Sangam Age Part 4

1. What was the ‘Naddukala’ or ‘Virakala’?
   (A) The agricultural laborers
   (B) The followers of the famous Pattini Cult.
   (C) Stones erected in the memory of a dead warrior.
   (D) Worshippers of Murugan.
2. The castes ‘Usvar’ and ‘Vellara’ are related to:
   (A) Kurunji
   (B) Pallai
   (C) Mullai
   (D) Marudam
3. Tiger was the royal emblem of the:
   (A) Chola’s
   (B) Chera’s
   (C) Pandya’s
   (D) Pallava’s
4. The Pandya King who punished Kovalan(husband of Kannagi) of Silappadikaram was?
   (A) Nedunjeral Adan
   (B) Ilanjetcenni
   (C) Udiyanjeral
   (D) Nedunjeliyan
   
5. Manimegalai is a sequel to which work of Sangam literature?
   (A) Tirukkural
   (B) Tolkappiyam
   (C) Jivaka Chintamani
   (D) Silappadikaram
6. The story of Kovalan and Kannagi is narrated in the tamil epic?
   (A) Manimegalai
   (B) Silappadikaram
   (C) Tolkappiyam
   (D) Paripadal
   
7. Which Chera ruler is credited for having started the cultivation of sugarcane in Southern India?
   (A) Senguttuvan
   (B) Kalankaik Kanni Narmudijera
   (C) Perunjeral Adan
   (D) Neduman Anji
   
8. The lowest unit of administration during the Sangam Age was:
   (A) Mandal
   (B) Nadu
   (C) Ur
   (D) Pattinam
   
9. What is the occupation of the inhabitants of the region called Kurinji?
   (A) Plundering
   (B) Animal Husbandry
   (C) Hunting and food gathering
   (D) Agriculture on a large scale
   
10. Which Chera ruler is also referred to as the Righteous Kuttuva or the Red Chera?
    (A) Senguttuvan
    (B) Perunjeral Adan
    (C) Ilamcheral Irumporai
    (D) Udiyanjeral
    
11. Which Chera ruler is discussed in the 6th decade of Padirrupattu composed by Naccellaiyar?
    (A) Senguttuvan
    (B) Nedunjeral Adan
    (C) Perunjeral Adan
    (D) Perumcheral Irumporai
12. Which Chera prince was also mentioned as the Sey of the Elephant look?
    (A) Perumcheral Irumporai
    (B) Selvakkadungo Vali Adan
    (C) Kalankaik Kanni Narmudijera
    (D) Mandaranjeral Irumporai
13. Which Chera ruler was a fierce warrior and a worshipper of Goddess Korravai but later embraced Brahmanism as his faith?
    (A) Udiyanjeral
    (B) Nedunjeral
    (C) Kuttuvan
    (D) Senguttuvan
    
14. The military commanders of the Sangam period were called:
    (A) Enadi
    (B) Arasar
    (C) Vellalas
    (D) Paraiyars
    
15. Devavrinda was a term used during the Sangam age for the group of deities comprising-
    (A) Murugan, Krishna, Siva, Indra
    (B) Murugan, Krishna, Siva, Indra, Balrama
    (C) Krishna, Siva, Indra, Balrama
    (D) Murugan, Balrama, Siva, Indra
16. Which Tamil work is called the Bible of the Tamil land?
    (A) Tolkappiyam
    (B) Jivaka Chintamani
    (C) Silappadikaram
    (D) Tirukkural
    
17. Which ruler is credited with converting the Oliyar community from nomadism to a settled life?
    (A) Senguttuvan
    (B) Ilamcheral Irumporai
    (C) Nedunjeliyan
    (D) Karikala Chola
    
18. Who were the Vellelas of the Sangam period?
    (A) The ruling class
    (B) The rich peasants who held civil and military offices.
    (C) The feudatories of Cheras
    (D) The lowest class which carried out agricultural operations.
    
19. The temple of Augustus was built at :
    (A) Muziris
    (B) Puhar
    (C) Uraiyur
    (D) Madurai
    
20. Who was the most important Chola ruler?
    (A) Elara
    (B) Karikala
    (C) Ilanjetcenni
    (D) Senguttuvan
    

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