Question Select the letter-cluster from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series. GKH, DNL, WQO, TTS, GWH, ? Type multiple_choice Option KYP incorrect Option DZL correct Option KZO incorrect Option FYP incorrect Solution:
Q. The term ‘Variyam’ during the Sangam Age signified the: (a) Revenue-free villages granted to Brahmanas (b) Unit of revenue yielding territory (c) Officer-incharge collecting the land revenue (d) Managing committee of the village assemblies Ans: (b) Unit of revenue yielding territory Explanation: In the Sangam Age, a well-known unit of territory yielding tax was
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Question Select the letter-cluster from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series. LAS, NFW, MKD, OPH, LUS, ? Type multiple_choice Option MYX incorrect Option MXW incorrect Option NZW correct Option NZH incorrect Solution The pattern followed here is: In the first series – alphabet is increase with
Question Select the letter that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series. K, I, G, E, C, ? Type multiple_choice Option A correct Option B incorrect Option D incorrect Option Z incorrect Solution:
Question Select the option that will fill in the blank and complete the given series. CDZ, DGE, EJJ, FMO, GPT, Type multiple_choice Option HRZ incorrect Option HSY correct Option GRY incorrect Option IQX incorrect Solution:
Q. The current Tamil designation of the ministers during the Sangam Age was: (a) Amaichchan or Amaichchar (b) Mantri (c) Amatya (d) Surram Ans: (a) Amaichchan or Amaichchar Explanation: The current Tamil designation of the ministers during the Sangam Age was (a) Amaichchan or Amaichchar. The term “Amaichchan” or “Amaichchar” was used to refer to
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Q. The centre of Sangam literature and the patrons of Sangam poets were: (a) The Cheras of Vanji (b) The Cholas of Uraiyur (c) The Pandyas of Madurai (d) All of the above Ans: (c) The Pandyas of Madurai Explanation: Sangam was the ancient academy, which enabled Tamil poets and authors to gather periodically to
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Q. The basis, on which the chronology or period of the Sangam literature is fixed between the first to third century A.D., is: (a) King Gajabahu I of Sri Lanka was contemporary of the Chera monarch Senaguttuvan (b) Strking similarity between the Sangam poems and the Greco-Roman accounts on trade (c) Both (a) and (b)
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Q. Which of the following products of the Sangam Age is considered to be the greatest monument of ancient Tamil literature? (a) Tolkappiyam (b) Padienenkilkanakku (c) Ettutogai (d) Pattupattu Ans: (c) Ettutogai Explanation: The product of the Sangam Age that is considered to be the greatest monument of ancient Tamil literature is (c) Ettutogai. Ettutogai,
Question Select the letter that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series. X, U, P, M, ?, E Type multiple_choice Option K incorrect Option J incorrect Option H correct Option I incorrect Solution:
