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.

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............

Q3 | India became a Sovereign Democratic Republic on January 26,..................

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,...........

Q5 | The first elections to the Kerala Assembly were held from February 28 toMarch 11,...........

Q6 | The first popular ministry of Kerala headed by Shri.............., leader of theCommunist Party, was sworn in on 5th April 1957.

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.

Q8 | The second Namboodiripad ministry was formed on 6th March 1967.

Q9 | Shri .....................formed his second ministry on October 4, 1970.

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....................

Q11 | Kerala was declared a, 'Fully Literate State', on April 18th,........................

Q12 | February 1990- ..............District is the first Fully Literate district in India.

Q13 | ................, April 18 - Kerala declared a Fully Literate State

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.

Q15 | .............. Daivathinte Vikrithikal draws out in detail the socio-economicimpacts of Gulf migration on the enclave of Mahe.

Q16 | The older term and concept of "conspicuous consumption" originated atthe turn of the 20th century in the writings of sociologist and economist,.........................

Q17 | Save Silent Valley was a social movement aimed at the protection ofSilent valley, an evergreen tropical forest in the ............district of Kerala, India.

Q18 | The valley was declared as Silent Valley National Park in............

Q19 | The ...........is a major river that flows 15 km southwest from Silent Valley.

Q20 | In 1928 the location at Sairandhri on the K............ River was identified asan ideal site for electricity generation.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Q25 | ................, eminent ornithologist of the Bombay Natural History Society, visited the Silent Valley and appealed for cancellation of the HydroelectricProject.