Kerala General Knowledge Questions with Answers

51. Who is known as 'Kerala Vyasan'?

• A) Kunhikuttan Thampuran
• B) Kumaranasan
• C) Vallathol Narayana Menon
• D) G. Sankara Kurup

52. Who is known as 'Kerala Maupassant'?

• A) M.T. Vasudevan Nair
• B) Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
• C) Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer
• D) Changampuzha Krishna Pillai

53. P.C. Kuttikrishnan is better known by which pen name?

• A) Sankarankutty
• B) Thikodian
• C) Uroob
• D) Vilasini

54. Which of the following is not part of the ancient triumvirate poets (Pracheena Kavithrayam) of Malayalam?

• A) Ezhuthachan
• B) Cherusseri Namboothiri
• C) Kunchan Nambiar
• D) Unnayi Warrier

55. How many poems are there in the Malayalam work 'Ramacharitham'?

• A) 762
• B) 988
• C) 1522
• D) 1814

56. 'Subramanya Sathakam' and 'Sankara Sathakam' are early works of which poet?

• A) M.P. Appan
• B) P. Bhaskaran
• C) Kumaran Asan
• D) Vallathol Narayana Menon

57. Through which poem did Kumaran Asan raise his voice against caste barriers?

• A) Veenapoovu
• B) Nalini
• C) Lila
• D) Duravastha

58. 'Advaita Chinthapaddathi' is a literary work of whom?

• A) Sree Narayana Guru
• B) Pandit Karuppan
• C) Chattampi Swamikal
• D) Ayya Vaikundar

59. Who was the first Sahitya Akademi Award winner for Malayalam literature?

• A) R. Narayana Panikkar
• B) Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
• C) G. Sankara Kurup
• D) N. Balamani Amma

60. In which year did G. Sankara Kurup win the Jnanpith Award?

• A) 1965
• B) 1966
• C) 1967
• D) 1968