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This set of Contemporary Kerala Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Contemporary Kerala Set 7
Q1 | On March 20, ........the Travancore Constituent Assembly came into being,the first of its kind formed on the basis of adult franchise in the country.
- 1942
- 1946
- 1948
- 1956
Q2 | Following the national policy of integration, the States of Travancore andCochin were merged into Travancore-Cochin state under the Raja of Travancore as the Raj Pramukh on 1st July............
- 1945
- 1947
- 1949
- 1967
Q3 | India became a Sovereign Democratic Republic on January 26,..................
- 1946
- 1947
- 1950
- 1952
Q4 | Reorganisation of states on linguistic lines took place on the recomm- endations of the States Reorganisation Commission.Thus a United Keralacame true on November 1,...........
- 1956
- 1947
- 1949
- 1966
Q5 | The first elections to the Kerala Assembly were held from February 28 toMarch 11,...........
- 1945
- 1947
- 1957
- 1959
Q6 | The first popular ministry of Kerala headed by Shri.............., leader of theCommunist Party, was sworn in on 5th April 1957.
- e.m.s. namboodiripad
- pattam a thanu pillai
- shri. r. sankar
- shri. seethi shib
Q7 | An agitation known as liberation struggle was launched by the Congressled opposition and the president issued on 31st July ............. a proclamationunder article 356 of the Constitution dissolving the Assembly and introducing President s rule in the Kerala State.
- 1946
- 1949
- 1956
- 1959
Q8 | The second Namboodiripad ministry was formed on 6th March 1967.
- 1963
- 1965
- 1967
- 1978
Q9 | Shri .....................formed his second ministry on October 4, 1970.
- c. achutha menon
- p.k. vasudevan nair
- c.h. mohammed koya
- e.k. nayanar
Q10 | The nation had suffered a great Tragedy in the death of Shri. RajivGandhi, the former Prime Minister of the country at the assassins hands on 21st May....................
- 1971
- 1981
- 1991
- 1996
Q11 | Kerala was declared a, 'Fully Literate State', on April 18th,........................
- 1971
- 1981
- 1991
- 1995
Q12 | February 1990- ..............District is the first Fully Literate district in India.
- ernakulam
- thrissur
- malappuram
- kozhikode
Q13 | ................, April 18 - Kerala declared a Fully Literate State
- 1971
- 1981
- 1991
- 1997
Q14 | People's Plan Campaign, held in ............ in Kerala State, was aremarkable experiment in decentralisation of powers to local governments with focus on local planning.
- 1956
- 1966
- 1996
- 1998
Q15 | .............. Daivathinte Vikrithikal draws out in detail the socio-economicimpacts of Gulf migration on the enclave of Mahe.
- m. mukundan's
- josiah wedgewood
- james livingston's,
- thorstein veblen
Q16 | The older term and concept of "conspicuous consumption" originated atthe turn of the 20th century in the writings of sociologist and economist,.........................
- thorstein veblen
- pope emeritus benedict xvi
- oswald spengler
- georges duhamel
Q17 | Save Silent Valley was a social movement aimed at the protection ofSilent valley, an evergreen tropical forest in the ............district of Kerala, India.
- palakkad
- trissur
- kottayam
- malappuram
Q18 | The valley was declared as Silent Valley National Park in............
- 1955
- 1965
- 1985
- 1987
Q19 | The ...........is a major river that flows 15 km southwest from Silent Valley.
- kuntipuzha
- b)pponnani
- barathapuzha
- periyar
Q20 | In 1928 the location at Sairandhri on the K............ River was identified asan ideal site for electricity generation.
- kunthipuzha
- pponnani
- barathapuzha
- periyar
Q21 | .................., founder of the Madras Snake Park and the Madras CrocodileBank, was probably the first person to draw public attention to the small and remote area.
- romulus whitaker
- radhakrishnan.p
- richard w. frank
- balan. c.
Q22 | In .................. theKerala Forest Research Institute carried out anEcological Impact study of the Silent Valley area and proposed that the area be declared a Biosphere Reserve.
- 1965
- 1967
- 1969
- 1977
Q23 | In ................ Smt. Indira Gandhi, the Honorable Prime Minister of India,approved the project, with the condition that the State Government enact Legislation ensuring the necessary safeguards.
- 1965
- 1968
- 1973
- 1978
Q24 | The poet activist .................. played an important role in the silent valleyprotest and her poem "Marathinu Stuthi" (Ode to a Tree) became a symbol for the protest from the intellectual community and was the opening song/prayer of most of the "save the Silent Valley" campaign meetings.
- sugathakumari
- onv kurup
- ullur
- kadammanitta ramakrishnan
Q25 | ................, eminent ornithologist of the Bombay Natural History Society, visited the Silent Valley and appealed for cancellation of the HydroelectricProject.
- dr. salim ali
- m. g. k. menon
- dr. m.s. swaminathan
- rvg menon