This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Ancient > Sangam Age – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sangam Age Quiz 1 (48 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is not one of the sources from which evidence of Indo-Roman trade during the Sangam Age is derived? A) Sangam literature. B) The accounts of Chinese and Roman travellers. C) The Roman coins of silver and gold found on the South Indian coast. D) Discovery of a Roman hoard at Arikamedu, near Pondicherry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The accounts of Chinese and Roman travellers. 2. Which of the following was not one of the better known agricultural products of the Sangam Age? A) Wheat. B) Rice. C) Turmeric. D) Sugar-cane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wheat. 3. Which of the following institutions did not exist during the Sangam Age? A) Courtesans. B) Ritualistic marriage. C) Slavery. D) Sati. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slavery. 4. The provinces during the Sangam Age were known as Mandalams and Mandalams were further subdivided into: A) Kottam. B) Nadu. C) Ur. D) Kurram. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kottam. 5. The date of Sangam age is A) 400 A.D. to 500 A.D. B) 5th century & 6th century B .C. C) 600AD.to700AD. D) 300 B.C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 400 A.D. to 500 A.D. 6. Which of the following was not one of the ideas of Sanskrit literature incorporated into Sangam literature? A) Uttar-Kuru (northern country) as a land of perpetual enjoyment. B) The concept of three-fold debt (rinatraya) of man. C) Worship of Indra as the principal deity. D) Arundhati as the ideal of chastity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Worship of Indra as the principal deity. 7. The term Nadukal mentioned in the Sangam literature A) Was an item of export in Indo-Roman trade. B) Was a tax on nadus. C) Means memorial stone. D) Is a reference to a velir chief. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is a reference to a velir chief. 8. Which of the following does not testify to the impact of Aryan culture on the Sangam Age? A) The worship of the forest tree and animal deities. B) Incorporation of Sanskrit ideas into Sangam literature. C) The anxiety to connect the local dynasties with the events of Mahabharata. D) The concept of marriage as a sacrament attended with rituals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The worship of the forest tree and animal deities. 9. The last anthology or group of Sangam literature, known as 'Ten Idylls', is : A) Tolkappiyam. B) Pattupattu. C) Kural. D) Manimekalai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pattupattu. 10. The Greco-Roman merchants visiting South India during the Sangam Age were referred to in the Tamil literature as A) Yauvanas. B) Yavanas. C) Pahalvlas. D) Ayyavanas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yavanas. 11. The current Tamil designation of the ministers during the Sangam Age was: A) Surram. B) Amaichchan or Amaichchar. C) Mantri. D) Amatya. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amaichchan or Amaichchar. 12. The Sangam text Tolkappiyam is a work on A) Medicine. B) Astronomy. C) Music. D) Grammar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grammar. 13. The Goddess Kannagi, whose many temples were erected during the Sangam Age, was the Goddess of: A) Chastity. B) Prowess. C) Learning. D) Wisdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chastity. 14. The richest and biggest land-owning class during the Sangam Age were: A) Ulavar. B) Brahmanas. C) Velas. D) Nayaks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Velas. 15. Which of the following was not one of the popular deities of the Sangam Age? A) Indra and Murugan. B) Ganesha. C) Krishna and Balaram. D) Siva and Vishnu. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ganesha. 16. Monuments (Hero stones) for the dead soldiers bearing their names, which were erected and worshiped during the Sangam Age, were known as: A) Nadukul. B) Virakkal. C) Both A and B. D) Mahavirakkal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both A and B. 17. A good contemporary account of the trade between the Tamil States of the Sangam Age and Greece and Rome has been given in : A) The Sangam work Pattinapalai. B) Das Wurfelspiel in alten Indien. C) Periplus of the Erythrean Sea. D) Ptolemy's Geography. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Periplus of the Erythrean Sea. 18. With regards to Sangam age history the terms Kurinji, Mullai, Marudam, Neydal and Palai refers to: A) Flowering plants having religious significance. B) Popular mensuration units used. C) Popular tamil poetry of the age. D) The five-fold division of lands. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The five-fold division of lands. 19. Which of the following non-Aryan social beliefs has been continuing in Tamil Nadu since the Sangam Age? A) Children wearing an ornament on which the five weapons of Tirumala are punched. B) Wearing of Tali by bride or married woman. C) Shaving the head of the widows. D) Offering a ball of cooked rice to the departed soul. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wearing of Tali by bride or married woman. 20. Sangam age literature is in language A) Kannada. B) Telugu. C) Hindi. D) Tamil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tamil. 21. Sangam literature formed a very important source for the reconstruction of the history of South India. It was written in A) Tamil. B) Telugu. C) Kannada. D) Malayalam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tamil. 22. Small village Assemblies during the Sangam Age were known as: A) Ambalam. B) Podiyil. C) Manaram. D) Avai. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Avai. 23. The word 'Sangam' is associated in Tamil history with: A) The literature produced during the reign of the great Pallava dynasty of Kanchi. B) The poems written in praise of the Pandyan kings of the early Christian era. C) The court poetry of Chola kings who were famous for patronizing artists. D) A college or assembly (literary academy) of Tamil scholars held under the royal patronage of Pandyan kings at Madurai. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A college or assembly (literary academy) of Tamil scholars held under the royal patronage of Pandyan kings at Madurai. 24. A righteous government to the Sangam Tamils meant one which: A) Pursued social and ethical values. B) Promoted agriculture and trade. C) Maintained social solidarity. D) Provided correct, quick and straight justice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Provided correct, quick and straight justice. 25. Sangam literature is : A) Pali literature dealing with the history of the Buddhist Samghas. B) Sanskrit works of Puranic nature dealing with the sanctity of the place where there is confluence of rivers in Prayaga. C) Early Tamil literature attributed to the first three centuries of the Christian Era. D) Classical Sanskrit literature patronised by the Guptas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Early Tamil literature attributed to the first three centuries of the Christian Era. 26. During the Sangam Age a tutelary tree called Kadimaram or Kavalmaram was planted by the rulers at a central place in the town and they took great care to protect the tree because: A) It was believed that the tree had power to protect the town. B) The destruction of the tree was symbolic of the defeat of the ruler. C) Both A and B. D) The tree was symbolic dynastic growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both A and B. 27. Which of the following was not one of the popular beliefs and customs prevalent during the Sangam Age? A) Rites were performed to avert the mischief of demons. B) There was much faith in omens and astrology. C) A woman with dishevelled hair was a bad omen. D) Eclipses were believed to be the result of Rahu and Ketu eating up the sun and the moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eclipses were believed to be the result of Rahu and Ketu eating up the sun and the moon. 28. The Third Tamil Sangam was held at A) Tanjore. B) Madurai. C) Kanjeevaram. D) Mahabalipuram. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Madurai. 29. Which one of the following was not a front during the Sangam age? A) Arikamedu. B) Uraiyar. C) Alangulam. D) Karkai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uraiyar. 30. Which of the following works provides a beautiful account of Madurai during the Sangam Age? A) Manimekalai. B) Kural or Tirukural. C) Silappadikaram. D) Pattupattu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Manimekalai. 31. Sangam is meant for? A) Assemblies of Tamil Scholars. B) Tamil religious literature. C) Dynasty of South India. D) Ancient name of South India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assemblies of Tamil Scholars. 32. Which of the following are correct about the Sangam or Sangam Literature? A) Sangam was held under royal patronage at Madurai. B) The didactic works of Sangam Literature are called Kilkanakku. C) The narrative texts of Sangam Literature are called Melkannakku. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of these. 33. One of the religious beliefs of the Sangam people, which was primitive in nature, was: A) Worship of the Gods and Goddess of the hill-side. B) Worship of totemic symbols. C) Worship of stars and planets. D) Ancestor worship. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worship of totemic symbols. 34. In the Sangam age, Uraiyur was important for A) It's being a great center of indigenous trade. B) It's being a great centre of spice trade. C) It's being a great center of cotton trade. D) It's being a great emporium of foreign trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It's being a great center of cotton trade. 35. Which of the following dynasties were constantly at war with the Chaeras during the later Sangam Age? A) Chola. B) Pandaya. C) Ikshvaku. D) Pallava. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pandaya. 36. The spies during the Sangam Age were known as: A) Orrars. B) Dutas. C) Spasas. D) Sanjayans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Orrars. 37. In whichlanguage were the Sangam classics written? A) Kannada. B) Malayalam. C) Tamil. D) Telugu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tamil. 38. Which of the following was not one of the methods of disposal of the dead practiced in the Sangam Age? A) Cremation. B) Giving watery grave to the dead. C) Simple burial. D) Urn burial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Giving watery grave to the dead. 39. The centre of Sangam literature and the patrons of Sangam poets were: A) The Cheras of Vanji. B) The Cholas of Uraiyur. C) The Pandyas of Madurai. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Pandyas of Madurai. 40. Which of the following products of the Sangam Age is considered to be the greatest monument of ancient Tamil literature? A) Padienenkilkanakku. B) Ettutogai. C) Tolkappiyam. D) Pattupattu. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ettutogai. 41. At Puhar or Kaveripumpattinam a great festival, described vividly by the Sangam Epic, was held in honour of Lord: A) Indra. B) Venkateswara. C) Svamimalai. D) Murugan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indra. 42. During the Sangam Age, war was usually declared or provoked by: A) Cutting the tutelary tree of the enemy. B) Besieging the enemy's fort. C) Crushing the crops of the enemy's territory under the feet of elephants. D) Lifting the cattle of the enemy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lifting the cattle of the enemy. 43. The term 'Variyam' during the Sangam Age signified the: A) Unit of revenue yielding territory. B) Managing committee of the village assemblies. C) Officer-in-charge collecting the land revenue. D) Revenue-free villages granted to Brahmanas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unit of revenue yielding territory. 44. Which of the following was not one of the royal dynasties of the Tamil country during the Sangam Age? A) Pandya. B) Pallava. C) Chera. D) Chola. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pallava. 45. Which of the following statements about the position of women in the Sangam Age is not correct? A) The women performing sati used to earn fame. B) Women were employed as guards to attend on the king in the military camps. C) Higher class women officiated as priests. D) Women do not seem to have owned property. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Higher class women officiated as priests. 46. During the Sangam age the northern boundary of the Tamil country extended upto A) Kudoor. B) Yerragudi. C) Kanchipuram. D) Vengadam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vengadam. 47. Which of the following statements about the social structure of the Sangam Age is not correct? A) The difference in the status and economic conditions was well accepted and rarely challenged by the people. B) Sangam literature mentions three regular varnas, namely, Brahmins, Kshatriyas and Vaisyas. C) There were four castes, namely, Tudiyan, Panan, Paraiyan and Kadamban. D) People were organized in professional social groups living apart from one-another. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sangam literature mentions three regular varnas, namely, Brahmins, Kshatriyas and Vaisyas. 48. The most favourite God of the Tamils during the Sangam Age was: A) Tirumal. B) Varuna. C) Indra. D) Murugan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Murugan. Related QuizzesIndian History QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesAncient India QuizAncient Indian History QuizBuddhism QuizChandragupta QuizGupta Period QuizHarrapan Civilization QuizIndus QuizJainism Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books