20-12-2017, 04:33 PM
Kerala Renaissance
*Pandit Karuppan was appointed as Superintendent of Vernacular Education, Cochin State in
Ans : 1931
*Karuppan was appointed as Malayalam Lecturuer in the Maharaja’s College in
Ans : 1932
*First recipient of Pandit Karuppan Prize instituted by Pandit Karuppan Vichara Vedi
Ans : Sugathakumari (2013)
*Died on - 23rd March 1938
Kumaranasan (1873-1924)
*Birth place of Kumaranasan
Ans : Kayikkara (Thiruvananthapuram)
*Born on
Ans : 12th April 1873
*Father
Ans : Narayanan
*Mother
Ans : Kaali
*Spouse
Ans : Bhanumathi
*The childhood name of Kumaranasan
Ans : Kumaru
*Kumaranasan was one of the triumvirate poets of Kerala (the other two were Vallathol Narayana Menon and Ulloor S.Parameswara Iyer)
* Kumaranasan undertook a studentship in poetry under
Ans : Manamboor Govindan Asan
*The translation of Edwin Arnold’s ‘Light of Asia’written by Kumaranasan
Ans : Sribuddha Charitham
*First notable work of Kumaranasan
Ans : Veena Poovu (which was scripted during his sojourn in Jain Medu, Palakkadu in 1907)
*Veena Poovu was published for the first time in
Ans : Mithavadi
*Kumaranasan was honoured by Prince of Wales in
Ans : 1922
*The only poet in Malayalam became Mahakavi without writing a mahakavyam
Ans : Kumaranasan
*The title ‘Mahakavi’ was given to Kumaranasan by
Ans : Madras University
*The person who translated the dialogues between Tagore and Gum
Ans : Kumaranasan
*The person who translated the dialogues between Gandhiji and Gum
Ans : N. Kumaran
*The work of Kumaranasan that depicts the fact ‘Mamsanibhadamalla ragam’ (Love is not an artifact of flesh)
Ans : Leela
*The work of Kumaranasan written in the Vanchipattu Vruthum
Ans : Karuna
*Last work of Kumaranasan
Ans : Karuna (1924)
*The plays written by Kumaranasan
Ans : Vichitravijayam, Mrityunjayam
*The character ‘Mathangi’ is in which poem of Kumaranasan
Ans : Chandalabhikshuki
