Tamil Nadu GK

Chennai is the capital city of Tamil Nadu. Chennai was earlier known as Madras. Madras was the official name of the city till 1996. Chennai is known as the “Health capital of India”.

Answer: a) Chennai

Explanation: Chennai is the capital city of Tamil Nadu and is one of the largest cities in India.

Answer: a) Tamil

Explanation: Tamil is the official language of Tamil Nadu and is also one of the 22 official languages of India.

Answer: b) Brihadeeswarar Temple

Explanation: Brihadeeswarar Temple, also known as the Big Temple, is a famous temple located in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, and is dedicated to Lord Shiva.

Answer: a) Bharatanatyam

Explanation: Bharatanatyam is a famous classical dance form of Tamil Nadu and is known for its grace, elegance, and expressive movements.

Answer: b) Ooty

Explanation: Ooty, also known as Udhagamandalam, is a famous hill station located in the Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu and is known for its scenic beauty, tea gardens, and wildlife.

Chennai is the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu.

Chennai is known for its beaches, temples, and music scene. Chennai is the capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the fourth most populous city and the fifth most populous metropolitan area in India. Chennai is known as the "Detroit of India" for its automobile industry.

The city is home to Fort St. George, the first British settlement in India and the oldest existing fort in the country. It is also the birthplace of the world's first non-denominational hospital, the Christian Medical College Hospital. The city has a rich cultural heritage and the second longest beach in the world, Marina Beach.

Tamil is one of the longest surviving classical languages in the world and is widely spoken in Tamil Nadu.

Tamil Nadu is the tenth largest Indian state by area

Tamil Nadu covers an area of 130,058 km2 (50,216 sq mi), and is the tenth-largest state in India.

Tamil Nadu is the sixth largest Indian state by population.

Tamil Nadu is defined by the lush Western Ghats and the semi-arid Deccan Plateau in the west.

The Western Ghats mountain range defines Tamil Nadu's western boundary. This mountain range is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is known for its biodiversity. The range stretches for over 1,600 kilometers and is home to over 100 different species of mammals, over 500 species of birds, and over 2,000 different species of plants.

The river Kaveri bisects Tamil Nadu.

Tamil Nadu shares an international maritime border with the Northern Province of Sri Lanka at Pamban Island via the Palk Strait.

The Sangam era (300 BC–AD 300) saw the rule of the Chera, Chola, and Pandya clans in the Tamilakam region.

The Pallava dynasty ruled Tamil Nadu from the 3rd to the 9th century.

European colonization of Tamil Nadu began with establishing trade ports in the 17th century, with the British controlling much of South India as the Madras Presidency.

The state borders of Tamil Nadu were redrawn linguistically by the States Reorganisation Act (1956).

The former name of tamil nadu is Madras state.

The Sangam era rulers of Tamil Nadu were the Chera, Chola, and Pandya clans.

The British established the Madras Presidency as an administrative province in South India.

The state borders of Tamil Nadu were redrawn linguistically by the States Reorganisation Act in 1956.

Tamil Nadu means "Tamil Country" in English.

Tamil Nadu has a GSDP per capita of ₹225,106.

Tamil Nadu ranks 11th in the human development index. The state has made significant progress in human development indicators such as life expectancy, literacy, and per capita income. Tamil Nadu has a literacy rate of 80.3% and a life expectancy of 73.5 years. The state's per capita income is Rs. 1,03,293 as per 2023.

Archaeologists from the Sharma Centre for Heritage Education excavated ancient stone tools in Attirampakkam near Chennai, suggesting the existence of a hominid population in Tamil Nadu around 1,000 years before homo sapiens arrived from Africa.

According to epigraphist Iravatham Mahadevan, the Neolithic stone celt discovered in Sembian-Kandiyur near Mayiladuthurai was the first datable artifact bearing the Indus script to be found in Tamil Nadu, dating back to between 1500 BCE and 2000 BCE.

In Adichanallur, archaeologists from the ASI unearthed 169 clay urns containing human skulls, skeletons, bones, husks, grains of rice, charred rice, and celts of the Neolithic period, dating back to 3,800 years ago.

The ASI archaeologists have proposed that the script used at the Adichanallur site is Tamil Brahmi, which they consider "very rudimentary," and date it somewhere between the 5th century BCE and 3rd century BCE.

About 60% of the total epigraphical inscriptions found by the ASI in India are from Tamil Nadu, and most of these are in the Tamil language.

The sentence in the passage reads: "In Attirampakkam near Chennai, archaeologists from the Sharma Centre for Heritage Education excavated ancient stone tools..."

The sentence in the passage reads: "The date of the celt was estimated at between 1500 BCE and 2000 BCE."

The sentence in the passage reads: "In Adichanallur, 24 km (15 mi) from Tirunelveli, archaeologists from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) unearthed 169 clay urns containing human skulls, skeletons, bones, husks, grains of rice, charred rice, and celts of the Neolithic period, 3,800 years ago."

The sentence in the passage reads: "The ASI archaeologists have proposed that the script used at that site, Tamil Brahmi, is 'very rudimentary' and date it somewhere between the 5th century BCE and 3rd century BCE."

The sentence in the passage reads: "About 60 per cent of the total epigraphical inscriptions found by the ASI in India are from Tamil Nadu, and most of these are in the Tamil language."

The sentence in the passage reads: "In Keezhadi near Madurai, excavations have revealed a large urban settlement dating to the 6th century BCE, during the time of urbanisation in the Gangetic plain."

The Sangam period lasted for about eight centuries, from 500 BCE to 300 CE.

The three crowned kings of ancient Tamil Nadu were the Cheras, Cholas and Pandyas.

The oldest Sangam work is the Tolkappiyam, a book of Tamil grammar.

Most Sangam literature dealt with themes of love and war.

The seaports of Muziris and Korkai were very popular destinations for trade in the Tamil region.

Vijayalaya Chola established Thanjavur as the Chola's new capital by conquering central Tamil Nadu from Mutharaiyar and the Pandya King Varagunavarman II.

The Pallava dynasty ruled parts of South India with Kanchipuram as their capital.

The Pandyan capital Madurai was in the deep south away from the coast

Narasimhavarman II built the Shore Temple which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Rajaraja Chola I conquered all of peninsular South India and parts of Sri Lanka.

The Nataraja temple at Chidambaram and the Ranganathaswamy Temple at Srirangam were considered as the tutelary deities of the Cholas, and they held special significance for them. These temples were mentioned in the Chola inscriptions as well. The Cholas built several other temples, but these two temples had a special place in their religious and cultural heritage.

Rajendra Chola's navy occupied coasts from Burma (now) to Vietnam, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Sumatra, and Malaya in South East Asia, and the Pegu islands. However, they did not occupy Japan, as Japan is located far away from South East Asia.

The Chola dynasty replaced the Pallavas as the dominant kingdom in the 9th century. Vijayalaya Chola established Thanjavur as Chola's new capital by conquering central Tamil Nadu from Mutharaiyar and the Pandya King Varagunavarman II. Aditya I and his son Parantaka I expanded the kingdom to the northern parts of Tamil Nadu by defeating the last Pallava king, Aparajitavarman.

The Chola dynasty is credited with building some of the most imposing religious structures in South India during their reign. They were prolific temple builders right from the times of the first medieval King Vijayalaya Chola. Their celebrated temples include the Brihadeshvara Temple of Thanjavur and Brihadeshvara Temple of Gangaikonda Cholapuram, the Airavatesvara Temple of Darasuram and the Sarabeswara (Shiva) Temple, also called the Kampahareswarar Temple at Thirubhuvanam, the last two temples being located near Kumbakonam.

The Pandyan dynasty had extensive trade links with the southeast Asian maritime empires of Srivijaya and their successors, as well as contacts, even formal diplomatic contacts, reaching as far as the Roman Empire. During the 13th century, Marco Polo mentioned the Pandyas as the richest empire in existence. They controlled the pearl fisheries along the south coast of India, between Sri Lanka and India, which produced some of the finest pearls in the known ancient world.

The first three temples, Brihadeshvara Temple of Thanjavur, Brihadeshvara Temple of Gangaikonda Cholapuram, and Airavatesvara Temple of Darasuram, are titled Great Living Chola Temples among the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The Meenakshi Amman Temple at Madurai is a temple built during the Pandyan dynasty and is one of the best examples of Pandyan temple architecture.

Rani Velu Nachiyar was the first woman freedom fighter of India. She was drawn to war after her husband was murdered by the British.

Kattabomman was the Palaiyakkara chief of Panchalakurichi who fought the British in the First Polygar War. He was captured by the British at the end of the war and hanged near Kayattar in 1799.

Veeran Sundaralingam was the General of Kattabomman Nayakan's palayam, who died in the process of blowing up a British ammunition dump in 1799 which killed more than 150 British soldiers to save Kattapomman Palace.

Pudukkottai kingdom has the distinction of being the only princely state in Tamil Nadu. It only became part of the Indian union in 1948 after independence.

The Battle of Talikota resulted in the decline of the Vijayanagara Empire. The empire was defeated by a confederacy of Deccan sultanates.