MCQs on Dravidian Education

1. Which is the oldest Dravidian language?

(a) Tamil

(b)Telugu

(c)Kannada

(d)Malayalam

answer: Tamil

2. Identify the system of education which give importance to the 3 R'S.

        

(a)Vedic education

(b)Dravidian education 

(c)Buddhist education    (d)Moderneducation

ans: Dravidian education 

3. Who introduced the term 'Dravidian'?

(a) Robert A. Caldwell

(b) Hunter

(c) Herman Gundert 

(d) Francis Ellis

answer: Robert A. Caldwell

4. The dravidologist who is renowned for his book "Dravidian India"

(a) Robert A. Caldwell

(b) Hunter

(c) T. R. Sesha Iyengar

(d) P. T. Srinivasa Iyengar

answer : T R. Sesha Iyengar

5. The actual term Dravidian was derived from the word............

(a)  Dravi

( b) Dravidam

(c) Dravida 

(d) Draveediam

answer : Dravida 

6. Who is considered as the Father of Dravidian Movement ?

(a) T. R. Sesha Iyengar

(b) P. T. Srinivasa Iyengar

(c) Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta Sastri

(d) Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy

answer : Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy

7. The establishment of the Dravida Mahajana Sabha organisation was in ......

(a) 1891

(b) 1890 

(c) 1882

(d) 1892

Answer : 1891

8. Who was the first exponent of Dravidian regional movement?

(a) T. R. Sesha Iyengar

(b) Iyothee Thass

(c)Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta Sastri

(d) Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy

answer : Iyothee Thass

9. When was Dravida Samiti formed?

(a) August 1944

(b) August 1942

(c) September 1994

(d) September 1992

answer : August 1944

10. Who popularised Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in Tamilnadu?

(a) T. R. Sesha Iyengar

(b) Iyothee Thass

(c) Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta Sastri

(d) C. N. Annadurai

answer : C. N. Annadurai