Prof. A.Iraiyan, B.A., B.T.
1) Th
e lady who called Periyar as “comrade” is a)
Nagammai
b)
Maniammai
c) Kannammal
d) Chinnathayammal
2) Th
e one who attempted to include Periyar in the Congress Movement was
a)
Gandhi
b)
Ambedkar
c) Rajagopalachari
d) A.T.Panneerselvam
3)
As a token of gratitude on behalf of the Ezhavar Community, a one day life of Periyar was fi lmed by a) Priya Dharsan
b) Ramu Kariat
c)
Shagid d)
Nedumudi
4) Th
e Bengal intellect who called Periyar “My Atheism Guru”
was
a)
Th
arkunde
b) Gora
c)
Kovoor
d)
M.N.Roy
150 PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 5) Th
e English Labour Union leader who helped Periyar much in going to Russia from England was a)
Morrols
b)
Chaglathvala
c)
Stewart
d)
James
William
6) Th
e member of Nehru Family who visited Periyar’s residence in Erode is
a) Indira Gandhi
b)Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Mothilal Nehru
d) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
7) Th
e fore-runner of Muslim League who had discussion with Periyar on the politics of the country on 06-01- 1940 was a) Mohamed Ali Jinnah
b) Daulat Khan
c) Muhamed Ismail
d) Shaik Abdullah
8)
“Wherever I turn in my house, what has to be seen in all places is the picture of Periyar”.Th
is was said by
a) M. Karunanidhi
b) Sir A.T.Panneerselvam
c) Arignar Anna
d) Rajaji
9)
A Saiva scholar called aff ectionately 'Th amizh Kadal' helped
Periyar in the fi rst anti-Hindi agitation by the Tamils. He is a) Gnaniar
b) Ooran Adigal
c) Kundrakudi Adigal
d) Maraimali Adigal
10) A great man from the North India advised the leaders of the Justice Party to listen to what Periyar said. Th is person is
a) Ambedkar
b) Babu Jagjivan Ram
c)
Kanshi
Ram
d)
Gandhi
11) Th
e great heroic leader who opened the picture of Periyar calling him “Periyar of Periyars” is a) Kundanthai Joseph
b) M.N.Nanjiah
c) Pattukottai Azhagiri
d) Arignar Anna
12) The scientist who presented a new coin to Periyar when Periyar’s statue was opened in Dindigul is a)
P.P.Naidu
b)
G.D.Naidu
c)
Abdul
Kalam
d)
C.V.Raman
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13) Th
e State Chief Minister who told Periyar that he happened to be the Chief Minister in which position Periyar should have been is
a)
Karunanidhi
b)
Kamarajar
c) Bakthavatchalam
d)Omandur Ramasamy
14) Th
e great thinker who helped Periyar to spread communism was
a)
Manickavelar
b)
Jeevarathinam
c)
K.T.K.Th
angamani
d) Ma. Singaravelar
15) Th
e leader who became the Chief Minister of Tamil nadu following Rajaji who had tried to impose education based on caste was
a)
Kamaraj
b)
Annadurai
c) Omandur Ramasamy
d)
Bakthavathchalam
16) An old lady who was one of the fore runners of the anti-Hindi army that came in 1938 from Tiruchirappalli to Madras was a)
S.Dharmambal
b) Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammai
c)
V.P.Th
amaraikanniammai
d) Muthulakshmi Reddy
17) Th
e achievement of the minister Muthiah Mudaliar whose name Periyar recommended to all the children born in 1928
was
a) Legislation of communal reservation’
b) Running ships
c) Bringing an Act to revise Hindu Marriage Act d) Creating constitution
18) Th
e Advaitha Mutt religious leader who wrote a letter to Periyar was
a) Kanchi Sankarachariar
b) Sirungeri Sankarachariar
c) Puri Sankarachariyar
d) Dwarak Sankarachariyar
152 PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 19) The famous American Magazine that published a note of appreciation in 1957 for Periyar’s agitation of burning Constitution is
a) New York Today
b) Washington Post
c) Times
d) New York Times
20) Th
e All India Communist leader who gratefully appreciated Periyar for his contribution to the victory of the United Front in the fi rst general elections of Tamil nadu is a) S.A. Dange
b) Y.W. Mathew
c)
Ranadive
d)
A.K.Gopalan
21) The Justice Party Chief Minister who introduced Hindu Endowment Board, while Periyar was still in Congress, and for which he was appreciated by Periyar was a) Subbarayulu Reddiar
b) Panagal King Ramaraya Ningaru
c)
K.V.Reddy
d) Bobbili King
22) Th
e multi linguist who actively participated in the anti-Hindi agitation though he was a Congress member was a) Maraimalai Adigal
b) Appadurai
c) Navalar Somasundara Barathiyar
d) Marai Th
irunavukkarasu
23) Th
e President of the meeting in which Periyar spoke on Tamil Music in Annamalai University in 1944 was a) Ka. Subrmania Pillai
b) Dhandapani Desigar
c) Vellai Varanarar
d)
V.S.P.Manickam
24) Th
ough he was a senior national leader, he referred to Periyar, who joined Congress much later than himself as “My leader”.
He is
a)
Th
iru Vi.Ka.
b) Varadharajulu Naidu
c)
Rajaji
d)
V.O.C.
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25) Th
e Communist Party leader who wrote a book about Periyar titled “Periyar the Tower of Rationalism” is a)
Balathandayutham
b)
A.S.K
c)
Jeeva
d)
Manali
Kandasamy
26) Th
e graduate who married a woman from the Isaivelalar community as per the resolutions of the fi rst Self Respect Conference was
a) Kuthoosi Gurusamy
b) N.D.Sundara Vadivelu
c) Pattukottai Azhagiri
d) Vellaiyan
27) Th
e Movement of the Suppressed classes that invited Periyar to be their All India President is
a) Indian Communist Party
b) Forward Block
c) Indian Republican Party
d) Marxist Communist Party
28) Th
e Brahmin writer who appreciated Periyar that he could listen to only Periyar for more than two hours, is a)
Ki.Va.Ja.
b)
V.Ramasamy
c)
S.S.Vasan
d)
Kalki
Krishnamurthy
29) Th
e Periyar family woman member who actively participated in the early activities of Periyar was a)
Maragatham
b)
Ponnuthai
c) S.R. Kannammal
d) E.V.Krishnasami
30) Th
e lady who seconded Periyar’s Law of Abolition of Devadasi System was
a) Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy
b) Meenambal
c)
Neelambigai
d)
Dharmambal
31) Th
e Justice Party leader who called Periyar “Rousseau of India”
was
a)
R.K.Shanmugam
b) Lakshmanasamy (Mudaliar)
c) Arcot Ramasamy (Mudalair)
d)
T.M.Nair
154 PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 32) Periyar opened the portrait of a person in Tuticorin in 1948, because he had now become an opposer of the Brahmins. It was a)
V.O.C. b)
Th
iru Vi.Ka
c) Varadarajulu Naidu
d) Gandhi
33) Th
e famous Gandhian who met and told Periyar that he could not accept Raman who killed Sampukan is a)
Rajaji b)
Vinoba
Bhave
c) Jayaprakash Narain
d) Nehru
34) A
Communist leader openly confessed in the Triplicane Beach that he had wrongly estimated that Periyar would not emerge as great, as Lenin
a)
P.Ramamurthy b)
A.S.K
c)
A.K.
Gopalan
d)
Pa.Jeevanandam
35) Th
e intellectual who wrote in the last page of Blitz in 1968
comparing Periyar and Karl Marx was a)
K.A.Abbas
b)
R.K.Narayan
c) Kushwant Singh
d) A.G.Noorani
36) Th
e person appointed by Periyar to lead the walking agitation against the caste based education introduced by Rajaji was a) Pattukottai Azhagiri b) v Needamangalam Arumugam c) C.Ilakkuvanar
d) T.T.Veerappa
37) Th
e Self-respect leader who accompanied Periyar in his foreign tour was
a) Nagai Kaliappan
b) Maniammai
c) A.P.Dharmalingam
d) S.Ramanathan
38) Periyar wrote a book “Proverbs” (Ponmozhi) and he was fi ned for writing this. When he refused to pay the fi ne, his van was seized. Th
e person who purchased this van in auction and returned to Periyar was
a)
Th
anjai Panchanatham Pillai
b)
T.T.Veerappa
c)
K.M.Kuppusamy
d) Needamangalam A.Arumugam
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39) Th
e Tamil scholar who wrote the biography of Periyar titled
“Th
amizhar Th
alaivar (Leader): was
a) C.Ilakkuvanar
b) Samy Chidambaranar
c) Kuthoosi Gurusamy
d) Samy Kaivalyam
40) Th
e person who made the Funeral oration during the anti-Hindi agitation mentioned that in future, on both sides of Periyar’s statues, there would be statues of Th alamuthu and
Natarajan, was
a) Arignar Anna
b) A.T.Panneerselvam
c) Pattukottai Azhagiri
d) Kamaraj
41) The Central Minister who met Periyar in person and interviewed him was
a) K.T.Kosalram
b) Venkataraman
c) Dr.Chandrasekar
d) Krishna Menon
42) The Brahmin leader who supported the first anti-Hindi agitation was
a) Rajaji
b) P.Ramamurthy
c) V.V.Giri
d) Paravasthu Rajagopalachariyar
43) Th
e leader who personally presented the UNESCO Award to Periyar is
a)
Venkataraman b)
C.Subramaniam
c)
T.T.Krishnamachari
d)
Tirigunasen
44) The Andhra Brahmin disciple of Gandhi who ate non-vegetarian food to support Periyar’s activities was a)
Gora
b)
V.V.Giri
c) Vijaya Reddi
d) Narasimha Rao
45) A person died immediately aft er the Sathru Sangara Yagam was performed by the Travancore Brahmins so that Periyar and others who participated in the Vaikom struggle should die. Th
e person who died was
a) Queen of Travancore
b)
Th
e Divan of Travancore
c) Prince of Travancore
d) King of Travancore
156 PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 46) ‘Swadesa
Mithiran’ condemned a person, which infuriated Periyar and made him burst out with an angry ‘shut up’. Th e person is
a) Gandhi
b) Babu Jagajivan Ram
c)
Nethaji
d)
Kakkan
47) Th
e senior American Professor informed Ananda Vikatan’s Manian that aft er Buddha Periyar is the greatest leader who brought in social revolution. Th
is was
a)
Ingersoll
b)
John
Railey
c) John Kennedy
d) Kimbart Jone
48) Th
e person who opened the picture of Dravida Nadu in the Erode conference held by Periyar in 1948 is a) Jeevanandam
b)Maraimalai adigal
c) Varadarajulu Naidu
d) Th
iru Vi.Ka
49) Th
e person who created “Ravana Kaviyam” where in he has quoted the term Periyar a number of times, is a) Poet Kulandai
b) Bharathidasan
c) Puduvai Sivaprakasam
d) Poet Suratha
50) On
16-10-1955, a celebrity described Periyar as the one who converted the desert of ignorance into an orchard of rationalism, in the presence of the French author Sir Sey. Th is
celebrity was
a) Kuthoosi Gurusamy
b) A.P.Janardanam
c) R.Nedunchezhiyan
d) Arignar Anna
51) Periyar praised an actor that he was the inspiration for other actors to convert people into rationalists. Th is actor is
a)
T.K.Shanmugam
b)
N.S.Krishnan
c) M.R.Radha
d) Kulaldeivam Rajagopal
52)The former Congress President who announced that Periyar had quit Congress owing to his unlimited interest in social reformation, was
a) Muthusamy Mudaliar
b) Kakkan
c) Kamaraj
d) Dr.P.Varadarajulu Naidu
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53) Th
e Justice Party Chief Minister, who relentlessly tried to make the founder of Self-respect Movement Periyar as the President of the Justice Party, was
a) Bobbili King
b) Panagal King
c) Subbarayalu Reddy
d) P.Munusamy Naidu
54) Th
e socialist leader who met Periyar aft er he had returned from prison for his sedition of the government, was a) Ashok Mehtha
b) Jayaprakash Narain
c) Ram Manohar Lohia
d) Acharya Kripalini
55) Th
e real name of Kaivalya Swamy, who had written a number of articles explaining Periyar’s principles in ‘Kudi Arasu’, was a)
Karuppasamy b)
Muthusamy
c)
Ponnusamy
d)
Vellaichamy
56) Th
e English magazine which commented in 1944 that Calcutta was getting the fortunre of seeing Periyar, a fi ery speaker with a white beard was
a) Amrit Bazzar Patrika
b) Blitz
c)
Vanguard
d)
Caravan
57) Th
e Malayala scholar said “Th
e Self Respect Movement (of
Periyar) alone is suitable to carry on the task based on what Lenin had been doing! Th
is was said by
a) Comrade K.Ayyappan
b) Krishna Nayar
c)
Kelappan
d)
T.K.Madhavan
58) Th
e famous Brahmin writer wrote “Th ere is no doubt that the
lectures of Periyar are the fl oods of the sky to those who had been buried in the earth”. Th
is writer was
a)
S.S.Vasan
b)
V.Ramasamy
c)
Rajaji
d)
A.S.K
59) Th
e great writer known for appreciation said that he was astonished hearing Periyar for the fi rst time. It was by a) A. Muthu Sivan
b) Mayilai Sivamuthu
c) T.K. Chidambaranatha Mudaliar
d) A.M. Paramasivanandam
158 PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 60) Th
e English book written by Nagerkoil advocate, who showed great enthusiasm in spreading Periyar’s principles, was a) Temple Entry
b) Temple in Tamil Nadu
c) Temple city Madurai
d)
Th
anjavur Temple
61) A nationalist leader presided over the second State Self Respect Conference said “Th
iru E.V.R. considers as the primary duty of his very existence serving people not bothering about Assemblies or Governments.” Th
is person was
a) R.K. Shanmugam
b) M.R.Jeyakar
c) W.P.A. Soundara Pandiyan
d) P.T.Rajan
62) Periyar was conferred citizenship honour when he visited a)
Germany
b)
Sri
Lanka
c)
Russia d)
England
63) The General Secretary, Indian Labourer’s Association of Delhi, remarked “A competent strong weapon to fi ght for the economic and social liberation of the thousands of non-Brahmins of the South is only the Dravidar Kazhagam of Periyar”. Th
is person was
a)
V.P.
Karnic
b)
Rmanujam
c)
Ranadive
d)
Jawaharlal
Nehru
64) Th
e Chinese Professor declared that the reason for the very fast progress of the Tamils living in Malaya was Periyar of Tamil Nadu. Th
is Chinese was
a)
C.S.Lee
b)
Sun-iat-son
c)
Ma.Tse.Th
ung
d) Cheng-ui-Hawangdi
65) Th
e Oxford University Professor who drew a comparison between Periyar and William Maurice, both in nature and appearance is
a) Baesil Mathew
b) Lasky
c)
B.
Dalton
d)
Silverman
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66) In 1929, a Kerala High Court Judge said “Th e seeds of Self-respect had started sprouting in my country, but they were preserved by Periyar only”. Th
is was said by
a) Govinda Menon
b) Govinda Reddy
c) M. Govindan
d) Sanjeeva Menon
67) A Travancore Divan said, “Periyar has so much right in the separate rule of Tamil Nadu, as much as Mohamad Ali Jinna has to become the Prime Minister of Pakistan.” Th is Diwan
was
a) Ragaviah
b) Madhaviah
c) R.K.Shanmugam Chettiar
d) Sir C.P. Ramasamy Iyer
68) The former Chief Minister who said that he had an unchangeable love for Periyar only because he had always insisted on what he found to be right, was a) Dr. P.Subbarayan
b) Bakthavatchalam
c) Kumarasamy Raja
d) Kamarajar
69) A
non-Brahmin Movement’s economist said “Periyar has never been attracted towards All India leadership.” Th is was said by,
a) Chandrasekar
b) R.K.Shanmugam Chettiar
c) John Mathew
d) Dr.P.Natarajan
70) Th
e Justice Party front line leader who hoisted the fl ag and addressed in the fi rst Self - Respect Conference was a) A.T.Panneerselvam
b) N.R. Samiappa
c) Varadharajulu Naidu
d) P.T.Rajan
71) Th
e President of the fi rst non-Brahmin Conference in 1926
was
a) A.P. Bathro
b) A.L.Mudaliar
c) Dr.C. Natesan
d) Annamalai Chettiar
72) Th
e President of the Non-Brahmin Conference convened in Kancheepuram in 1925, during the Congress Conference itself was
a) P. Ramaraya Ningar
b) Kovai T.A. Ramalingam
c) A.R. Kalingarayar
d) A.C. Parthasarathi Naidu
160 PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 73) In order to propagate Periyarism, a magazine called ‘Th e Path
of Erode’ (Erottu Pathai) was run by a) A. Ponnammbalanar
b) N. Ramanathan
c) Shanmuga Velayutham
d) Bharathi Dasan
74) Th
e Chief Minister who inaugurated the Government Arts College built on the fi nancial assistance of Periyar was a) M. Bakthavathsalam
b) Kamarajar
c) Rajaji
d) Arignar Anna
75) A Russian writer heard Periyar saying, “ Th e three months
I spent in Soviet Union was the most complete life I had led.”
Th
is writer was
a) Ms. Mayo
b) Lude Milla
c)
Gorbachev
d)
Lenin
76) Th
e poet who prophetically wrote that the world would adore what secretes from Periyar’s head, was a) Kannadasan
b) Poet Balasundaram
c) Bharathi Dasan
d) Pattukottai Kalyanasundaram
77) The editor of City’s Messenger (Nakara Thoothan) who wrote that whichever Periyar was involved in he was the front runner whom none could compete, was a) Manavai R. Th
irumalaisamy
b) Kuthoosi Gurusamy
c)
K.Veeramani
d) Arignar Anna
78) “If the village of Periyar’s ideal comes true, the villagers will be only then totally liberated.” Th is was said by
a)
Gnaniar
b)
Maraimalai
Adigal
c) Kirubananda Variyar
d) Kundrakudi Adigalar
79) Th
e fi rst leader of the fi rst anti-Hindi agitation was a)
S.T.
Nayagam
b)
Th
alamuthu
c)
Natarajan
d)
Rajendran
80) Th
e trusted follower of Periyar, who was sent by Periyar to Malaya and Singapore to promote ‘Kudi Arasu’ there, was a) K. Rajaram
b) Singapore S. Gopal
c) Nagai N.P.Kaliappan
d) K. Sarangapani
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81) Th
e person who immensely helped Periyar in his Self Respect Movement activities was E.V.Krishnasamy. He was Periyar’s a) Elder Brother
b) Younger Brother
c) Brother-in-law
d) Uncle
82) “Th
e question is whether a person performed his duties or not, and not what eff ects it had.” Th is was said by
a) Lala Lajapathy Roy
b) Sukadev
c) Rajaguru
d) Bhagat Singh
83) On
18-8-1973 a meeting of appreciation and gratitude to those doctors who attended on Periyar was conducted. It was in a)
Th
anjavur
b)
Tiruchirappalli
c)
Vellore
d)
Erode
84) Th
e fi rst one killed during the anti-Hindi agitation was a)
Rajendran
b)
Natarajan
c)
Majeeth
d)
Th
alamuthu
85) In 1937, it was pointed out that ‘Viduthalai’ will appear as a garland of beautiful fl owers to those who are honest but will appear as poisonous serpent for mischievous persons. Th is
was said by
a) Periyar
b) K.A. Punnaimuthu
c) K.A.P.Viswanathan d) Panditha Muthusamy Pillai 86) “My dear! Don’t worry. Th
ere is no harm to you”. Periyar
consoled this way a person who was in a Madras prison. Th is
person was
a)
M.K.Th
iagaraja Bagavathar
b) Kalaivanar N.S.Krishnan
c)
M.R.Radha
d) V. Narayanasamy
87) “I had decided to convert the daily newspaper Viduthalai into a weekly if a person had not accepted to be its full time in charge.” Periyar by saying so referred to a) Anaimalai Narasimhan
b) Gurusamy
c) K. Imayavaramban
d) Dr.K.Veeramani
162 PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 88) Periyar, on 22-4-1973, in Nagapattinam opened the statue of a) Kayaroganam Pillai
b) Maraimalai Adigal
c)
Th
iru Vi.Ka.
d) Qaid-e-Millat
89) The law was passed on 02-12-1970 in Madras Assembly without any opposition on
a) Land Ceiling Act
b) Act on worship in Tamil in temples
c) Act on all communities becoming eligible to be archakas d) Tamil as offi
cial language
90) In a family marriage function of the fi lm personality Velumani, Periyar was praised as “one who lives only for us.” Th is praise
was by
a)
M.G.R.
b)
A.V.M
c) Madurai Somu
d) National Perumal
91) Periyar complimented Nedunchezhian for his refusal of prasadam of sacred ash when he was the minister in the following words
a) Baleh baleh
b) good, good
c) Very much pleased
d) lovely, lovely
92) Th
e National Brahmin member who strongly opposed the proposal of the abolition of the Devadasi system, in the name of Hindu religion was
a)
Rajaji b)
Sathyamoorthy
c)
T.S.S.Rajan
d)
Sambamoorthy
93) Th
e Bengal intellect who met Periyar on 09-12-1955 and exchanged ideas was
a) Gopalakrishna Gokale
b) Rabindranath Tagore
c) Subash Chandra Bose
d) Hari Krishna Gokale
94) Th
e member who spoke in the Karnataka Assembly on 23-7-1972 that every village of his state needs a Periyar each, was a) Devaraj urs
b) S. M. Chandra Sekar
c)
Nijalingappa
d)
C.V.Raman
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95) On 21-1-1971, the High Court of Uttar Pradesh struck down as not sustainable the seizure of Periyar’s book a) Bharath Araichi
b) God and man
c) Man and Religion
d)
Th
e Characters of Ramayana
96) Mr. Panan interviewed Periyar on 27-12-1972 on behalf of a) Ananda Vikatan
b) Navasakthi
c)
Kalaimagal
d)
Desa
Bakthan
97) Th
e Buddhist leader who met Periyar in Burma in 1954 and had a talk was
a) Dalai Lama
b) Mallava Sekara
c)
Raj
boj
d)
Siddharth
98) Th
e Chief Minister who said in Tamil Nadu Assembly “Th is
Government itself is dedicated to Th anthai Periyar”, was
a)
Kamarajar
b)
Bakthavathsalam
c) Arignar Anna
d) M.G.Ramachandran
99) “Th
e Raman whom I praise is not Seetharaman or Dasaratha raman” Th
is was said during the Dravidar Kazhagam agitation against Ramayana by
a) Somasundara Bharathiar
b) Gandhi
c) Ambedkar
d) Babu Jagajivan Ram
100) In the non-Brahmin Conference at Nellore on 5-10-1929, it was said “Exactly like the Sathya Shodak Movement held by JothiRao Phule in Maharashtra, the sensational encouragement shown by E.V.Ramasamy Naicker’s social revolution in Tamil Nadu has been the cause for our mutual love and appreciation.” Th
is was said by
a) P. Rmachandra Reddy
b) Sir A.T.Panneerselvam
c) R.K. Shanmugam
d) Soundara Pandiyan
164 PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 101) In the Madras Robinson Park the 73rd Birthday of Periyar was celebrated in 1950. In that meeting a speaker said “what Periyar opposed single handled 30 years back, today everyone is opposing. His exposure of the exploitations by a group of people in this country continued for ages made him one of the great social reformers of the world.” Th e speaker was
a)
S.Ramanathan
b) N. Ramanathan
c) K.Veeramani
d)
R.Nedunchezhiyan
102) In the 73rd Birthday Celebrations of Periyar held in Robinson Park, Madras in 1950, a speaker proclaimed. “Periyar is the head of the Dravida Nadu. He alone is capable of achieving success in his war of liberation and annihilating the Brahminical exploitation. We all should gather under his leadership.” Th
is was spoken by
a) Kudanthai V. Chinnathambi
b) Sunday Observer P.Balasubramaniam
c) A.V.P. Asai Th
ambi
d)
Th
ina Th
anthi S.B.Adithanar
103. “Hardwork without rest, unparalleled thoughts, courage to speak truth without fear, public service without a tinge of selfi shness” Th
is was Periyar’s greatness as summed up by a)
Annathurai
b)
Kamarajar
c)
K.
Veeramani
d)
V.P.Singh
104) “Th
e daily newspaper ‘Viduthalai’ is an elixir that cures the non-Brahmins of their slavish life. Th e panacea ‘Viduthalai’
should be in the hands of every non-Brahmins.”This declaration was in the August 1935 in a Self Respect Movement magazine. Th
e magazine and the writer are
a) Manavai Th
irumalai samy in NakaraTh
oothan
(Messenger of city)
b) K.A.Punniamuthu in ‘Vazhikatti’ (Guide) c) M.N.Muthukumarasamy Pavalar in ‘Seerthirutham’
(Reform)
d) K. Sarangapani in Th
amizh Murasu
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105) Th
e city where Anna met Periyar for the fi rst time was a)
Mayiladuthurai
b)
Th
iruppur
c)
Chennai
d)
Th
anjavur
106) Th
e year in which Anna met Periyar for the fi rst time was a)
1937
b)
1938
c)
1939
d)
1940
107) Th
e city where Dr.K.Veeramani met Periyar for the fi rst time was a)
Cuddalore
b)
Th
irupathiripuliyur
c)
Pudhupet
d)
Nellikuppam
108) Th
e year in which Dr. Veeramani met Periyar is a)
1943
b)
1944
c)
1945
d)
1946
109) Th
e revolutionary poet Bharathi Dasan met Periyar for the fi rst time in the town
a) Mayavaram (Mayiladurai)
b) Puducherry
c)
Karaikal
d)
Cuddalore
110) Th
e revolutionary poet Bharathi Dasan met Periyar for the fi rst time in the year
a)
1926
b)
1927
c)
1928
d)
1929
111) Th
e Municipal Chairman of Virudhunagar who courageously abolished the system of separate places for the Brahmins and the Sudras in hotels in his territory was a) M.S.P.Senthilkumara Nadar
b) P.C.Chidambara Nadar
c)
V.V.Ramasamy
d) M.S.P. Nadar
112) Th
e District Board President of Ramnad District, who issued an order in 1930 that the licenses of the buses that refused to admit the Adi Dravidas would be cancelled, was a) W.P.A. Soundara Pandyan
b)
Udaiyappa
c) S. Ramachandram Servai
d) S. Ramasamy Naidu
166 PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 113) Th
ree leaders of the Justice party from Virudhunagar sent a telegram that the State Chief Minister Rajagopalachari and the Chief Secretary would be held responsible, if Periyar who was arrested in 1938 anti-Hindi agitation was not immediately released and for the consequent outcome in the state. Th ose
three Self Respect Justice Party frontline leaders were, a) M.S.P.Senthil Kumara Nadar, P.C. Chidambara Nadar and V.V.Shanmuga Nadar
b) S.Uthandam, K. P. Mahalingam and T.C.K. Mariappa c) V.A.M. Vellaiyappan, S. Rathinam and Sambantham d) M.S.P. Nadar, A.V. Palaniappan & V.P.Vadivel 114) Th
e one who used to give Periyar the sweet ‘Globe Jamun’
whenever he met Periyar was
a) V.V. Ramasamy
b) Kudanthai V. Chinnathambi
c) S.T. Nayagam
d) O.V.K. Neerkathalingam
115) Th
e snacks that Periyar enjoyed most was a) Sweet Gingily ball
b) Poli (Ombittu)
c) Mysore Pahu
d) Murukku
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ANSWERS
(1)
a
(2)
c
(3)
b
(4)
d
(5)
b
(6)
c
(7)
a
(8)
b
(9)
d
(10)
a
(11)
c
(12)
b
(13)
d
(14)
d
(15)
a
(16)
b
(17)
a
(18)
b
(19)
d
(20)
a
(21)
b
(22)
c
(23)
a
(24)
d
(25)
b
(26)
a
(27)
c
(28)
d
(29)
c
(30)
a
(31)
c
(32)
d
(33)
b
(34)
d
(35)
a
(36)
b
(37)
d
(38)
a
(39)
b
(40)
a
(41)
c
(42)
d
(43)
d
(44)
a
(45)
d
(46)
b
(47)
b
(48)
d
(49)
a
(50)
b
(51)
c
(52)
d
(53)
a
(54)
b
(55)
c
(56)
c
(57)
a
(58)
b
(59)
c
(60)
a
(61)
b
(62)
c
(63)
a
(64)
a
(65)
a
(66)
c
(67)
d
(68)
a
(69)
b
(70)
d
(71)
a
(72)
b
(73)
c
(74)
a
(75)
b
(76)
c
(77)
a
(78)
d
(79)
a
(80)
c
(81)
a
(82)
d
(83)
a
(84)
b
(85)
c
(86)
b
(87)
d
(88)
a
(89)
c
(90)
a
(91)
a
(92)
b
(93)
d
(94)
b
(95)
d
(96)
c
(97)
b
(98)
c
(99)
b
(100)
a
(101)
a
(102)
b
(103)
a (104)
b
(105)
b
(106)
b
(107)
a
(108)
b
(109)
a
(110)
c
(111)
c
(112)
a
(113)
a
(114)
a
(115)
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