WBCS Mains South Indian Dynasties Questions 2023

Q. ‘Mandalam’ and ‘Nadu’ these two institutions were associated with

(A) The Pallavas
(B) The Cholas
(C) The Pandyas
(D) The Rashtrakutas

Correct Answer: (B) The Cholas

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Q. The Kailasanath temple in Kanchipuram was built by the

(A) Cholas
(B) Pallavas
(C) Pandyas
(D) Guptas

Correct Answer: (B) Pallavas

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Q. The capital of the Pallava rulers was

(A) Hampi
(B) Dwarka
(C) Kanchipuram
(D) Ujjain

Correct Answer: (C) Kanchipuram

WBCS Mains South Indian Dynasties Questions 2021

Q. How were foreign merchants referred to in Chola documents?

(A) Manigramam
(B) Nanadeshi
(C) Ayyavole
(D) Pattinam

Correct Answer: (B) Nanadeshi

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Q. What were villages granted to Brahmins and inhabited by Brahmins known as?

(A) Devadana
(B) Brahmadeya
(C) Agrahara
(D) Mangalam

Correct Answer: (B) Brahmadeya

WBCS Mains South Indian Dynasties Questions 2020

Q. Kamban’s Ramayana in Tamil was written during the reign of

(A) Chalukya
(B) Pallavas
(C) Cholas
(D) Kakatiyas

Correct Answer: (C) Cholas

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Q. Rulers of which dynasty patronised Jainism?

(A) Chalukya
(B) Pallava
(C) Rashtrakuta
(D) Chauhan

Correct Answer: (C) Rashtrakuta

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Q. What is the meaning of the word ‘Sangam’ in the Sangam Age?

(A) Royal Court
(B) Assembly of Poets
(C) Assembly of religious teachers
(D) Meeting of rivers

Correct Answer: (B) Assembly of Poets

WBCS Mains South Indian Dynasties Questions 2019

Q. The Pallava-Chola style of architecture is commonly known as

(A) Pallava
(B) Chola
(C) Nagara
(D) Dravida

Correct Answer: (D) Dravida

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Q. The spies during the Sangam age was known as

(A) Spasas
(B) Dutas
(C) Orrars
(D) Sanjayans

Correct Answer: (C) Orrars

WBCS Mains South Indian Dynasties Questions 2018

Q. Alvar was ________ hymnodist of the Tamil devotional cult.

(A) Shaivite
(B) Vaishnavite
(C) Buddhist
(D) Jain

Correct Answer: (B) Vaishnavite

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Q. The centre of Sangam literature and the patrons of Sangam poets were

(A) The Cheras of Vanji
(B) The Cholas of Uraiyur
(C) The Pandyas of Madurai
(D) All of the above

Correct Answer: (D) All of the above

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Q. The famous Uttaramerur inscription belongs to the reign of

(A) Parantaka I
(B) Parantaka II
(C) Rajaraja I
(D) Rajaraja II

Correct Answer: (A) Parantaka I

WBCS Mains South Indian Dynasties Questions 2017

Q. The term ‘Malaimandalam’ refers to

(A) Coromandal coast
(B) Malabar coast
(C) Pandya coast
(D) Konkan coast

Correct Answer: (B) Malabar coast

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Q. Which Chalukya ruler is credited with repelling the Arab invasion of South Gujarat?

(A) Vikramaditya I
(B) Pulakesin I
(C) Pulakesin II
(D) Vikramaditya II

Correct Answer: (D) Vikramaditya II

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Q. Which style of architecture was developed by the Chalukyas of Badami?

(A) Vesara
(B) Dravida
(C) Nagara
(D) Gopuram

Correct Answer: (A) Vesara

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Q. Who composed the Aihole Inscription?

(A) Ravikirti
(B) Harisen
(C) Bilhan
(D) None of the above

Correct Answer: (A) Ravikirti

WBCS Mains South Indian Dynasties Questions 2016

Q. At which of the following Ports have a sizable Roman settlement and a Roman factory have been discovered?

(A) Tamralipti
(B) Muziris or Mushri
(C) Arikamedu
(D) Kaveripattanam

Correct Answer: (C) Arikamedu

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Q. On the basis of evidences emerging from the site of Kodumanal the beginning of urbanization in Tamil Nadu goes back to

(A) 800 BCE
(B) 500-400 BCE
(C) 300 BCE-200 CE
(D) CE 200

Correct Answer: (B) 500-400 BCE

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Q. Seaborne trade between India and Rome received great impetus during the reign of Roman Emperor

(A) Augustus
(B) Claudius
(C) Trajan
(D) Nero

Correct Answer: (A) Augustus

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Q. Who was the founder of the Chalukyas of Badami?

(A) Vikramaditya I
(B) Pulkesin I
(C) Kirtivarman I
(D) Vijayaditya

Correct Answer: (B) Pulkesin I

WBCS Mains South Indian Dynasties Questions 2015

Q. Which one of the following was the meeting ground for the Brahmanical and devotional religious levels?

(A) Maths
(B) Temples
(C) Ghatikas
(D) Samas

Correct Answer: (B) Temples