This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Medieval > Chola – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chola Quiz 1 (51 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Evidence regarding Chola paintings has been found at A) Kanchipuram. B) Thanjaur. C) Uraiyur. D) Puhar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thanjaur. 2. Which one of the following was a temple built by the Chola Kings? A) Brihadiswara Temple, Tanjavur. B) Meenakshi Temple, Madurai. C) Srirangam Temple, Thiruchirapalli. D) Durga Temple, Aihole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brihadiswara Temple, Tanjavur. 3. Which of the following was the lowest unit of Chola administration? A) Mandalam. B) Kurram. C) Kottam. D) Valanadu. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kurram. 4. The Chola administrative system the Sabha was A) The village court of justice. B) An assembly of adult men in agraharas. C) A Committee of People from all castes. D) A Committee of nattars. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An assembly of adult men in agraharas. 5. The Chola ruler who wrested tondaimandalam from the Rashtrakutas was A) Kulottunga I. B) Sundrachola. C) Raja Raja I. D) Parantaka I. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parantaka I. 6. The most important feature of the Chola administration was? A) The local self Government. B) The nagarapalikas. C) Sabha. D) Variams. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The local self Government. 7. Which was the main seaport of Cholas A) Muzaris. B) Vanchi. C) Korkai. D) Kaveripattanam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kaveripattanam. 8. Who said that "the Chola artists conceived like grants and finished like jewellers.? " A) Percy Brawn. B) Dr. A. K. Mathas. C) Pujarti. D) Furguson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Furguson. 9. Which noted scholar wrote Vikramankadevacharita? A) Jaydeva. B) Kalhan. C) Kalidas. D) Bilhana. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bilhana. 10. Chola rulers were followers of? A) Jainism. B) Shaivism. C) Vaishnavism. D) Shaktism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shaivism. 11. Karikala, the Chola king, made a grand anicut on the Kaveri, the water of which nowadays drawn off through a new channel called Vennar. Which of the following regions of Tamil Nadu does it irrigate? A) Chingleput. B) South Thanjavur. C) West Madurai. D) South Arcot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) South Thanjavur. 12. Which one of the following Chola rulers had persecuted Ramanuja and ousted him from his Kingdom? A) Adhirajendra. B) Rajaraja I. C) Kulothunga I. D) Kulothunga II. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kulothunga I. 13. The Chola empire reached its zenith under A) Parantakal 1. B) Rajendra Chola I. C) Raja raja. D) Rajendra Chola II. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rajendra Chola I. 14. The Cholas, the Pandyas, the Kealaputras and the Satyaputras are mentioned as his neighboring powers by Ashoka in A) Pillar Edict VII. B) Rock Edict XIII. C) Rock Edict II. D) Minor Rock Edicts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rock Edict II. 15. Chola Empire was divided into: A) Mandalams, Nadu, Kurram & Malkhand. B) Mandalams, Nadu, Kurram & Valanadu. C) Mandalams, Nadu, Malkhand & Avanti. D) Mandalams, Bhoomi, Avanti & Valanadu. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mandalams, Nadu, Kurram & Valanadu. 16. An enormous Nandi, the second largest in India is a feature of which Chola temple? A) Gangaikonda cholapuram temple. B) Nataraja temple at Chidambaram. C) Lepakshi temple. D) Raja Rajeswara temple at Tanjore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Raja Rajeswara temple at Tanjore. 17. Aryabhatta believed to have been born in the 5th century AD, was a most renowned scholar of A) Biology. B) Astronomy. C) Medicine. D) Physiology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Astronomy. 18. Which of the following represents the town inhabited by merchants and traders in Chola period? A) Nadu. B) Sabha. C) Nagaram. D) Ur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nagaram. 19. During whose regime did Albaruni, a scholar of Central Asia visited India? A) Mahmud Ghaznavi. B) Iltutmish. C) Mohammed Ghori. D) Qutub-ud-din Aibak. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mahmud Ghaznavi. 20. Which chola ruler completed the conquest of Sri Lanka? A) Parantaka I. B) Raja Raja I. C) Vijayalaya I. D) Rajendra I. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rajendra I. 21. Which one of the following statements is not correct about the members of the various bodies responsible for Chola local selfgovernment? A) They were elected by voting. B) They must fulfil certain conditions to become members. C) No person convicted for theft could become a member. D) They were chosen by lot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were elected by voting. 22. Which among the following was not the cause of continuous war between Cholas and Chalukyas of Kalyan? A) The geo-political factors. B) The economic factors. C) Rivalry between the Chalukyas of Kalyan and Chalukyas of Vengi. D) Rivalry to capture south India's foreign trade with China and South-eastern Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rivalry to capture south India's foreign trade with China and South-eastern Asia. 23. During the reign of which ruler was Sri Lanka lost to the Cholas A) Rajendra I. B) Rajendra III. C) Rajendra II. D) Kullotunga. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rajendra I. 24. Who built the Brihadeshwara temple at Gangai kondacholapuram A) Raja-Raja Chola. B) Rajendra Chola. C) Vijayalaya. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raja-Raja Chola. 25. The chola who launched and expedition into Bengal upto the Ganga river was, A) Kulottanga I. B) Rajendra I. C) Rajendra III. D) Raja Raja I. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rajendra I. 26. In the Chola kingdom, a very large village administered as a single unit was called: A) Nadu. B) Kurram. C) Kottram. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kottram. 27. The Chola rulers were generally A) Worshippers of Kartikeya. B) Vaisnavites. C) Saivites. D) Worshippers of Mother-goddess. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saivites. 28. Who is the Sanskrit Scholar in the court of Chandragupta A) Bimbisara. B) Ariean. C) Amarsimba. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amarsimba. 29. Which of the following is true about Chola Society? A) Four fold varna system was absent. B) Untouchability existed. C) Slavery was Prevalent. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 30. The 'Razmanama' which was compiled by several Persian scholars was a translation of A) Panchatantra. B) Ramayana. C) Rigveda. D) Mahabharata. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mahabharata. 31. An Important character of the Chola empire was A) Local self-government. B) Trade with S. E. Asia. C) Elected monarchs. D) Conquered the whole of cyclon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Local self-government. 32. It is said that in Chola territory, watered by Kaveri, the space in which an elephant could lie down produced enough to feed seven persons. What does this statement imply? A) There was a large agricultural surplus. B) The lands were very fertile with enough irrigation facilities. C) The economy was mainly agricultural. D) The elephants were rated very highly among the domesticated animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The lands were very fertile with enough irrigation facilities. 33. The chief feature of the temples constructed by the Cholas was their A) Gopurams or gateways. B) Vimanas or Towers. C) Assembly-halls for the devotees. D) Massive pillars. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vimanas or Towers. 34. The number of provinces or mandalams in the Chola Empire was A) Six. B) Eight. C) Twelve. D) Ten. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eight. 35. There was an administrative unit under the Cholas named Kurram. What did it signify? A) A district. B) A village. C) A group of villages. D) A province. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A group of villages. 36. Which, among the following Scholarly works, was not written by Bhavbhuti? A) Venisamhara. B) Maltimadhava. C) Mahaveercharita. D) Uttar Ramcharita. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Venisamhara. 37. Who was the 'Mandala mudali' in the Chola administrative set up? A) Intelligence head. B) District head. C) Head of Judiciary. D) Provincial governor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Provincial governor. 38. Which one of the following temples does not belong to the Cholas? A) Koranganatha. B) Brihadishwara. C) Airavateshwar. D) Kailashanatha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kailashanatha. 39. The Sabha during the Chola period comprised of A) Brahmana. B) Village Elders. C) Sudras. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Village Elders. 40. Chola power was based on all of the following EXCEPT: A) Control of the Deccan plateau. B) Its large army. C) Scientific advances. D) Control of maritime trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scientific advances. 41. An example of Chola architecture cab be seen at A) Mahabalipuram. B) Ellora. C) Tanjore. D) Kanchipuram. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tanjore. 42. Brihadeeshwara Temple which was built by Raja Raja Chola I is dedicated to? A) Vishnu. B) Shiva. C) Brahma. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shiva. 43. In 1901 the State Census Manual of recorded Sree Narayana as a revered "Guru" and an erudite Sanskrit scholar. A) Cochi,. B) Malabar,. C) Travancore,. D) Kottayam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Travancore,. 44. Under Cholas village administration the land revenue was collected by A) Mahasabha. B) A Special Dal. C) Ur. D) Uparika. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Special Dal. 45. Which one of the following was the primary assembly in the Chola village administration? A) Sabha. B) Nadu. C) Mahasabha. D) Ur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ur. 46. Which of the following Bhakti Cult preached under the Pallavas, Pandyas and Cholas? A) Saivaite Nayanmars. B) Vashnavaite Alwars. C) Both A & B. D) Advaita. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both A & B. 47. Scholar officials in Iron age of China were known as A) Philosophers. B) Students. C) Officers. D) Mandarins. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mandarins. 48. Cholas were known from the time of A) Parantaka. B) Rajendra. C) Raja-Raja. D) Vijayalaya. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vijayalaya. 49. What was the name of the Chola king who made conquests in Sumatra and Malay peninsula? A) Vira Rajendra I. B) Rajendra I. C) Rajadhiraja I. D) Rajaraja I. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rajendra I. 50. Which one of the following assemblies protected the interests of traders under the Chola administration? A) Kuri. B) Perunguri. C) Nagaram. D) Mahasabha. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nagaram. 51. On the ruins of which one of the following dynasties was the Chola empire established? A) Chalukyas of Venge. B) Pallavas of Kanchi. C) Pandyas of Madurai. D) Chalukyas of Kalyani. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pallavas of Kanchi. Related QuizzesIndian History QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesMediaval India QuizMedieval Indian History QuizThe Mughal Kings QuizVijaynagar Empire Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books