The Sri Lankan chronicle composed in the Pali language mentioning about merchants and horse traders from Tamil Nadu

(a)

Deepa vamsa

(b)

Arthasastra

(c)

Mahavamsa

(d)

Indica

Inscription that mentions the Cheras

(a)

Pugalur

(b)

Girnar

(c)

Pulimankombai

(d)

Madurai

The earliest Tamil Grammar book  

(a)

Valayapathi

(b)

Tholkappiyam

(c)

Thirukkural

(d)

Silappathikaram

This is an Epic________.

(a)

Silappathikaaram

(b)

Pattinapallai

(c)

Mullai pathu

(d)

Madurai Kanchi

During the Sangam Age ______ landscape followed the pastoral way of life.

(a)

Marutham

(b)

Neithal

(c)

Mullai

(d)

Palai

________is an ornament made in precious stone where images are carved on the surface.  

(a)

Cameo

(b)

Intagliol

(c)

Chronicle

(d)

Papyrus

The roots of the Sangam Age is in ______

(a)

Bronze Age

(b)

 Mesolithic Age

(c)

Iron Age

(d)

None of the above

(i) Bullion means precious metal available in the form of ingots. (correct)
(ii) Punch-marked coins are the earliest coins used in India. (correct).
(iii) Non-Tamil literary sources also offer information on early Tamil society. (correct)
(iv) Millets were cultivated in the wet lands (incorrect)

(a)

(i) is correct

(b)

(i) & (ii) are correct

(c)

(i), (ii) & (iii) are correct

(d)

(iv) is correct

(i) Barter was the primary mode of exchange.
(ii) Spices including pepper and precious stones were exported.
(iii) The Sangam Age saw the first urbanization in Tamilagam.
(iv) People in the Sangam Age had no faith in religion.  

(a)

(i) is correct

(b)

(i) is correct (ii) incorrect

(c)

(i) is correct (iv) incorrect

(d)

(i), (ii), (iii) correct (iv) incorrect

(i) Coins as a medium of exchange were introduced for the first time in the Mesolithic Age.
(ii) Prakrit was the language used by the common people in Northern India during the Mauryan period.
(iii) Vienna Papyrus, a Roman document, mentions trade related to Muziri.
(iv) The concept of Thinai is presented in the Tamil grammar work of Pathupaattu.

(a)

(i) is correct

(b)

(ii) is correct

(c)

(ii) & (iii) is correct

(d)

(iv) incorrect