1 The last anthology or group of Sangam literature, known as Ten Idylls, is Ans:Tolkappiam 2 Which of the following was not

one of the royal dynasties of the Tamil country during the Sangam age? Ans:Pallava 3 Small Village Assmblies during the Sangam Age were known as______ Ans:Avai 4 The Indian bird or animal most widely exported to the Roman world was? Ans:Peacocks 5 The chief centre or meeting point of the Indo-Roman trade was? Ans:Alexandria 6 The spies during the Sangam Age were known? Ans:Orras 7 Which of the following was not one of the popular deities of the Sangam Age? Ans:Ganesha 8 Which of the following Sangam works tries to expound the excellence of Buddhisim? Ans:Tolkappiyam 9 Which of the following dynarties were contantly at war with the cheras during the later Sangam Age? Ans:Pandya

10 The Centre of Sangam literature and the partones of Sangam poets were? Ans:The Pandyas of Madurai 11 The Provinces during the Sangam Age were known as mandalams and mandalams were further subdivided into? Ans:Kottam 12 Which of the following text is called Land of Tamil Veda?

 Ans:Pandyan 14 Which of the following was the wonderful discovery made by Hippalus in A.D. 45, leading to increase of trade with Rome? Ans:The existence of the monsoon winds blowing across the Indian Ocean 15 Which of the following institutions did not exist during the Sangam Age? Ans:Slavery 16 Which of the following statements was not one of the better known agriculture products of the Sangam Age? Ans:Wheat 17 which of the following has a great customs port with an artificial harbour? Ans:Puhar 18 Ancient Chola dynasty Capital city was? Ans:Uraiyur 19 Which of following was not one of the important articles of export? Ans:Sugar 20 Kavikala belongs to ____________ king Ans:Chola 21 The richest and biggest land-owning class during the sangam Age? Ans:Nayaks 22 Which of the following were the main articles of import? Ans:Gold 23 Which of the following was not one of the methods of disposal of the dead practiced in the Sangam Age? Ans:Giving Watery grave to the dead Ans:Kural 13 A Tamil King who is said to have sent the earliest embasy to Augustees at Athens about 20 B.C. was a _________king

24 In which of the following respects, the Romans did not profoundly influence Indian life and culture? Ans:Fashion 25 The Goddess Kannagi, whose many temples were erected during the Sangam Age, was the goddess of? Ans:Chastity