Vakkom Abdul Khadar Moulavi

■ The progressive Namboothiri reformist leader who headed the Namboothiri Female Education Commission:

Ans: Muthiringode Bhavathrathan Namboothiri

■ Who established ‘Muslim printing House'?

Ans: Vakkom Maulavi

■ The screen play and dialogue of which Malayalam film was written by Lalithambika Antharjanam:

Ans: Shakuntala

■ Who was called 'Simhala Simham’:

Ans: C. Kesavan

■ Who authored 'Nirvrithi Panchakam':

Ans:  Sree Narayana Guru

■ The leader of Paliyam Satyagraha who was killed in police action:

Ans: A.G. Velayudhan

■ Who authored the Sanskrit work 'Brahmavidya Panchakam':

Ans: Sree Narayana Guru

■ Who suggested the name 'Nair Bhrithyajana Sangham':

Ans: K. Kannan Menon

■ The reformist woman leader who was elected as a Member of Srimulam Assembly:

Ans: Kainikkara Devaki

■ Who authored ‘Pracheena Malayalam':

Ans: Chattampi Swamikal

■ Who started 'Sivayogivilasam’ magazine in 1914:

Ans: Vagbhatananda

■ The founder of Araya Vamsa Paripalana Yogam:

Ans: Dr. Velukutty Arayan

■ Another name of 'Melelmundu Kalapam':

Ans: Channar Agitation

■ Who started Araya Service Society:

Ans: Dr. Velukutty Arayan

■ The leader of renaissance related to the Kodumunda Colony established in 1935:

Ans: V.T. Bhattarthirippad

■ Who wrote the book 'Christumathachedanam’:

Ans: Chattampi Swamikal

■ The venue of Paliyam Stayagraha:

Ans: Chennamangalam

■ In which year Gandhiji made a visit to Kerala, that was described by him a 'pilgrimage’:

Ans: 1937

■ On whose request the proposed fast unto death by K. Kelappan was given up during Guruvayur Satyagraha:

Ans: Mahathma Gandhi

■ Who presided over the first meeting of Antharjana Samajam:

Ans: Parvathi Nenmenimangalam

■ Who was the volunteer captain of Guruvayur Sathyagraha:

Ans: A.K. Gopalan

■ Which organisation encouraged ‘Misrabhojanam’ to annihilate the evils of caste system:

Ans: Sahodara Sangham

■ Who was called Vaikom Veerar’?

Ans: E.V. Ramaswami Naicker

■ Which Satyagraha in Kerala was conducted after independence?

Ans: Paliyam Satyagraha

■ The author of 'Martyrdom of Anasthasia’?

Ans: Kuriakose Elias Chavara

■ From where K.. Ayyappan launched the publication 'Sahodaran’?

Ans: Mattancheri

■ ‘If a temple perishes that much superstition will perish" - who made this controversial statement:

Ans: C. Kesavan

■ Along with whom Thycaud Ayya started Saiva Prakasa Sabha in 1884:

Ans: Prof. Sundaram Pillai

■ Under whose compulsion C. Kesavan joined Law College Thiruvananthapurarn to study law?

Ans: Sree Narayana Guru

■ The first couple of Namboothiri community who were united through remarriage:

Ans: M.R. Bhattathirippad and Uma Antharjanam

■ The first member of Dalit community to be nominated to Cochin Legislature:

Ans: P.C. Chanchan

■ The famous thinker Natarajaguru is the son of:

Ans: Dr. Pa1pu

■ Who published ‘Athmavidhya kahalam’:

Ans: Vagbhatananda

■ Who presided over the exclusive session for women organised by Nair Service Society in 1929:

Ans: Thottakkat Madhavi Amma

■ Who later came to be known as V.K Gurukkal:

Ans: Vagbhatananda

■ Who led "Oorutambalam agitation':

Ans: Ayyankali

■ The social reformer who is known as 'Sarva Vidhyadiraja’:

Ans: Chattampi Swarnikal

■ The name 'Vagbhatananda' was given to V.K. Gurukkal by:

Ans: Sivayogi of Alathur

■ To which agitation Velath Lakshmikkutty, K.K. Karumba and K.C. Kalikkutty is related?

Ans: Channar Agitation

■ In which year 'Samathwasamajam’ was founded?

Ans: 1836

■ In which year Arya Pallam was born:

Ans: 1908

■ The real name of Brahmananda Sivayogi:

Ans: Karat Govinda Menon

■ Who was also known as 'Kumara Gurudevan'?

Ans: Poikayil Yohannan

■ Who was given the name 'Mudichoodum Perumal’ by his parents?

Ans: Ayya Vaikundar

■ Who became the first president of the Travancore Devaswom Board in 1949?

Ans:  Mannath Padmanabhan