Kerala Facts-QA-1

1. Which traditional art form is related to Pulluvar?
(a)Sarpam Thullal 
(b) Ottal Thullal
(c) Arjuna Nrityam 
(d) Padayani

2. Mudiyettu is an art form related to ....... temples:
(a) Bhadrakali 
(b) Shiva
(c) Krishna 
(d) Ganapati

3. Which art form is performed by the members of Malayan and Mannan communities?
(a) Chakyarkooth 
(b) Sarpam Pattu
(c) Theyyam 
(d) Padayani

4. Which art form is exclusively performed by the
members of Chakyar community?
(a) Koodiyattam 
(b) Padayani
(c) Kathakali 
(d) Ottan Thullal

5. Koodiyattam is a ...... drama.
(a) Tamil 
(b) Malayalam
(c) Sanskrit 
(d) Hindi

6. The first person in Kerala to write Sanskrit Drama:
(a) Saktibhadran 
(b) Kunchan Nambiar
(c) Thunchath Ramanujan 
(d) None of these

7. Subhadradhananjayam and Thapathisamvaranam
were written by:
(a) Kulasekharavarma 
(b) Unnayi Varrier
(c) Irayimman Thampy 
(d) Poonthanam

8. The mudras of ‘Kathakali’ are adopted from:
(a) Ottan Thullal 
(b) Theyyam
(c) Koodiyattam 
(d) Padayani

9. Satvikam, Angikam, Vachikam and Aharyam are
four types of:
(a) Dancing 
(b) Acting
(c) Singing 
(d) None of these

10. In which century Kathakali was originated?
(a) 14th 
(b) 15th 
(c) 16th 
(d) 17th


11. Who wrote the song ‘Akhilandamandalam
aniyichorukki...”?
(a) Panthalam Kerala Varma 
(b) Bodheswaran
(c) Ulloor 
(d) Panthalam K.P.Raman Pillai

12. Who was the exponent of ‘Nirmiti Kendra’?
(a) Alphonse Kannanthanam 
(b) D.Babu Paul
(c) Malayattur Ramakrishna Pillai
(d) C.V.Ananda Bose

13. What is the area of Kerala in square miles?
(a) 15005 
(b) 38863 
(c) 32828 
(d) 18841

14. Ramayyan became the Dalawa of Travancore
during the reign of:
(a) Swati Tirunal 
(b) Dharama Raja
(c) Marthanda Varma 
(d) Chithira Tirunal

15. The slogan ‘Travancore for Travancoreans’ is related to:
(a) Abstention Movement 
(b) Ezhava Memorial
(c) Liberation Struggle 
(d) Malayali Memorial

16. Who was called ‘Delhi Gandhi’?
(a) K.Kelappan 
(b) Mannath
Padmanabhan 
(c) G.P.Pillai 
(d) C.Krishnan Nair

17. The date of Temple Entry Proclamation in Travancore:
(a) 12 th Novemeber 1947
(b) 12 th Novemeber 1936
(c) 12 th Novemeber 1950 
(d) 1st January 1936

18. The first woman magistrate in Kerala:
(a) K.K.Usha 
(b) Anna Chandy
(c) Omanakkunjamma 
(d) Sujata Manohar

19. Who got the first Basheer Puraskaram?
(a) Thikkodian 
(b) Kovilan
(c) Akkitham 
(d) ONV Kurup

20. Kumarakom Bird sanctuary is in the district of:
(a) Alappuzha 
(b) Kottayam
(c) Ernakulam 
(d) Idukky

Answers:
1 (a) 2(a) 3 (c) 4 (a) 5(c) 6(a) 7(a) 8(c) 9(b) 10(d) 11(d) 12(d) 13(a) 14(c) 15(d) 16(d) 17(b) 18(c) 19(b) 20(b)