SANGAM TEST PAPER

SANGAM TEST PAPER

1. Who among the following are known for their Telugu translation of the Mahabharata?

1. Kamban   2. Kuttan          3. Nannay       4. Tikkan

Select the correct answer using the codes given below

a) 1 and 2     b) 2 and 3        c) 3 and 4        d) 4 and 1

 

2. Which of the following Sangam ports were situated on the Western coast?

1. Korkai       2. Puhar          3. Tondi           4. Mushiri

Select the correct answer using the codes given below

a) 1 and 2     b) 2 and 3        c) 3 and 4        d) 4 and 1

 

3. Match the following

List I                                  List II

A. First Sangam                1. Madurai

B. Second Sangam           2. Tennadurai

C. Third Sangam               3. Kavatupuram

Codes

         A         B         C

a)      1          2          3

b)      3          1          2

c)      2          3          1

d)      1          3          2

 

4. Which of the following term was used for Supreme Court in the Sangam Age?

a) Puhar       b) Sangam      c) Maharum    d) Korai

 

5. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

1. First Sangam                  : Nakkirar

2. Second Sangam             : August (Agastya)

3. Third Sangam                 : August and Tolkappiyar

a) Only 1      b) Only 3         c) 1 and 2        d) All of these

 

6. Assertion (A) Sangam texts are different from the Vedic texts particularly from Rigvedic texts.

Reason (R) They do not constitute religions literature and they are secular in nature.

Codes:

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A

c) If A is true, but R is false

d) If A is false, but R is true

 

7. Match the following

List I                          List II

(Tamil Work)            (Deals with)

A. Tolakappiyam         1. Love story of Kovalan and Madhavi

B. Tirakkural               2. Adventures of the daughter born of the union of Kovalan and Madhavi

C. Silppadikaram        3. Deals with grammar and poetries

D. Manaimeklai          4. Deals with philosophy and wise maxims

Codes

         A         B         C         D

a)      1          2          3          4

b)      3          4          1          2

c)      1          2          4          3

d)      3          4          2          1

 

8. 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 Christian era

c) the court poetry of China kings who were famous for patronizing artists

d) a college of Assensley (literary academy) of Tamil scholars held under to royal patronage of Pandyan king at Madhurai

 

9. Which of the following does not testify to the import of Aryan Culture on the Sangam age?

a) Incorporation of Sanskritic ideas into Sangam literature

b) The anxiety to connect to local dynasties with events of Mahabharta

c) The worship of the forest tree and animal deities

d) The concept of marriage as a sacrament attended with rituals

 

10. The capital of Kadamba kings was

a) Tanjore     b) Vanavasi     c) Kacnhi         d) Badami