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Question 211. What was the single most important item of imports of the Chola empire?
  1.    Precious stones
  2.    Spices
  3.    Dye-stuff
  4.    Horses
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Horses
Answer: (d)
Question 212. Which of the following pair (A State of South India from 6th to 12th century and its Capital) is not correctly matched?
  1.    Chera-Puducheri
  2.    Pandya-Madurai
  3.    Pallava-Kanchipuram
  4.    Chola-Tanjvur
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Chera-Puducheri
Answer: (a)
Question 213. Which of the following dynasties were constantly at war with the Chaeras during the later Sangam Age?
  1.    Pandaya
  2.    Ikshvaku
  3.    Pallava
  4.    Chola
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Pandaya
Answer: (a)
Question 214. Which one of the Chola Kings conquered Ceylon?
  1.    Rajendra-I
  2.    Rajaraja-I
  3.    Aditya-I
  4.    Vijayalaya
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Rajendra-I
Answer: (a)
Question 215. A king of South India sent an ambassador to the kingdom of Rome in 26 B.C. to which dynasty did he belong?
  1.    Pandya
  2.    Chera
  3.    Chola
  4.    Chalukya
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Pandya
Answer: (a)
Question 216. Which of the following products of the Sangam Age is considered to be the greatest monument of ancient Tamil literature?
  1.    Padienenkilkanakku
  2.    Ettutogai
  3.    Pattupattu
  4.    Tolkappiyam
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Ettutogai
Answer: (b)
Question 217. The increased commercial intercourse between India and Rome led to the writing of large number of books by the western authors on India and on Indian ____________.
  1.    Social life
  2.    Geography
  3.    All of the above
  4.    Economy
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Geography
Answer: (b)
Question 218. (A): Among the many south Indian dynasties, the Cholas alone are able to ignore their feudatories to a significant extent
(R): The Chola kings granted autonomous powers to village assemblies with a view to completely eliminating the feudatory
In the context of the above two statements, which of the following is correct?
  1.    Both ‘A’ and ‘R’ are true but ‘R’ is not the correct explanation of ‘A’.
  2.    ‘A’ is true but ‘R’ is false
  3.    ‘A’ is false but ‘R’ is true
  4.    Both ‘A’ and ‘R’ are true and ‘R’ is the correct explanation of ‘A’.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> ‘A’ is true but ‘R’ is false
Answer: (b)
Question 219. How did Raja Raja I and Rajendra I celebrate their victory and its commemoration?
  1.    By issuing currency
  2.    By writing inscriptions
  3.    By constructing pillars
  4.    By building temples
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> By building temples
Answer: (d)
Question 220. Sangam literature formed a very important source for the reconstruction of the history of South India. It was written in
  1.    Kannada
  2.    Telugu
  3.    Malayalam
  4.    Tamil
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Tamil
Answer: (d)The poems belonging to the Sangam literature were composed by Tamil poets.

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