south india sangam period quiz set 6 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

The term ‘Variyam’ during the Sangam Age signified the:

a) Unit of revenue yielding territory

b) Officer-incharge collecting the land revenue

c) Managing committee of the village assemblies

d) Revenue-free villages granted to Brahmanas

Question : 2

The Chola king who built Brihadeeswara temple at Tanjore?

a) Adhirajendra

b) Raja Raja

c) Vimaladitya

d) Rajadhiraja

Question : 3

Which of the following is not one of the sources from which evidence of Indo-Roman trade during the Sangam Age is derived?

a) The Roman coins ofsilver and gold found on the South Indian coast

b) Discovery of a Roman hoard at Arikamedu, near Pondicherry

c) The accounts of Chinese and Roman travellers

d) Sangam literature

Question : 4

Which of the following was not one of the popular deities of the Sangam Age?

a) Siva and Vishnu

b) Krishna and Balaram

c) Ganesha

d) Indra and Murugan

Question : 5

What did the Cholas importmainly?

a) Horses

b) Precious stones

c) Wool

d) Die stuff

Question : 6

The Chera king who is said to have gone to North India to get a Himalayan stone to make the image of Goddess Kannagi was:

a) Senaguttuvan

b) Kuttvancheral

c) Nedumcheral Adan

d) Imayavaramban