This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Medieval > Chola – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chola Quiz 1 (20 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) Puhar. D) Uraiyur. 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) Parantaka I. B) Kulottunga I. C) Sundrachola. D) Raja Raja I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parantaka I. 6. The most important feature of the Chola administration was? A) Sabha. B) The local self Government. C) Variams. D) The nagarapalikas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The local self Government. 7. Which was the main seaport of Cholas A) Korkai. B) Muzaris. C) Vanchi. D) Kaveripattanam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kaveripattanam. 8. Who said that "the Chola artists conceived like grants and finished like jewellers.? " A) Pujarti. B) Furguson. C) Percy Brawn. D) Dr. A. K. Mathas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Furguson. 9. Which noted scholar wrote Vikramankadevacharita? A) Kalidas. B) Kalhan. C) Jaydeva. D) Bilhana. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bilhana. 10. Chola rulers were followers of? A) Vaishnavism. B) Shaktism. C) Shaivism. D) Jainism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 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) West Madurai. B) South Arcot. C) South Thanjavur. D) Chingleput. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) South Thanjavur. 12. Which one of the following Chola rulers had persecuted Ramanuja and ousted him from his Kingdom? A) Adhirajendra. B) Kulothunga II. C) Rajaraja I. D) Kulothunga I. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kulothunga I. 13. The Chola empire reached its zenith under A) Raja raja. B) Rajendra Chola II. C) Rajendra Chola I. D) Parantakal 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rajendra Chola I. 14. The Cholas, the Pandyas, the Kealaputras and the Satyaputras are mentioned as his neighboring powers by Ashoka in A) Rock Edict II. B) Minor Rock Edicts. C) Pillar Edict VII. D) Rock Edict XIII. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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) Nataraja temple at Chidambaram. B) Gangaikonda cholapuram temple. C) Raja Rajeswara temple at Tanjore. D) Lepakshi temple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 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) Medicine. C) Astronomy. D) Physiology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Astronomy. 18. Which of the following represents the town inhabited by merchants and traders in Chola period? A) Nagaram. B) Nadu. C) Sabha. D) Ur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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) Rajendra I. B) Parantaka I. C) Raja Raja I. D) Vijayalaya I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rajendra I. Next →Related QuizzesIndian History QuizzesChola Quiz 2Chola Quiz 3Mediaval India QuizMedieval Indian History QuizThe Mughal Kings QuizVijaynagar Empire Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books