1. The first sanctuary in Kerala: (a) Silent Valley (b) Eravikulam (c) Thekkady (d) Periyar 2. Which district in Kerala has the largest number of National Parks: (a) Wayanad (b) Palakkad (c) Ernakulam (d) Idukki 3. The National Park which is famous for Nilgiri Tahr: (a) Silent Valley (b) Iravikulam (c) Pampadumchola (d) Mathiketan Chola 4. The largest national park in Kerala: (a) Silent Valley (b) Mathiketan Chola (c) Pampadumchola (d) Eravikulam 5. The Silent Valley National Park is in: (a) Idukki (b) Palakkad (c) Wayanad (d) Kannur 6. The National Park which is famous for lion tailed macaque: (a) Eravikulam (b) Silent Valley (c) Pampadumchola (d) Chimmini 7. The smallest national park in Kerala: (a) Pampadumchola (b) Mathiketan Chola (c) Anamudi Chola (d) Aralam 8. Eravikulam was declared National Park in: (a) 1973 (b) 1978 (c) 1984 (d) 1980 9. The river flows through Silent Valley: (a) Thoothapuzha (b) Kunthipuzha (c) Kabani (d) None of these 10. The largest sanctuary in Kerala: (a) Wayanad (b) Periyar (c) Shendurny (d) Thekkady 11. The southernmost sanctuary in Kerala: (a) Peppara (b) Neyyar (c) Shendurny (d) Thattekkad 12. The sanctuary in Kerala which was included in Project Tiger: (a) Kottiyoor (b) Peppara (c) Periyar (d) Aralam 13. Shendurney Wild Life sanctuary is in the district of: (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Kollam (c) Kannur (d) Palakkad 14. The old name of Thekkady Wild Life sanctuary: (a) Mattuppatty (b) Nellikkampatty (c) Tholpatty (d) None of these 15. The sanctuary in Kerala which is accessible only through Tamil Nadu: (a) Thekkady (b) Parambikulam (c) Chinnar (d) Chimminy 16. The second largest sanctuary in Kerala: (a) Wayanad (b) Peppara (c) Parambukulam (d) Idukki 17. Thattekkad bird santuary is in the district of: (a) Idukki (b) Wayanad (c) Palakkad (d) Ernakulam 18. Which organisation is related to Biosphere Reserves? (a) W.H.O. (b) I.B.R.D. (c) IUCN (d) UNESCO 19. Choolannur Sanctuary is mainly related to: a) Peacock b) Elephant c) Nilgiri tahr d) Tiger 20. The smallest sanctuary in Kerala: (a) Mangalavanam (b) Choolannur (c) Peppara (d) Neyyar 21. Who pointed out the importance of Thattekkad sanctuary for the first time? (a) K.K.Neelakantan (b) Salim Ali (c) Sugathakumari (d) C.N.R Rao 22. Who was the king of Travancore when Nellikampatty sanctury was formed? (a) Sri Moolam Thirunal (b) Chithira Thirunal (c) Marthanda Varma (d) Swathi Thirunal 23. The first biosphere reserve in India: (a) Nilgiri (b) Agasthyamala (c) Gulf of Mannar (d) Gyanbharati 24. Kannimara, the largest teak in Asia can be seen in........ sanctuary. (a) Parambikkulam (b) Thekkady (c) Neyyar (d) Aralam 25. Which district in Kerala has the largest forest area? (a) Palakkad (b) Wayanad (c) Idukki (d) Kannur Answers 1. Periyar 2. Idukki 3. Idukki 4. Eravikulam (Formed in 1978) 5. Palakkad 6. Silent Valley 7. Pampadumchola 8. 1978 9. Kunthipuzha 10. Periyar 11. Neyyar 12. Periyar (Declared as a tiger reserve in 1978) 13. Kollam 14. Nellikkampatty 15. Parambikulam 16. Wayanad ( Established in 1973) 17. Ernakulam 18. IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) 19. Peacock 20. Mangalavanam 21. Salim Ali (first bird sanctuary in Kerala) 22. Chithira Thirunal 23. Nilgiri (Establieshed in 1986) 24. Parambikkulam 25. Idukki
She was born in Anakkara Vadakkathu family of Ponnani Taluk in Malabar, in 1905.
A.V. Kuttimalu Amma began her public life as an active Khadi and Swadeshi worker in 1930.
She was also known as a campaigner of Swadeshi movement.
She led groups of women in the picketing of foreign cloth-shops in Kozhikode in the year 1931.
During the Civil Disobedience Movement, holding her two month old baby in her arms, she led a procession of women, breaking the ban order in Calicut and was arrested and convicted for two years imprisonment.
In 1936, she was elected to the Madras Assembly.
During Quit India Movement, she was detained for two years in the Presidency jail for women.
After her release in 1944, she took up the task of organizing Congress in Malabar and became KPCC President for a term.
She had also served as a member of AICC and the Congress Working Committee. In 1946, she was again elected as a member of Madras Legislative Assembly.
She had also been the Director of the Mathrubhumi publications and President of Malabar Hindi Prachar Sabha.
Ammu Swaminathan(1894–1978)
Born into the Vadakkath family of Anakkara in Palakkad district, Kerala
She was an Indian social worker and political activist during the Indian independence movement and a member of the Constituent Assembly of India.
After independence, she served as a member of the Constituent Assembly of India.
She was also selected as 'Mother of The Year' in 1975 on the inauguration of International Women's Year.
Popular Bharatanatyam dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai, and wife of Vikram Sarabhai, a renowned scientist is the daughter of Ammu Swaminathan.
Her another daughter Lakshmi Sahgal(commonly referred as "Captain Lakshmi") was a revolutionary of the Indian independence movement, an officer of the Indian National Army
Accamma Cheriyan(1909-1982)
Born in Kanjirapally.
Popularly known as Jhansi Rani of Travancore.
Accamma Cherian led a mass rally from Thampanoor to the Kowdiar Palace of the Maharaja Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma to revoke a ban on State Congress. The agitating mob also demanded the dismissal of the Dewan, C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar, against whom the State Congress leaders had levelled several charges. The British police chief ordered his men to fire on the rally of over 20,000 people . Accamma Cherian cried, "I am the leader; shoot me first before you kill others". Her courageous words forced the police authorities to withdraw their orders. On hearing the news M. K. Gandhi hailed her as 'The Jhansi Rani of Travancore'. She was arrested and convicted for violating prohibitory orders in 1939.
Accamma, after her release from jail, became a full-time worker of the State Congress. In 1942, she became its Acting President.
In 1947, after independence, Accamma was elected unopposed to the Travancore Legislative Assembly from Kanjirapally.
She also served as a member of the Freedom Fighters' Pension Advisory Board.
She is also known as 'Joan of Arc of Kerala'.
Accamma Cheriyan organized female volunteer crops known as a Desa Sevika Sangh in Travancore.
Anna Chandy (1905-1996)
Born in Trivandrum.
Anna Chandy became India's first woman judge in a district court in 1948, and in 1959 at the Kerala High Court.
In 1926, she then became the first woman in her state to get a law degree.
She was admitted to the bar in 1928 and in 1937 and was appointed as a district judge in Travancore by Sir C.P. Ramaswami Iyer , the then Dewan of Travancore.
She was the Judge of Kerala High Court from Feb 09, 1959 to April 5, 1967.
Anna Chandy was the founder and editor of a journal called 'Shreemati' in which she championed women’s rights.
Sreemati is the first woman's magazine weekly published in malayalam.
She was a member of the Travancore Vidhan Parishad.
Autobiography of Anna Chandy is 'Atmakatha'.
Lalithambika Antharjanam(1909-1987)
Born in Kottavattom near Punalur, Kollam district,
She was an Indian author and social reformer best known for her literary works in Malayalam language. Her writing reflects a sensitivity to the women's role in society.
Her popular novel novel 'Agnisakshi' (1976) won the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award and Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 1977.
First Vayalar Award winning novel is 'Agnisakshi'.
Her autobiography Aathmakadhakkoru Aamukham (An Introduction to Autobiography) is a very significant work.
Parvathi Nenmenimangalam
Parvati Nenmenimangalam was active in the social reform movement among the Nambudiris and played a leading role in organising Nambudiri women.
Arya Pallam
Arya Pallam was a woman activist who worked for reforms on the life of Namboothiri women.
She was nominated to Cochin legislative assembly to advice about the Namboodiri Bill
Thottekkattu Madhavi Amma
She presided over the first exclusive women session of the NSS in 1929.
Wife of Mannathu Padmanabhan.
Madhavi Amma was the first woman to be a member of any legislature in India
She was the daughter of Diwan Peshkar of Cochin and the famous poet Thottakattu Ikkavamma.
K.Devayani
Leader of Karivalloor Struggle. Karivellur struggle is a valiant sliver in the history of the revolt against British imperialism which occurred on 20 December 1946.
Lalitha Prabhu
She was the daughter of Great Educationalist M.Sheshagiri Prabhu.
Famous activist of Kerala Mahila Desa Sevika Sangh.
Participated in Disobedience movement.
Mary Poonan Lukose(1886-1976)
Born in Aymanam,Kottayam
She worked as gynecologist and obstetrician.
She was the First woman Surgeon General in India.
In 1922 she was nominated to the legislative assembly of Travancore,known as Sree Chitra State Council, thus becoming the first woman legislator in the state.
Government of India awarded her Padma Shri in 1975.
Founder of a Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Nagarcoil and the X-Ray and Radium Institute, Thiruvananthapuram.
The commission perfoms as a statutary body,it performs on all matters relating to women's problems.The commission inquire into the complaints of any unfair practice and take on decisions.
A Bill corresponding to National Commission for Women was drafted out in the State of Kerala as the Kerala Women's Commission Bill, 1990 and sent for the consent of the President of India in 1990. The draft Bill was framed under the guidance of the then Minister for Social Welfare Smt. K. R. Gouri Amma with legal aid from Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer and Justice Subramanian Potti and suggestions of womens organisations.
Kerala Women's Commission Act was passed on 15th September 1995.
The first Commission, formed during the tenure of Shri. A. K. Antony as Chief Minister came into force on 14-March-1996.
Commission constitutes of Chairperson and 3 members and 2 ex-officio members who are noted dignitaries of the society.
First Chairperson: Sugatha Kumari
Present Chairperson: MC Josephine
Only person to become Chairperson of Kerala Womens Commission twice: D. Sreedevi
The tenure of the Chairperson of Kerala Women's Commission and members: 5 years
Monthly publication of Kerala Women's Commission is :Sthreesakthi
Located at Thiruvanathapuram
Kerala Womens Commission Chairperson List:
Sugatha Kumari
Jus. D. Sreedevi
M. Kamalam
Jus.D.Sreedevi
K C Rosakutty
MC Josephine
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Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) is a government owned financial institution in the Indian state of Kerala to mobilize funds for infrastructure development from outside the state revenue. KIIFB is a statutory body constituted by the 'Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Act, 1999' (Act 4 of 2000).
Came into existence on 11th November 1999
Chairman: Pinarayi Vijayan (Chief Minister of Kerala)
Vice Chairman: T.M.Thomas Isaac (Finance Minister of Kerala)
Ayillyath Kuttiari Gopalan popularly known as A. K. Gopalan or AKG, was an Indian communist leader.
AKG was born on 1 October 1904 in Peralasseri, Kannur District of Northern Kerala.
He served as the first leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha in 1952.
In 1927 he joined the Indian National Congress and began playing an active role in the Khadi Movement and the upliftment of Harijans.
He was arrested for participating in the salt satyagraha in 1930.
AKG was the Volunteer Captain of Guruvayoor Satyagraha.
He led the hunger march from Malabar region(Kannur) to Madras in 1936 and the Malabar Jatha in support of the movement for responsible government in Travancore.
In 1939, he joined Communist Party of India.
In 1944, he became the Secretary of Kerala Communist Party.
AKG played an important role in the formation of Indian Coffee House, a worker cooperative initiative.
First Indian Coffee House in Kerala was started at Thrissur in 1958.
He was a member of Lok Sabha for 5 consecutive terms till his death on 22 March 1977.
Shaji N. Karun, a prominent film director of Kerala, made a biopic on AKG titled AKG - Athijeevanathinte Kanalvazhikal.
His valiant struggles for protecting the interest of the working class inside and outside the Parliament earned him the title the "Crusader of the downtrodden".
( അവശതയനുഭവിക്കുന്ന ജനതക്കുവേണ്ടി നടത്തിയ പോരാട്ടങ്ങളെ കണക്കിലെടുത്ത് കമ്മ്യൂണിസ്റ്റ് അനുയായികൾ ഇദ്ദേഹത്തെ ബഹുമാനപൂർവ്വം പാവങ്ങളുടെ പടത്തലവൻ എന്നു വിശേഷിപ്പിക്കുന്നു.)
AKG Bhavan, CPI(M)'s national headquarters in Delhi is named after him.
The State Headquarters of CPI(M) in Kerala: A.K.G Center (Thiruvananthapuram).
The Autobiography of A.K.G is 'Ente Jeevitha Katha'.
March 22 is observed as AKG day.
A.K.G Tomb is situated at Payyambalam Beach (Kannur).
His wife Susheela Gopalan was a former minister of Kerala.
AK Gopalan books
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►കൊടുങ്കാറ്റിന്റെ മാറ്റൊലി.
►എന്റെ പൂര്വ്വകാല സ്മരണകള്.
►മണ്ണിനു വേണ്ടി.
►എന്റെ ഡയറി.
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The Kuttamkulam struggle (Vazzhinadakkal Samaram) in 1946 was started as a protest against untouchability in to the premise of the Kudalmanikyam temple in Irinjalakuda in Thrissur. The caste organizations like S N D P, Samastha Cochin Pulaya Mahasabha, the political parties like Prajamandalam, CPI and Beedi workers organizations protested against this injustice.
The people united under the leadership of P. K. Kumaran Master, Saratha Kumaran, K .V. Unni and P.K.Chathan Master. Finally the untouchable’s classes got the right to walk along the kuttamkulam road!
കൊച്ചിയിൽ സഞ്ചാര സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യത്തിനും ജാതിവിരുദ്ധചിന്തയുടെ പ്രചാരാണത്തിനുമായി നടത്തപ്പെട്ട സമരമായിരുന്നു കുട്ടംകുളം സമരം.ഇരിങ്ങാലക്കുട കൂടൽമാണിക്യം ക്ഷേത്രത്തിനു മുൻവശമുള്ള നടപ്പാത അവർണ്ണർക്കായി തുറന്നു കിട്ടുവാനും 1910ൽ ജില്ലാ മജിസ്റ്റ്രേറ്റ് ഒരു ഉത്തരവിന്റെ അടിസ്ഥാനത്തിൽ സ്ഥാപിയ്ക്കപ്പെട്ടിരുന്ന ഒരു തീണ്ടൽപ്പലക മാറ്റിക്കിട്ടുവാനും ആണ് ഈ സമരം പ്രധാനമായും സംഘടിപ്പിയ്ക്കപ്പെട്ടത്.
എം.കെ. കാട്ടുപറമ്പന്റെ നേതൃത്വത്തിൽ ഇരുപത്തഞ്ചുപേർ കുട്ടംകുളം റോഡിൽ കയറുവാൻ ചാലക്കുടിയിൽ നിന്നു പുറപ്പെടുകയും നഗരാതിർത്തിയിൽ അവരെ പോലീസ് തടയുകയും ചെയ്തു.തുടർന്നു നടന്ന ചർച്ചയിൽ ക്ഷേത്രപ്രവേശകർമ്മസമിതി സമരം ഏറ്റെടുക്കാം എന്ന വ്യവസ്ഥയിൽ ജാഥ പിരിച്ചുവിടുകയും ചെയ്തു. എന്നാൽ 1946 ജൂലൈ ആറിനു കൂടിയ യോഗത്തെത്തുടർന്നു പിന്നീട് സമരം മൂർച്ഛിയ്ക്കുകയും പി. ഗംഗാധരൻ ,കെ വി.ഉണ്ണി എന്നിവർ നയിച്ച ജാഥ കുട്ടം കുളം റോഡിനുസമീപം വച്ച് പോലീസ് തടയുകയും, ജാഥാംഗങ്ങൾക്ക് ഭീകരമായ മർദ്ദനത്തിനു ഇരയാകേണ്ടിയും വന്നു.
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