READING DAY QUIZ

 

Reading Day Quiz both in English and malayalam.we are celebrating Reading day on June 19 to honour PN Panicker ,the father of Library movement in kerala. It is the death anniversary of PN Panicker.vayana dinam observing here with a week- long series of activities to honour him.

 

1. Which Day is Celebrated as reading Day ?

Answer – June 19

2. Whose death anniversary is celebrated as reading day in Kerala ?

Answer – P. N. Panicker

3. Who was the Father of Library movement in Kerala ?

Answer – P. N. Panicker

4. When did P N Panikkar died ?

Answer – 19 JUNE 1995

5. What was the full name of PN Panikar ?

Answer – Puthuvayil Narayana Panicker

6. When was PN Panikar born ?

Answer – 1909 MARCH 1

7. In which year PN Panikar started Library in his Village ?

Answer – IN 1926

8. What is the Slogan of Travancore Granthashala sangham ?

Answer – READ AND GROW

9. Which week is observed as reading week in Kerala ?

Answer – FROM JUNE 19 TO 25

10. Which is the first public library in Kerala ?

Answer – TRIVANDRUM PUBLIC LIBRARY

11. When was India Issued a postage stamp of PN Panikar ?

Answer – IN 2004

12. From which year June 19 is celebrated as national reading day ?

Answer – FROM  2017

13. Father of English Essay ?

Answer – Francis Bacon

14. All the world is stage and all men and women are merely players ” who said ?

Answer – William Shakespeare

15. The father of Malayalam language and literature ?

Answer – Ezhuthachan

16. The ancient Trio in Malayalam Literature ?

Answer – Ezhuthachan , Cherusseri , Kunchan Nambiar

17. First Mahakavi in Malayalam ?

Answer – Cherusseri Namboothiri

18. The Modern Trio in Malayalam Literature ?

Answer – Kumaranasan,Ulloor ,Vallathol

19. First work of Kumaranasan ?

Answer – Veena Poovu

20. Author of Nalacharitham Attakatha ?

Answer – Unnayi Variyar

21. The first book printed in Malayalam language ?

Answer – Samkshepa Vedartham

22. Mother of Malayalam Literature ?

Answer – Balamaniyamma

23. Pen name of P. C kuttikrishnan ?

Answer – Uroob

24. What is the name of PN Panicker’s brother ?

Answer – Keshava Panicker

25. Where is PN Panicker’s birth place ?

Answer – Neelam Peroor at changanassery taluk in Kottayam District .

26. What is the nickname of the PN Panicker ?

Answer – Nanu

27. What is the message delivered by PN Panicker in connection with the reading ?

Answer – Grow up and think and gain understanding

28. What is the full form of KANFED ?

Answer – Kerala Association for Non Formal Education and Development

29. Who is known as Kerala Vathmeeki ?

Answer – Vallathol Narayana Menon

30. Who is the Kerala Vyasan ?

Answer – Kodungallur Kunjikkuttan Thampuran

31. Who is known as Kerala Panini ?

Answer – A R Rajaraja Varmma

32. Who is the author of Panchathanthra Stories ?

Answer – Vishnu Sharmma

33. Who is the author of Aithihyamala ?

Answer – Kottarathil Shankunni

34. In Which year did the Malayalam language get the classical language status ?

Answer – 2013

35. Who wrote the novel Oru Deshathinte Kadha ?

Answer – SK Pottakkad

36. Which author is known by the PEN Name ‘ Uroob ‘ ?

Answer – PC Kuttikrishnan

37. Which author is known by the PEN NAME ‘ Anand ‘ ?

Answer – P Sachidananthan

38. Which author is known by’Kovilan ‘ ?

Answer – VV Ayyappan

39. Who is the author of the travelogue ‘ Pathirasuriyante Nattil ‘ ?

Answer – SK Pottakkad

40. Who is the author of the Worlds oldest extant grammar ?

Answer – Panini

41. Name the first Sanskrit work to be translated into English ?

Answer – Kalidas’s Shakunthala

42. Who created the character Mowgli ?

Answer – Rudyard Kipling

43. From Where is this Quotation taken :The love of money is the root of all evil ?

Answer – The Bible

44. Who created the character Tarzan ?

Answer – Edgar Rice Burroughs

45. Which is the worlds oldest University press ?

Answer – Oxford University press

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