AND OBJECTIVES
Prof. G.V.K.Aasaan, M.A., B.L.
I. PUBLIC SERVICE
1)
Periyar used to say that there are two environs which should be possessed by those who opt for public service. Th ey are
a) Traditional family repute and wealth b) Higher education with connections with the great c) Not having desire for fame or monetary benefi ts d) Political experience and knowledge of economics 2)
Periyar denounces the following for a person in public service a) Power and offi
ce
b) Consideration of time, opportunity and personal honour c) Love of the nation and mother tongue d) All of these
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3)
Periyar lays emphasis on not living above the standard of their families for
a)
Offi
cers
b) Men of public service
c) Politicians
d) Teachers
II. COMMUNITY, POLITICS AND ADMINISTRATION
4)
Periyar used a comparison. He said, “Th e silvery handcuff s
are now exchanged for golden handcuff s. Th is was about
a) When the Justice Party came to power in 1920
b)
Th
e impending transfer of the British rule to the Brahmin Rule in 1947
c) India becoming a Republic country in 1950
d) None of these
5)
In 1938 December, Periyar referred to the Dravidians in the Justice Party Conference which included a)
Sudhras
b) Muslims and Christians
c)
Th
e lower caste people
d) All the above three
6)
Periyar referred, in his address, what was needed to end the Purohit (Brahmin) Rule, in the Justice Party presidential conference in 1938
a) Political awareness
b) Discipline to the party
c)
Th
e wonderful unity and rational abilities of the Dravidians d) Love of the community and mother tongue 7)
On 07-03-1973 Periyar called for a separate Dravidian Land on condition that
a) All are treated as equal by law
b) Self rule for the States
c) Rights for the national communities to decide on their welfare
d)
Th
e imposition of Hindi should be given up
PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 8)
Periyar felt that the original inhabitants of the land were subordinated to the Aryans because of a)
Th
eir white skin
b) Inability to counter their shrewdness c)
Th
e Aryas established their culture destroying the culture of the original inhabitants
d)
Th
e Arya’s victory in wars
9)
Periyar insisted on not tolerating one discrimination among the state the Central Government offi cials. It was
a) Educational Qualifi cation
b) Th
e age of retirement
c) Community rights
d) Pay
10) Periyar said that the Government jobs, when obtained should be done with responsibilities without thinking that it is a) For personal protection
b) Not our own duty
c) Abode for taking rest
d) Working for someone else
11) Periyar said the kings who ruled India till now were a) Fighting with each other
b) Tormenting their citizens
c) Slaves to the Brahmins
d) Taxed their citizens too much
III. GENERAL
12) Periyar mentioned that Tamil was a very great language once upon a time, but today it is gone backward like a left hand because of the mixture of Sanskrit. Th e main reason for this
according to Periyar was
a) Tamil language was entangled in the hands of religious people
b)
Th
e kings accepted the Brahmins’ domination from the time of Pallava Kings
c) Sanskrit had become the language of worship d) Sanskrit has occupied even home functions 13) Periyar considers as morality
a) Be free from the cutt of god
b) Not belonging to any religion
c) Doing to others what we expect them to do to us d) Not lying, not stealing and being honest
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14) Periyar says that before we achieve communism we should a) Achieve the freedom of the country
b) Liberate ourselves from superstitions c) Achieve Common rights
d) All the above three
15) Periyar held that god, religions and spirituality are private beliefs, and we can survive without them, but morality, honesty and truthfulness are public properties. Th erefore he
emphasized that
a) It was harmful if there are no morality, truthfulness and honesty
b) He who is without morals harms others c) He who is without sincerity and honesty lives cheating and harming others
d) All the above three
16) Which of the following was said by Periyar a) Greed, foolishness and fear drive man to believe in god, thereby losing his reason and consequent self destruction b) For those who believe that all are natural, have no sorrow or problems
c)
Th
e reason for the presence of faith in god and piety is nothing but greed, not to make a person morally sound or helpful to others
d) All the above three
17) Periyar said “once upon a time, we considered nation, nationality and love of the nation as civilization. But today we have thrown away all of them.” Periyar considers now as real civilization
a)
Th
e use of scientifi c inventions
b)
Th
e love of humanism
c)
Th
e universal brotherhood
d) Not having any attachment
18) Which
of
the following is not Periyar’s defi nition of civilization a) Accepting every religion
b) Trying for others also to get whatever good one has got c)
Th
e total progress of all the human beings d) Progressing based on the scientifi c inventions of today and making life pleasant
PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 19) We shall not hesitate to use as much as possible, and as much as useful the following
a) Old ones
b) Films
c) Journals
d) Politics of election
20) Besides progress through scientifi c inventions according to Periyar, we can also
a) Get to know the world as it is
b) increase our job opportunities
c) be reader of nature
d) be liberated from superstitions
21) Periyar believed that the human society would live in total peace without worries and anxieties if the following was implemented properly. It was
a)
Equality
b)
Co-operation
c)
Communism
d)
Self-respect
22) Periyar mentioned that man is not to continue without end to what he has been doing. He is endowed with rationalism and therefore he is a
a) a Developing species
b) a Higher category of living super being c) Morally sound
d) Capable of ruling other living beings 23) Periyar
defi ned as the real happiness which was a)
Th
e joy of serving others
b)
Th
e joy of one man one woman family
c)
Th
e joy derived from great literature
d)
Th
e fellowship with persons of clear thinking 24) Periyar stated that we could understand the richness of a language and the outlook of the people who speak that language from a)
Th
e antiquity of the literature of the language b) Mostly from the great thoughts emerging from its literature
(c)
Th
e simplicity of the language
(d) the sweetness of the songs in that language
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25) Th
e means of achieving progress in life according to Periyar is a)
Education
b) Industrial training
c) Listening to others
d) Kindness, courage and humbleness
26) Periyar released a statement in the court on 05 and 6, December 1938 in the case relating to Hindi agitation. He emphasized that even to achieve a great objective, we should pay the price of
a) Going to prison
b) Getting punished
c)
Suff ering trials and hardships
d) Accepting the loss
27) One of the following, from the letter written by Periyar on 14-5-1931 to his friend, is not true. It is a)
Th
ose who assume to be great and expect compensation beyond their eff orts, will always suff er b) If a person wants to be happy and contented he should not expect to be as rich and highly placed as others c)
Th
e main reason from inadequate earning, and being in debts is our greed and unmanly, a sequence of our weakness
d) I have suff ered carrying heavy weight on my shoulders, but I have never felt ashamed of it. In the same way, if we control our mind, all will be good
28) Periyar said that it would give worries and jealousy for those who live with only
a) Physical labour
b) Greed
c) Without reasoning out
d) Being lazy
29) Periyar insists that education should be changed from being a mere means of employment to
a) A capacity to lead pure politics
b) Get jobs in foreign countries
c) Render public service
d) Improve one’s knowledge to do his own job
PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 30) In 20-6-1956, Periyar said, “the very human society is not needed if it does not have”
a)
Self-respect
b)
Freedom
c) Sense of duty
d) Morality and love
31) Periyar says that as long as two factions exist in a country, the status of being suppressed will ever continue. Th ey are
a)
Th
e Capitalist and the laborer
b) He who eats from his labour and he who eats without doing anything
c)
Th
e poor and the rich
d)
Th
e landowner and the labourer
32) Periyar said that the Muslims, the Christians and the Hindus all saved their religion through violence. He believes that he can save his movement of Self Respect and its principles through
a)
Violence
b) Co-operation of the Government
c) Generating clarity of thinking to people d) Suppressing the Brahmins
33) Periyar
fi rmly believes that it is a grace for man if he a) Dresses simply
b) Is clean physically
c) Sense of honour and knowledge
d) Is humble
34) If a country had been civilized, and shown genuine interest in her people, so many evils in the name of religion and god could not have continued. One such great evil according to Periyar was
a) Varnashrama Dharma
b) Untouchability
c) Animal sacrifi ce
d) Devadasi system
35) On what basis Th
anthai Periyar supports chastity?
a) Health of mother, General character, Hygiene b) Culture of the Tamils
c) Good Name
d)
Rationalism
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36) Periyar blamed the principle that chastity is only for women and not for men, because it was all based on a)
God
b)
Th
e puranic tradition
c) Arya tradition
d) capitalism
37) Can there be freedom granted by cats to rats? Can there be freedom granted by foxes to hens and goats? Can there be freedom granted by the capitalists to the labourers? Can the British rulers help the Indian to grow their wealth? Can there be equality given by the Brahmins to the non-Brahmins? By raising these questions Periyar highlights a) Freedom to women will never be granted by men b) Freedom to blacks will never be granted by the whites c) Humanism will never be shown by the religious fanatics d) None of the above
38) Periyar asserts that everything done by men can be done also by women. At the same time Periyar reprimands women, who are mad about ornaments and dresses and he terms it as a) Slavery
b) Baseness
c) Lack of self respect
d) All the above three
39) In married life, man is a company to woman and woman is a company to man. By “Company” he means a)
A
friendship
b)
Assistance
c) Equal contribution
d) All the above three
40) Periyar cites as the link between education and chastity is a) Education will not aff ect chastity b) When educated, they will not bother about chastity c) Chastity should be insisted upon in education d) Education will empower women to safeguard both their chastity and the chastity of men
41) The methodologies that Periyar suggests for women’s liberation are
a) Equal rights in education, employment, offi ce and
property
b) Rights to choose grooms and to family planning c) Rights to divorce and remarriage
d) All the above three
PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 42) Th
e word that refers to chastity for women means their slavery to men. Th
is word is
a)
Pariyai
b)
Sthree
c)
Pathivirathai
d)
Nari
43) The main reason for Periyar supporting prevention of pregnancy is
a) Woman obtain freedom and independence b) Woman becomes healthy
c)
Th
e fundamental growth of a country
d)
Th
e family property is kept intact
44) Periyar used to conclude that it was not natural, but the powerful men suppressing the powerless, whenever he found or thought of
a)
Th
e capitalists exploiting the labouring classes b)
Th
e landlords treating the farmers
c)
Th
e aff airs of widows
d)
Th
e upper castes suppressing the lower castes 45) Th
e method that Periyar suggests to eradicate the slavery among human beings is
a)
Th
e Blacks and Whites should live without diff erences b) Economic equality should be achieved c)
Th
e arrogance of men ill treating women should be eradicated
d)
Th
ere should be a world government
46) One of the following sentences was NOT said by Periyar. It is a)
Th
ere should be no diff erence in clothes between men and women. Th
e vain make ups will deteriorate women society b) Practice of spending on wain dress should be abolished c) Man and woman should be dressed like the Europeans d) Woman growing their hair long is both meaningless and unnecessary, and should crop their heads 47) Th
e Central Law Minister asked Periyar what one should do if he got two girl children. Periyar replied a) Birth control should be made mandatory b) Voting rights should be denied to those having more than two children
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c) Equal opportunities in jobs for women and man should be ensured
d) People should be educated that both men and women are equal
IV RELIGION, GOD
48) Which of the following is said by Periyar?
a) We are ruled today by the Black marketers b)
Th
ose who rule us today are selfi sh people c)
Th
e rule today is based on caste only
d)
Aft er the rule of the white, today there is the rule of the robbers
49) Periyar made an allusion. If a woman keeps a board on her house with the words “Th
is is the house of a chaste woman”, what would it mean to other houses in this street? Th is allusion
was in response to
a) Brahmins who call themselves Brahmins announce that the others are Shudras
b) No one should have a caste association c) To condemn being identifi ed by means of a language d)
Th
at people should not boast of their country 50) Periyar used a comparison. We are not enemies to mosquitoes if we use mosquito net. If we clean our houses oft en to escape bug bites, we are not enemies to bugs a) When we insist on caste wise rights b) When we hate Brahmins
c) When we deny religion
d) When we break idols of gods
51) A resolution was passed that the diff erences created by Aryan conspiracy and methodology should be destroyed. The diff erences that exist among the Dravidians themselves should be eradicated. Th
is was passed during
a) Erode Self Respect Conference 1930
b) In Th
iruvarur Justice Party Conference in 1940
c) In Justice Party Conference, Salem in 1944
d) In none of the above three
PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 52) Periyar said that all the present day politicians are trying to destroy us and they do not bother about fi nding a solution for a)
Illiteracy
b)
Superstition
c)
Caste
d)
Religious
fanaticism
53) Periyar said on 27-5-‘953 during the agitation of breaking the Vinayaka idol, that this democratic government is functioning not for any good of the citizens, but in order to protect a) Manudharma
b) Varnashrama Dharma
c) Sanathana Dharma d) Mythologtical puranic dhrama 54) Periyar propagated that the Brahmins had taken all measures to protect their domination, perpetuating caste discriminations at the cost of the citizen’s welfare. Th ey used the following as
their defence
a) God, religion and superstitious beliefs about them b) Nation and nationality
c)
Th
e Vedha, mythological puranas and dharma sastras d) All the above three
55) Th
e huge obstacle for people’s common rights, according to Periyar was
a)
Th
e caste structure that discriminates people on birth b) religious beliefs
c)
Th
e suppressive measures of the government d)
Th
e domination of the land owners and the capitalists 56) Periyar used to point out the diff erence between man and the god he created which was
a) God is almighty
b) God is all knowing
c) God is omnipresent
d) Unlike man, capable of instantly achieving whatever he wills
57) Periyar was convinced that many of those who are humiliated, exploited and who are languishing in poverty do not realize that those who are responsible for such a sorry state are the
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unjust governmental laws, the conspiracy of the rich and the cunningness of the lazy. Th
ey are not able to realize this because a) Belief in fate
b) Belief in Karma of the previous birth c) Belief in the will of god and the command of god d) All the above three
58) One of the following was not said by Periyar. Which one is that?
a) Our main target is to break the superstitions of the people to liberate them from their suff erings b) We were forced to study god, religion and belief, because they were placed on our way for progress.
c) I accept the concept of Gandhi that truth is God.
d) We keep saying that god and god’s deeds are those that cannot be explained by reason
59) Periyar wished that the wealth and the properties of the fourth caste Sudhras and fi ft h caste Panchamas and Avarnas should be spent on
a) Realizing one’s sense and honour
b) To remove the humiliation by birth
c) To achieve progress and forward thinking d) For all the above three
60) Match the following
1.
Th
ere is no god, no god;
a) A barbarian
2. One who created god is
b) a rogue
3. One who spread god is
c) Th
ere is no god at all
4. One who worships god is
d) A fool
61) Match the following
1. One who created soul, heaven, hell, the next world and rebirth
a) A very very rogue
2. One who believes this
b) A fool
3. One who reaps benefi t
c) A rogue
from this
PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 62) According to Periyar the religion began with a belief that it was all meant for human welfare, as man changed from being a barbarian to a period when
a) Man was living on hunting animals
b)
Th
ere was no research of any kind
c)
Th
ere were no proper schools
d) People lived in small groups
63) Th
e religious people according to Periyar, insist on religious principles that they
a) Cannot be changed; should not be changed as they are good for all ages
b) It was created by our forefathers for our own good c) We should believe in god, his avatars and all things said about him
d) All the above three
64) According to Periyar, knowledge and foolishness or natural and the unnatural things indicate
a) Man and religion
b) Science and superstition
c) Peace and war
d) Equality and discrimination
65) Periyar
fi nds the following defects in religions. Th ey are
a)
Th
ey cannot make their followers lead a life of honesty and good conduct
b)
Th
ey could not teach the benefi t of living together c) Make them feel satisfi ed in hypocrisy and piety d) All the above three
66) Human beings can be classifi ed as wise and foolish, as good and bad, those who work for the public good and those who work for selfi shness. Th
ey cannot be classifi ed as
a)
Th
ose who have god’s power or Quality -
those who had not attained their
b) Higher and Lower
c) Persons with brain and without brain d) Touchable and untouchables
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67) Periyar said that, however big a religion, it must have been the creation of an intelligent person interested in common good.
But, it cannot stand any scientifi c research if it claims that it was created by
a)
God
b)
Th
e Avatar of god
c)
Th
e messengers of God
d) Special powers of God of those with special divine powers and privileges
68) Life according to Periyar is
a) Soul itself
b) Wind
c) We cannot understand it
d) a physical structure operated by food and bodily functions
69) On 08-02-1961, Periyar spoke in Erode that his action was that all human beings should live with humanism. It was diff erent with Rajagopalachariar, who as a friend personally, but diff erent in public life as his aim was a) Make man spiritual
b) To develop his Swatantra party which promoted capitalism c) To form government based on Manu Dharma d) To prevent the non-Brahmins from getting educated and government jobs
70) The basic difference between a believer and an atheist according to Periyar was
a) A believer believes in god, but an atheist denies it b)
Th
e believer believes all the puranas but the atheist disagrees with all of them
c) A believer goes to temple but an atheist does not go d) A believer obeys his forefathers, but an atheist does not.
V SELF-RESPECT
71) Periyar wants people to consider the following as equal to their lives
a) Independence for the mother land
b)
Th
e family honour
c)
Self-respect
d) Rational faculty
100 PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 72) According to Periyar the qualities that identify human beings who developed from the state of barbarism to humanism were a) Persons with honour, sense of freedom and a desire to serve others with intellignce and advanced thoughts and wish the wealth of nature equalized
b) Constructive and courageous
c)
Th
ose who opposed religion and god
d)
Th
ose who were deeply involved in arts and literature 73) Periyar asserted that freedom was not in contradiction with a) Economic equality
b) Reason
c) Self respect
d) English learning
74) In the 1931 Virudunagar Self Respect Conference for youth, a resolution was passed regarding those who could not off er equality and freedom. Th
ey were
a)
Th
ose who believed in Varnashramam and god’s will b)
Congressmen
c) Religious people
d)
Th
e English Rulers
75) Th
e uses of Self Respect marriages, established by Periyar were a)
Th
ose who were married this way, were above caste, religion, language and nation
b)
Th
ey entered married life without any of the superstitious religious rites
c) Men and women were united on equal terms d) All of the above
76) Periyar referred as the philosophy of self respect movement to a) Not having belief in next or another birth b) Not having belief in god
c)
Th
ere was nothing beyond sensual pleasures d) Do anything with reason. leave the corrections to the reason and respect its results
77) Periyar said “I have not come here to prevent you from worshipping of god, but to ask you to defi ne what god is. What was the problem Periyar referred to here?
a)
Th
e untouchables entering the temple
b)
Th
e Hindu Muslim unity
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c)
Th
e rights for all communities to become archakars d) Making Tamil as the language of worship 78) One of the following was NOT said by Periyar. It is a) Atheism is the basis of self respect movement b)
Th
e principle of Self Respect is to deny caste discrimination
c) Self respect movement was created to achieve equality to everyone and unity among all
d)
Th
e birthright of every man was self respect and the Swarajya.
will never be
VI SOCIAL JUSTICE
79) In 02.05.1925 the object of ‘Kudi Arasu’ was stated on the day it was started as
a) Every community should progress. Self respect and equality among people and fraternity to get freedom should fl ourish
b)
Th
e English should be gradually sent out c)
Th
e Hindu Muslim Unity should be developed d) God and religion should be given up 80) In the 1948 Tuticorin Dravidar Kazhagam Conference there was a resolution for communal reservation a) For communal reservation, a time limit should be set b) As long as there are castes in this country community reservation should be followed
c) Economic criterion also be included in the communal reservation
81) A Chief Minister supported by Periyar challenged “Show me a person who died because a lower caste Doctor wrongly injected or show me a building collapsed because it was built by a low caste Engineer” It was
a) Omandur Ramasamy Reddiar
b)
Kamarajar
c) Arignar Anna
d) Kalaignar M.Karunanidhi
102 PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers VII RATIONALISM
82) Th
e source and method of Periyar’s propaganda was a) Rationalism
b) Love of the race
c) Love of the nation
d) Opposition to religion
83) Th
at which ensured success for Periyar’s campaign against superstition, according to him, was a) Natural way and scientifi c progress b) People’s sharp intelligence and interest c)
Th
e support of the government and the laws d)
Th
e increase in educational institutions 84) Periyar points out the reason for the increase of his knowledge in the beginning was
a) Reading books on general knowledge
b)
Th
e arguments he had with the pundits on the Puranas and Sasthras
c) Listening to the speeches of the political leaders d) None of the above three
85) Periyar blamed the Tamil poets because a)
Th
ey did not create their own ideas, but were promoting the outdated puranic tales
b)
Th
ey do not have any sense of their own but propagate puranas
c) Did not take any new ideas to people d) All the above three
86) Periyar appealed not to infl ict on him under any circumstance, with any trait which was against humanism because a) He did not want to compete with those who created religions
b) He did not possess such great qualities of the great men c) If we believed in divine power, we would lose all faith in social equality
d) Of the respect he had on god
87) In ‘Kudi Arasu’ Periyar wrote that there ought to be progress of true knowledge in people. What he means by true knowledge is
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a)
Atheism
b) Love of struggle for independence
c)
Th
e removal of unwanted ancient habits and beliefs d) Considering all lives are equal
88) Periyar
illustrates that other countries are more advanced than India, through
a)
Th
e eradication of superstitions by the people there b) Respect for rationalism
c) Spending their wealth on research
d) All the above three
89) Periyar pointed out that, though we are well aware that they are superstitions, we don’t change even a little because a)
Th
e god, religion, smrithis and puranas act as obstacles b) We fear not to violate the principles laid down by our forefathers
c) We don’t want to go against the traditions of caste d) All the above three
90) Periyar indicates as the reason for most of us remaining foolish because of
a) Educational institutions are not suffi cient
b)
Th
e education system introduced by Maccaulay c) Slavery to the system created by our forefathers d) Election - politics, fi lms and journals 91) Periyar emphasizes that our Pandits are not foolish but what prevents them from becoming reasonable is a)
Th
e role of English education
b)
Th
e learning of puranic fables
c) Not having enough experience in social issues d) Ignorance of politics
92) Periyar believes that great thoughts occur in our minds because of
a)
Th
e persistent interest and thinking on the line of truth and reason
b)
Th
e thought of denying religion’
c)
Th
e thought of common good
d)
Th
e thought of atheism
104 PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 93) Periyar said “Whatever you come across in this world, you should investigate it deeply and get at the truth. Th is alone is
a)
Th
e fruit of education
b) Sign of an educated person
c)
Th
e use of reason
d)
Th
e specialty of atheism
94) Periyar says that we love things because a)
Th
e antiquity of the objects
b) Th
eir beauty
c)
Th
eir newness
d) Th
eir quality and uses
95) Periyar
oft en used to insist on
a) Not to believe whatever says as such, and do not hasten to act accordingly
b)
Th
inking freely and accepting them aft er conviction only c) Doing anything that is right according to one’s knowledge and conscience
d) All the above three
96) Some
animals do what man can never do like fl ying and smelling, but man alone can act based on his a) Reason
b) Hands
c) Physical structure
d) Good opportunity
97) Th
e rationalist forum may oppose certain things, but certainly not a) Law and order
b) Justice
b)
Equality
d)
Self-respect
98) According to Periyar, superstition was to accept without reasoning but reason was to
a) Become clearer based on proofs
b) Have mental evaluation
c) To deny outdated ones
d) To accept new things
VIII OBJECTIVES
99) In
1994. in an interview with Malan for ‘Dinamani’
Dr.Veeramani asserted that the objective of Periyar was a) Opposing the North Indians and the Brahmins b) Opposing Hindi
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c) Denial of god
d) Self-respect, reason, humanism and equality 100) Dr.K.Veeramani, in the training session conducted on 22-10-2000 in Kovai, noted as the integral part of Dravidar Kazhagam’s ideas, the following:
a) Liberation of Tamil Nadu
b) Abolition of the imposition of Hindi c) Eradication of castes and discrimination against women
d) Denial of god and religion
101) Periyar held from the beginning to the end of his life, as the objective of his public life was
a) Destruction of caste and Varnasrma Dharma b) Establishing social justice by achieving communal reservation as long as castes continued to exist c) Conducing agitations spreading rationalism d) All the above three
102) In the editorial written in Viduthalai on 06-03-1967, Periyar said “ My principle is eradication of castes. Until the castes are eradicated totally there will be a) Continuous agitations
b) Unending propaganda
c) Right for communal reservation
d) Protest against Brahmins
103) According to Periyar, the primary duty of the offi cers is
a) Serving people honestly
b) Behaving without partiality
c)
Th
e above two
d) Doing one’s duties unminding of time and duration 104) Periyar considered the following as the Tuber closis of a society a)
Th
ose who attempt to earn money and fame through politicis
b)
Th
e superstitious
c)
Th
e religious fanatics
d)
Th
e black marketers and the smugglers
106 PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 105) According to Periyar he who deserves to be a man is a) An educated person
b) He who helps others
c) He who renders social service
d) He who is honourable
106) Periyar gives the reason for black shirts as a) It is not a symbol of an aggression b) It is symbol of our slavery in the society c) A symbol of struggle against humiliation d) All the above three
107) Periyar blames the astrologers, magicians and the temple priests for
a)
Th
e slavishness of the people
b) For the greed and foolishness of the people c) For the festivals and the wasteful expenditure d) For the rituals
108) Periyar asserts that for the progress of the people and the country, very important requirement is a) reduction of population
b) Removal of god and religion
c)
Th
e progress of scientifi c attitude and moral uprightness d) eradication of corruption
109) Periyar announced slogans to promote denial of god in a) 1929 Chingelpattu First Self Respect Conference b) 1946, Madurai, Black Shirt Conference of the Dravidians c) 1967 Vidayapuram Rationalism Training Camp d) 1973 the Conference of Abolition of castes, Chennai 110) One of the following was NOT written by Periyar in 1947
about the eradication of castes. It was a)
Th
e caste suffi
xes should be banned offi
cially
b) By obtaining political freedom and communism, castes will vanish automatically
c) Laws should be enacted that, henceforth all should marry in inter castes only
d)
Th
e caste indicators like sign on foreheads, dress and poonool should be legally banned
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111) Periyar says that a person without greed and selfi shness does not need
a) Women and wealth
b) Titles and offi
ces
c) Politics and economics
d) God and heaven
112) When jobs are not assigned based on caste or tradition, Periyar believes that
a)
Th
ere will be progress
b)
Th
e social discrimination will go
c) Labour will be respected
d) Unemployment will go
113) Periyar defi nes reformation as a) Keeping only useful things and throwing away unused ones
b) Giving up superstitions
c) Destroying Varnasrama Dharma
d) Denying god and religion
114) Periyar stated that three things are important for the progress of the suppressed people. But the following is NOT one of them. It is
a)
Education
b)
Self
respect
c) Political awareness
d) rationalism
115) Periyar said that, for people getting married, the identifi cation of the matching was the duty of
a)
Th
e bride and the groom
b) Th
e doctor
c)
Th
e parents
d) Th
e astrologer
116) As Periyar has stated, Just as a goat is useful to a fox, the following is useful
a)
Th
e labourers to the capitalist
b)
Th
e Indian to the foreigner
c)
Th
e illiterate to the educated
d) the lower castes to the upper castes 117) Periyar declared that the Dravidar Kazhagam attempts for the fl ourishing of communism through
a) Intellectual and peaceful way
b)
Th
e separation of the country
c)
Revolutions
d)
Th
e assistance of the Communist countries
108 PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 118) Periyar’s general ideas of food was a) We can continue the existing habits b) Gathering nutrients contents from all sources and eating without wasting
c) We should eat the food of the Westerners d) Non-vegetation food is better
119) Periyar’s opinion about cooking was a) Using equipments recently invented, cook fast b) Men and women should share cooking duties c) Can cook in a common place and share the food to save labour time and money
d) All the above three
120) According to Periyar a good family is that which a) Is helpful to neighbours
b) Serves all the neighbours
c) Is not wasting money
d) Avoids politics
121) By decrying the use of machines Periyar means a) Man’s knowledge should not increase b) Production should not increase
c)
Th
e quality of products will not improve d) Physical labour will increase
122) Periyar prescribes, for everyone to get everything the following a) No one should take more than he needs b) Should not have more than two children c) Agriculture should be mechanized
d) A planned economic measure
123) Th
e proof of public service, according to Periyar is a) Accepting punishment of jail
b) Accepting troubles
c) Bearing accusations of others
d) Getting fame
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124) Th
e fi rst amendment of the Constitution, that came into force in 1950, was made
a) for abolition of untouchability
b) To ensure communal reservation
c) To ensure property right for women
d) None of the above
125) Th
e person who led the protest for the amendment of the Constitution was
a) Babu Jagajeevan Ram
b) Annai Maniammai
c)
Ambedkar
d)
Th
antahi Periyar
126) Th
e First Amendment of the Indian Constitution was made in the year
a)
1952
b)
1955
c)
1950
d)
1951
127) Th
e circumstance that led Periyar to agitate for the communal reservation was
a) Reservation for the backward classes was very little in jobs
b)
Th
e Central Government resolved to invalidate the Communal Reservation
c)
Th
e State Government resolved to invalidate communal reservation
d)
Th
e High Court and the Supreme Court declared as invalid the communal reservation for professional courses
128) A
Brahmin argued that judgment should be passed invalidating the communal reservation basing on privileges. It was a) Sathyamurthy Iyer
b) Alladi Krishnasamy Iyer
c) Srinivasa Iyer
d) Krishnamachari
129) A celebrity remarked in the Parliament that because of the agitation held in Tamil nadu, the fi rst Amendment in the Parliament had to be passed. Th
e celebrity is
a) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
b) Nehru
c) Indra Gandhi
d) Lal Bahadur Sasthri
110 PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 130) Th
e great friend of Periyar who made the proposal for the First Amendment of the Constitution was a) Ambedkar, the law minister in 1951
b)
Rajagopalachari
c) Mohamad Ali Jinna
d) Jeya Prakash Narayan
131) In the caste eradication agitation by Periyar in 1951, 10,000
participated and 3000 were sent to prisons. Manalmedu Vellaichamy and Ramasamy died including a)
15
b)
13
c)
16
d)
20
132) In 1940 the world leader who congratulated Periyar’s success in removing the imposition of Hindi was a) Mohamed Ali Jinnah
b) Bernard Shaw
c)
Gorpachev
d)
Krushev
133) A writer wrote a book titled “Gandhiar Shanti Adaiga!” (May Gandhi rest in peace)
and joined politics, but he remained a man of self respect until his death a) A.V.P.Asaithambi
b) N.V.Natarajan
c) E.V.K.Sampath
d) Arignar Anna
134) Th
e day on which Periyar held the agitation of breaking Pillaiyar’s idols was
a)
10-03-1953
b)
27-5-1953
c)
02-12-1854
d)
01-11-1953
135) Anna issued an order of recognition of all Self Respect Marriages with retrospective eff ect on a)
27-11-1967
b)
10-12-1968
c)
17-09-1968
d)
10-01-1969
136) Th
e leader who led the Tamil heroes who came on foot from Tiruchirappalli on 01-08-1938 crossed 234 towns, spoke in 87 meetings walking for 42 days continuously was a) Manavai Th
irumalaisamy
b) Pattukottai Azhagiri
c) Moovaloor Ramamirtham
d) Arignar Anna
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137) Periyar, in order to achieve communal reservation conducted an agitation along with students on a)
26-01-1950
b)
14-08-1950
c)
02-12-1951
d)
01-11-1950
138) Th
e day on which the Madras High Court passed the judgment that Self Respect Marriage was not legal, was a)
26-01-1950
b)
30-01-1952
c)
26-08-1953
d)
01-08-1956
139) Th
e day on which Periyar agitated burning Rama’s picture was a)
01-08-1956
b)
02-12-1956
c)
10-03-1971
d)
28-02-1971
140) Th
e one who strongly condemned the burning of Rama's picture was
a)
Rajaji b)Dr.Subramaniam
c) Kamaraj
d) M.Bakthavatchalam
141) Th
e Conference in which both Periyar and Anna participated before the rift was
a)
Th
e triple Tamil Conference
b)
Th
e Self Respect Conference
c) Dravidar Kazhagam Conference
d)
Th
e non-Brahmins’ conference
142) The one who took initiative to conduct the Muthamiz conference was
a) C.S. Rathinasabapathy Mudaliar
b) R.K. Shanmugam
c) G.D. Naidu
d) T.K. Avinasilingam Chettiar
143) The leader who spoke in the Exhibition of G.D.Naidu’s inventions, that as the State Government did not off er due recognition to these inventions, all of them should be broken to pieces, was
a)
Periyar
b)
Arignar
Anna
c) Mohan Kumaramangalam
d) Pa. Jeevanandam
112 PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers ANSWERS
(1)
c
(2)
b
(3)
a
(4)
b
(5)
c
(6)
d
(7)
a
(8)
c
(9)
d
(10)
c
(11)
c
(12)
a
(13)
c
(14)
c
(15)
d
(16)
d
(17)
b
(18)
a
(19)
a
(20)
c
(21)
b
(22)
a
(23)
a
(24)
b
(25)
c
(26)
c
(27)
b
(28)
d
(29)
d
(30)
d
(31)
b
(32)
c
(33)
c
(34)
d
(35)
a
(36)
d
(37)
a
(38)
d
(39)
d
(40)
d
(41)
d
(42)
c
(43)
a
(44)
c
(45)
c
(46)
c
(47)
c
(48)
d
(49)
a
(50)
b
(51)
b
(52)
c
(53)
b
(54)
d
(55)
a
(56)
d
(57)
d
(58)
c
(59)
d
(60) (i)C (ii)D (iii)B (iv)A
(61) a (i) c (II) b (iii)
(62)
b
(63)
c
(64)
a
(65)
d
(66)
a
(67)
d
(68)
d
(69)
c
(70)
b
(71)
c
(72)
a
(73)
c
(74)
a
(75)
c
(76)
d
(77)
c
(78)
a
(79)
a
(80)
b
(81)
b
(82)
a
(83)
a
(84)
b
(85)
d
(86)
c
(87)
d
(88)
d
(89)
d
(90)
c
(91)
b
(92)
a
(93)
c
(94)
d
(95)
d
(96)
a
(97)
b
(98)
a
(99)
d
(100)
c
(101)
d
(102) c
(103)
c (104)
a
(105)
d
(106)
d
(107)
b
(108)
c
(109)
c
(110)
b
(111)
d
(112)
c
(113)
a
(114)
c
(115)
a
(116)
c
(117)
a
(118)
b
(119)
d
(120)
c
(121)
a
(122)
a
(123)
c
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(124)
b (125)
d
(126)
d
(127)
d
(128)
b
(129)
b
(130)
a
(131)
c
(132)
a
(133)
a
(134)
b
(135)
a
(136)
b
(137)
b
(138)
c
(139)
a (140)
a
(141)
a
(142)
c
(143)
b
