This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Sangam Age – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sangam Age Quiz 3 (8 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. At Puhar or Kaveripumpattinam a great festival, described vividly by the Sangam Epic, was held in honour of Lord: A) Indra. B) Murugan. C) Svamimalai. D) Venkateswara. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indra. 2. During the Sangam Age, war was usually declared or provoked by: A) Lifting the cattle of the enemy. B) Cutting the tutelary tree of the enemy. C) Besieging the enemy's fort. D) Crushing the crops of the enemy's territory under the feet of elephants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lifting the cattle of the enemy. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. Which of the following statements about the position of women in the Sangam Age is not correct? A) Women were employed as guards to attend on the king in the military camps. B) The women performing sati used to earn fame. C) Women do not seem to have owned property. D) Higher class women officiated as priests. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Higher class women officiated as priests. 6. During the Sangam age the northern boundary of the Tamil country extended upto A) Vengadam. B) Kudoor. C) Yerragudi. D) Kanchipuram. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vengadam. 7. 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. 8. The most favourite God of the Tamils during the Sangam Age was: A) Indra. B) Murugan. C) Varuna. D) Tirumal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Murugan. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesIndian History QuizzesSangam Age Quiz 1Sangam Age Quiz 2Ancient India QuizAncient Indian History QuizBuddhism QuizChandragupta QuizGupta Period QuizHarrapan Civilization QuizIndus QuizJainism QuizRig Vedic Period Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books