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Question 21. Which of the following was not one of the ideas of Sanskrit literature incorporated into Sangam literature?
  1.    Arundhati as the ideal of chastity
  2.    The concept of three-fold debt (rinatraya) of man
  3.    Uttar-Kuru (northern country) as a land of perpetual enjoyment
  4.    Worship of Indra as the principal deity
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Worship of Indra as the principal deity
Answer: (d)
Question 22. The Kushana kings assured title of Devaputra Kushana Kanishka’s predecessors also were assuming titles like Sarvaloka Isvara Mahisvara. This shows that Kushana Kings–
  1. assumed high sounding titles implying power and fame.
  2. assumed divine Kingship
Which of the above statements are correct?
  1.    Neither 1 nor 2
  2.    Both 1 and 2
  3.    2 only
  4.    1 only
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 2 only
Answer: (c)
Question 23. Match item of List-I with those of List-II and select your correct answer from the code given below in the lists.
List-I
List-II
(a) Thirukural
1. Love Story
(b) Tolkappiyam
2. Philosophy
(c) Silapadikaram
3. Merchant Story
(d) Manimekalai
4. Grammar
Codes: a b c d
  1.    4 2 3 1
  2.    2 3 4 1
  3.    1 2 4 3
  4.    2 4 1 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 2 4 1 3
Answer: (d)
Question 24. From the excavations of which ancient site, information has been gathered regarding brisk trade relations between India and Rome, during the early centuries of Christian era
  1.    Tondi
  2.    Tamralipti
  3.    Madurai
  4.    Arikamedu
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Arikamedu
Answer: (d)
Question 25. An inscription of the ninth century AD found at Takuapa on the Isthmus of Siam mentions
  1.    Ayyavole
  2.    a trader from Malabar
  3.    a Chola ruler
  4.    Manigraman
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Ayyavole
Answer: (a)
Question 26. Who among the following performed Asvamedha sacrifice?

  1. Pushyamitra sunga

  2. Samudragupta

  3. Pravarsena I

  4. Pulakesin I


Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
  1.    1, 2, 3 and 4
  2.    1, 2 and 3
  3.    1 and 2
  4.    1 only
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer: (a)
Question 27.
List-I
List-II
A. Chandragupta
1. Amitrochates Maurya
B. Bindusar
2. Sandrocotts
C. Dakshinapatha
3. Devanampriya
D. Dasharatha
4. Buddha shakya
Codes: A B C D
  1.    3 4 1 2
  2.    3 4 2 1
  3.    2 1 4 3
  4.    1 2 3 4
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 2 1 4 3
Answer: (c)
Question 28. Match List ‘I’ with ‘II’ and choose the correct answer from the options given below:
List-I
List-II
(1) Bull flag
(a) Shivan
(2) Peacock flag
(b) Murugan
(3) Garuda flag
(c) Tirumal
(4) The mace
(d) Kurram
Codes: 1 2 3 4
  1.    1-d, 2-b, 3-c, 4-a
  2.    1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d
  3.    1-d, 2-c, 3-b, 4-a
  4.    1-a, 2-c, 3-b, 4-d
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d
Answer: (b)
Question 29. Consider the following statements
  1. Naval expeditions of Rajaraja I occupied parts of Burma, Malaya and Sumatra.
  2. Rajendra I conquered Ceylon.
  3. The Cholas held northern Ceylon until they were expelled by Vijayababu I.
  4. The Cholas fell in the 13th century when their territory was shared by the Hoysalas and Pandyas.
Which of the above statements is/ are correct?
  1.    3 and 4
  2.    2, 3 and 4
  3.    4 only
  4.    1, 2 and 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 2, 3 and 4
Answer: (b)
Question 30. Given below are the two statements one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) :
Advanced farming during the SangamAge remained absolutely confined to small pockets of wet-land in the valleys of Kaveri, Vaigai, Tamraparni and periyar without any remarkable progress till the 7th-8th centuries.
Reason (R) :
Setting fire to standing crops and destination of settlements (ceri) was common during the Sangam Age :
In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct?
  1.    bothAand R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
  2.    A is false but R is true
  3.    A is true but R is false
  4.    Both A and R are true but R is the correct explanation of A
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Both A and R are true but R is the correct explanation of A
Answer: (d)

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