Progress in Knowledge

Q. What are literary sources? What are the main literary sources for the study of Indian history?

Q. James Mill divided Indian history into three periods namely ________.

1. North, Middle and South
2. National, Regional and Local
3. Ancient, Medieval and Modern
4. Hindu, Muslim and British

Q. Centers of education attached to Buddhist centers were known as _________.

1. Kottaram
2. Salais
3. Palli
4. Kavus

Q. Which among the following are important literary works on history written during medieval period?

1. Puthanpana
2. Ashtanga hridayam
3. Mooshaka Vamsam
4. Tuhafat Ul

Q. Which among the following was a Salais in medieval Kerala?

1. Kanthaloor Salai
2. Vizhinjam Salai
3. Parthivasekharapuram Salai
4. All of the above

Q. Who wrote Sankaranarayaneeyam, a book on Astronomy?

1. Cherussery
2. Sankaranarayanan
3. Ezhuthachan
4. Arnos Pathiri

Q. Centers of education attached to temples were known as _________.

1. Palli
2. Kavus
3. Kottaram
4. Salais

Q. The Satavahanas encouraged education through .

1. chaityas
2. stupas
3. agraharas
4. viharas

Q. In medieval Kerala, the centres of education attached to the temples were called _______.

1. Kavu
2. Salais
3. Palli
4. Koothambalam

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Q.

Alberuni came to India with

1. Mahmud of Ghazni

2. Alexander

3. Babur

4. Tamur

Q. Choose the correct statement(s) about the literary works that developed during the medieval period in Kerala.

1. Sankaranarayaneeyam is a book on astronomy.
2. Ashtanga hridayam is a book on Ayurveda.
3. Tuhafat Ul Mujahideen records the conflicts between Mapila Muslims and the Portuguese colonialists.
4. Mooshaka Vamsam a literary work that chronicles the history of Mushika dynasty.

Q. Sankaranarayanan was a ________.

1. farmer
2. doctor
3. soldier
4. astronomer

Q. In medieval Kerala, the centres of education attached to the Buddhist centres were called _______.

1. Salais
2. Palli
3. Kavu
4. Koothambalam

Q. Samgrama Madhavan is known as an important scholar in __________.

1. Malayalam
2. Mathematics
3. English
4. Ayurveda

Q. Which among the following is a book on Ayurveda ?

1. Ashtanga hridayam
2. Mooshaka Vamsam
3. Sankaranarayaneeyam
4. Tuhafat Ul Mujahideen

Q. Samgrama Madhavan was a _________.

1. Farmer
2. Doctor
3. Soldier
4. Mathematician

Q. Which among the following is a book on Astronomy ?

1. Ashtanga hridayam
2. Mooshaka Vamsam
3. Sankaranarayaneeyam
4. Tuhafat Ul Mujahideen

Q. Vagbhata wrote Ashtanga Hridayam, a text on Mushika dynasty.

1. True
2. False

Q. The Indian medieval period was a time of interaction between the Indian and the ______ tradition.

1. American
2. European
3. Islamic
4. Chinese

Q. Which traditions were revived during the "Age of "Rennaisance"?

1. Greek and Roman.
2. Indian and Western.
3. Chinese and Middle-Eastern.
4. Central European and Roman.

Q. Name an ayurvedic literature written during medieval Kerala.

1. Silappatikaram
2. Aithihyamala
3. Ashtanga hridayam
4. Puthanpana

Q. Name a famous astronomer during Perumals era.

1. Ezhuthachan
2. Kunchan Nambiar
3. Cherussery
4. Sankaranarayanan

Q. composed Puthanpana poems which chronicle the life of Jesus Christ.

1. Ezhuthachan
2. Quazi Muhammed
3. Kunchan Nambiar
4. Arnos Pathiri

Q. Who is the author of Sankaranarayaneeyam ?

1. Kunjan Nambiar
2. Vallathol
3. Sankaranarayanan
4. Ezhuthachan

Q. Aryabhatta, believed to have been born in the 5th century AD, was a most renowned scholar of __________.

1. Astronomy
2. Biology
3. Medicine
4. Physiology

Q. Choose the incorrect statement(s) about the literary works that developed in medieval Kerala.

1. Mohiyudheen Mala was written in the 18th century.
2. Puthanpana was written in the 17th century.
3. Krishnagadha was written by Cherushery.
4. Ezhuthachan wrote Adhyatma Ramayanam Kilippattu.