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History - Pandyas
The
Navagriha sculptures were first installed in South Indian temples by the
(A)
Pallavas (C) Pandyas
(B)
Cholas (D)
Rastrakutas
ANSWER C
Marco
Polo visited Pandya Country during the period of
(A)
Maravarman Kulasekaran (C)
Sundarapandyan
(B) Nedunchadayan (D) Veerapandyan
ANSWER A
Manur
inscription provides an account of ……….. administration.
(A)
Central (B)
Village
(C)
Military (D)
Provincial
ANSWER B
The
Pandiyan King who atoned for the injustice rendered to Kannagi and renovated
Madurai, is
(A)
Talayalanganathucheru ventra Neduncheliyan
(B)
Ariyappadai Kadantha Neduncheliyan
(C)
Chithiramadathu thunjiya Nanmaran
(D)
Maduraiyai Meeta Sundara Pandiyan
ANSWER C
The
Pandiyas mainly imported the item of
(A)
Ivory (B) Gold
(C)
Elephant (D) Horse
ANSWER D
Who was
the Roman writer who made reference about the Pandyan kingdom in Tamilnadu?
(A)
Megusthenes (C) Pliny
(B)
Strabo (D)
Augustus
ANSWER B
The
original name of Koon Pandiyan was
(A)
Nedumaran (B) Nedunkilli
(C) Nedunchezian (D) Nedunjatayan
ANSWER A
Which
one of the following is called as the tallest Gopura in South Asia?
(A)
Meenakshi Amman temple Gopura
(B) Sri
Villiputhur Andal temple Gopura
(C)
Arulmighu Aranganathar temple Gopura.
(D)
Nellaiappar temple Gopura
ANSWER C
Kapadapuram
was engulfed by a sea during the reign of the Pandian
king
(A)
Kadungon (B) Kaichinavazhuthi
(C)
Mudathirumaran (D) Nedunchezhian
ANSWER C
The
royal secretariat of Pandya Kingdom was known as
(A)
Mangalam (B) Kudi
(C)
Eluttu-Mandapam (D)
Vala-nadu
ANSWER C
………..hailed the
Pandyan Kingdom as 'the richest and the most splendid province in the world'.
(A) Fahien (B)
Marco Polo
(C) Megasthanese (D) Hieun Tsang
ANSWER B
