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Chodya Sadhya

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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1.

X is a place which is quite famous for its association with onam festival, derives its name from ‘The land of the holy foot’. Identify X.

(a)  

2.

Balipratipada is celebrated in honour of the notional return of the daitya-king Bali to earth on the fourth day of the famous festival X? Identify X.

(a)  

3.

X recently starred in a music video produced by Joby George and distributed by Goodwill Entertainment which was trending on social media. X, who is usually known for his social media presence, appeared in a black dress which striked contrast to his usual appearance where he wears a simple white dress. Y is popularly known in social media as X. Identify X

(a)  

4.

Onam derives its name from X, which is presumed to be the sankritised version of the nakshatra thiruonam. This word, used frequently in Zamorin's court is believed to have undergone several transformations from leading upto onam. X -> saavanam -> aavanam -> onam. Identify X

(a)  

5.

According to some sources, a cheraman perumal named ravi varma witnessed splitting of X. Shocked by this, he asked some arab merchants about the incident which led him to mecca on the day of thiruvonam.Following which he converted to islam and built the very first indian mosque at kodungallur. Identify X

(a)  

6.

Presentation of various objects by the vassals to the Jenmis(Feudal lords), was a common social obligation of medieval kerala. This practice was very popular during onam before the ablotion of the jenmi system, and had a name X. Identify X

(a)  

7.

N.V. Krishna Warier in his ‘Kalotsavam’, tried to show that there is great resemblence between onam and the new year festival of the X of babylonia. According to Warier, due to some political disaster, the ancient Assirians migrated to Kerala .The ancient X kingdom was known as Assiria or Assur, which too bears resemblance to the asura/daitya clan mahabali belonged to. In the dynastic table of Assiria there are some names which bear some similarity with the names of Prahl ada, Virochana and Bali as well.Identify X.

(a)  

8.

A complaint was lodged at against Municipality chairperson Ajitha Thankappan, of X constituency for gifting Rs. 10,000 as Onakkodi to 43 councillors recently.Identify X

(a)  

9.

X was first mentioned in Mannan Pattu(based of Chilappathikaran the tamil classic) is a double boiled dish commonly served for death related ceremonies. A variant of this dish Y is a very important part of the onam sadhya.Y is believed to have been prepared comercially for the first time by M.S. Krishna Iyer (Ambi Swamy) in 1975,a period in which Y gained a lot of popularity. Identify X

(a)  

10.

During the 13th century war amongst feudal kingdoms of Kayamkulam and Chembakassery, King Devanarayna of chembakassery commissioned the construction of a war boat named X. We know X as a snake boat in english, identify X in malyalam.

(a)