1. Use of animal forms in pilasters lost” that the Tamils thought 6.

Which book indicates muziris as

and columns including rampant which was bether than life? “The first emporium of India”
horses and leogryphs give a dis-
a) Chastity b) Love a) Mahavamsa
tinctive character to which one
of the following architecture ? c) Honour d) Chilvalry b) Natural History
a) The Dravidian style. “” c) Ptolemy’s Geography
   
b) The Bundalkhand style. d) Indica

c) The Orissan style. “  ” 
a)  b) 

d) The Harappan style.
c)  d) 
a) 
  
4. The Sri Lankan chronicle com-
   b) 
posed in the Pali language men-
    c) 
tioning about merchants and
  
horse traders from Tamil Nadu d) 

a) Deepa vamsa 7. Which of the following scholars
a) 
b) Arthasastra combined all the Dravidian lan-
b)  guages and named them
c) Mahavamsa
c)  “Tamizhian” as well as the idea
d) Indica that they were different from the
d) 
Aryan language?
 
2. Which of these Books does Musiri
   a) Marx Muller
give as ‘Musripathna’?
 
b) Hocken
a) Silapathigaram   
 c) William Jones
b) Kambaramayanam
a)  d) Francis ellise
c) Thiruvilayadal Puranam
b)     
d) Valmiki Ramayana
  
c) 
  “”  
 d)    
   
a)  5. Howmany tamil poets were asso-

ciated with the last sangam
b) 
a) 

c) 
 b) 
d) 
a) 64 b) 49 c) 
3. “Yak will not survive if the hair is
c) 63 d) 52 d) 

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8. Choose the correct statement  b) 
  
i) Pathitrupathu speaks about c) 
  
the Pandya kings and their ter-
 d) 
ritory.
a)  12. On what topic did Arignar anna
ii) The Akanaanuru describes the
write the letter in his weekly
trading activities at b) 
magzine Dravida nadu & kanchi
Kaveripoompattinum.
c) 
a) Desa Patru
iii) The Chola Emblem was the ti-
d) 
ger and they issued square b) Marumalarchi
copper coins with images of 10. Choose the correct statement
c) Thambiku
a tiger.
1. In ancient literature the
“Madainool” refers to the cooking d) Valga Baaratham
iv) Neythal is a sandy desert re-
gion. methods of food.     
2. The oldest habit of the Tamil    
a) (i) is correct
is known as hospitality, as Ilango 
b) (ii) and (iii) is correct Adigal is said to be the “Tholler a)  b) 
c) (iii) is correct Sirappin”.
c)  d) 
d) (iv) is correct a) 1 only b) 2 only
13. Which language system is described
 c) 1 & 2 d) None in the above statements ?
i)      i) The sound system in this lan-
     guage is rich in retroflex
 “” components.
ii)    ii) Its varied vowels distinguish it
     from other languages.
   a) Dravidian languages.
iii)    
  b) Pali language.
   

   c) Prakrit language.
 a)  b) 
d) Sanskrit language.
iv)    c)  d) 


11. Temple functions and their trust 
a) (i)  were entrusted to Brhmins. the
i)   
adopters were called _____
b) (ii)  (iii)   
a) Iraiyeli Ittor  
c) (iii) 

b) Moolaparudaior
d) (iv) 
ii)   
c) Vaitheegathor
9. Tamil people were familiar with   
the art of ship building. How the d) Ennairathar   
ship buiders were called? 
  
a) Porimani   a) 
  
b) Kammiyar b) 
 _____ 
c) Kalamseivor  c) 
d) Kadaisar a)  d) 
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14. ‘Tholkapiyam’ belongs to which 17. ____________ inscriptions dat- 20. What is the meaning of the follow-
tamil sangam age? able to third century BCE refer to ing ‘Pattinapalai’ song.
the Cheras, Cholas and Pandyas “Who have a neutral standing
a) First b) Second
in ancient Tamilagam. heart”
c) Third d) Fourth
a) Chandragupta Maurya a) There were good caravans
  
 b) Ashoka b) The police acted with
neutratity
a)  b)  c) Chandragupta
c) The king were neutral
c)  d)  d) Dhanananda
d) All the above
15. A mint of roman coins was present    
   
which of the following place?
 “
a) Madurai b) Trichy    ”
c) Kumbakonam  a)   
a)  
d) Uvari
b)  
   b) 

  c) 
 c)  
d)  
a)  b) 
18. Which scholar has admired the d) 
c)  d) 
technique employed by the Tamils 21. Find out the correct statement
16. Consider the following statements to make the ships work longer?
a) Evidence of iron smelting has
and choose the correct one?
a) Pliny b) Marco polo been found in Kodumanal and
1. During kalabhras, Jainism and Guttur.
c) Ptolemy
Buddhism became Prominent
b) Periplus of Erythren Sea men-
d) Hieum tsang tions about the pepper trade
2. Introduction of Sanskrit and
prakrit languages had resulted  with India.
in the development of a new    c) Punch marked coins are the
script called vattezhuthu    earliest coins used in India
3. Many works under “Pathiren  mostly made of gold.
Merkanakku” were com- a)  d) The Sangam Age has its roots
posed. in the Bronze Age.
b) 
    
 c) 
a)  
1.  d)    
     
19. Which of the following Dravidian
 
languages has been spoken in
2.    Balochistan till date? b)   
  
   a) Thulu b) Bharji

 c) Brahui d) Maltho
c)   
3.       
    
  
a) 1, 2 b) 2, 3

c) 1, 2, & 3 a)  b) 
d) 
d) None/ c)  d)  
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22. What is the second line of the    c) Mesolithic
verse from Purananooru that   
   d) Neolithic
begins as follows?
   
“Yadhum Oore Yavarum Kelir”    
……..
a)  b)  _______
(The world is my Country, all 
countrymen my kindred) c)  d) 
a) 
24. Match the following
a) “Theethum Nandrum Pirar
Thara varaa” (Boon or Bane A) Puhar 1. Trading town b) 
does not come from others) c) 
B) Madurai 2. Port town
b) “Undi Koduthor Uyir d) 
C) Kanchi 3. Educational
Koduthore!” (One who feeds town
gives Life) 27. Find out the correct statement

c) “Unbadhu Naazhi, Uduppana a) The Cheras ruled over Kaveri
Irande” (For eating a A)    delta and their capital was
measure, for dressing just Uraiyur.
B)  
two) b) The Maangulam Tamil-Brahmi
C)  
d) “Thuippom enine thappuna inscriptions mention the King
A B C Karikalan.
palave”. (If savored alone,
much is lost) a) 2 3 1 c) The terms Vanikan and
“” b) 3 2 1 Nigama appear in Tamil-
   Brahmi inscriptions were dif-
c) 3 1 2
 ferent types of merchants.
d) 2 1 3
a)  d) Salt merchants were called
25. Pattini Cult in Tamilnadu was in- Vanikars and they travelled in
b)    troduced by bullock carts along with their

a) Pandyan nedunchelian family.
c) 
b) Cheran Senguttuvan 
d) 
c) Ilango Adigal a)   
23. Consider the following statements   
d) Mudathirumaran
and choose the comef one? 
  
1. One of the oldest cities of the b)    

pandya country is the korkai   
a)  
2. The town is called the recent
‘Uvari’ of Tuticorin, but the b) 
c)   
old city korkai is said to have c)   
been perished in the sea.    
d) 
a) 1 only b) 2 only  
26. Sir Robert Bruce Foote, a geolo- 
c) 1 & 2 d) None gist from England first discovered
the _________ tools at d)   
   
Pallavaram near Chennai.
   
a) Stone Age
  
 b) Palaeolithic 
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28. Match the following: c) A is true but R is false.
A) Kanniyakumari 1. Chozha kingdom d) Both A and R is not true.
B) Nagai 2. Chera kingdom 

C) Sivagangai 3. Pandya kingdom

D) Dharmapuri 4. Thondainadu 
 
A)    

B)    a)    

  
C)    
D)    b)    

A B C D A B C D
c) 
a) 2 1 3 4 b) 2 4 1 3
d) 
c) 3 2 1 4 d) 3 4 1 2
33. The message related in the
29. Which of the following describes b)  Purananooru verse
the export and import of goods by
c)  “Yaanai pukka pulam pola,
ships from the port of
poomphuhar? Thanum unnaan; ulagamum
d) 
kedume….” (As the elephant de-
a) Purananooru 31. “Nanieru Munner Navai otti” who stroys the field, so does the King’s
was praised by this song taxes does not benefit himself
b) Patinapalai and destroys the world).
a) Mannuneethi cholan
c) Manimegalai 1. Tax abolition.
b) Neduncheralathan
d) Thirukural 2. Reduction of Tax.
c) Chenguttuvan
   3. Regulating Tax Collection
    d) Karigarcholan Methodology
  
“  ”  4. Tax Evasion.


a) 1 only. b) 2 and 3 only
a)  b) 
a)  c) 1 and 2 only d) 3 only
c) 
b)  “
d) 
c)  ”
30. Which pallavaking ruled    
d) 
kanchipuram is mentioned as the 
Dravidian king of the tamil kings. 32. Read the Statement and tick the
 
appropriate answer
a) Narasimha Varman  
Assertion (A): The assembly of the
b) Mahendravarman    
poets was known as Sangam.
c) Nandhivarma 
Reason (R): Tamil was the lan-
guage of Sangam literature.  
d) Kulasekara varma
a) 
   a) Both A and R are true. R is the
   correct explanation of A. b) 
 b) Both A and R are true. R is not c) 
a)  the correct explanation of A. d) 
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34. Which dynasty was not in power  d) (iv) is correct
during the Sangam Age?
a)  i)   
a) Pandyas b) Cholas   
b) 

c) Pallavas d) Cheras
c)  ii)    
      
d) 
      
 36. Who praises kanchi as “Kalviyil 
karaillatha kanchi”
a)  b)  iii)   
a) Kalidasa  
c)  d) 
b) Thirunavukarasar 
35. Manimegale mentions who gave
birth to aabuthran just a short dis- c) Pugalendhi iv)   
tance away from the city of Korkai   
d) Hieun Tsang  
a) Chali 
   
b) Deevadhilagai  a) (i) 
c) Komethagai a)  b) (ii) 
d) Mani vilakkal b)  c) (ii)  (iii) 
 c)  d) (iv) 

d)  39. Which among the Herostone of
37. Match the following tamilnadu indicates “kudalur Akol
pedu tiyan antavan kal”
A) Pandya Nadu 1. Scholars in Adundance
a) Khor Rori
B) Chola Nadu 2. Pearls in Adundance
b) Chithira Pudavu
C) Chera Nadu 3. Rice in Adundance
c) Puliman kombai
D) Thondai Nadu 4. Elephants in Adundance
d) Velvetriyur

“
A)        ”

B)   
a) 
C)   
b) 
D)   
c) 
A B C D A B C D
d) 
a) 2 3 4 1 b) 2 4 3 1
40. Tamils were familiar with the di-
c) 3 1 4 2 d) 3 2 4 1
rection of the wind and the man-
38. i) The Neolithic people used pol- ner of transportions ship. Who is
iv) The period that witnessed do-
ished stone axes called Celts referring to this phenomenon
mestication of animals and
through “Naleiyiru Munneer
cultivation of crops is called
ii) Evidence of Neolithic village is naavai”.
Mesolithic
found at Payyampalli in
a) Kambar
Chennai district a) (i) is correct
b) Vennikuyathiyar
iii) The cultural period that suc- b) (ii) is correct
ceeded the Neolithic is called c) Masathuvan
the Bronze Age c) (ii) and (iii) are correct
d) Nachellayar
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    43. Which is the Grammatical literature  
   pioneered by “Tholkappiyam” ?   
  
a) Thirukkural 
“  ” 
 b) Moodhurai    
c) Nannool    
a) 

b)  d) Neethi Venbaa  

c)   
 a) 
d) 
a)  b)  b) 
41. In which of the following books,
c)  d)  c) 
Tamil nadu, is referred to as
“Dravidion Desam”, and tamil 44. Which Mountain is the house of d) 
kings as “Dhiramila Rajas” Kumanan (one of the seven phi- 46. Asseration:Now kanchi came to
lanthropist? known as “the district of lakes”.
a) Nandhi Kalambagam
a) Piran Mountain Reason: Hundreds of lakes were
b) Madura vijayam
b) Thotti Mountain created for storing water around
c) Manu saritham the town of kanchi
c) Mudhirai Mountain
d) Kalingathuparani a) Reason explains assertion
d) Vedha Mountain correctly
   
   b) Reason does not explain
“ ”   
 assertion

a)  b)  c) Both Reason and Assertion
a)  are incorrect.
c)  d) 
b)  d) Assertion is correct but
45. Choose the correct statement Reason is incorrect
c) 
among this
   “
d)  1) We can learn about the life of ”
42. In which part of silapathikaram the people puhar by reading
pattinapalai and    
the setup of “Patini kottam” ex- 
plained. silapathikaram

a) Vazhakurai Kathai 2) Puhar was a busy port upto
a)   
200 C.E. It night have been ei-

b) Nadukan Kathai ther washed away by sea or
destroyed by big shore waves b)   
c) Vanjiurikathai 
a) Statement 1 is correct
d) Vayapuri kathai c) 
b) Statement 2 is correct
“ d) 
”  c) Both Statement 1&2 are
correct 47. The rule of Pandyas was followed

by _____________
a)  d) Both Statement 1&2 are
a) Satavahanas
incorrect
b)  b) Cholas
  
c)   c) Kalabhras
d)      d) Pallavas
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          
__________           

a)  a) 
(R)        
b)  b) 
  
c)  c)          

d)  d) 
a)    
48. Hero stores of the post sangam 51. Assertion (A): The Ashokan in-

age and the pallava periord occur scriptions datable to third century
in large numbes in ____ Resion. BCE refer to the Cheras, Cholas, b)    
a) Kurunji Pandyas and Satyaputras outside   
his empire in Tamilagam. 
b) Mullai
Reason (R): Ancient kings of c) 
c) Marutham Tamilagam commenced their po-
d) 
d) Neythal litical rule in the Iron Age.
52. The god of Desert is called
   a) A and R are correct and R ex-
“Kotravai” then what is the mean-
   plains A
ing of kodram.
________   b) A and R are correct but R
 a) Special b) Angry
doesn’t explain A
a)  b)  c) Success d) Notes
c) A is correct but R is incorrect
c)  d)     
d) A and R both are incorrect

49. The Primary instrument used to (A)   
propell the ship and to direct it a)  b) 
          
was called
          c)  d) 
a) Yera b) Pamal         

c) Chamukku d) Chukkan 53. Match correctly the excavated things with their corresponding excava-
   tion sites.
  
A. Golden foils 1. Thirukkampuliyur
  
 B. “Rouletted” potteries made in Rome 2. Aadhichanallur
a)  b)  C. Sun & Natural Objects 3. Vadamangal
c)  d)  D. Fort wall (Compound Wall) that is 3000 4. Uraiyur
50. In ancient times the temple was years old
built of wood in tamilnadu the
sabhanayagar hall is the best ex- 
ample of this is located in? A.   
a) Chithambaram nataraj B.   
temple
C.   
b) Pillayarpatti temple
c) Ariyalur Brick temple D.   

d) Dharasuram iradheeswar A B C D A B C D
temple a) 3 4 1 2 b) 2 4 1 3
  
c) 4 2 1 3 d) 1 4 3 2
  
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54. Which of the following is the wife during the Sangam Age Bukhar nagar but also in Madurai
of one of the seven philanthropist was___________
a) Mana Madurai Plates
‘Pegan’?
a) Mandalam b) Nadu
b) Aalavai Plates
a) Kannagi
c) Ur d) Pattinam
c) Chinna Mannur Plates
b) Manimegalai

d) Ilanthai kulam Plates
c) Arputha Kanni ___________

d) Neduverkanni a)  b) 
  
   c)  d)  

58. The precious Metal available in a) 

the form of ingots is known as b) 
a)  b) 
a) Cameo b) Intaglio c) 
c) 
c) Bullion d) Cratus d) 
d) 
  62. The graffiti symbols of Keeladi are
55. Which of the following book is    similar to which one of the fol-
considered as the “Odyssus of  lowing civilizations ?
Tamil poetry”?
a)  b)  a) Sumerian Civilization
a) Thirukural
c)  d)  b) Nile River Civilization
b) Manimegalai
59. What is the height of the gangai c) Yellow River Civilization
c) Silapathikaram konda cholapuram Temple
(infeet) d) Indus Valley Civilization
d) Periya puranam
    
“  ”    

 
a) 216 b) 165
a)  a) 
c) 170 d) 126
b)  b) 
60. Deveneya Pavana refers to the
c)  c) 
sport of pretending to proteching
d)  girls form animals? d) 
56. Which among the following is cor- a) Kedavaral 63. Who among the following is
rectly matched? known as the “Himalaya of the the
b) Pannai vilayatu
atrical world”
a) Keezhadi - Madurai
c) Moorka maatam
a) Pamal Sambudhanar
b) Porunthal - Vellore
d) Cherugatam
b) Varadha rasanar
c) Paiyampall - Dindugal
  
    c) T.K.Shanmugam
d) Kodumanal - Erode
   d) Sandaradoss swami
   
   “
a)   ” 
a)   

b) 
b)   
a) 
c) 
c)   
b) 
d) 
d)   
c) 
61. What are the copperplates of the
57. The lowest unit of administration Indira festival held not only in d) 
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64. In the sangam age “karai” the 67. Which of the following text c) 
tevernce term is related with? describes the procedure for
d) 
erecting herostones.
a) Minority tax
70. Which of the following state-
a) Silaputhikaram
b) Land tax ments is incorrect?
b) Sinthamani
c) Toll tax a) The poet Karaikal Ammaiyar
c) Tholkhapiyam (Thilagavathi) and the Pandya
d) None of the above
Queen Mangayarkkarasiyar
d) Maduraikanchi
 “”   were prominet female
     Nayanmar saints
  
a)  b) A strong wave of Tamil

devotionalism swept the
b) 
a)  country from the sixth
c)  through the ninth centuries.
b) 
d)  c) The term Bhakti has different
c) 
Conotations.
65. Generally Dolmens is/are found in
d) 
which of true following place? d) Alwars were compiled in the
68. The Bhrama purichwara temple Nalayira divyaprabandam by
a) Veeraraghavapuram
was built during the reign of which Nadamuni at the end of 11th
b) Kumamalamaruthupatti cholaking? century
c) Narasingampatti a) Manuneethi cholan 
d) All the above b) Paranthaga chola a)   
   
   c) Raja Raja - I
  

d) Rajendra - I 
a) 
‘ ’  b)    
b)     
  
c)  a) 

d)  b) 
c)   
66. What was the occupation of the c)  
inhabitants of the Kurinji region?
d)  d)  
a) Plundering  
69. Which one of the following is in-
  
b) Cattle rearing correctly matched?

c) Hunting and gathering a) Maha sivarathri - Masi
71. The notable Chola king credited
d) Agriculture b) Vinayaga Saturthi - Aavani with bringing forest lands under
the plough and developing
   c) Dheepa Thiruvila - Karthigai
irrigational facilities

d) Aadhirai Thiruvila - Thai
a) Karikalan
a) 
  
b) Rajarajan I
b)  
c) Kulothungan
c)  a) 
d) Rajendran I
d)  b) 
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  
  
   

a) 
b) 
c) 
d) 
72. The carbon samples collected by
the Department of Archaeology,
Government of Tamil Nadu from
the excavations of Keeladi after
having been analyzed indicate
that all the six samples fall be-
tween:
a) 2 nd century BCE and 2 nd
century CE
th
b) 6 century BCE and 3
century BCE
c) 4 th century BCE and 6 th
century CE
d) 3 rd century BCE and 5 th
century CE
  
  
   


a) 

b) 

c)    

d)   

73. Which is a recent play on the
subject of profenscr sundaram
pillai’s Manonmaniam
a) Leelavathi
b) Oru iravu
c) Aricha Adi
d) Chandro thayam
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   
    a) 

b) 
a)  b) 
c) 
c)  d) 
d) 
74. Who is known as the “Father of 77. Consider the following statements
tamil literature”? choose the correct one
a) Nakkirar 1. Herostones of sangam age
discovered till now have im-
b) Agastaya
ages (or) sculptures
c) Thiruvalluvar 2. Pottery vessels from the Early
d) Tholkapiyar Historic periord have names
of people engroved on them
“ in Tamil-Brahmi script.
”
a) Statement 1 is correct
a)  b) Statement 2 is correct
rd
b)  c) Both Statement 1&2 are
correct
c) 
d) Both Statement 1&2 are
d) 
incorrect
75. Who said tamil is as old as latin   
a) Crowl 
   
b) G.U.Pope

c) George L.Hart    

d) Caldwell
 
  
     
 
a) 
a) 
b) 
b) 
c)  c) 
d) 
d) 
78. Through which book we find the
76. Inscription that mentions the way calling the sculptors as
Cheras “Mannetalar”.
a) Pugalur a) Silapathikaram
b) Girnar b) Manimegalai
c) Pulimankombai c) Dhatchina Sitram
d) Madurai d) Kambaramayana
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     
d) All the above
     
       
 
a) 

b)  a)  b) 
d)   
c)     c)  d) 
  83. Who was the chairman of third
d) 
  tamil sangam?
79. What is the height of the tallest  
chariot in Asia Thiruvarur (feet)  a) Nakkirar

   81. i) Dharma, Atharma, Kaama b) Agasthaya

   and Moksha are the four fold c) Illango
 classification of Indian Phi-
losophy. d) Pariventhan
a) 90 b) 96
ii) Tholkappiyam and Sangam   
c) 102 d) 108 
literature speak only the first
80. Which of the following statement three. a)  b) 
is incorrect ?
Which of the above statement/s c)  d) 
a) The term cholamandalam is / are correct ?
came to be corrupted as 84. Who issued coins to commemo-
a) (i) only
coromandel in the Arabic rate his performance of many
languages b) (ii) only. vedic rituals
b) Rajaraja I is the most c) (i) and (ii). a) Maran Valuthi
celebrated of the chola kings
d) None of the above. b) Nedunchelian
c) The Chola kingdom expanded
i)     c) Mudhukudmiperavazhuthi
through military conquests to
include present day    
d) Maravarman Kulasekaran
pudukkottai - Ramanatha   
puram districts and the Kongu      
country of the present day   
ii)   
western Tamil nadu.   
  

d) The cholas ventured overseas   
conquering the north eastern  a) 
parts of Srilanka, bringing it    b) 
under their control and they 
called it Mummudi c) 
Cholamandalam. a) (i) 
d) 
 b) (ii) 
85. The famous Venice traveller who
a)     c) (i) (ii) described Kayal as a great and
  d)  noble city

82. Which of the following plays was a) Vasco da gama
b)    composed by ‘Arignar Anna’? b) Alberuni
 
 a) Velaikari c) Marco Polo
c)    b) Manthiri kumari d) Megasthenes
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
c)  d) All the above
a) 
d)    
b)  
89. Consider the following statement
c)  and select the correct one:   
d)  1. Mahendravarma I is credited 
with the introduction of rock
86. which of the following places  
cut temples in the Pallava ter-
shows the evidance of glass beads 
ritory
Industry?
   
2. Mahendravarman claims in
a) Keezhadi b) Kodumanal  
his Mandagappattu inscrip-
c) Arikkamedu d) Suttukeni tion that his shrine to Brahma, 
Iswara and Vishnu was made 
   
without using traditional ma- a) 
  
terials.

b) 
a)  b)    
 c) 
c)  d) 
    d) 
87. The idols of God in which of the   
following temples are made of 91. Which is the original name of
 
wood? Marai Malai Adigal ?

a) Parthasarathi Perumal temple a) Swami Dayananda
    
b) Pandava thootha Perumal    b) Swami Vedhachalam
temple   
  c) Swami Paramananda
c) Sundara Varatharaja Perumal   d) None of the above.
temple   
    
d) Narashimha Perumal temple
  
  a) 
  
 a) 1 only b) 
a)  b) 2 only
c) 
b)  c) 1 & 2
d) 
c)  d) None
92. Statement 1: “Tholkapiyam is the
d)  90. Which of the following statements oldest of the tamil texts available
are not true? today.
88. Who is the Author of “Laxmi
Andhadhi”? 1) Karikala won the battle of Statement 2: This is the guide to
Talayalanganam. the grammar of Nannul.
a) Kambar
2) The Pathitrupathu provides in-
b) Pugalendhi Pulavar a) Statement 1 is correct
formation about Chera Kings.
c) Ottakoothar b) Statement 2 is correct
3) The earliest literature of the
d) Jeyamkondar Sangam age was written c) Both Statement 1&2 are
mostly in the form of prose. correct
“ ”  
 a) 1 only d) Both Statement 1&2 are
b) 1 and 3 only incorrect
a) 
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     a)  b)  iii) 
   
c)  d) 
 
95. The ascending order of the admin-
   ‘’  iv)   
istrative division in the ancient
   
Tamizhagam was
a)  
a) Ur< Nadu < Kutram <
b)  Mandalam a) (i) 

c)  b) Ur < Kutram < Nadu < b) (ii) 

d) 
93. Which among the following sites
near pondicherry gives best sup-
port to the view on an ancient
trade between rome and ancient
Tamil country of India
a) Villianur
b) Suttukeni
c) Arikamedu
d) Andiarpalayam
   
   


a) 
b) 
c) 
d) 
94. Consider the following and
choose the correct statement.
1. Marutham was called
vanpulam. It produced paddy
and sugarcane.
2. The rest of the landscape ex-
cluding neithal was called
‘menpulam’.
a) 1 Only b) 2 only
c) 1 &2 d) None
  

    
  

 

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Mandalam
c) Ur < Mandalam < Kutram <
Nadu
d) Nadu < Kutram < Mandalam
< Ur
 
  

a) <<< 
b) <<<
c) < <<
d) << < 
96. i) Coins as a medium of
exchange were introduced for
the first time in the Sangam
Age.
ii) Prakrit was the language used
by the common people in
Northern India during the
Mauryan period.
iii) V ienna Papyrus, a Roman
document, mentions trade re-
lated to Muziri.
iv) The concept of Thinai is pre-
sented in the Tamil grammar
work of Pathupaattu.
a) (i) is correct
b) (ii) is correct
c) (i) and (ii) is correct
d) (iii) and (iv) is correct
i)  
  

ii)   
  
  

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c) (i)  (ii) 
d) (iii)  (iv) 
97. Which of the following is incor-
rectly matched?
a) Periplus of Erythrean Sea - 1st
century CE
b) Pliny’s Natural History - 2 st
century CE
c) Ptolemy’s Geography - 2 nd
century BC
d) Vienna Papyrus -
2nd century CE
 

a)    

b)  

c)  

d) 

98. Who composed the book
“Panchamarabhu”?
a) Adiyarku Nallar
b) Arivanar
c) Chandrasena
d) irayanar
“”

a) 
b) 
c) 
d) 
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99. Who was known as the
5 8 x 4  4 2y - x 
“Chitrameliya periya nattar” of 104. 5 - 3 - ? = 1 =   +   
6 9 y 5  7 2y + x 
the chola rule
a) Warriors beyond the sea 
2 3 17
a) b) c) d) 3
b) People involved in paintings 3 2 18 3 1
and Arts. a) b) 1 c) 1 d) 2
7 7
c) Farmers 5 1 2 1
105. 6 × 5 + 17 × 4 = ?
6 3 3 2 a b c
d) Architectural Consultants
110.If = = , then the value of
3 4 7
  1 2
“  ” a) 112 b) 116 a+b+c
3 3
 is :
c) 240 d) 663 c
a)  e) None of these/ 
b)    a b c a+b+c
= =  
 3 1 3 4 7 c
106. is what part of ?
8 12
c) 
1
d)  3 a) b) 2 c) 2 d) 7
1 7
100. Which of the following place de-  ?
12 8
picts a man trying to suppress a
3x 21
bull with hump? 3 1 4 111. If 4x+5y = 83 and = , then
a) b) c) 2y 22
a) Chithirakal Pudavu 7 12 3
y  x ?
b) Karuvanthurai d) None of these/ 
c) Kalluthu Metupatti 107.One-fifth of a number exceeds 3x 21
one-seventh of the same 4x+5y = 83  = , 
d) karikaiyur 2y 22
by 10. The number is :
    y  x ?
    1
       a) 3 b) 4 c) 7 d) 11
5

a)  1 995
  112. The value of 999 ×999 is :
7 999
b) 

c)  995
a) 125 b) 150 c) 175 d) 200 999 ×999 
d)  999
101.(8 ÷ 88) x 8888088 = ? 108.What is the value of
a) 990809 b) 998996
a) 808008 b) 808080 (P + Q) P c) 998999 d) 999824
if =7 ?
c) 808088 d) 8008008 (P - Q) Q
113.A boy was asked to multiply a num-
4 + 4 × 18 - 6 - 8 (P + Q) ber by 25. He instead multiplied the
102. =? P
123 × 6 - 146 × 5 =7    number by 52 and got the answer
Q (P - Q)
324 more than the correct answer.
a) 1 b) 2 c) 6 . 6 5  The number to be multiplied was:
d) 7.75
1 2 4 7      
1 1 1 1 1 a) b) c) d)  
103. 1 + + + + + is equal to : 3 3 3 8
2 4 7 14 28 
x 4 
1 1 1 1 1 109.If = then the value of     
1+ + + + +  y 5
2 4 7 14 28 
  4 2y - x 
 +  is: a) 12 b) 15 c) 25 d) 32
a) 2 b) 2.5 c) 3 d) 3.5  7 2y + x 
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114.A sum of ` 750 is distributed in all 60 questions and secures 130
3
among A, B, C and D in such a 118.In a class, of the students aree marks, the number of questions
5
manner that A gets as much as B he attempts correctly, is :
and C together, B gets Rs.125 2
more than C and D gets as much girls and rest are boys. If of the 
9
as C. What is A’s share?    
1   
A, B, C D 750 girls and of the boys are ab-   
4
BC sent, what part of the total num-   
   A ber of students is present?   
C B `  
D  C   3 
‘A’    
5 a) 35 b) 38 c) 40 d) 42
a) `100 b) ` 225   
c) ` 275 d) ` 325    123.In a group of buffaloes and ducks,
the number of legs are 24 more
115.The total number of digits used in 2 1 than twice the number of heads.
  
numbering the pages of a book 9 4 What is the number of buffaloes
having 366 pages is :      in the group?

366    
   17 18 23 23
  
   a) b) c) d)   
25 49 30 36
 

a) 732 b) 990 c) 1098 d )  469 +174  -  469 -174 
2 2

1305 119. =? a) 6 b) 8 c) 10 d) 12
469 ×174
116.What fraction of an hour is a sec- 124.Vidushi and Sanya distribute Rs.100
ond? a) 2 b) 4 c) 295 d) 643 each in charity. Vidushi distributes
money to 5 more people than Sanya
 120.If a + b + c = 13, a2 + b2 + c2 = 69, and Sanya gives each Re.1 more
 then find ab + bc + ca than Vidushi. How many people are
a + b + c = 13, a2 + b2 + c2 = 69,  receipients of the charity?
1 1
a) b)
24 60 ab + bc + ca  
   
1 1 a) - 50 b) 50 c) 69 d) 75    
c) d)
120 3600   
121.A sum of Rs.312 was divided
among 100 boys and girls in such   
4 a way that each boy gets Rs.3.60   
117.What fraction of must be
7 and each girl Rs.2.40 .The number   
added to itself to make the of girls is: 
1 a) 45 b) 60 c) 90
sum 1 ?    
14    d) None of these/ 

125.The value of is : 25 - 5[2 + 3{2 - 2
4   
 (5 - 3) + 5} - 10] ÷ 4 is
7 
1 a) 35 b) 40 c) 60 d) 65 25 - 5[2 + 3{2 - 2(5 - 3) + 5} - 10] ÷ 4
 1 
14 
122.In an examination, a student
scores 4 marks for every correct a) 5 b) 23.25
1 4 7 15
a) b) c) d) answer and loses 1 mark for ev-
3 7 8 14 c) 23.75 d) 25
ery wrong answer. If he attempts

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