Top 250+ Solved Formation of Kerala, Society and Culture MCQ Questions Answer
Q. ……………in his ‘Natural history’ refers to the ruler of Kerala asCalobotras while Periplus mentions him as Kerabotras.
a. abdur razzack
b. ptolemy
c. nicolo conti
d. pliny
Q. Hieuen Tsang the …………….pilgrim seems to have referred to Malabaras Molokuch, the land of hills.
a. british
b. french
c. german
d. chinese
Q. …………….. a Chinese Muslim merchant (15th C. A.D) gives in interestingdescription of the port and town of Calicut and its people.
a. ibn rusta
b. nicolo conti
c. abdur razzack
d. ma huan
Q. John of Monte Corvino, the first …………Catholic missionary to Chinarecords the Commercial predominance of the Muslims of Kollam.
a. roman
b. british
c. german
d. portuguese
Q. ………….was the first foreign account of Marumakkathayam.
a. friar jordanus
b. sulaiman
c. alberuni
d. ibn batuta
Q. Mushaka Vamsa Kavya, a Sanskrit poetical work written by…………., the court poet of Srikanta, the Mushaka king of Ezhimala.
a. atula
b. prof. m.g.s. narayanan
c. william logan
d. shankunny menon
Q. Rajatarangini was written by …………..
a. shankunny menon
b. prof. m.g.s. narayanan
c. william logan
d. kalhana
Q. Kerala Pazhama is the work of………………..
a. shankunny menon
b. prof. m.g.s. narayanan
c. william logan
d. hermen gundert
Q. ……………….. Kochirajya charitram (1868) gives a continuous descriptionof the history of Cochin for the first time.
a. k.p.padmanabha menon’s
b. shankunny menon’s
c. prof. m.g.s. narayanan
d. william logan
Q. ……………History of Travancore (1878) is the earliest of the regularhistorical works in English.
a. william logan’s
b. prof. m.g.s. narayanan’s
c. achuta menon
d. shankunny menon’s
Q. ‘Malabar Manual’ (1887) is the work of ………..
a. logan
b. nagam aiyya
c. achuta menon
d. prof. m.g.s. narayanan
Q. Among the early works on Kerala History, the foremost is ‘ThiruvitamkurCharithram’ written by …………..in 1867.
a. pachu muthathu
b. prof. m.g.s. narayanan
c. william logan
d. c. achuta menon
Q. The work of……………– ‘A History of Travancore’ published in 1878 isthe milestone in the growth of Kerala Historiography.
a. sankunny menon
b. k.p. padmanabha menon
c. prof elamkulam p.n. kunju pillai
d. prof. m.g.s. narayanan
Q. ……………most important works include Annathe Keralam,Keralacharithra Irulatanja Etukal, Chila Keralacharithra Prasnangal.
a. prof elamkulam p.n. kunju pillai’s
b. prof. m.g.s. narayanan’s
c. william logan’s
d. kesavan veluthat’s
Q. A collection of ………………Malayalam articles were translated intoEnglish under the name Studies in Kerala history.
a. prof elamkulam p.n. kunju pillai’s
b. prof. m.g.s. narayanan
c. william logan
d. kesavan veluthat