Deck 5: Historical and Administrative Aspects of the Gupta and Chola Empires

Question 1

Whose military expeditions are described in the Mehruali Pillar inscription?

A)purugupta
B)skandagupta
C)kumaaragupta
D)chandragupta ii

Answer 1

chandragupta ii

Question 2

Which Guptaruler's coins bore the image of the god Kartikeya?

A)kumaragupta
B)chandragupta ii
C)samudragupta
D)ramagupta

Answer 2

kumaragupta

Question 3

Which historian argued that the Gupta and post Gupta periods saw decline in the money economy?

A)r.s.sharma
B)altekar
C)nurual hasan
D)vijaya ramaswami

Answer 3

r.s.sharma

Question 4

Which is not an official of the nadu under the Cholas?

A)kottam-vagai
B)nadu-kuru
C)nadu-kakani
D)velan

Question 5

Which Chola ruler initiated land survey and assessment?

A)rajarajai
B)rajendra chola
C)kulottunga
D)parantheka

Question 6

What is called Shri-karanam?

A)revenue department
B)name of land tax
C)administrative division
D)court official

Question 7

What is meant by vetti?

A)assembly
B)land tax
C)divion of empire
D)forced labour

Question 8

What is not related to land revenue?

A)puravu
B)irai
C)opati
D)udaiyan

Question 9

What is true about nagaram in south India?

A)nagarattar were members of corporate body
B)certain nagarams have given taniyur status
C)place for production and exchange of commodities.
D)all of the above

Question 10

What is called saliya nagaram?

A)nagaram associated with textile trades
B)associated with oil merchants
C)associated with ghee merchants
D)associated with seafaring traders

Question 11

What is called shankarappadi nagaram?

A)nagarams of oil and ghee suppliers
B)suppliers of textiles
C)suppliers of seafaring products
D)suppliers of silk

Question 12

What is called paraga nagaram?

A)suppliers of seafaring merchants
B)associated with oil
C)suppliers of silk
D)suppliers of precious metals

Question 13

What is called angadis?

A)market
B)term for nagaram
C)an official
D)land tax

Question 14

Which city was an ancient cotton growing area in South India?

A)kanchipuram
B)nagapatanam
C)kaveripattanam
D)korgai

Question 15

Who was the Chola emperor transformed Tanjavur a royal temple city?

A)karikala chola
B)rajendra
C)parantheka
D)rajaraja i

Question 16

Where did the palace complex of the Cholas locate?

A)palaiyarai
B)gangaikondacholapuram
C)kanchipuram
D)nagapatanam

Question 17

Where did the Chola mint locate ?

A)nagapatanam
B)palaiyarai
C)kudamukku
D)gangaikondacholapuram

Question 18

Which city is mentioned as managaram?

A)kanchipuram
B)madurai
C)gangaikondacholapuram
D)tanjavur

Question 19

What is called tari kadamai?

A)land tax
B)loom tax
C)irrigation tax
D)forced labour

Question 20

Which Chola ruler is known as sungam tavirta cholan?

A)senguttuvan.
B)karikala chola
C)kulottunga
D)rajendra

Question 21

What is called samaya?

A)guild
B)temple ritual
C)tax
D)royal emblem

Question 22

To which Chola king that Khemer king sent gift?

A)paranteka
B)rajaraj chola
C)karikalarla chola
D)rajendra i

Question 23

Which Chola king sent a trade mission to China in 1015?

A)senguttuva cheral
B)rajendra chola
C)paranteka chola
D)rajaraja chola

Question 24

What is known as Ayyavole?

A)royal residential headquarter
B)craft guild
C)trade guild
D)temple administrators

Question 25

Which guild is originally established in Aihole in Karnataka?

A)manigramam
B)ainnurruvar
C)anjuvannam
D)valanjiyar