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Find out the correct statement:

a) Evidence of iron smelting has been found in Kodumanal and Guttur.


b) Periplus of Erythren Sea mentions about the pepper trade with India.


c) Punch marked coins are the earliest coins used in India mostly made of gold.


d) The Sangam Age has its roots in the Bronze Age.


a) is correct. The iron and steel furnaces from Kodumanal and Guttur exposed the technological skill attained by the early smelters in Tamilnadu.


b) is incorrect because Periplus mentions the fine variety of textiles produced in the Tamil region.


c) is incorrect because Punch-marked coins are the earliest coins used in India, made of silver.


d) is incorrect because the Sangam Age has no roots in the Bronze Age.


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2

Fill in the blanks:

___________ is a poetic theme which means a class or category and refers to a habitat or eco-zone with specific physiographical characteristics.


 2 E

Fill in the blanks:

___________ referred to the Westerners, including the Greeks, Romans and West Asian people.


 3 B

Find out the correct statement:

a) The Cheras ruled over Kaveri delta and their capital was Uraiyur.


b) The Maangulam Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions mention the King Karikalan.


c) The terms Vanikan and Nigama appear in Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions were different types of merchants.


d) Salt merchants were called Vanikars and they traveled in bullock carts along with their family.


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