Cheras and Malayalam

Q. Lilatilakam was composed in.

1. Awadhi
2. Manipravalam
3. Sanskrit

Q. Lilatilakam is a ________ century text.

1. fifteenth
2. fourteenth
3. thirteenth
4. twelfth

Q. The _______ kingdom of Mahodayapuram was founded in present-day Kerala in the ninth century.

1. Chera
2. Chola
3. Pandya
4. Vijayanagara

Q. The temple theatre of Kerala during the Chera period drew from ________.

1. Sanskrit epics
2. local traditions
3. tribal traditions
4. Sangam traditions

Q. The rulers of present-day Kerala region used _______ language around 12th century.

1. Tamil
2. Sanskrit
3. Malayalam
4. Persian

Q. Which of these languages experienced major changes in the medieval period in India ?

1. Bengali
2. Tamil
3. Urdu
4. Hindi