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This set of Contemporary Kerala Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Contemporary Kerala Set 8
Q1 | On October 31, .............Indira Gandhi was assassinated .
- 1972
- 1974
- 1979
- 1984
Q2 | on September 7, ...............the Silent Valley National Park was formallyinaugurated.
- 1973
- 1975
- 1978
- 1985
Q3 | Plachimada of ...............district in Kerala State where the Coca Cola plantis situated, is an important agricultural region for the state and is popularly known as the ‘rice bowl of Kerala’.
- palakkad
- kannur
- trissur
- malappuram
Q4 | Plachimada village of Perumatty panchayat in Chittoor taluk is a smallhamlet in ................district.
- palakkad
- wayanad
- malappuram
- kasargode
Q5 | Mayilamma was an Indian social activist whose claim to fame was thecampaign against Coca-Cola company in Plachimada in ..........., Kerala.
- palakkad
- wayanad
- malappuram
- kasargode
Q6 | ..................., a member of the Eravalar tribe, was the founder of the Coca- Cola Virudha Samara Samiti (Anti Coca-Cola Struggle Committee) inPlachimada which has spearheaded the campaign against Coca-Cola.
- mayilamma
- k. janu c)k.ajitha
- k. r. gowri amma
Q7 | The State of Kerala was formed on 1st November……………, as a part of thestate’s reorganizationexercise integrating Malabar with the princely states of Cochin and Travancore.
- 1942
- 1947
- 1954
- 1956
Q8 | Muthanga Incident refers to a situation in which police fired onthe Adivasis in the Muthanga village of .................district , Kerala.
- wayanad
- palakkad
- malappuram
- kasargode
Q9 | ..................is the leader of the Adivasi Gothra Maha Sabha, a socialmovement that has been pushing for land to be redistributed to landless adivasis in Kerala state.
- c. k. janu
- k. r. gowri amma
- k. ajitha
- mayilamma
Q10 | Kasargod: Samohavum Charithravum was edited by .......................
- c.balan
- e.k.nayanar
- vishnu baratheeyan
- thomas isaac
Q11 | ..................is the Author of ‘Kerala Samuhapadhanangal’
- ganesh. k.n.
- m.o.oomman
- a. sreedharan menon
- k.k.n.kurup
Q12 | ................is the Author of ‘The Extremist Movement in Kerala’
- k.k.kusuman
- b.sobhanan
- k.k.n.kurup
- mgs
Q13 | Land to the Tiller was written by .........
- ronald herring
- c. balan
- k.n.ganesh
- m.o.oomman
Q14 | ‘Malabarile Janakeeya Samarathinte Penvazhikal’ was written by .............
- t.k.anamdi
- p.radhakrishnan
- richard w. frank
- c. balan
Q15 | ---- was the Revenue Minister who introduced the Agrarian Relations Bill piloted by the firstCommunist ministry that came to power in 1957 after the formation of the united Kerala.
- Suseela Gopalan
- Rosamma Punnose
- K. R. Gowriamma
- Ani Mascarene
Q16 | What was the total number of seats in the first Kerala Legislature formed after the first generalelection held in February-March 1957?
- 140
- 114
- 126
- 100
Q17 | Who penned the book ‘Kerallam Malayalikalute Matrubhumy’?
- A. K. Gopalan
- E. M. S. Namboodiripad
- K. Kelappan
- K. P. Kesava Menon
Q18 | Who served as the education minister in the first E.M.S. ministry of 1957?
- Joseph Mundassery
- P.K. Chathan Master
- Dr. A.R. Menon
- C.Achutha Menon
Q19 | --- served as the first speaker of first Kerala Legislative Assemply 1957.
- Seethi Sahib
- R. Sankar
- Pattam Thanu Pillai
- R. Sankara Narayannan Tambi
Q20 | Who was the leader of opposition in the first legislative assembly of Kerala in 1957?
- P.T. Chacko
- Kumbalatthu Sanku Pillai
- Panambilli Govinda Menon
- Pattam A. Thanu Pillai
Q21 | --- acted as the first governor of the state of Kerala?
- Burgula Ramakrishna Rao
- Ajith Prasad Jain
- V. V. Giri
- B. Rachaiah
Q22 | --- was the first Inspector General of Police in the newly formed state of Kerala during 1956 inwhose honour the Police Stadium of Thiruvananthapuram is dedicated.
- T.K.Bhaskara Marar
- K. Sreenivasa Rao
- N. Chandrasekharan Nair
- M. Gopalan
Q23 | --- served as the first deputy speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1957.
- Ayisha Bai
- Leela Damodara Menon
- K.R. Gowri Amma
- Rosamma Punnose
Q24 | Who among the following was a member of the first Legislative Assembly of Kerala electedindependently.
- V.R.Krishna Iyar
- K. Bhargavan
- R. Sugathan
- K.C. George
Q25 | The popular agitation that led to the dismissal of the first E.M.S. ministry in 1959 is known as ---.
- Vimochana Samaram
- Uttharavada Prakshobham
- Nivartthana Prakshobham
- Miccha Bhoomy Samaram