south india sangam period (Chola, Chalukya, Pallav... Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 11

The sea borne trade between India and Rome received great impetus during the first-second century A.D. on account of the discovery of:

a) Monsoon winds blowing regularly across the Indian Ocean

b) Large gold mines in the Roman Empire

c) New navigational techniques

d) Direct sea-route between India and Italy

Question : 12

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

Question : 13

What did the Cholas importmainly?

a) Horses

b) Precious stones

c) Wool

d) Die stuff

Question : 14

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 : 15

Villages during the Cholas period were divided into wards known as

a) Kudavolai

b) Kurram

c) Kottam

d) Kudumbam