Sangam Age Quiz 1 (48 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following is not one of the sources from which evidence of Indo-Roman trade during the Sangam Age is derived?
2. Which of the following was not one of the better known agricultural products of the Sangam Age?
3. Which of the following institutions did not exist during the Sangam Age?
4. The provinces during the Sangam Age were known as Mandalams and Mandalams were further subdivided into:
5. The date of Sangam age is
6. Which of the following was not one of the ideas of Sanskrit literature incorporated into Sangam literature?
7. The term Nadukal mentioned in the Sangam literature
8. Which of the following does not testify to the impact of Aryan culture on the Sangam Age?
9. The last anthology or group of Sangam literature, known as 'Ten Idylls', is :
10. The Greco-Roman merchants visiting South India during the Sangam Age were referred to in the Tamil literature as
11. The current Tamil designation of the ministers during the Sangam Age was:
12. The Sangam text Tolkappiyam is a work on
13. The Goddess Kannagi, whose many temples were erected during the Sangam Age, was the Goddess of:
14. The richest and biggest land-owning class during the Sangam Age were:
15. Which of the following was not one of the popular deities of the Sangam Age?
16. Monuments (Hero stones) for the dead soldiers bearing their names, which were erected and worshiped during the Sangam Age, were known as:
17. A good contemporary account of the trade between the Tamil States of the Sangam Age and Greece and Rome has been given in :
18. With regards to Sangam age history the terms Kurinji, Mullai, Marudam, Neydal and Palai refers to:
19. Which of the following non-Aryan social beliefs has been continuing in Tamil Nadu since the Sangam Age?
20. Sangam age literature is in language
21. Sangam literature formed a very important source for the reconstruction of the history of South India. It was written in
22. Small village Assemblies during the Sangam Age were known as:
23. The word 'Sangam' is associated in Tamil history with:
24. A righteous government to the Sangam Tamils meant one which:
25. Sangam literature is :
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:
27. Which of the following was not one of the popular beliefs and customs prevalent during the Sangam Age?
28. The Third Tamil Sangam was held at
29. Which one of the following was not a front during the Sangam age?
30. Which of the following works provides a beautiful account of Madurai during the Sangam Age?
31. Sangam is meant for?
32. Which of the following are correct about the Sangam or Sangam Literature?
33. One of the religious beliefs of the Sangam people, which was primitive in nature, was:
34. In the Sangam age, Uraiyur was important for
35. Which of the following dynasties were constantly at war with the Chaeras during the later Sangam Age?
36. The spies during the Sangam Age were known as:
37. In whichlanguage were the Sangam classics written?
38. Which of the following was not one of the methods of disposal of the dead practiced in the Sangam Age?
39. The centre of Sangam literature and the patrons of Sangam poets were:
40. Which of the following products of the Sangam Age is considered to be the greatest monument of ancient Tamil literature?
41. At Puhar or Kaveripumpattinam a great festival, described vividly by the Sangam Epic, was held in honour of Lord:
42. During the Sangam Age, war was usually declared or provoked by:
43. The term 'Variyam' during the Sangam Age signified the:
44. Which of the following was not one of the royal dynasties of the Tamil country during the Sangam Age?
45. Which of the following statements about the position of women in the Sangam Age is not correct?
46. During the Sangam age the northern boundary of the Tamil country extended upto
47. Which of the following statements about the social structure of the Sangam Age is not correct?
48. The most favourite God of the Tamils during the Sangam Age was: