Question

(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) Vienna Papyrus, a Roman document, mentions trade related to Muziri.
(iv) The concept of Thinai is presented 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

Answer 1

A)

   The first coins were developed in Anatolia iron age around 6th or 7th century B.C.

 B)

   Prakrit was the language spoken in Mauryan period in northern and central India. This language was derived out of Sanskrit language. Texts were written in these languages date from the 3rd century BC to the 8th century AD or later.

 C)

   Vienna papyrus included loan-related transactions in muziri. So, it cannot be said that it contained only trade-related documents.

 D)

   Think is a typical Love poetry whereas pathupaattu is a collection that contains lengthy and picturesque descriptions of the Tamil country and its different seasons.

Most of them are in the form of Aatrupadai, a device of literature by which a bard or a minstrel who has received bountiful gifts from some rich patron is supposed to direct another to the same.

 Ans: B

Answer 2

Answer:

Option (1)

Explanation

1. True

2. False, pali not prakrit

3. false, Greek document not Roman

4. False, tholkappiyam not pathupattu