SELF-RESPECT MOVEMENT-
ITS EVOLUTION 1925 - 1931
S.Arivukkarasu, M.A., M.Phil.,
1) Th
e Congress leader who spoke in support of the Hindu Endowment Security Act implemented by the Justice party in 1924 was
a) Kuthi Kesavapillai
b) Varadharajulu Naidu
c)
Periyar
d)
V.O.C
2) Th
e magazine Kudi Arasu was started on a)
02-05-1925
b)
09-01-1927
c)
11-05-1953
d)
22-11-1925
3) Th
e Publisher of ‘Kudi Arasu’ was
a)
Nagammai
b)E.V.Krishnasamy
c)
Periyar
d)
Th
anga Perumal
PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 4) Th
e person who inaugurated ‘Kudi Arasu’ was a)
Periyar
b)
Th
iru Vi.Ka
c)
V.O.C. d)
Gnaniar
Adigal
5)
A resolution was passed in the Congress Conference complimenting the Queen who granted the rights for everyone to walk along the four roads around the temple and Periyar who relentlessly struggled and made innumerable sacrifi ces for the success of Vaikom struggle. Th
is conference was conducted in
a) Kerala Congress Conference
b) Travancore-Cochin Congress Conference c) Kanchipuram Congress Conference
d)
Th
iruvannamalai Congress Conference
6)
The person who made a proposal in the Madurai Ramanathapuram Conference of the non-Brahmins in 192D8
that the fi rst Self Respect Movement Conference should be convened was
a) Kari Varadha Sami
b) Pattukottai Azhagiri
c) Sivaganga Ramachandran
d) Soundara Pandyan
7)
Gandhi wrote in Young India about Vaikom Struggle wherein he had mentioned Periyar’s name
a)
Nowhere
b)
only
once
c)
Th
rive d)
17
times
8) Th
e person who wrote a letter to Periyar on 08-01-1025 that they all should sink their diff erences and move further, not to off end Gandhi, was
a) Rajagopalachariar
b) Th
iru Vi.Ka.’
c) P. Varadharajulu Naidu
d) V.O.C
9) Th
e person who extended an invitation to conduct the Second Self Respect Conference , Erode was a) C.S. Rathinasabapathi
b) Periyar
c) E.V.Krishnasamy
d) Chickaya Naicker
10) Th
e person who proposed the name of Periyar to be the President of the two day conference of South Indian Revolutionaries during 26 and 27 November 1928, was
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a) Panagal King
b)
Ma.Singaravelar
c) Revolutionary Poet Bharathi dasan
d) Kuthoosi Gurusamy
11) The Justice party people wanted to snatch a magazine from Periyar for writing vigorously against the entry of the Brahmins in the Justice Party. Th
e magazine was
a)
Kudi
Arasu
b)
Dravidan
c)
Viduthalai
d)
Andhra
Prakasa
12) As a result of the struggle against the Gurukulam in Cheranmadevi
a) Periyar quit Congress
b) Va.Ve.Su. Iyer got out of Gurukulam c)
Th
e Congress itself started running Gurukulam d) P.Varadharajulu Naidu was appointed President of the Gurukulam
13) Th
e fi rst non-Brahmin’s meet was convened by Periyar a) on 25 & 26 December 1926 in Madurai b) On 22-11-1925 in Kanchipuram
c) In July 1927 in Kovai
d) On 17 & 18, Feb. 1929 in Chengleput 14) Th
e reason for Periyar leaving Congress was a)
Th
e Cheranmadevi Gurukulam Struggle
b)
Th
e Congress did not accept the communal reservation proposal
c) Gandhi left out the name of Periyar in his article on Vaikom Struggle
d) Periyar violated party discipline and hence was dismissed
15) The final action by the Brahmin supporters including Rajagopalachariar and Va.Ve.Su.Iyer in the Gurukulam struggle was
a)
Th
ey dismantled the Gurukulam
b) they resigned from the Congress Working Committee c) Created another organization
d) Started protesting against Periyar
PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 16) In the issue of Cheranmadevi Gurukulam the magazines of Tamil nadu (Varadarajulu Naidu) Kumaran and Navasakthi (Th
iru Vi.Ka.)
a) Supported Va.Ve.Su.Iyer
b) Opposed
c) Observed neutral stand
d) None of these
17) Th
e Brahmin who proclaimed the infl ammation discriminatory statement that he would starve for ten days if he heard that a Brahmin boy had his meals along with a non-Brahmin boy was
a) M.K.Acharya
b) C.Rajagopalachari
c) Va.Ve.Su.Iyer
d) Sathyamurthy Iyer
18) Th
e day on which the Queen ordered that the people belonging to Ezhava Community also could use the four roads around the temple on
a)
02-05-1925
b)
21-06-1925
c)
29-11-1925
d)
9-03-1925
19) Periyar proclaimed “I am running these journals neither for fame to increase my infl uence nor for a living. I am in such a position. If I am forced to a state when the ideas that I want to propagate, I shall myself write, I myself compose, print and read. I shall publish it unminding the loss. Th is was about
a)
Viduthalai
b)
Puratchi
c)
Kudi
Arasu
d)
Revolt
20) Periyar said “ when all the other journals and magazines fear to publish what they realized to be true, the magazine which I began shall reveal truth as it is to all”. Th is magazine was,
a)
Viduthalai
b)
Dravidan
c)
Puratchi
d)
Kudi
Arasu
21) A Saivite leader declared. “In our country there is much arrogance on the upper and lower castes. A feeling of equality should be spread everywhere. I have as much interest as Periyar has in this magazine”. It was a) Gnaniar Adigal
b) Maraimalai Adigal
c)
Th
iru Vi.Ka.
d) Kundrakudi Adigalar
22) Th
e person who wrote in Kudi Arasu with the pen name Agappaiar (wooden spoon) was
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a) Periyar
b) Kaivalyam
c) Samy Chidambaranar
d) Th
irumalaichamy
23) Th
e Conference of Isai Velalar (Music community) participated by Periyar, Th
iru Vi.Ka., S.Ramanathan and Dhandapani Pillai was held in 1925 in
a)
Th
iruvarur
b)
Th
irukuvalai
c)
Mayiladuthurai
d)
Th
irugokarnam
24) Periyar wrote an article titled, “Betrayal of Tamil and the secret of Hindi” in his Kudi Arasu in the year a)
1936
b)
1938
c)
1926
d)
1927
25) An editorial was written in Kudi Arasu that the untouchables should be allowed to enter Suseendram Temple in the year a)
1934
b)
1928
c)
1926
d)
1927
26) Periyar wrote in Kudi Arasu on hearing the car of Th iruvarur
temple was burnt, that it was a good news and instead they might now build an industry or a college on a)
10-04-1934
b)
09-06-1926
c)
07-03-1923
d)
01-11-1042
27) The Justice Party leader who made a legislation that no knowledge of Sanskrit was required for the study of Medicine, thereby releasing the Medical Education from the English to the Tamils, was
a)
Th
e king of Panagal
b) Th
e king of Bobbili
c)
A.B.Bathro
d)
A.Subbarayalu
Reddi
28) On 31-10-1926, there was an article in Kudi Arasu. It raised an important question. “A sishya (disciple) who was born in this soil, and our caste, who grew in this land, bearing our name, worshipping our god, and worshipping our Guru, is prevented from seeing the Ratha Utchavam (car festival) of our god. Can anyone grant us independence for a country such as ours? Can we trust you to hand over the power snatching it away from the British?” Th
e person who wrote it was
a)
Periyar
b)
Nagammai
c)
Kaivalyam
d)
M.Singaravelar
PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 29) Pe r i y ar w rote an ar t i c l e t it l e d “Su y a R aj y am a ?
Suyamariyathaiya?” (Self rule or Self respect) that summed up the principles of Self respect on a)
23-11-1925
b)
24-01-1926
c)
17-01-1925
d)
02-05-1925
30)
In Kudi Arasu of 20-12-1926, Periyar wrote the White man was better than a Brahmin, citing the example of a Brahmin in the Governor Council who banned the untouchables to walk on the Brahmin’s colonies. Th
e member of this Governor’s council was a) Judge Muthusamy Iyer
b) Judge T. Sivasamy Iyer
c) C.P.Ramasamy Iyer
d) T.L.Venkatrama Sastri
31) Th
e Justice party that lost in the 1926 elections won in the 1930 elections mainly because of
a)
Th
e Self respect movement and Periyar
b)
Th
e sympathy waves because of the demise of the King of Panagal
c)
Th
e management of Justice Party leader Munuswamy Naidu who had love of Congress
d)
Th
e hatred of the people on Congress party 32) As early as in 1926, a leader warned “within a short period we are all going to suff er the consequences of supporting Hindi.
Th
is is also going to be one of the dangers faced by the non-Brahmins.” Th
is leader is
a)
Maraimalai
Adigal
b)
Periyar
c) Navalar Somasundara Bharathi
d) Panagal King
33) Periyar exhorted to all the self respecting non-Brahmins to completely oppose the imposition of Hindi on the Dravidians land. Th
is was in
a)
1937
b)
1948
c)
1926
d)
1927
34)
Congress decided to appoint someone else in the place of Periyar who quit Congress on 22-11-1925, because his request for the discussion of communal reservation was not accepted for discussion though Periyar had obtained forty signatures against the required 30 signatures. Th
is decision of Congress was taken on a)
22-11-1925
b)
28-09-1926
c)
02-12-1927
d)
17-09-1927
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35) Th
e magazines that wrote against self respect movement were a) Dharmiga Hindu & Th
e Hindu
b) Tamil Nadu and Desabandu
c) Navasakthi and Swathesamithran
d) Dhinasari and Th
e Mail
36) Th
e President of the All India Khadi Board, when Kudi Arasu condemned the domination of the Brahmins in Khadi Board was
a)
C.Rajagopalachariar
b)
M.K.Achary
c) S.Ramanathan
d) Kovai Ayyamuthu
37) Periyar had forced his mother and wife to wear the rough Khadi clothes. But the same Periyar said that aft er all the Khadi principle was to keep the Sudras down for ever, in the year
a)
1927
b)
1925
c)
1928
d)
1937
38) In his editorial in Kudi Arasu on 11-12-1927, Periyar termed as the representations of the dumb illiterate masses ill treated by the Brahmins and the Government. Th e Committee so
termed so was
a) Simon Committee
b) Montagu Chemsford Committee
c)
Th
e Round Table Conference
d)
Th
e Madras Governing Council
39) When Dr. Subbarayan’s ministry was about to accept the Congress demand that they should boycott Simon Commission, a leader advised Subbarayan Ministry to welcome Simon Commission. It was
a)
Th
e King of Panagal
b) Periyar
c) Arogyaswamy Mudaliar
d) Th
e King of Bobbili
40) On 16-12-1928, Periyar wrote a comparison “Like the general dying during the war” describing the death of a)
T.M.Nair
b)
Th
e King of Panagal
c) Sir Th
iagarayar
d) Sir A.T.Panneerselvam
PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 41) A
Brahmin Congress leader informed that there were no Indians fi t to hold the Government posts like the President of District Boards, and they were not fi t for self rule. Th is was said
a) During the inquiry of the Montague Chemsford b) In the Simon Commission’s inquiry
c) In the Round Table Conference
d) In the Working Committee of the Congress 42) Th
e year in which the South Indian Railway employees strike took place in Nagapattinam in
a)
1920
b)
1916
c)
1927
d)
1948
43) Th
e President of the Railway Employees strike was a)
P.Ramamurthy b)
M.Singaravelar
c) Nagai Kaliappan
d) T.Krishnasamy
44) Th
e President who led the strike of the Railway employees belonged to
a)
Th
e Self respect movement
b)
Th
e Communist party
c)
Th
e Indian Kissan Maban Movement
d) Congress Party
45) Th
e friend of Periyar who proclaimed that they were fools who did not understand that the communal reservation was crucial to the future and the progress of the people. Th is friend
of Periyar was
a) Chidambaram Dhandapani b) S.Ramanathan c) V.O.C.
d) P.Varadharajulu Naidu
46) Th
e weekly Kudi Arasu was printed from 1927 from a) Kudi Arasu Press
b) Dravidan Press
c) Unmai Vilakkam (Interpretation of Truth) d) Self respect propaganda press
47) A friend of Periyar clearly explained that the Saivite leaders should renounce Sanskrit and the worship of Sivalinga image to counter caste discriminations enshrined in Sanskrit literatures. It was
a) Kundrakudi Adigal
b) Maraimalai Adigal
c)
Th
iru Vi.Ka.
d) V.O.C
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48) Th
e out dated concept that the Varnashrama Dharma was intended for social progress and not to create discrimination, was voiced by
a) Rajagopalachariyar
b) Va.Ve.Su.Iyer
c)
Gandhi
d)
M.K.Achary
49) A leader wrote “He who said that there were four Varnams by birth for human beings and that people of each varnam had their own karma, has lost all credibility with us... the title Mahatma is given based on impressions and not for one’s image!” Th
is was said by
a)
Periyar
b)
S.Ramanathan
c)
Kaivalyam
d)
Ponnambalanar
50) A leader visited Chettinadu. Th ere he said, “I know that you
sponsor generously for building of temples. But it is superstition to believe that there is god in those temples. Gods in the houses of the prostitutes are as much in the temples too as I know” One who said these words that earned the hatred of the Brahmins was a)
Gandhi
b)
Periyar
c) Nehru
d) Vai. Su. Shanmugam
51) “Periyar like Rossoue in France, is fi ghting for Self-respect in India!” Th
is was said in 1927 by
a) Sir Th
iagarayar
b) Sir Arcot Ramasamy
c) Kalki Krishnamoorthy
d) Va.Ra
52) Th
ere was a false accusation that both the Justice Party and Periyar supported the Britishers. But the Conference in Madras proposed a non-confi dence motion on an English Governor held in
a) 1927 July, in the Non-Brahmin’s Special Conference b) In July 1927 in the Self-respect Conference c) In 1927 July, in the Justice Party Conference d) In 1945 in the Dravidar Kazhagam Conference 53) When Maraimalai Adigal and K.S.Pillai advanced a concept in 1927 that the temple archakars were not Brahmins, but Adi Saivites, it was disproved by
a)
Th
iru
Vi.Ka.
b)Kunrakudi
Adigal
c)
Periyar
d)
Gnaniar
Adigal
PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 54) In the 1927 Self Respect Conference in Tirunelveli a leader said, “Th
e reason for the outstanding popularity of Kudi Arasu, is not his linguistic power and simplicity. We are really fortunate to have Periyar who gives us this magazine.” Th is
was said so by
a) Navalar Somasundara Bharathiyar
b) T.K. Chidambaranatha Mudaliar
c) Gnaniar Adigal
d) M.S.Poornalingam Pillai
55) Th
e hero of the Self Respect who slapped the Brahmin who used the word ‘Sudran’ in a marriage was a) Soundara Pandian
b) Pattukottai Azhagiri
c) Kaivalyam
d) Mayavaram Natarajan
56) In 1928 a Tamil poet belonging to the Self respect Movement wrote asking the sun “Do you set on the west, being ashamed of our pathetic condition?” Th
is poet was
a) Pena Narthanam Th
irumalaisamy
b) Chandrasekara Pavalar
c) Revolutionary poet Bharathi Dasan
d) Prof. E.M.Subramaniam
57) Th
e communal G.O. was implemented by Sirkazhi Muthiah Mudaliar in the year
a)
1921
b)
1925
c)
1928
d)
1929
58) When Periyar was 50 in 1928, a leader praised Periyar that the only young man who was serving the cause of social reformation in South India was Periyar . Th is leader was
a)
Th
iru Vi.Ka.
b) Sir A.Ramasamy
c)
Rev-
Bitman
d)
M.R.Jayakar
59) Th
e movement that was responsible for the success of the Ehava’s struggle for the rights to walk in the streets of Brahmins in Palakad Kalpathy was
a)
Th
e movement of Narayana Guru
b)
Th
e Movement of Kerala Th
eears
c) Congress party
d)
Th
e Self-respect movement
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60) Th
e years in which the Self-respect Movement staged protests for the temple entry, much before Gandhi, in the cities Mayiladuthurai, Tiruchirappalli and Th iruvanaikoil are
a)
1930-
1931
b)
1917-1919
c)
1919-1920
d)
1927-1928
61) In the Congress Conference at Madras in 1927 a person mentioned that Hindi was creating unity in India and so they were propagating it. Th
e person was
a) Gandhi
b) Nehru
c) Purushothamadoss Tandon d) Sarojani Naidu 62) Th
e Brahmin leader who said that if a person did not learn Hindi, he would not be considered educated, was a) C.Rajagopalachari
b) T.Vijayaraghavachari
c) M.K. Achary
d) Sathyamurthy Iyer
63) Th
e year in which Periyar wrote on the heading “Pregnancy Rule” supporting Family Planning was a)
1925
b)1928
c)
1931
d)
1940
64) Th
e Congress man from Tamil Nadu who spoke opposing the Saradha Rule, in the Central Government Delhi was a) Sathyamurthy Iyer
b) Rajagopalachari
c) Srinivasa Iyengar
d) M.K.Achary
65) Th
e Justice Party Minister who was strongly criticized by Periyar for opposing the Saradha Rule was a)
A.B.Bathro
b)
Panagal
King
c) Bobbili King
d) Dr. Subbarayan
66) Kappikadai
(coff ee shop)Narayanan asked Periyar if he was right in calling god a stone. Periyar challenged that he would prove it if they all went with him. Th is was in
a)
Srirangam
b)
Madurai
c)
Nanguneri
d)
Chidambaram
PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 67) Periyar spoke in the Conference of the untouchables in 1928
and said “If you are tortured in villages, you should migrate to cities. If it continues there also, you should leave your religion. You cannot achieve anything if you are not prepared to risk your lives to break the barriers”. Th is Conference was
held in
a)
Madras
b)
Chidambaram
c)
Ramanathapuram
d)
Kallakurichi
68) The Self-respect Conference that passed a resolution condemning Hindi in 1930 was held in a)
Lalgudi
b)
Erode
c)
Nannilam
d)
Tirunelveli
69) Th
e reason why Periyar accepted communism was a) He had toured Soviet Russia
b) he had an instinctual tendency for communism c) His close association with Ma.Singaravelar d) His close association with Pa.Jeevanandam 70) Periyar exhorted in the Conference of Adi Dravidar at Kallakurichi to “Violate, reject and fi ght the Brahmins and Brahminism” in the year
a)
1929
b)
1939
c)
1949
d)
1919
71) Periyar said in 1929 “Th
e Vaishnava Pandits proved that the Saiva myths were all mere lies. In the same way, the Saiva Pandits proved that the Vaishnava myths were all lies. If we oft en thought that both these fi ndings are true”. Th is was said
by Periyar in
a)
Erode b)
Chingleput
c)
Tirunelveli
d)
Virudunagar
72) A great man said “ I fought so that I should open the picture of Periyar. Th
e President Govindan said he was going to do that. But the leader, pitying on me gave that fortune to me. I thank him and my friends for the same. Th is great man was
a)
V.O.C. b)
Rasigamani
T.K.C
c) Maraimalai Adigal
d) Th
iru Vi.Ka
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73) Th
e Movement that publicly announced that the food cooked by the Nadars considered as low castes could be served during the feast for all castes together, thereby eff ecting a great change in the society was
a) Congress
b) Justice Party
c) Self-respect Movement
d) Communist Movement
74) Th
e Self - Respect Conference convened on behalf of the Ezhavas in Kottayam, Kerala and participated by Periyar was on
a)
07-05-1929
b)
02-12-1933
c)
17-09-1931
d)
01-11-1936
75) Th
e Self Respect Conference in Chengalpattu was convened on a) 17 & 18-02-1929
b) 17 & 18-02-1928
c) 27 & 28-02-1929
d) 10 & 11-03-1930
76)
Th
e period engaged in publishing the research on Ramayana, Periya Purana and Bharatham by Periyar was in a)
1945
b)
1929
c)
1946
d)
1925
77) Th
e hero who announced that henceforth he would never appoint any Brahmin, who resigned his minister’s post and who gave up his caste suffi
x, following the resolution at the Chingleput Self Respect Conference was a) Soundara Pandiyan
b) V.V. Ramasamy
c) Sivaganagai Ramachandran
d)Nagerkoil
Chidambaram
78) A famous literary work in Tamil was advertised in the Kudi Arasu in 1929 that it promoted equality, fraternity, denials of discrimination by birth and women’s liberation. Such an old Tamil literature with a detailed explanation was available just for 8 annas (50 paise). Th
is literature was
a)
Silapathigaram b)
Th
irukkural
c)
Muthollayiram d)
Kalladam
79) Th
e persons who proclaimed in the Chengalpattu Self Respect Conference that four year had passed since the birth of Periyar Era. It was
a) Soundara Pandyann
b) P.T.Rajan
c) S.P.Muthu Nadar
d) Doctor Subbarayan
PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 80) The Congress passed a resolution that no government employee should be paid more than Rs. 500 per month. But as precedence a resolution was passed in a conference no Govt. employee should be paid more than Rs. 1000 a month.
It was in
a) Communist Party Conference
b) Congress - socialism Conference
c) Chingleput Self-respect Conference
d) Justice Party Conference
81) Th
e Self Respect Conference was conducted in Puducherry on
a)
21-01-1929
b)
28-02-1929
c)
10-03-1931
d)
01-11-1944
82) Th
e Conference in which the following social reformatory resolutions were passed
(i)
Th
e four varna discrimination should be eradicated (ii) Should not wear caste distinct marks (iii) Should not use the caste suffi
x to the names
(iv) The communal reservation should be accepted. It was in
a)
Th
e Self respect Conference in Puducherry b) First Self-respect Movement
c) Erode Self-respect Conference
d) Madurai non-Brahmins Conference
83) Th
e following resolutions for women’s liberation were passed (i)
Th
e marriage age for women should be 16. (14 was the rule at this time.)
(ii) Rights for divorce
(iii) Rights for remarriage
(iv) Only women to be appointed as teachers. Th is was in
a) 1938 women’s Conference
b) 1929 Self-respect Conference
c) 1931 Self-respect Conference
d) Lalgudi Self Respect Conference
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84) Some revolutionary resolutions were passed like (i)should not build temples (ii)should abolish archaka practices (iii) should not spend money on god or temples (iv)the properties of the temples and the Matams shouldbe spent on industry, commerce and research. Th
is was in
a) 1933 Atheists’ Conference
b) 1929 Chingleput fi rst Self Respect Conference c) Erode Self Respect Conference in 1930
d) 1929 Puducherry Self Respect Conference 85) Th
e legislation on the abolition of Devadasi system was made on
a)
02-03-1929
b)
10-03-1932
c)
02-02-1929
d)
02-12-1929
86) The one who introduced the bill on the abolition of the Devadasi system was
a) Dr. Nair
b) Dr. Muthulakshmi
c) A.B.Bathro
d) Panagal King
87) Th
e Congress leader who severely attacked the Bill on the abolition of the Devadasi system in the Assembly was a) Rajagopalachari
b) SathyamurthyIyer
c) Paravasthu Rajagopalachari d) K.S.Ramasamy 88) Th
e Self Respect Conference that was held in Th iagaraya
Nagar, Panagal King Pandal, and T.M.Nair Hall was in a)
Chingleput
b)
Virudunagar
c)
Erode d)
Tirunelveli
89) Th
e Self Respect Conference in 1929, in which Pa.Jeevanandam participated for the fi rst time was in a)
Th
anjavur
b)
Mayuram
c)
Erode d)
Pattukottai
90) Only a few joined together, but conducted conferences in the name of Saivaperiyor (greatmen)Saiva Sithantham, Varnashram and Asthigam against Self Respect Movement in a)
Th
irupathiripuliyur
b) Tirunelveli
c)
Kallidaikurichi d)
Nagapattinam
PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 91) A Raghavan wrote a book “Who are the wicked who abuse god?
in reply to Srirangam Saiva Sithantha President who accused the Self-respect Movement as the murderers who abused god.
It was written on
a)
17,18-02-1929 b)
10,11-05-1930
c)
28-08-1929
d)
02-12-1931
92) When Periyar toured Malaya and Singapore, the Hindu Sabai of Penang demanded banning of his visit. But the government there did not yield to it. Th
erefore a magazine in Malaya
decried Periyar’s treacherous propaganda against god and the religions which had threatened tradition. Th e magazine was
a)
Th
amizh Murasu
b) Hindu Nesan
c)
Th
amizh Nesan
d) Hindu Desabimani
93) Periyar toured Malaya along with Nagammai, S.Ramanathan, A. Ponnambalanar, Sami Chidambaranar, N.P.Kaliappan and Mayavaram Natarajan on
a)
15-12-1929
b)
10-12-1931
c)
07-11-1930
d)
02-12-1931
94) Periyar appeared with his beard a) at the end of Vaikom struggle
b)
Aft er the tour of Europe
c)
Aft er the tour of Malaya (11.01.1930) d)
Aft er the jail punishment for anti-Hindi agitation 95) Periyar assured that as long as the exploitation of the poor by the rich continued, the following movement will continue. It was off shoot of
a)
Th
e South Indian Welfare Association
b)
Communism
c) Self-Respect Movement
d) Dravidar Kazhagam
96) Th
e fi rst Self-Respect marriage was conducted in a)
1925
b)
1928
c)
1930
d)
1934
97) Th
e First Self respect marriage was conducted in the town a)
Aruppukottai
b)
Erode
c)
Sukkilanatham d)
Th
iruthangal
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98) The one who wrote articles in Kudi Arasu attacking superstitions, god devil, and being possessed, and the one who wrote the book “God and Universe” was a)
Kaivalyam
b)
Atheist
Kuppusamy
c)
Periyar
d)
Ma.Singaravelar
99) In 1930 a head of Mutt wrote to Periyar complimenting his selfl ess service along with his wife, expressed great joy over it. It was
a) Sirungeri Sankarachariyar
b) Kanjipuram Sankarachariyar
c) Kundrakudi Mutt Head
d) Gnaniar Mutt head
100) Periyar denounced a Sathyagraha that it was utterly useless and hence he would not accept it, knowing fully well that nothing worthwhile would come out of it. Th is Sathyagraha was
a) Boycott of foreign cloth‘
b) Salt making Movement
c) Quit India Movement
d) Individual’s sathyagraha
101) Th
e Second Conference of Self-Respect in Erode was on a)
10,11-05-1930 b)
17,18-03-1930
c)
17,18-05-1930 d)
27,28-02-1928
102) A great man proudly announced “Periyar was the father, and I was the mother for the Self Respect Movement. Th e Self
respect was the off shoot of our union in Mayuram Samarasa Sanmarga Meeting. Th
at child is now living with its father leaving its mother. I am delighted at its enormous progress”.
Th
is was said by
a)
Th
iru Vi.Ka.
b) Gnaniar Adigal
c)
V.O.C. d)
Soundrapandyan
103) Absolute honesty is the basic requirement in public life which was not necessary for government offi cers. But dishonest
offi
cials cannot succeed in their duties. By saying the above words, an excellent defi nition for public life was given by a)
Gandhi
b)
Periyar
c)
T.M.Nair
d)
Sir
Th
iyagarayar
PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 104) Th
e Self Respect Movement is of the poor, the suff ering ones, the people subjected to injustice and those who cannot attain equality. It is special that in such a movement both Roman Catholics and Muslims have joined. You have achieved what Congress and religious leaders could not. Th e national leader
who said this was
a) Dr. Ambedkar
b) M.R.Jayakar
c)
Jothirao
Pule
d)
M.N.Roy
105) “When he condemns superstition, he is accused of condemning worship. Th
ose who call Periyar an atheist don’t know what atheism is. None in Tamil nadu has the courage to do without fear what he realizes as a duty just as Periyar does. He is the forerunner of what is going to happen in Tamil nadu in future.”
Th
is praise was heaped on Periyar by a) Kalki Krishnamurthy
b) S.S.Vasan
c)
Va.Ra.
d)
Th
iru Vi.Ka
106) Th
e conference that passed the resolutions on the abolition of Devadasi system, the abolition of payment for archakas and the abolition of prayer song in public function is a) First Self Respect Conference of 1929
b) 1931 Virudunagar Self Respect Conference c) 1930 Erode Self Respect Conference
d) 1929 Puducherry Self Respect Conference 107) Th
e year in which the proposal that Hindi should be taught compulsorily, in the Madras Corporation Schools was defeated by the Justice Party in
a)
1938
b)
1927
c)
1948
d)
1931
108) Th
e declaration of Marx and Engels was fi rst translated in an Indian language which was in
a)
Hindi b)
Bengali
c)
Th
amizh
d)
Malayalam
109) The one who published the communist party statement translated into Tamil was
a)
Periyar
b)
Ma.Singaravelar
c) Saklathwala
d) Hiren Mukherjee
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110) Th
e day on which the translated version of the communist party statement was published
a)
4-10-1931
b)
25-12-1945
c)
02-12-1933
d)
01-11-1940
111) Th
e day on which Periyar released the book on “Lenin and Religion” was
a)
02-10-1932
b)
11-12-1931
c)
17-09-1937
d)
30-01-1948
112) Th
e period in which Periyar travelled Soviet Russia was a) 10-04-1935 to 21-07-1935
b) 07-08-1933 to 13-11-1933
c) 15-12-1932 to 27-04-1933
d) 19-04-1932 to 17-05-1932
113) A foreign movement commented on the Self Respect Movement in 1931 that it had shaken with in six years of its lifespan, what had been honoured and followed for centuries by people. It was
a) London Rationalist Press Association b) Berlin Atheist Association
c) Moscow Communist Party
d)
Th
e American Truth Seekers Association
114) The leader of the volunteers for the Erode Self Respect Conference 1931 was
a) Manavai Th
irumalaichamy b) Mayuram Natarajan
c) Pattukottai Azhagiri
d) Nagai Mani
115) Th
e bodyguard of Periyar who accepted the responsibility of the Conference structures of Halls and places, and who named his son as Lenin in those days was
a) Pattukottai Azhagiri
b) Mayuram Natarajan
c) Nagai Krishnasamy
d) Kaivalyam
116) Th
e Dravidian leader who said he was off ering the garland placed on his neck at the feet of Periyar and who made arrangements for the study of Tamil in Th
iruvaiyaru Sanskrit College was
a) Sivagangai Ramachandran
b) Pattiveeranpatti Soundararajan
c) Tuticorin K.V.K.Samy
d) Sir A.T. Panneerselvam
PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 117) Th
e Conference that passed a resolution that, as the religions developed superstitions, they should be eradicated and consequently had to face the ire of the Hindus and Muslims was a) Kovai Non-Brahmins Conference
b) Madurai Non-Brahmins Conference
c) Erode Self Respect Conference
d) Virudunagar Self Respect Conference 118) In a letter written on 14-05-1931, it was mentioned “I might have suff ered owing to carrying the burden of an object but I had never felt ashamed of doing it.” Th is was written by
a) Sir A.T.Panneerselvam
b) Periyar
c)
Kaivalyam
d)
Soundarapandian
119) Periyar lavishly praised a person in Kudi Arasu on 27-03-1931
saying “we say that he is an honest man. We fi rmly believe that his principles are badly needed for India. We praise him whole heartedly.”Th
e person who was praised was
a) Lala Lajapathy Rai
b) Vanji Ayyar
c) Bhagat Singh
d) Rash Behari Gosh
120) Th
e President of the fi rst Self Respect Conference was a) Sivagangai Ramachandran
b) Sir P.T.Rajan
c)
Periyar
d) W.P.A. Soundara Pandian
121) Th
e one who inaugurated the fi rst Self Respect Conference, and who proclaimed that the only object of the Self Respect Movement was to eradicate the discrimination by birth, was a) Periyar
b) Sir P.T.Rajan
c) A. Ponnambalanar
d) Pattukottai Azhagiri
122) The Self Respect Conference that included the Youth Conference, the Women’s Conference, the Prohibition Conference and the Music Conference was convened in a)
Chengalpattu
b)
Virudunagar
c)
Erode d)
Puducherry
123) Th
e President of the Virudunagar Self Respect Conference was a) Sir R.K.Shanmugam
b)V.V.Ramasamy
c) A.V.P. Asaithambi
d) Periyar
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124) Th
e day on which Periyar started his world tour was a)
02-12-1928
b)
13-12-1931
c)
01-11-1930
d)
17-09-1929
125) Periyar wrote that if man had to give up superstitions and become an independent thinker and self respecting, god and religion should be stamped out, in the year a)
1925
b)
1919
c)
1928
d)
1970
126) Th
e non-Brahmin Youth Conference called by Periyar’s friend Surendranath Arya was convened on 26-02-1928 in a)
Th
anjavur
b)
Erode
c)
Madras
d)
Tirunelveli
127) Sir R.K.Shanmugam strongly opposed proposal for the inclusion of the Brahmins in the South Indian Welfare Association (Justice Party) in 1929 at Nellore Conference. Th e
person who spoke in support of them and got the proposal defeated was
a) Panakal King
b) Sir Panneerselvam
c) A.B. Bathro
d) Periyar
128) Periyar spoke “To satiate man’s lust, prostitutes are assigned and to satiate cattles scratch urges, scratch stones are provided by Hindu Dharmam. Why then they do not show mercy to women?” in 1929 in the
a) Chengalpattu Self Respect Conference b) Madras Brahmma Samaj Conference
c) Virudunagar Self Respect Conference d) Madras Reformer's Conference
129) Periyar strongly condemned the stand taken by a magazine that criticized the Divorce Act which was a safety measure for women. Th
at magazine was
a)
Justice b)
Dravidan
c)
Th
e Hindu
d) Swadesamithran
130) Th
e year in which Periyar quit the Congress in 1925, the person who hoisted the fl ag in the Congress Conference was a)
Th
iru Vi.Ka .
b) V.O.C
c)
Ma.Singaravelar
d)
A.S.Arya
PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 131) A thinker wrote in Kudi Arasu on 30-8-1931 that it was hypocrisy of the Congressmen who praised Virudhunagar Self Respect Conference and at the same time kept poonool (sacred thread) and Sandya Vandhanam intact. Th is thinker
was
a)
Ma.Singaravelar
b)
Kaivalyam
c)
Periyar
d)
V.O.C
132) Th
e national leader who condemned the non-admission of the lower caste and Muslim students in 1927, in Pachaiyappa’s college was
a) Gandhi
b) Nehru
c) Malavia
d) Patel
133) Th
e person who told in 1927 Gandhi that it would hurt the feelings of the believers in sastras, if the Adi Dravidars entered the temple. He was
a)
M.K.
Achary
b)
Rajagopalachariar
c) Kanchi Sankarachariar
d) Sringeri Sankarachariar
134) Th
e Conference that resolved that women should be appointed not only for teaching and nursing professions, but also for police and army was
a) Virudhunagar Self Respect Conference b) Chengalpattu Self Respect Conference c) Puducherry Self Respect Conference
d) Erode Self Respect Conference
135) Th
e year in which Periyar issued a statement that May Day must be celebrated in the year
a)
1933
b)
1931
c)
1935
d)
1952
136) The book ‘Who is who’ giving details about Periyar and Nagammai was published in
a)
1933
b)
1923
c)
1944
d)
1947
137) Natarajan who participated in the anti-Hindi agitation died on 15-01-1939. Th
e other Th
alamuthu died on
a)
15-01-1939
b)
10-12-1938
c)
15-03-1939
d)
12-03-1939
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138) Th
e day on which Periyar agitated against Hindi by erasing the Hindi letters in the Railway boards was a)
10-08-1952
b)
01-08-1952
c)
15-08-1952
d)
30-01-1952
139) Th
e second protest against Hindi in front of the school was held on
a)
10-08-1948
b)
02-12-1948
c)
01-11-1948
d)
17-09-1048
140) How many times the propaganda van was presented to Periyar for making vigorous propaganda from the funds collected a)
Once
b)
Twice
c)
Th
rice d)
Four
times
141) Th
e arrangement which Periyar made in the beginning of the the Self Respect Movement, for the travels of the speakers A.Ponnambalanar, Pattukottai Azhagiri, Nagai Kaliappan and J.S. Kannappan was
a) Paying his own money to buy tickets b) Tickets purchased in total
c)Private
cars
d) each one buying tickets on their own 142) Th
e backward class leader who participated in the First Self Respect Conference was
a) Dr. Ambedkar
b) Ayothi Das Pandithar
c) Irattaimalai Srinivasan
d) Sami Sahajananda
143) Th
e seven year old girl who spoke against superstition in the fi rst Self respect Conference was
a) Sathyavani muthu
b) Th
iruvannamalai Lalitha
c) Dr.Dharmambal
d) Poongothai
144) Th
e resolution that was not passed in the fi rst Self Respect Conference was
a) Public money should not be spent in schools to teach languages other than mother tongue
b) Help should be off ered to widows for remarriage c) No new temples should be built
d)
Th
e Self Respect marriages should be legalised
PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers ANSWERS
(1)
c
(2)
a
(3)
a
(4)
d
(5)
c
(6)
b
(7)
a
(8)
a
(9)
c
(10)
a
(11)
b
(12)
b
(13)
b
(14)
b
(15)
b
(16)
b
(17)
a
(18)
b
(19)
c
(20)
d
(21)
a
(22)
b
(23)
c
(24)
c
(25)
c
(26)
b
(27)
a
(28)
c
(29)
b
(30)
c
(31)
a
(32)
b
(33)
c
(34)
b
(35)
b
(36)
c
(37)
a
(38)
a
(39)
b
(40)
c
(41)
b
(42)
c
(43)
d
(44)
a
(45)
c
(46)
c
(47)
d
(48)
c
(49)
a
(50)
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b
(52)
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c
(54)
b
(55)
c
(56)
c
(57)
c
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d
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d
(62)
b
(63)
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(65)
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(67)
c
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(69)
b
(70)
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(73)
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c
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c
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(91)
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d
(99)
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(103)
b (104)
b
(105)
c
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