south india sangam period quiz set 5 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

What are the qualifications of executive committees during the Cholas period?

a) He must be well versed in vedas and must have his own property

b) He must have not committed the criminal offences

c) All the above

d) The candidate should have the age of 35 to 70 years and must be the resident of the village

Question : 2

What was the name of the Chola king who adopted the titles of ‘Mummadi Chola’, ‘Cholamartanda’, ‘Rajakesari Aromoli’?

a) Raja Raja

b) Parantaka 1

c) Vijayalaya

d) Rajendra I

Question : 3

The last anthology or group of Sangam literature, known as ‘Ten Idylls’, is :

a) Kural

b) Manimekalai

c) Pattupattu

d) Tolkappiyam

Question : 4

What was the means of rural exchange during the Chola period ?

a) Rice

b) Cow

c) Gold

d) Wheat

Question : 5

Which of the following statements regarding the collections of revenue is not correct?

a) Orrar was incharge of the Revenue Department

b) Ayakkarar was the revenue accountant who collected trade and transit duties

c) The royalseal was fixed on the packet of imported and exported goods after realizing the custom duties

d) The leading members ofthe cowherds community paid revenue in the form of milk and milk products

Question : 6

Which of the following statements on the Chola trading activities is incorrect?

a) Cholas exported textiles, spices, drugs, jewels, ivory and ebony, both to China and to the west.

b) Chola rulers closely supervised the activities of merchant guilds.

c) Spices were brought from South-East Asia and the Arabs in turn took them to the west.

d) Trade existed between Chola empire and China and ambassadors were exchanged.