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Sangam Age - 1

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Which Indian saint is given the credit of spreading the Aryan culture in South India?

  1. Sattanar

  2. Agastya

  3. Tolkappiyar

  4. Tiruttakadevanar


Correct Option: B

What was the 'Naddukala' or 'Virakala'?

  1. The agricultural labourers

  2. The followers of the famous Pattini Cult.

  3. Stones erected in the memory of a dead warrior.

  4. Worshippers of Murugan.


Correct Option: C

The castes 'Usvar' and 'Vellara' are related to:

  1. Kurunji

  2. Pallai

  3. Mullai

  4. Marudam

  5. Neytal


Correct Option: D

Tiger was the royal emblem of the:

  1. Cholas

  2. Cheras

  3. Pandyas

  4. Pallavas


Correct Option: A

The Pandya King who punished Kovalan(husband of Kannagi) of Silappadikaram was?

  1. Nedunjeral Adan

  2. Ilanjetcenni

  3. Udiyanjeral

  4. Nedunjeliyan


Correct Option: D

Manimegalai is a sequel to which work of Sangam literature?

  1. Tirukkural

  2. Tolkappiyam

  3. Jivaka Chintamani

  4. Silappadikaram


Correct Option: D

The story of Kovalan and Kannagi is narrated in the tamil epic?

  1. Manimegalai

  2. Silappadikaram

  3. Tolkappiyam

  4. Paripadal


Correct Option: B

Which Chera ruler is credited for having started the cultivation of sugarcane in Southern India?

  1. Senguttuvan

  2. Kalankaik Kanni Narmudijera

  3. Perunjeral Adan

  4. Neduman Anji


Correct Option: D

The lowest unit of administration during the Sangam Age was:

  1. Mandal

  2. Nadu

  3. Ur

  4. Pattinam


Correct Option: C

What is the occupation of the inhabitants of the region called Kurinji?

  1. Plundering

  2. Animal Husbandry

  3. Hunting and food gathering

  4. Agriculture on large scale


Correct Option: C

Which Chera ruler is also referred to as the Righteous Kuttuva or the Red Chera?

  1. Senguttuvan

  2. Perunjeral Adan

  3. Ilamcheral Irumporai

  4. Udiyanjeral


Correct Option: A

Which Chera ruler is discussed in the 6th decade of Padirrupattu composed by Naccellaiyar?

  1. Senguttuvan

  2. Nedunjeral Adan

  3. Perunjeral Adan

  4. Perumcheral Irumporai


Correct Option: C

Which Chera prince was also mentioned as the Sey of the Elephant look?

  1. Perumcheral Irumporai

  2. Selvakkadungo Vali Adan

  3. Kalankaik Kanni Narmudijera

  4. Mandaranjeral Irumporai


Correct Option: D

Which Chera ruler was a fierce warrior and a worshipper of Goddess Korravai but later embraced Brahmanism as his faith?

  1. Udiyanjeral

  2. Nedunjeral

  3. Kuttuvan

  4. Senguttuvan


Correct Option: C

Who started the Pattini Cult of South India?

  1. Senguttuvan

  2. Gajabahu

  3. Nedunjeliyan

  4. Karikala Chola


Correct Option: A

The military commanders of the Sangam period were called:

  1. Enadi

  2. Arasar

  3. Vellalas

  4. Paraiyars


Correct Option: A

Devavrinda was a term used during the Sangam age for the group of deities comprising

  1. Murugan, Krishna, Siva, Indra

  2. Murugan, Krishna, Siva, Indra, Balrama

  3. Krishna, Siva, Indra, Balrama

  4. Murugan, Balrama, Siva, Indra


Correct Option: B

The ascending order of the administrative divisions in the Sangam period was:

  1. Kottam,Ur,Nadu,Kurram,Mandalam

  2. Ur,Kottam,Kurram,Nadu,Mandalam

  3. Ur,Kurram,Nadu,kottam,Manadalam

  4. Kottam,Nadu,Kurram,Ur,Mandalam


Correct Option: B

Which tamil work is called the Bible of the Tamil land?

  1. Tolkappiyam

  2. Jivaka Chintamani

  3. Silappadikaram

  4. Tirukkural


Correct Option: D

Which ruler is credited with converting the Oliyar community from nomadism to a settled life?

  1. Senguttuvan

  2. Ilamcheral Irumporai

  3. Nedunjeliyan

  4. Karikala Chola


Correct Option: D

Who were the Vellelas of the Sangam period?

  1. The ruling class

  2. The rich peasants who held civil and military offices.

  3. The feudatories of Cheras

  4. The lowest class which carried out agricultural operations.


Correct Option: B

The temple of Augustus was built at :

  1. Muziris

  2. Puhar

  3. Uraiyur

  4. Madurai


Correct Option: A

Who was the most important Chola ruler?

  1. Elara

  2. Karikala

  3. Ilanjetcenni

  4. Senguttuvan


Correct Option: B

Which city was famous for its cotton cloth during the Sangam Age?

  1. Kaveripattinam

  2. Uraiyur

  3. Madurai

  4. Kapatapuram


Correct Option: B

Which tamil work is the source of geneological history of the Chera rulers?

  1. Ettutogai

  2. Pattinapalai

  3. Padirrupattu

  4. Tirukkural


Correct Option: C
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