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

Question : 16

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 : 17

The Chola king who built Brihadeeswara temple at Tanjore?

a) Adhirajendra

b) Raja Raja

c) Vimaladitya

d) Rajadhiraja

Question : 18

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 : 19 [IAS (Pre) 2016]

In the context of the history of India, consider the following pairs. Term Description

1. Eripatti : Land, revenue from which was set apart for the maintenance of the village tank
2. Taniyurs : Villages donated to a single Brahmin or a group of Brahmins
3. Ghatikas : Colleges generally attached to the temples.

a) 2 and 3

b) Only 3

c) 1 and 2

d) 1 and 3

Question : 20

The Goddess Kannagi, whose many temples were erected during the Sangam Age, was the Goddess of:

a) Learning

b) Chastity

c) Prowess

d) Wisdom