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Tamil Nadu GK MCQ Question and Answer with easy explanations. Tamil Nadu State GK MCQ section provides you all type of GK mcq questions with explanations. Tamil NaduState GK MCQ is important for exams like State PCS, IBPS, SCC, UPSC, NEET etc. Page-10 section-2

Each section contains 100 MCQs on Tamil Nadu .
91
Who built Rockfort?
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
The Rockfort is a fortress which stands atop a 273-foot-high rock, consisting of a set of monolithic rocks accommodating many rock-cut cave temples. Originally built by the Pallavas, it was later reconstructed by the Madurai Nayaks and Vijayanagara rulers.
92
Who were the patrons of Sangama Literature ?
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
Pandyas were the patrons of Sangam, an assembly of Tamil poets. Pandya kings find mention in a number of poems in the Sangam literature.
93
Tamil Nadu is also known as the ___ hub of India ?
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
Due to its achievements as an auto production hub, Chennai has been dubbed as the "Detroit of India", referencing Detroit in Michigan, U.S., known as the centre of the U.S. automobile industry. Tamil Nadu has a 21.2 percent share in overall automobile exports from India.
94
The operation of Chennai Port was first started in the year?
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
Maritime trade started way back in 1639 on the sea shore Chennai. It was an open road -stead and exposed sandy coast till 1815. The initial piers were built in 1861, but the storms of 1868 and 1872 made them inoperative.So an artificial harbour was built and the operations were started in 1881.
95
In which Grand Slam event, Nirupama Sanjeev became the first Indian woman to feature and win a round at a main draw in the year 1998?
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
At the 1998 Australian Open, Sanjeev was awarded a wildcard into the main draw (her first and ultimately the only appearance in a singles Grand Slam main draw). She became the first Indian female in the modern era to feature and win a round at a main draw Grand Slam, beating Italy's Gloria Pizzichini.
96
The Nayanars are known as a group of how many saints ?
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
The Nayanars were a group of 63 poet-saints living in Tamil Nadu during the 3rd to 8th centuries CE who were devoted to the Hindu god Shiva.
97
Which city is called as athens of east in Tamilnadu ?
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
Madurai as the Athens of the East without understanding its significance," says Mr. Ramalingam. Athens had the Greek pantheon located at an elevated plane which could be seen from anywhere in the city.
98
Chola kingdom in the 11th century was divided into provinces known as ___
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
The Chola Dynasty was divided into several provinces called mandalams which were further divided into valanadus, which were subdivided into units called kottams or kutrams.
99
The general assembly consisting of the tax paying residents of an ordinary village under Chola Empire was known as __
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
There were three types of village assemblies in the Chola scheme of administration - the ur, the sabhaand the nagaram. Among these, the common type of assembly was the ur. It existed in villages where the land was owned by all classes of people. The sabhawas a village assembly exclusively of brahmins.
100
The sanskrit work Kumara Kamparaya Charitam was written by_____
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
Madhur? Vijayam "The Victory of Madurai", is a 14th-century C.E Sanskrit poem written by the poet Gangadevi. It is also named Vira Kamparaya Charitham by the poet. It chronicles the life of Kumara Kampana, a prince of the Vijayanagara Empire and the second son of Bukka Raya I.