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

Question : 26

Who was responsible for the upkeep of village roads during the Chola period?

a) Annual Committee

b) Gold Committee

c) All of the above

d) Garden Committee

Question : 27

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

a) Of Pallavas

b) Of Pandyas

c) Of Rashtrakuts

d) Of Chalukyas

Question : 28

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 : 29

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 : 30

Which of the following statement about the institution of kingship during this period is not correct?

a) The king, whose conquering expedition (march of Digvijaya) was led by a mysterious wheel of gold and gem, was called Chakravartin

b) The crown prince was called Komahan

c) In the Sangam literature we come across numerous instances of women rulers

d) The form of government was hereditary monarchy