INSTITUTIONS
Durai.Chakravarthi, M.A.
1) Th
e Charity Trust to promote the propagation of Self Respect was started by Periyar in
a)
Madras
b)
Erode
c)
Vellore
d)
Tiruchirappalli
2) Th
e Self Respect Propaganda Institution was registered in a)
1949
b)
1925
c)
1952
d)
1947
3) Th
e fi rst Life time Secretary for Self Respect Movement was a)
Nagammai
b)
Maniammai
c)
K.Veeramani
d)
Kuthoosi
Gurusamy
4)
Th
e Periyar Maligai (Palace) was opened in Tiruchirappalli in a)
1950
b)
1951
c)
1952
d)
1953
5)
Periyar requested the following person to inaugurate Periyar Maligai in Tiruchirappalli
a) Erode Shanmuga Velayudham
b) Sivagangai Shanmuganathan
c) Vellore Th
irunavukkarasu
d)
Th
irupathiripuliyur Gnaniar
134 PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 6)
Periyar chose Tiruchirappalli for his stay because a)
Th
e Kazhagam friends wanted it
b) Maniammai desired so
c) Periyar Maligai was purchased
d) Tiruchirappalli was the central place in Tamil Nadu 7) Th
e Institute started by Periyar to train teachers who will propagate rationalism and serve the society is in a)
Erode b)
Vellore
c) Tiruchirappalli
d) Madras
8)
For the same purposes and for the progress of women Th e
Nagammai Training School in Tiruchirappalli was started in the year
a)
1957
b)
1958
c)
1960
d)
1961
9) Th
e Th
anthai Periyar Elementary School in Tiruchirappalli was started in the year
a)
1952
b)
1954
c)
1956
d)
1957
10) Th
e Nagammai child welfare Home for the orphan girl children which is functioning in Tiruchirappalli was started by a)
Maniammai
b)
Periyar
c)
Nagammai
d)
Dr.K.Veeramani
11) When the Nagammai Home for the children was started in 1961, the children there were
a)
37
b)
38
c)
39
d)
40
12) Th
e initial used before the name of the orphan children in the Nagammai Children Home is
a) P
b) M
c) EVRM
d) EVR
13) Th
e woman who studied in this Children Home and who later became graduate engineer is
a)
Arivumani
b)
Anbumani
c)
Kalaimani
d)
Azhagumani
14) Periyar donated a sum for the building of Maniammai Children’s ward in Tiruchirappalli Government Hospital. Th e
donated amount was
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a) Rs. one lakh
b) Rs. two lakh
c) Rs. 50,000
d) Rs. three lakh
15) The Chief Minister who inaugurated the Maniammai Children’s ward at Trichirappalli Government Hospital was a)
Kamarajar
b)
Bakthavathsalam
c) Arignar Anna
d) Rajaji
16) Th
e institution started by Dr.K.Veeramani in Tiruchirappalli to propagate Periyar’s principles among the youth is a) Nagammai Teacher Training Centre
b) Periyar Teachers Training Institute c) Periyar Community College of continuing education d) Periyarism Training School
17) Th
e duration of Periyarism Training College is a) One month
b) Two months
c)
Th
ree months
d) One year
18) Th
e Periyar College of Pharmaceutical Science for Girls in Tiruchirappalli was started in the year a)
1980
b)
1981
c)
1982
d)
1983
19) Th
e town that has a large number of Periyar’s educational institutions is
a)
Tiruunelveli
b)
Tiruchirappalli
c)
Th
anjavur
d)
Madras
20) Th
e former Prime Minister of India who said that if anyone wanted to run educational institutions in a successful way, he should ask Dr.K.Veeramani. Th
is was said by
a) Indira Gandhi
b) V.P.Singh
c) Chandrasekar
d) Deve Gouda
21) Th
e land area of the campus that holds many educational institutions of Periyar in Tiruchirappalli is a) 10 acres
b) 12 acres
c) 15 acres
d) 17 acres
22) The Periyar Computer Centre at Tiruchirappalli was inaugurated by
a) Dr. Muthukaruppan
b) Dr.Jagatheesan
c) Dr.Anandakrishnan
d) Dr. Raja
136 PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 23) Periyar college of advanced computer education as per the wishes of Periyar was started in Tiruchirappalli in the year a)
1992
b)
1993
c)
1994
d)
1995
24) Th
e institution in memory of Periyar’s Centenary which was started by Dr.K.Veeramani in Tiruchirappalli is a) Periyar Computer Centre
b) Periyar Centenary Memorial Matriculation Higher Secondary School
c) Kaivalyam House for the Aged
d) Periyar Hospital
25) Th
e Swamy Kaivalyam Home for the aged that serves more than sixty aged persons is functioning in a) Puthur Periyar Maligai
b) Erode Periyar Mandram
c) Vallam Periyar Maligai
d) Tiruchirappalli Education Campus
26) A computer college has been started by Dr.K.Veeramani in Orathanadu (Tanjore) to specially educate the students from rural areas. Th
is was inaugurated by
a)
G.K.Moopanar
b)
J.Jayalalitha
c)
Levy
Fragal
d)
R.Nallakannu
27) The Periyar Maniammai Higher Secondary School now functioning in the Periyar Centenary Campus was started in the year
a)
1971
b)
1972
c)
1973
d)
1974
28) Th
e Headquarters of Dravidar Kazhagam is in a)
Erode b)
Tiruchirappalli
c)
Salem d)
Chennai
29) Th
e Periyar Museum is set up in
a)
Madurai
b)
Chennai
c)
Kovai d)
Tiruchirappalli
30) Th
e Silver Th
rone in Periyar’s Museum was off ered to Periyar in a)
Salem b)
Chennai
c)
Th
anjavur
d) Madurai
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31) Th
e archives of Periyarism started by Dr.K.Veeramani is functioning in
a)
Chennai
b)
Tiruchirappalli
c)
Th
anjai
d)
Erode
32) Th
e Periyar Library and Research Centre is in a)
Th
anjavur
b)
Tiruchirappalli
c)
Madurai
d)
Chennai
33) The Periyar Rationalist Library now developing into an international library was started in the year a)
1973
b)
1974
c)
1975
d)
1976
34) Th
e Periyar Rationalist Library has life members ( till Dec.
2001)
a)
196
b)
75
c)
200
d)
250
35) Periyar Library Readers Forum has conducted so far (December 2001)meetings numbering
a) 500
b) 700
c) 1000 d) Above 1246
36) The international organisation to propagate Periyar’s philosophic principles in the North and throughout the world was started by
b)
Periyar
b)
Manimammai
c) Dr.K.Veeramani
d) None of the three
37) Th
e correspondence course on Periyar’s principles was started by an international institution to propagate Periyar’s ideals in a)
Erode b)
Chennai
c)
Madurai
d)
Tiruchirappalli
38) Th
e Director of Periyar correspondence course appointed in 1982 is
a)
N.Ramanathan
b)
P.Rajadurai
c)
A.Iraiyan
d)
P.Subramaniam
39) Th
e Honorary Award off ered to those who lecture on Periyar’s philosophy is
a) Expert on Periyar
b) Periyar Lecturer
c) Periyar Researcher
d) Research fellow
138 PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 40) Th
e Trust that off ers the Award for those who lecture on Periyar is
a) Periyar Self Respect Propaganda Institution b) Dravidar Kazhagam
c) Periyar Maniammai Trust
d) Aruppukottai Kailasam Trust
41) Th
e fi rst person to get the award for having made research based lectures for three days is
a)
Nannan
b)
G.V.K.Aasaan
c)
A.
Iraiyan
d)
N.Ramanathan
42) Th
e Periyar Training Centre for IAS and IPS, run by the Periyar International Propagating Association was started functioning from
a)
1985
b)
1987
c)
1988
d)
1989
43) Periyar Training Centre that conducts training programmes for the advancement of education for the suppressed class students is functioning in
a) Periyar educational campus
b) Tiruchirappalli Periyar Maligai
c) Erode Periyar Mandram
d) Chennai Periyar Th
idal
44) Th
e Periyar Self Respect Marriage Bureau with an objective of social change and eradication of castes is in a)
Th
anjavur
b)
Th
iruvarur
c)
Chennai
d)
Madurai
45) Th
e Periyar Mobile Library, that spreads Periyar’s principles all over the country was started on a)
25-12-1996
b)
21-02-1997
c)
21-03-1997
d)
24-04-1997
46) The Publishing House that publishes lakhs of books on Periyar’s principles is
a) Kudi Arasu Pathipagam
b) Pagutharivu Pannai
c) Periyar Self Respect Propaganda Institution d) Dravidan Book Centre
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47) Th
e Book Centre that sells books of Periyarism for lakhs of rupees every year is
a) Dravidan Book Centre
b) Periyar Book Centre
b) Maniammai Pathipagam
d) Kudi Arasu Pathipagam
48) Th
e person who started Th
anthai Periyar Muthamizh (Triple
Tamizh) Mandram was
a)
Periyar
b)
Maniammai
c) Dr.K.Veeramani
d) None of them
49) Th
e Periyar Free Legal Assistance Cell was fi rst started in a)
Cuddalore
b)
Tiruchirappalli
c)
Madurai
d)
Chennai
50) Periyar Centre for Youth Counselling to help Adi Dravidar and the Tribals to get jobs was started in a)
1980
b)
1984
c)
1989
d)
1990
51) Counselling Centre for the married, run at the Periyar Life Centre is headed by
a) Professor Gnana Ayyachamy
b)
Dr.V.S.P.Bashyam
c)
Dr.K.Veeramani
d) Justice M.Marudhamuthu
52) Th
e Periyar Maniammai Free Clinic functioning in Periyar Th
idal was started in the year
a)
1978
b)
1979
c)
1980
d)
1981
53) Periyar City Family Welfare Centre in Chennai is in a)
Vepery
b)
Adayar
c)
Royapettah
d)
Th
yagarayanagar
54) Th
e Tamil nadu Chief Minister who fi rst donated to Periyar’s Charitable Trust, on the merit of its eff ective functioning was a) C.N. Annadurai
b) Kamaraj
c)
M.Karunanidhi
d)
J.Jayalalitha
140 PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 55) Th
e number of hospitals run by the Periyar Charitable Trust is a)
4
b)
5
c)
6
d)
7
56) Th
e number of specialities in Chennai Periyar Maniammai Hospital is
a)
7
b)
8
c)
9
d)
10
57) Th
e person who handed over the house in which Periyar lived in Erode to Tamil nadu Government was a)
Periyar
b)
Maniammai
c) Dr.K.Veeramani
d) None of these
58) Th
e house in which Periyar lived in Erode is today called a) Venkata Naicker Illam
b) Periyar Illam
c) Periyar Mandram
d) Periyar Anna Memorial
59) Why is the house in which Periyar lived in Erode named aft er Anna also?
a)
Th
e wish of Periyar
b) Maniammai’s wish
c) It belongs to Anna
d) Anna stayed there for sometime
60) Th
e articles used by Periyar are kept in the houses where Periyar lived. Th
e largest numbers of them are in
a)
Erode b)
Tiruchirappalli
c)
Chennai
d)
Yercadu
61) Th
e Periyar Educational Institution that was started with the donation collected a rupee by rupee, for the technical education for women was
a) Periyar Maniammai Women’s Engineering College b) Periyar Centenary Women’s Polytechnic College c) Periyar Community College of continuing education.
d) Periyar women’s Technical Training Centre 62) Th
e Periyar Centenary Women’s Polytechnic College won the fi rst International Achievement Award for the best college in Asia on 03-02-2000, for having achieved very eff ectively, the growth of women’s education, women’s progress and eradication of poverty. Th
e country that gave away this award is a)
Canada
b)
America
c)
France d)
England
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63) Th
e fi rst women’s engineering college in the world is Periyar Maniammai Women’s Engineering College. It was started in a)
1987
b)
1988
c)
1989
d)
1990
64) Th
e First Periyar educational institution that has got the ISO
9002 certifi cation is
a) Periyar Maniammai High School
b) Periyar Maniammai Women’s Engineering College c) Periyar Women’s Polytechnic College d) None of these
65) Th
e Chief Minister who gave a grant of Rs. 10 lakhs to the world’s fi rst women engineering college 's is Maniammai Hostel a) Chandrababu Naidu of Andhra Pradesh b) Mayavathi of Uttara Pradesh
c) Jyothi Basu of West Bengal
d) Sharad Pawar of Maharashtra
66) Periyar organisation for bio-technic and eco system is in a)
Tiruchirappalli
b)
Th
anjavur
c)
Vallam
d)
Chennai
67) Periyar organisation for bio-technic and eco system won the award of World Environment Congress in the year a)
1996
b)
1997
c)
1993
d)
2000
68) A Periyar Trust has been established on behalf of the Periyar Self Respect Propaganda Institution by its lifetime Secretary Dr.K.Veeramani. It organizes an annual Research Endowment Lecture in the University of
a) Madras University
b) Annamalai University
c) Sundaranar University
d) Bharathi Dasan University
69) Periyar a Higher Research Centre has been created by the Tamil Nadu Government in
a) Madras University
b) Madurai Kamarajar University
c) Bharathi Dasan University
d) Alagappa University
142 PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 70) Periyar E.V.R. College was started with the donation of land, two buildings and 5.5 lakhs of rupees from Periyar, for the welfare of the suppressed boys’ education. It is in a)
Th
anjavur
b) Erode
c) Tiruchirappalli
d) Salem
71) Th
e value of the Endowment created in the Tiruchirappalli Periyar E.V.R. College started by Maniammai is a) Rs. 10,000
b) Rs. 12,000
c) Rs. 15,000
d) Rs. 20,000
72) The Government Hospital in Erode was named Periyar E.V.Ramasamy General Hospital on
a)
31-08-1974
b)
31-07-1974
c)
31-08-1975
d)
30-06-1975
73) Th
e Periyar E.V.Ramasamy Government Polytechnic College is in
a)
Th
anjai
b) Salem
c)
Vellore
d)
Chennai
74) Th
e Periyar University is situated in a)
Kovai b)
Madurai
c) Tiruchirappalli
d) Salem
75) Th
e total land area of the planetarium situated in the Periyar Science Centre in Guindy Engineering College campus is a) 20 acres
b) 21 acres
c) 22 acres
d) 23 acres
76) Th
e Tamil Nadu Government awards annually the Periyar Award of Social Justice to those who have served creditably in social justice. Th
is award value is
a) 1 sovereign
b) 3 Sovereign
c) 4 sovereign
d) 5 sovereign
77) Th
e person who fi rst won the Award of Periyar’s Social Justice, given by the Government of Tamil nadu is a) V.P.Singh
b) Sitaram Kesari
c) K.Veeramani
d) None of them
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78) Th
e Tamil Nadu Chief Minister who created the Award for Periyar’s Social Justice is
a)
C.N.Annadurai
b)
M.Karunanidhi
c) M.G.Ramachandran
d) J.Jayalalitha
79) Th
e Delhi Periyar Maiyyam (Centre) in Delhi with the fi ve storeyed building was built by
a) Dr.K.Veeramani
b) V.P. Singh
c) Chandrajit Yadav
d) Mayavathi
80) Delhi Periyar Mayyam to spread Periyar’s ideals at the Indian sub-continental level is in the area a) Connaught place
b) Palmnoli
c) Gandhi Nagar
d) Sundar Nagar
81) Th
e foundation stone for Periyar Centre in Delhi was laid by a) Sheila Dixit
b) Chandrajit Yadav
c)
V.P.Singh
d)
Dr.K.Veeramani
82) Th
e Delhi Periyar Centre was inaugurated by a) G.K.Mooppanar
b) Mayavathi
c) Levy Fragal
d) Sheila Dixit
83) Th
e day on which Periyar Centre in Delhi was opened in October 2000
a)
01-10-2000
b)
02-10-2000
c)
03-10-
2000
d)
04-02-2000
84) Th
e Chief Minister who donated Rs. 5 lakhs to Periyar Centre that propagates Periyar’s principles at the international level was a) Shiela Dixit
b) Jyothi Basu
c) Chandrababu Naidu
d) Sharad Pawar
85) Th
e person who inaugurated the Periyar Centre in Chennai, that includes Nadigavel M.R.Radha Hall was a)
G.K.Mooppanar
b)
V.P.Singh
c) Sitaram Kesari
d) J.Jayalalitha
86) Th
e Periyar International Centre started jointly by the Tamils living in U.S.A. on 13-11-1994 is in a)
Washington
b)
New
York
c)
Chicago
d)
San
Francisco
144 PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 87) Th
e Award given by Periyar International Centre to those who work for Social Justice in India is called a) Social Justice Award
b) International Social Justice Award
c) Periyar Social Justice Award
d) K.Veeramani Social Justice Award
88) Th
e First Indian leader who received the K.Veeramani Social Justice Award was
a) Kundrakudi Adigalar
b) Chandrajit Yadav
c) V.P.Singh
d) Sitaram Kesari
89) Th
e organisation called POWER is meant for a)
Youth b)
Students
c)
Women
d)
Th
e Senior citizens
90) Dr.K.Veeramani
removed one word from the title “Nagammai Orphan Children’s Home.” It is
a)
Nagammi
b)
Orphan
c)
Children
d)
Home
91) Periyar quit Congress which did not accept Periyar’s request and started the Self Respect Movement to convert the Dravidians into respectable and knowledgeable people in the year
a)
1923
b)
1924
c)
1925
d)
1926
92) Periyar was made the President of the Justice party when he was in
a) Erode
b) North Indian Tour
c)
Th
e prison of Bellary
d) Vaikom
93) In the State Conference in Salem it was decided to merge the Self Respect Movement and the Justice Party into one party called Dravidar Kazhagam in August 1944 on a)
21st
b)23rd
c)
25th
d)
27th
94) Periyar started the Rationalists’ Forum so that the Government workers and offi
cials could participate in it in the year a)
1971
b)
1972
c)
1973
d)
1974
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95) Periyar started Dravidian Agriculturer’s Union in the year a)
1950
b)
1951
c)
1952
d)
1953
96) Periyar started the Southern Railway Employees’ Union in a)
Chennai
b)
Madurai
c)
Tiruchirappalli
d)
Nagapattinam
97) On
29-07-1979, in the land that belonged to Kundrakudi Mutt, Periyar Cashew Labourer’s Co-operative Society was started by
a) Kundrakudi Adigal
b) K.Veeramani
c)
M.G.Ramachandra
d)
M.Karunanidhi
98) In the Tirunelveli District, the fi rst Periyar Blood Donation Camp was started and is now functioning very well. It was in a)
Courtalam
b)
Cheranmadevi
c) Veeravanallue
d) Keezha pavur
99)
Besides Malaysia and Singapore, Dravidar Kazhagam branches were started while Periyar was alive also in North America it was started in January 2001. Th
is was in
a)
Washington
b)
New
York
c)
Chicago
d)
Illinois
100) Dravidar Kazhagam joined the World Atheists’ Association in the year
a)
1997
b)
1994
c)
1999
d)
2000
101) The statue of Periyar opened by Atheist leaders from 49
countries together is in
a) Tiruchirappalli
b) Vallam (Tanjore)
c)
Dindigul
d)
Chennai
102) Th
e Computer Graphics Research Centre run by Periyar Maniammai Science and Technology Institute is a)
PCC
b)
PACE
c)
PECRA
d)
VIBGYOR
146 PERIYAR 1000 questions & answers 103) Th
e Periyar Education Institute that runs most number of branches in Tamil nadu is
a)
VIBGYOR
b) Periyar Training Centre
c) Periyar Community College of continuing education d) Teachers’ Training Institute
104) Th
e Chief Minister who proposed to erect a statue in memory of Periyar at Vaikom for his success in social agitation was a) K.Kamaraj
b) M.G.Ramachandran
c) Arignar Anna
d) M.Karunanidhi
105) The Chief Minister who erected Periyar’s statue and constructed Periyar Memorial Park and Periyar Library in Periyar Memorial of Vaikom was
a) M.G.Ramachandran
b) V.N.Janaki
c)
J.
Jayalalitha
d)
M.Karunanidhi
106) Th
e person who presided over the opening of Periyar Memorial in Vaikom was
a) Dr.R.Nedunchezhian
b) E.K.Naiyanar
c)
J.Jayalalitha
d)
M.Karunanidhi
107) Th
e Vaikom Periyar Memorial was opened in the year a)
1924
b)
1994
c)
1971
d)
1997
108) A Namboodhiri practised untouchability towards Gandhi, by making him sit in a separate hut outside his house, when Gandhi came to Vaikom to mediate between the agitators and the Namboodhiris. Th
is Namboodhiri was
a) Padmanaban Indan Th
uruthi
b) Indan Th
uruthi Nambeesan
c) Neelakanton Namboodhiri
d) None of the above
109) Computer Science is taught in Tiruchirappalli Periyar Educational campus for students from the age of a)
3
b)
4
c)
5
d)
6
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110) Th
e Charity Trust started by Maniammai is a) Periyar Self Respect Organisation
b)
Th
anthai Periyar Charity Trust
c) Periyar Maniammai Educational Charity Trust d) None of the three
111) Th
e Periyar Maniammai Charity Trust has come to be called Institute of Periyar Maniammai Science and Technology from the year
a)
1999
b)
1998
c)
2000
d)
2001
112) Th
e person who started Dravidar Kazhagam Trust is a)
Periyar
b)
Maniammai
c)
Nagammai
d)
K.Veeramani
113) Th
e Periyar Science Centre at Guindy was started by the AIADMK government headed by
a) M.G.Ramachandran b)V.N.Janaki
c) J. Jayalalitha
d) Navalar Nedunchezhiyan
114) All the Science centres were named after Periyar during the celebration of Periyar’s Centenary to promote scientifi c attitude among people. Th
is was in the year
a)
1979
b)
1980
c)
1981
d)
1982
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