(English Medium) ICSE Class 9 - CISCE Question Bank Solutions for History and Civics

Describe the social conditions that Sangam literature suggests with reference to:

Institution of Marriage

Describe the social conditions that Sangam literature suggests with reference to: Position of Women

The Sangam literature gives a complete and true picture of the economic conditions of the age. Describe the economic life of the people with reference to:

Agriculture

The Sangam literature gives a complete and true picture of the economic conditions of the age. Describe the economic life of the people with reference to:

Trade

Name the author of Tolkappiyam.

Name the three kingdoms mentioned in the Sangam texts.

Name any three Epics mentioned in the Sangam literature.

What was the theme of the Aham type of literature?

What were the topics of the Puram category of poems?

Name the author of Tirukkural.

Name the four castes mentioned in the Tolkappiyam.

Name the five physiographic divisions of tinais mentioned in the Sangam literature.

Name one center of cotton trade mentioned in the Sangam literature.

With reference to the sources of information about the Sangam Age, explain the significance of the following;

 Literary texts

With reference to the sources of information about the Sangam Age, explain the significance of the following;

Hero stones

With reference to the society that existed during the Sangam Age, answer the following question:

Explain briefly the functions of the four castes mentioned in the Tolkappiyam.

With reference to the society that existed during the Sangam Age, answer the following question:

Name the physiographic divisions of the Tamil land and the occupations associated with each one of them.

Mention what the Preamble states about ‘Fraternity’.

Mention the words introduced in the Preamble by the Constitution Forty-second Amendment Act, 1976.

What is the significance of the Preamble to the Constitution?