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Choose the correct answer:

Assertion (A): The Ashokan inscriptions datable to third century BCE refer to the Cheras, Cholas, Pandyas and Satyaputras outside his empire in Tamilagam.


Reason (R): Ancient kings of Tamilagam commenced their political rule in the Iron Age.


Both these statement give facts about the Tamilagam Empire.


Chelas, Cholas, Pandyas and Satyaputras where powerful leaders of the Maurya dynasty. Since the Ashoka inscription are dated to 3rd Century BC, they must have started their rule in the iron age.

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1 H

Choose the correct answer:

(i) The Neolithic people used polished stone axes called Celts


(ii) Evidence of Neolithic village is found at Payyampalli in Chennai district


(iii) The cultural period that succeeded the Neolithic is called the Bronze Age


(iv) The period that witnessed domestication of animals and cultivation of crops is called Mesolithic


 1 I

Choose the correct answer:

Assertion (A): Many of the Mesolithic sites are found nearby rivers and tanks.


Reason (R): Irrigation management developed during the Mesolithic period.


 2 A

Fill in the blanks:

_____________ is an object or tool made or modified by humans.


 2

Fill in the blanks:

The primitive multi-cellular life first appeared in the age of _____________.