Deck 1: Keralas Literature, Art, and Culture

Question 1

Who wrote Tuhafat-ul-Mujahiddin?

A)minhaj-us siraj
B)sheik zainuddin
C)ibn batuta
D)imtiaz khan

Answer 1

sheik zainuddin

Question 2

Athula was the court poet of

A)srikantha
B)sreerama
C)manavikrama
D)ravivarma

Answer 2

srikantha

Question 3

Name the work of Atula?

A)ramacharitha
B)mushakavamsa kavya
C)keralolpathi
D)sidhantha siromani

Answer 3

mushakavamsa kavya

Question 4

Rajatarangini written by Kalhana deals with the history of

A)kerala
B)ezhimala kingdom
C)kashmir
D)tamilakam

Question 5

Which king is mentioned in the Narayan-Kannur inscription of A.D. 929

A)srikantha
B)vikramarama
C)jayamani
D)ramagatha

Question 6

Mushakavamsa Kavya is written in

A)sanskrit
B)tamil
C)malayalam
D)none of the above

Question 7

Which of the following was/were the indigenous coins of Kerala

A)dinaram
B)pazhankasu
C)kashu
D)all the above

Question 8

Which of the following statements regarding the Tharisapalli copper plates is/are correct? a. It documents Venad ruler Ayyanadikal Thiruvadikal's donation of a region and its

A)ministration to tharisapalli church in kollam.
B)venad adikal was a ruler under the kulasekhara king sthanu ravi perumal
C)donation was made in the fifth year (ad 849) of sthanu ravi's reign.
D)all above

Question 9

Who was Mar Saphir Eso

A)a merchant from arabia.
B)ancient traveller
C)a jew who established tharisapalli church in kollam
D)ruler of portugal

Question 10

Anjuvannam was

A)a ritual
B)a trade guild
C)a tax
D)a royal title

Question 11

Which of the statements is/are true regarding Iravikutty Pillai Pattu?

A)belongs to southern ballads.
B)its hero is iravikutty pillai.
C)iravikutty pillai was the minister to the king of travancore.
D)all the above

Question 12

Which Aranyaka refers to the Chera Army?

A)aitareya
B)brihat
C)katha
D)taitiriya

Question 13

Which ancient text mentions Kerala's links to the Kurukshetra war?

A)keralolpathi
B)mushikavamsa kavya
C)ramayana
D)mahabharata

Question 14

River Churni is?

A)periyar
B)bharathapuzha
C)kabani
D)pampa

Question 15

Who wrote Arthasathra?

A)banabhatta
B)chanakya
C)kalhana
D)athula

Question 16

Akananuru deals with

A)administration
B)warcraft
C)love and romance
D)trade

Question 17

Purananuru deals with

A)medicine
B)war and diplomacy
C)love and romance
D)agriculture

Question 18

Who wrote Silappathikaram?

A)tolkapiyar
B)ilango adikal
C)nanthanar
D)nammalavar

Question 19

The text Tolkapiyam deals with?

A)medicine
B)trade guilds
C)tamil grammar
D)wars

Question 20

Who wrote Tolkapiyam?

A)nanthanar
B)ilango adilkal
C)tolkapiyar
D)thiruvalluvar

Question 21

The author of Perumal-Thirumozhi is

A)ilango adikal
B)kulasekhara alwar
C)sathanar
D)nanthanar

Question 22

Numismatics is the study of

A)inscriptions
B)pottery
C)coins
D)fossil

Question 23

Epigraphy is the study of

A)fossil
B)pottery
C)coins
D)inscriptions

Question 24

The lost documents of Tarisappalli copper plates were republished by?

A)ilamkulam kunjan pillai
B)lord macaulay
C)dr. herman gundert
D)charles swanston

Question 25

The Thrikkodithanam stone inscriptions belong to

A)11th century a.d
B)10th century a.d
C)13th century a.d
D)9th century a.d