Tamils Agriculture and Irrigation Technology: Multiple choice questions with answer

Tamils and Technology

Unit - IV

AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGY

 

1. Which is the oldest Dam built in Tamilnadu?

a) Mettur dam

b) Azhiyaru dam

c) Sathanur dam

d) Kallanai dam

(Ans: d)

2. What is the old Tamil name for the dam?

a) Reservoir

b) Karchirai

c) Lake

d) Neerkatti

(Ans: b)

3. What are lakes located one after the other called?

a) Nool Lake

b) Thodar Lake

c) Vari Lake

d) Murai Lake

(Ans: b)

4. What is the name of the lake that receives rainwater from the basin?

a) Thodar Lake

b) Murari Lake

c) Yenthal

d) Kalingu

(Ans: c)

5. What is the name of the lake that holds water from other lakes!

a) Madhagu

b) Aeripallan

c) Yenthal

d) Thangal

(Ans: d)

6. What is used to drain excess water?

a) Lake passage

b) Kalingu

c) Madai

d) Dam

(Ans: b)

7. What is the name of the door-like structure?

a) Door

b) Nilai

c) Pathavu

d) Moodupalagai

(Ans: c)

8. What is built across a river to save rainwater?

a) Door

b) Madai

c) Kalingu

d) Pathavu

(Ans: b)

9. What is Lakeshore soil called?

a) Lake soil

b) Shore soil

c) Arai soil

d) Sedimentation soil

(Ans: c)

10. Who is responsible for bringing river water to the lake?

a) Gramani

b) Farmer

c) Neeranikkargal

d) Neerkatiyar

(Ans: d)

11. Who protects the shore, the life blood of the lake?

a) Farmer

b) Neeranikkar

c) Karaiyar

d) Gramani

 (Ans:c)

12. What instrument was used to predict water flow in the field?

a) Water metre

b) Muraipanai

c) Neerpanai

d) Neervadipan

(Ans: b)

13. How many types of ponds are there?

a) 4

b) 2

c) 3

d) 5

(Ans: b)

14. How many elements are there in the pond?

a) 2

b) 3

c) 4

d) 5

(Ans: b)

15. Who manages madai are madagu?

a) Karaiyalar

b) Neerkatiyar

c) Madaiyar

d) Neervettiyar

(Ans: c)

16. What is the structure located in the middle of lakes and ponds to release water?

a) Madagu

b) Madai

c) Kalingu

d) Alaikarkal

(Ans: a)

17. What protects the bank of a pond from breaking?

a) Wave stones

b) Bank stones

c) Madai stones

d) Black stones

(Ans: a)

18. What is used to channel water for irrigation?

a) Madai

b) Mathagu

c) Thoombud

d) Thirugu

(Ans: b)

19. What is the canal cut by Rajarajan?

a) Uyyankondan canal

b) Cauvery canal

c) Mayanoor canal

d) Chola canal

(Ans: a)

20. What is used to drain the water and mud from the lake?

a) Mathagu

b) Kumizhi thoombu

c) Madai

d) Canal

(Ans: b)

21. What are the small holes located on the sites of a bubble column called?

a) Cerodi hole

b) Thoombu holebbe

c) Mathagu hole

d) Outer hole

(Ans: a)

22. What is the hole at the top of the Kumizhi Thoombu used for water drainage?

a) Neerodi hole

b) Thombu thurai

c) Kumuzhi hole

d) Mathagu hole

(Ans: a)

23. Who cut down the Sembian Madhavi Pereri?

a) Paranthagan

b) Kandrathithanam

c) Sembiyan

d) Rajarajan

(Ans: b)

24. What is the symbol of cattle during the Sangam period?

a) Education

b) Wealth

c) Friendship

d) Relationship

(Ans: b)

25. What is the tool that helps in keeping the milk safe?

a) Uri

b) Pot

c) Cooker

d) Heater

(Ans: a)

26. What were the first domesticated animals?

a) Horse-chicken

b) Dog-cat

c) Cat-parrot

d) Myna-goat

(Ans: a)

27. What were the ice ponds used for during the Sangam period?

a) Bathing

b) Drinking water

c) Cattle

d) Park

(Ans: c)

28. What is the source of water for the ice pond?

a) Rain

b) Snow

c) Waterfall

d) Fountain

(Ans: b)

29. In how many types of agricultural lands are classified in Sangam literature?

a) 2

b) 3

c) 4

d) 5

(Ans: c)

30. What is the meaning of the word 'Punpulam?

a) Nannilam

b) Vanbulam

c) Uvarnilam

d) Punsei

(Ans:c)

31. What was the grain that was in the muthumakkal thazhi of Adichanalur?

a) Paddy, wheat

b) Rye, corn

c) Nut, millet

d) Legines, millet

(Ans: a)

32. Who lived depending on the plough?

a) Farmer

b) Uzhuthunbar

c) Vellalar

d) Karalar

(Ans: b)

33. Who rules the cloud?

a) Uzhuthunbar

b) Vellalar

c) Karalar or Kalamar

d) Uzhathi

(Ans: c)

34. Name two crops of the Sangam period.

a) Soya-Carrot

b) Beans-Beetroot

c) Ragi-Wheat

d) Cotton-Rice

(Ans: d)

35. What tool was used to level the land without any bumps?

a) Ploughi

b) Thalambu

c) Parambu

d) Thusumbu

(Ans:c)

36. What tool was used to remove weeds?

a) Plough

b) Thalambu

c) Parambu

d) Palliyaduthal

(Ans: d)

37. What was the tool used to break up the soft clay of the Nansei land?

a) Plough

b) Thalambu

c) Parambu

d) Thusumbu

 (Ans: b)

38. What is the name of the method of locking up and driving oxen?

a) Plough

b) Kabilai

(c) Parambu

d) Thalambu

(Ans: b)

39. How much solids are in a litre of water in the open ocean?

a) 50 grams

b) 65 grams

c) 35 grams

d) 45 grams

(Ans: c)

40. What is the temperature of the surface layers of the ocean?

a) 32°C

b) 38°C

c) 30°C

d) 36°C

(Ans : c)

41. What is the pH value of seawater!

a) 6.2

b) 8.2

c) 10.2

d) 12.2

(Ans: b)

42. Where do most living beings live?

a) Land

b) Sea

c) Hill

d) Sky

(Ans: b)

43. What did humans follow to travel by sea?

a) Fishes

b) Eel

c) Sea turtle

d) Sea horse

(Ans: c)

44. What is the instrument used to navigate at sea?

a) Lighthouse

b) Direction indicator

c) Sunlight

d) Ships

(Ans: a)

45. What kind of ship did the Tamils of the Sangam period use for long distance travel?

a) Ullam

b) Markkalam

c) Vallam

d) Navai

(Ans: a)

46. What are the materials in the rocks under the sea?

a) Oil and gas

b) Pearl, coral

c) Fish, crabs

d) Seaweed

(Ans: a)

47. How many types of fisheries are there based on water source?

a) 2

b) 3

c) 4

d) 5

(Ans: a)

48. How many types of fishing are there?

a) 2

b) 3

c) 4

d) 5

(Ans: b)

49. How many fish species have been identified in the world?

a) 30,000

b) 35,000

c) 32,000

d) 33,000

(Ans: c)

50. What is the name of the highest quality round pearls?

a) Vilai Muthu

b) Mani Muthu

c) Pani Muthu

d) Aani Muthu

(Ans: d)

51. What was the main port city of the pandians?

a) Kayal

b) Korkai

c) Thoothukudi

d) Aeral

(Ans: b)

52. Which pearl is world famous?

a) Chinese pearl

b) Pandy pearl

c) Musiri pearl

d) Panthar pearl

(Ans: b)

53. Which was the port city of Chera Nadu?

a) Korkai

b) Sivagalai

(c) Musiri

d) Muthu Nagar

(Ans: c)

54. What was the profession of pearl collection called?

a) Pearl bathing

b) Muthu ayarthal

c) Pearl hunting

d) Pearl picking

(Ans: a)

55. What kind of organism are pearls?

a) Melludali

b) Kadal uyiri

c) Sippi uyiri

d) Puzhu type

(Ans: a)

56. What is the place where pearls grow called?

a) Deep sea

b) Azhi

c) Salabam

d) Alaivai

(Ans: c)

57. What is the name of those who collect pearls or conches?

a) Pearl collector

b) Kuliyaligal

c) Valaigner

d) Maniyar

 (Ans: b)

58. What is the name of the mantra that protects oneself from sharks?

a) Shark charming

b) Shark Mantra

c) Shark trick

d) Shark method

(Ans: a)

59. How many types of sea beds are there?

(a) 2

b) 3

c) 4

d) 5

(Ans: c)

60. What is the smallest shallow sea in the world?

a) Arctic Ocean

b) Atlantic Ocean

c) Red Sea

d) Black Sea

(Ans: a)

61. What was the trading system of the ancient Tamils?

a) Cash transaction

b) Bank transaction

c) Barter system

d) Trading

(Ans: c)

62. How was Maritime trade carried out during the Sangam period?

a) Boats

b) Wooden vessels

c) Ships

d) Vallam

(Ans: b)

63. How did the Tamils know about ocean currents?

a) By ships

b) By fishes

c) Through logs

d) By ocean waves

(Ans: c)

64. Who is the ancient Tamil poet who sang about the atom?

a) Kabilar

b) Paranar

c) Auvaiyar

d) Nakkeerar

(Ans: c)

65. What was the method that a Tamil had found to prevent air pollution?

a) Growing trees

b) Crop cultivation

c) Construction of water bodies

d) Setting up windmills

(Ans: a)

66. What is the reason why a child is born mentally retarded?

a) Madha uthiram malam

b) Pitha uthiram malam

c) Karupathivu malam

d) Matha pitha malam

(Ans: a)

67. What is the substance that blocks the radiation of planets?

a) Ring

b) Pearl necklace

c) Rudraksha necklace

d) Sandal

(Ans: c)