Q. Which of the following was not one of the better known agricultural products of the Sangam Age? (a) Wheat (b) Rice (c) Sugar-cane (d) Turmeric Ans: (a) Wheat Explanation: The correct answer is (a) Wheat. Wheat was not one of the better-known agricultural products of the Sangam Age in the Tamil region. The primary […]
Q. Karikala, the Chola king, made a grand anicut on the Kaveri, the water of which nowadays drawn off through a new channel called Vennar. Which of the following regions of Tamil Nadu does it irrigate? (a) West Madurai (b) South Arcot (c) South Thanjavur (d) Chingleput Ans: (c) South Thanjavur Explanation: The grand anicut
Q. Which of the following statements regarding the collections of revenue is not correct? (a) The leading members of the cowherds community paid revenue in the form of milk and milk products (b) Orrar was incharge of the Revenue Department (c) Ayakkarar was the revenue accountant who collected trade and transit duties (d) The royal
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Q. The richest and biggest land-owning class during the Sangam Age were: (a) Brahmanas (b) Velas (c) Nayaks (d) Ulavar Ans: (b) Velas Explanation: In the Sangam period the Vellals were the biggest land-owning class and on account of their land ownership they enjoyed high position in the administration and government.
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Q. The chief centre or meeting point of the Indo-Roman trade was: (a) Arikamedu (b) Alexandria (c) Madurai (d) Muziris Ans: (d) Muziris Explanation: The chief centre or meeting point of the Indo-Roman trade during the Sangam Age was (d) Muziris. Muziris, located in present-day Kerala, was a prominent port city and a major trading
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Q. A good contermporary account of the trade between the Tamil States of the Sangam Age and Greece and Rome has been given in : (a) Das Wurfelspiel in alten Indien (b) The Sangam work Pattinapalai (c) Periplus of the Erythrean Sea (d) Ptolemy’s Geography Ans: (c) Periplus of the Erythrean Sea Explanation: The good
Q. Writing about the volume of Indo-Roman trade, who bitterly remarked “not a year passed without the (Roman) Empire paying out 100 million sesterces (nearly one and a half-crore rupees) to India, to the Chera land and Arabia”? (a) Ptolemy (b) Pliny (c) Author of Periplus (d) Caldwell Ans: (b) Pliny
Q. Which of the following was the most important factor responsible for the extensive growth of foreign trade? (a) Surplus production of several commodities which were in great demand in foreign markets (b) Tamils had a great reputation as seafarers (c) There was a direct trade route between Tamil land and Arabia, Egypt and Rome
Q. Which of the following is not one of the sources from which evidence of Indo-Roman trade during the Sangam Age is derived? (a) Sangam literature (b) The Roman coins of silver and gold found on the South Indian coast (c) Discovery of a Roman hoard at Arikamedu, near Pondicherry (d) The accounts of Chinese
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Q. Which of the following statements about the army of the king is not correct? (a) The army traditionally had four arms, namely, chariots drawn by oxen, elephants, cavalry and infantry (b) The captains of the army were invested with the title of Enadi (c) The soldiers wounded in battle were well attended (d) Death
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