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1. Where was Sree Narayana Guru born?

Ans) Chempazhanthy

2. Ayyankali was born at which place?

Ans) Venganoor 

3. When was Chattambi Swamikal born? 

Ans) 1853 

4. Where was Vaikunda Swami born?

 Ans) Swamithoppu, Nararcoil

5. When was Ayyankali born?

Ans) 1863

6. What is the date of birth of Sree Narayana Guru?

Ans) 20 Aug 1856 

7. Into which caste Chattambi swami was born? 

Ans) Nair

8. What was the name of parents of Sree Narayana Guru?

Ans) Madan Asan and Kuttyamma 

9. When was Vaikunda Swami born?

 Ans) 1809

10. Who gave the slogan ‘ NO CASTE, NO RELIGION, NO GOD? 

Ans) Sahodaran Ayyappan

11. To which caste was Sree Narayana Guru born into?

Ans) Ezhava

12. Who is called Pulaya Raja?

Ans) Ayyankali

13. Who is the father of Kerala Renaissance?

Ans) Sree Narayana Guru 

14. Into which caste was Vaikunda Swami born? 

Ans) Channar

15. What was Sadhujana Paripalana Sangham later called?

Ans) Pulaya Mahasabha

 16. Which is the birth place of Chattambi swami? 

Ans) Kannanmoola

 17. Into which caste was Sahodaran Ayyappan born? 

Ans) Ezhava

18. Where did Sree Narayana Guru attain spiritual enlightenment?

Ans) Maruthwamala forest 

19. Who is called Lincoln of Kerala? 

Ans) K P Karuppan

20. Who taught Sree Narayana Gurudevan, vedas and upanishads?

Ans) Kummampalli Raman Pillai Asan 

21. What was the original name of Vaikunda Swami? 

Ans) Mudisudum Perumal

 22. What was the real name of Chattambi swami?

 Ans) Kunjan Pillai

23. How many years did Sree Narayana Guru spend in meditative thought and yoga before enlightenment?

Ans) 08 years

24. When did Sree Narayana Guru install the first sivalingam?

Ans) 1888 

25. Who was named Muthukutty due to objection from Brahmins to the name Mudisudum Perumal? 

Ans) Vaikunda Swami

26. Where did Sree Narayana Guru install first sivalingam?

Ans) Aruvippuram

27. Who was nominated to Sreemoolam Prajasabha in 1910 and remained in office for 25 years?

Ans) Ayyankali

 28. What is the predecessor of NAIR SERVICE SOCIETY? 

Ans) Nair Bruthya Janasangham

29. Sree Narayana Guru at last selected which place for sadhana putting full stop to wandering life?

Ans) Sivagiri 

30. Who wrote Akhilathirattu and Arulnool? 

Ans) Vaikunda Swami 

31. Who led the SAVARNA JATHA? 

Ans) Mannathu Padmanabhan

32. The plaque mentioning ‘mathruka sthanam’ or ‘model foundation’ is seen at ?

Ans) Aruvippuram

33. Where did Sree Narayana Guru start the Advaita Ashram?

Ans) Aluva

34. How did Gandhiji address Ayyankali?

Ans) Pulaya Raja

 35. Where was Sahodaran Ayyappan born? 

Ans) Cherai, Ernakulam

36. Where did Sree Narayana Guru start a Sanskrit school?

Ans) Varkala 

37. Who founded Sahodara Sangham? 

Ans) Sahodaran Ayyappan 

38. Where did Chattambi Swami die? 

Ans) Panmana

 39. When did Vaikunda Swami attain Samadhi? 

Ans) 1851

40. When did Sree Narayana Guru start the Advaita Ashram?

Ans) 1913

41. Who conceived the concept of Sivagiri Pilgrimage from Dec 30 to Jan 01?

Ans) V Govindan vaidyar and T K Kittan

42. When did Sree Narayana Guru attain Samadhi?

Ans) 20 Sep 1928 

43. Where is Chattambi swami memorial? 

Ans) Panmana

44. Who founder Sadhujana Paripalana Sangham?

Ans) Ayyankali

45. Who gave the slogan ‘ONE CASTE, ONE RELIGION, ONE GOD’?

Ans) Sree Narayana Guru

46. Who was the first doctor of Ezhava community?

Ans) Dr Palpu

47. Who wrote ‘Atmopadesa Satakam’?

Ans) Sree Narayana Guru

48. Aruvippuram is situated near which river?

Ans) Neyyar

49. Where did Sree Narayana Guru consecrate a mirror?

Ans) Kalavankode

50. ________ was the predecessor of SNDP Yogam?

Ans) Vavootuyogam

51. What was written on the mirror which Sree Narayana Guru consecrated at KALAVANKODE?

Ans) OM SHANTI

52. When did Tagore visit Sree Narayana Guru ?

Ans) 1922

53. When did Gandhiji visit Sree Narayana Guru ?

Ans) 1925

54. To which neighbouring state did Sree Narayana Guru visit often between 1918 and 1923? 

Ans) Sri Lanka

55. Who was the first secretary of SNDP Yogam?

Ans) Kumaran Asan

56. What was the predecessor of Pulaya Mahasabha?

Ans) Sadhujana Paripalana Sangham

57. When was Sivagiri pilgrimage approved by Sree Narayana Guru?

Ans) 1928

58. Who undertook VILLUVANDI SAMARAM?

Ans) Ayyankali

 59. Through whose tireless efforts dalit got permission to cover their nakedness in kerala?

 Ans) Ayyankali 

60. Who wrote Pracheena Malayalam, Vedaddikara Nirupanam, Advaita Chintha paddhati and Vedanta saram? 

Ans) Chattambi swami 

61. Who was the editor Yuktivadi?

 Ans) Sahodaran Ayyappan

62. Ayyankali was nominated to __________?

Ans) Sree Moolam Praja Sabha

63. Who said ‘progress through education, strengthen through organisation’?

Ans) Sree Narayana Guru

 64. Who was known as Ayyappan, Kunjan Pillai and later Shanmukhadasan? 

Ans) Chattambi swami

65. Whom did Sree Narayana Guru meet at Aniyur temple near chempazhanthy?

Ans) Chattambi Swami

66. When was S N D P yogam founded?

Ans) 1903

 67. Who started a Journal Sahodaran?

 Ans) Sahodaran Ayyappan

68. Who was the life time President of SNDP YOGAM?

Ans) Sree Narayana Guru

69. Ayyankali died at the age of ___?

Ans) 77 yrs

70. Who wrote Nirvriti Panchakam?

Ans) Sree Narayana Guru

71. Who was the teacher of Chattambi swami? 

Ans) Petayil Raman Asan 

72. When did Sahodaran Ayyappan die?

 Ans) 06 Mar 1968

73. During his last years Sree Narayana Guru was worshipping which diety?

Ans) Amba

74. Ayyankali died on ?

Ans) 18 June 1941

75. Darsanamala and Jatimeemamsa was written by?

Ans) Sree Narayana Guru

 76. When did Chattambi swami meet Sree Narayana Guru?

 Ans) 1882 

77. Who founded Vidya Poshini Sabha?

Ans) Sahodaran Ayyappan

78. Ardhanareeswara Sthrothram was major work of whom?

Ans) Sree Narayana Guru

79. Who was the person who made the meeting between Sree Narayana Guru and Swami Vivekananda possible?

Ans) Dr Palpu

80. Dr Palpu signed ________ memorial?

Ans) Malayali memorial

81. Sree Narayana Guru’s father had knowledge of _________ medicine?

Ans) Ayurveda

 82. When did Chattambi swami attain Samadhi? 

Ans) 05 May 1924

83. Who established Narayana Gurukulam?

Ans) Bodhananda swami. It was later handed to Nataraja Guru

84. Where is Narayana Gurukulam situated?

Ans) Nilgiris

85. What is the colour of clothes that sivagiri pilgrims wear?

Ans) Yellow

 86. Swaathanthrya gadha' was written by?

 Ans) Kumaranasan

 87. Who directed a film titled Sree Narayana Guru and when? 

Ans) P A Backer in 1985

88. Who directed Yugapurushan in 2010?

 Ans) R Sukumaran 

89. Who was the father of Nataraja Guru? 

Ans) Dr Palpu 

90. What is the name of dharmic belief system centered on life and preachings of Vaikunda Swami?

 Ans) Ayyavazhi 

91. Where was Dr Palpu born? 

Ans) Pettah

 92. Into which community was Mannathu Padmanabhan born? 

Ans) Nair

 93. When was Vakkom Muhammed Abdul Khadar Moulavi born? 

Ans) 1873 

94. When was Mannathu Padmanabhan born? 

Ans) 02 Jan 1878

95. Who formed Ezhava sabha? 

Ans) Dr Palpu 

96. Who wrote Jathikummi? 

Ans) K P Karuppan 

97. Which agitation did Mannathu Padmanabhan lead in 1959?

 Ans) Vimochana samara 

98. Which newspaper di Vakkom Muhammed Abdul Khadar Moulavi start in 1905? 

Ans) Swadehabhimani 

99. Who was the editor of Swadeshabhimani? 

Ans) Ramakrishna Pillai 

100. Who started the magazine Al-Islam and Deepika? 

Ans) Vakkom Muhammed Abdul Khadar Moulavi

101. What title Mannathu Padmanabhan got in 1959 from the President? 

Ans) Bharatha Kesari 

102. Who wrote ‘Adukkalayil ninnu Arangathekku’ ? 

Ans) V T Bhattathirippad 

103. Where was Mannathu Padmanabhan born? 

Ans) Perunna 

104. Who was the founder of NSS?

 Ans) K Kelappan

105. To which community K P Karuppan belong? 

Ans) Dheevara 

106. Who was the leader of Guruvayoor Satyagraha? 

Ans) K Kelappan 107. 

Who led the Yachana yatra? 

Ans) V T Bhattathirippad 

108. When did Vakkom Muhammed Abdul Khadar Moulavi expire? 

Ans) 1932

 109. Where was Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai born? 

Ans) Neyyattinkara 

110. Whom did Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai criticize for which he was exiled?

 Ans) Diwan P Rajagopalachari (Travancore)

111. What is the name of autobiography of Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai? 

Ans) Ente nadukadathal

 112. Who wrote the first biography of Karl Marx in any Indian Language? 

Ans) Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai

 113. Who is known as Kerala Gandhi?

 Ans) K Kelappan 

114. What was the early profession of K Kelappan?

 Ans) Lawyer

115. Who was the founder editor of Mathrubhumi?

 Ans) K P Kesava Menon

 116. Who led the vaikkom satyagraha ?

 Ans) K P Kesava Menon 

117. Who was the first executive president of Sahitya Academy?

 Ans) K P Kesava Menon

220. Who unveiled Ayyankali statue at Kowdiar Square in 1980?

Ans) Indira Gandhi