south india sangam period quiz set 8 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Which of the following statements are correct with regard to Provincial Administration of Chola?

1. The Chola Empire was divided into Mandalams.
2. Each Mandalam was divided into valanadus and nadus.
3. In each nadu there were a number of autonomous villages.

a) 2 and 3

b) 1 and 3

c) 1 and 2

d) 1, 2 and 3

Question : 2

The chief centre or meeting point of the Indo-Roman trade was:

a) Alexandria

b) Madurai

c) Muziris

d) Arikamedu

Question : 3

The Greco-Roman merchants visiting South India during the SangamAge were referred to in the Tamil literature as:

a) Pahalvlas

b) Yauvanas

c) Ayyavanas

d) Yavanas

Question : 4

A good contermporary account of the trade between the Tamil States of the SangamAge and Greece and Rome has been given in :

a) The Sangam work Pattinapalai

b) Periplus of the Erythrean Sea

c) Ptolemy’s Geography

d) Das Wurfelspiel in alten Indien

Question : 5

Arrange the following dynasties in chronological order in terms of their arrival in India

1. Sakas
2. Indo-Greeks
3. Parthians
4. Kushanas

a) 2, 3, 1 and 4

b) 2, 1, 3 and 4

c) 1, 3, 4 and 2

d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Question : 6

Whose feudal lord was the Chola ruler Vijayaditya in the beginning?

a) Of Pallavas

b) Of Pandyas

c) Of Rashtrakuts

d) Of Chalukyas