9th Social Science Winmeen Test Sheets 9th Social Science Lesson 3 Questions in English 3. Early Tamil Society and Culture 1. _______ script was adopted to write the Tamil a) 1 alone language b) 2 alone a) Prakrit c) 1, 2 b) Devanagiri d) None c) Tamil – Prakrit 7. Which of the following is five epics? d) Tamil - Brahmi a) Silappathikaaram 2. Which of the following are included in Classical b) Kundalakesi Sangam Tamil Literature? c) Seevaka Chinthamani 1) Tholkappiyam d) All the above 2) Pathinen Melkanakku 8. Which of the following statement is correct? 3) Pathinen Kilkanakku 1) Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions have been found in a) 1, 2 more than 30 sites in Tamil Nadu mostly on cave b) 2, 3 surfaces and rock shelters c) 1, 2, 3 2) The natural caves were converted into d) 1, 3 residence by cutting a drip-line to keep rain water away from the cave. Inscriptions often 3. Which of the following statement is correct? occur below such drip-lines. 1) Tholkappiyam, attributed to Tholkappiyar, is a) 1 alone the earliest written work on Tamil grammar. b) 2 alone 2) The 1st section of Tholkappiyam describes poetic conventions that provide information on c) 1, 2 Tamil social life. d) None a) 1 alone 9. In which of the following sites Tamil-Brahmi b) 2 alone inscriptions was/were found? c) 1, 2 1) Pugalur d) None 2) Mangulam 4. Which of the following is not one of the eight 3) Kongarpuliyankulam anthologies? a) 1, 3 a) Nattrinai b) 1, 2 b) Kalithogai c) 2, 3 c) Tholkappiyam d) 1, 2, 3 d) Puranaanuru 10. The acts of destruction of heritage property 5. Which of the following is a Pathupattu? or property belonging to others are called_______ a) Thirumurugatrupadai a) Vulnerism b) Perumpanatruppadai b) Vanishing c) Mullaipaattu c) Sketching d) All the above d) Vandalism 6. Which of the following statement is correct about Pathinen Kilkanakku? 11. Which of the following statement is correct? 1) The Pathinen Kilkanakku comprises eighteen 1) Hero stones are memorials erected for those texts elaborating on ethics and morals. who lost their lives in the battles and in cattle raids. 2) The pre-eminent work among these is the Thirukkural composed by Thiruvalluvar Line By Line Questions 1 th 9 Social Science Winmeen Test Sheets 2) During the Sangam Age, the Palai landscape 17. In Tamil Nadu Potsherds have been followed the pastoral way of life. discovered in_____ a) 1 alone a) Arikkamedu b) 2 alone b) Keezhadi c) 1, 2 c) Kodumanal d) None d) All the above 12. ______ describes the procedures for erecting 18. _____ near Puducherry, is a Sangam Age hero stones port, excavated by the Archaeological Survey of a) Thirukural India (ASI). b) Akanaanuru a) Kodumanal c) Nattrinai b) Keezhadi d) Tholkappiyam c) Puhar 13. Hero stones of the Sangam Age with Tamil- d) Arikkamedu Brahmi inscriptions found in_____ 19. Match the following 1) Pulimankombai 1) The Indian Treasure Trove Act - I. 1958 2) Thathapatti 2) The Antiquities and Art Treasures Act - II. 3) Pallavaram 1878 a) 1, 2 3) The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act - III. 1972 b) 2, 3 a) II, III, I c) 1, 2, 3 b) II, I, III d) 1, 3 c) III, II, I 14. Pulimankombai is a village in the____ river valley in Theni district d) I, III, II a) Thamirabarani 20. Which of the following is correctly matched? b) Cauvery 1) Cameo – an ornament made in precious stone where images are carved on the surface. c) Vaigai 2) Intaglio – an ornament in which images are d) Thenpennai carved as recess, below the surface. 15. Which of the following statement is correct? a) 1 alone 1) Hero stones of the post-Sangam Age and the b) 2 alone Pallava period occur in large numbers in pastoral regions especially around the Chengam region c) 1, 2 near Thiruvannamalai district d) None 2) These hero stones have inscriptions and the 21. Roman coins are found in______ images of warriors and names of heroes 1) Azhagankulam a) 1 alone 2) Karur b) 2 alone 3) Madurai c) 1, 2 a) 1, 3 d) None b) 2, 3 16. ____ was the language used by the common c) 1, 2, 3 people in the Northern part of India during the d) 1, 3 Mauryan period 22. Which of the following statement is correct? a) Brahmi 1) Bullion means precious metal available in the b) Prakrit form of ingots c) Sanskrit 2) Punch-marked coins are mostly made of silver d) Persian and have numerous symbols punched on them Line By Line Questions 2 th 9 Social Science Winmeen Test Sheets a) 1 alone d) 1, 2 b) 2 alone 29. In Peutingerian table Taprobane refers c) 1, 2 to_______ d) None a) Muziris 23. Arthasastra was written by_________ b) Thondi a) Chanakya c) Sri Lanka b) Chandragupta Maurya d) Kaveripoompattinam c) Kautilya 30. What is the name of a ship that shipped from India to the Roman Empire as mentioned in d) Ramanda Vienna Papyrus? 24. Mahavamsa, the Sri Lankan Buddhist a) Hermapollon chronicle, composed in_____ b) Zamose a) Prakrit c) Heimdol b) Sanskrit d) Aryastas c) Brahmi 31. Which of the following statement is correct? d) Pali 1) The Sangam Age or the Early Historic period is 25. Which of the following statement is correct? an important phase in the history of South India 1) Periplus of Erythrean Sea is an ancient Greek 2) This period is marked out from prehistory, text whose author is not known. because of the availability of textual sources, 2) The term Periplus means navigational guide namely Sangam literature and Tamil Brahmi used by sailors inscriptions. a) 1 alone a) 1 alone b) 2 alone b) 2 alone c) 1, 2 c) 1, 2 d) None d) None 26. Natural History was written by_____ 32. The Sangam texts are generally dated to a) Ptolemy between______ b) Pliny the Elder a) 3rd century BC to 1st century AD c) Pliny Junior b) 3rd century BC to 3rd century AD d) James c) 2nd century BC to 2nd century AD 27. How many days it takes to reach India, from d) 3rd century BC to 1st century BC Ocealis near North East Africa as mentioned in 33. The references in Greco-Roman texts, Tamil- Natural History? Brahmi inscriptions and the references to the a) 90 Cheras, Cholas and the Pandyas in the_____ inscription b) 40 a) Ashokan c) 20 b) Kalashoka d) 10 c) Karikalan 28. Which of the following places of Tamil Nadu are mentioned in Ptolemy’s Geography? d) Chandra Gupta 1) Kaveripoompattinam 34. ______ script used in Ashokan edicts or inscriptions. 2) Korkai a) Prakrit 3) Muciri b) Pali a) 1, 3 c) Sanskrit b) 2, 3 d) Brahmi c) 1, 2, 3 35. The concept of Thinai is presented in_____ Line By Line Questions 3 th 9 Social Science Winmeen Test Sheets a) Thirukural b) 1, 2, 3, 4 b) Puranannur c) 2, 3, 4 c) Akannanur d) 1, 3, 4 d) Tholkappiyam 41. Which of the following statement is correct? 36. Which of the following are incorrectly 1) The Cheras, referred to as Keralaputras in the matched? Ashokan inscriptions, controlled the region of 1) Akam - interior present-day Kerala and also the western parts of Tamil Nadu 2) Puram - exterior 2) Vanci was the capital of the Cheras while a) 1 alone Muciri and Thondi were their port towns. b) 2 alone a) 1 alone c) 1, 2 b) 2 alone d) None c) 1, 2 37. Which of the following statement is correct? d) None 1) Tamilagam was divided into five landscapes 42.______ speaks about the Chera kings and 2) Each region had distinct characteristics – a their territory presiding deity, occupation, people and cultural a) Manimekalai life according to its specific environmental conditions. b) Thirukural a) 1 alone c) Pathirtruppathu b) 2 alone d) All the above c) 1, 2 43. The Cheras wore garlands made from the flowers of______ d) None a) Neem 38. Match the following correctly b) Palm 1) Kurunji - i. coastal region c) Mango 2) Mullai - ii. hilly and mountainous region d) All the above 3) Neythal - iii. forested and pastoral region 44. According to Silappathikaram, who built a 4) Marutham - iv. fertile riverine valley temple for Kannagi? a) ii, iii, i, iv a) Needunchezhiyan b) iii, iv, ii, i b) Cheran Senguttuvan c) ii, i, iii, iv c) Nedumaran d) iv, iii, ii, i d) Raja Raja Cholan 39. In _____ Age people were organised into 45. The Cholas capital was______ chiefdoms a) Uraiyur a) stone b) Kaveripoompattinam b) copper c) Pumpuhar c) bronze d) Thondi d) Iron 46. Pattinappaalai is composed by______ 40. Who among the following were called as Muvendhar? a) Tholkappiyar 1) Chera b) Thiruvalluvar 2) Chola c) Kadiyalur Uruthirankannanar 3) Pallava d) Ilangovadigal 4) Pandya 47. The Chola emblem was_____ a) 1, 2, 4 a) Lion Line By Line Questions 4 th 9 Social Science Winmeen Test Sheets b) Tiger a) Adichanallur c) Snake b) Kodumanal d) Fish c) Porunthal 48. _____ Tamil-Brahmi inscription mentions the d) Both a and c king Nedunchezhiyan. 55. Evidence of iron smelting has been found a) Keezhadi in______ b) Arikemedu 1) Kodumanal c) Kodumanal 2) Guttur d) Mangulam 3) Adichanallur 49. The Pandyan symbol was_____ a) 2, 3 a) Tiger b) 1, 2 b) Lion c) 1, 2, 3 c) Fish d) 1, 3 d) Snake 56. Evidence of gold smelting has been found 50. Who among the following are velirs? at_________ 1) Ori a) Pallavaram 2) Pari b) Guttur 3) Athiyaman c) Palayam a) 1, 3 d) Pattanam b) 2, 3 57.