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Q1. To whom did Pillai forward his whole cabinet’s resignation on 24 February 1951?
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Answer: D
Pillai sent the resignation of his cabinet to the Rajpramukh, Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma. The Rajpramukh was the head of the merged state.
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Q2. Whom did Annie Mascarene accuse of corruption in 1951?
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Answer: D
Annie Mascarene accused Public Works Minister E. John Philipose. Pillai stood by him, and the cabinet crisis followed.
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Q3. Which movement did Pillai’s government in Travancore act strongly against?
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Answer: C
Pillai’s government took large-scale measures against the communist movement. It was then gaining strength in the state.
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Q4. What caused T.K. Narayana Pillai’s ministry to fall on 28 February 1951?
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Answer: B
Pillai’s ministry fell amid a corruption controversy and political friction within his own government, one of independent India’s earliest such state government collapses.
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Q5. What eventually happened to Travancore-Cochin, the state T.K. Narayana Pillai first led?
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Answer: D
Travancore-Cochin merged further, in 1956, into the newly formed state of Kerala, under the States Reorganisation Act, so it no longer exists under its own name.
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Q6. On what date did Travancore merge with Cochin to form Travancore-Cochin, with Pillai becoming its first Chief Minister?
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Answer: A
Travancore merged with Cochin on 1 July 1949, forming Travancore-Cochin, with Pillai becoming the new state’s first Chief Minister that same day.
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Q7. What title did T.K. Narayana Pillai hold as head of the princely state of Travancore, before it merged with Cochin?
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Answer: C
Pillai became Prime Minister of Travancore on 22 October 1948, the princely state’s last, before Travancore merged with Cochin the following year.
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Q8. Travancore-Cochin, the state T.K. Narayana Pillai once led, was itself merged into which state in 1956?
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Answer: A
Travancore-Cochin merged into the newly formed state of Kerala in 1956, under the States Reorganisation Act.
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Q9. After losing the Chief Ministership, T.K. Narayana Pillai served as Minister for Food, Labour, and Education under which successor’s ministry?
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Answer: A
He joined C. Kesavan’s ministry in the same portfolio areas, before resigning from it on 5 September 1951.
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Q10. What led to the fall of T.K. Narayana Pillai’s Travancore-Cochin ministry, on 28 February 1951?
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Answer: A
His ministry fell amid corruption allegations and internal political friction, one of independent India’s earliest such state-government collapses.
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Q11. Before becoming Chief Minister of Travancore-Cochin, T.K. Narayana Pillai held which position in the princely state of Travancore?
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Answer: A
Pillai became Travancore’s last Prime Minister on 22 October 1948, just months before the state merged with Cochin.
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Q12. T.K. Narayana Pillai became the first Chief Minister of which state, formed on 1 July 1949?
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Answer: A
Travancore-Cochin was formed by merging the princely states of Travancore and Cochin on 1 July 1949, with Pillai as its first Chief Minister.
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