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,
Q. The Greco-Roman merchants visiting South India during the Sangam Age were referred to in the Tamil literature as: (a) Yavanas (b) Pahalvlas (c) Yauvanas (d) Ayyavanas Ans: (a) Yavanas Explanation: The Greco-Roman merchants visiting South India during the Sangam Age were referred to in Tamil literature as (a) Yavanas. The term “Yavana” was used
Q. Which of the following was not one of the royal dynasties of the Tamil country during the Sangam Age? (a) Pandya (b) Pallava (c) Chera (d) Chola Ans: (b) Pallava Explanation: The correct answer is (b) Pallava. The Pallava dynasty was not one of the royal dynasties of the Tamil country during the Sangam
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Q. To which of the following dynasties did Karikala, the famous king of this period, belong? (a) Chera (b) Chola (c) Pandya (d) Pallava Ans: (b) Chola Explanation: Karikala, the famous king of that period, belonged to the (b) Chola dynasty. Karikala Chola is a legendary figure and one of the most celebrated kings of
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Q. Which of the following does not testify to the impact of Aryan culture on the Sangam Age? (a) Incorporation of Sanskrit ideas into Sangam literature (b) The anxiety to connect the local dynasties with the events of Mahabharata (c) The worship of the forest tree and animal deities (d) The concept of marriage as
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Q. Which of the following dynasties were constantly at war with the Chaeras during the later Sangam Age? (a) Chola (b) Pandaya (c) Ikshvaku (d) Pallava Ans: (b) Pandaya Explanation: The Pandyas were also at war with the other neighbouring dynasty the Cheras in order to extend their territorial boundaries. The battles fought and won
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Q. Which of the following was not one of the ideas of Sanskrit literature incorporated into Sangam literature? (a) Worship of Indra as the principal deity (b) Arundhati as the ideal of chastity (c) The concept of three-fold debt (rinatraya) of man (d) Uttar-Kuru (northern country) as a land of perpetual enjoyment Ans: (a) Worship
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Q. The word ‘Sangam’ is associated in Tamil history with: (a) The literature produced during the reign of the great Pallava dynasty of Kanchi (b) The poems written in praise of the Pandyan kings of the early Christaian era (c) The court poetry of Chola kings who were famous for patronizing artists (d) A college
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Q. The last anthology or group of Sangam literature, known as ‘Ten Idylls’, is : (a) Tolkappiyam (b) Kural (c) Manimekalai (d) Pattupattu Ans: (d) Pattupattu Explanation: The correct answer is (d) Pattupattu. The last anthology or group of Sangam literature is known as ‘Ten Idylls’ or ‘Pattupattu’. It is a collection of ten long
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