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CPCL PTC,
Manali,
CH-68.
CPCL PTC, Manali, Ch-68. Tamils and Technology Model question paper- 2marks answers
QP.1
1. Compare professiona tax and sales tax. Ans: Professional tax: Practice of taxing only ‘Weaving looms’ , not for non-weaving
loom(madi loom). Also the road tax for using road for the loom. Sales tax: The tax paid for selling the woven clothes on streets . 2. What are the sources of Textile Industry?
Ans: Cotton and Silk fibres are the basis of Textile Industry. 3. Give the evidences of existence of clothes in the sangam age?
4.What substances are present in clay soil?
Ans: Silica, alumina or magnesia or both and water. 5. What are the common elements of architecture?
Ans: Kadaikal, Asthivaram, Wall, Roof. 6. What were the major Nayak temples during the sangam period?
Ans: Srivilliputhur Andal temple, Madurai meenakshi amman temple, Thiruvarur
thiagarajar temple, Patteeswaram siva temple, Thiruvannamalai Arunachaleshwarar
temple. 7. What does Saracen mean?
Ans. Saracen is the ancient name created by the British for Arabic Language talking
Muslim . 8. What are the other names of Hero Stone?
Ans. Vethiappan stone, Anjaneya stone, Meenarappan, Vedar, Krishnarappan. 9. What are the shapes of coins?
Ans: Coins found in the Sangam period are in Square, oblong, and round. 10.What are the metals used for making coins?
Ans: The kings coined gold, silver , bronze, iron, and copper to suit their economic
status. 11. Write notes on Chennakuzhi?
Ans: Chennakuzhi is a combination of the word
Chenth(=red fire) + na (=flame of fire) + kuzhi (=name of the place). 12. Who is known as puzhiyar?
Ans: The Puzhiyars were the gatherers of the raw materials for the beads. 13. Write notes on Dam?
Ans: A dam is an obstruction that stops the flow of a stream or an estuary. 14. Write notes on Kumizhithoombu?
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Ans: A Kumizhithoombu is a scientifically designed system used to remove water and
silt from a lake. 15. What are tools needed for Agriculture?
Ans: Kalappai, Parambu, Thalambu, kabilai, Catapult, Water drawing tools, Sickle, Sacks. 16. What are the environmental problems of the ocean?
Ans: Oceans are polluted as a result of human activities(plastic pollution)
Over exploitation ( fishing, habitat loss)
Climatic changes in the ocean (decreasing pH value, increasing sea
temperature). 17. What are the file types of tamil e-books?
Ans: PDF Book, HTML Book, e-Pub ,Flip Book, Mobi. 18. What is word corpus project?
Ans: Word corpus project is to collect all the words that have appeared in Tamil
dictionaries so far, program them in such a way that the same word does not repeat
and make vocabulary of Tamil known to the world. 19. What is Unicode?
Ans: Unicode was created when software development companies came together to
setup a coding system needed to handle multiple languages at the same time. 20. What is Dictionary?
Ans: A book that compiles all the words in a language in alphabetical order and
explains the meaning is called ‘Agaramuthali’. It is also known as Dictionary. QP: 2
1. Mention the types of clothes used by sangam age people?
Ans: Leaf Dress, Dhukil – Kalingam, Katchai – Katchu (Dress), Padam (Shirt), Sithar –
Sitharvai. 2. What are the types of rotators?
Ans: Ball Point Rotator, Cone – slot Rotator. 3. Give the other names of clothes. Ans: Kaazhagam, Aruvai, Kandam, Sithar. 4. Who is called cotton woman?
Ans: The women who removed the cotton and cleaned it by removing the nuts and
seeds from it are called “Cotton women”. 5. Give the uses of male tree and female tree.
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Ans: Male Tree: To make door posts, pillars, balcony of the house. Female Tree: To make uthiram, vittam, arch, porch of the house. 6. What does Saracen mean?
Ans: Saracen is the ancient name created by the British for Arabic Language talking
Muslim . 7. List the cave temples in Mamallapuram. Ans: Tiger Cave, Krishna mandapam, Pancha Pandava Rathas, Ganesa ratham, Archuna Penance, Raamanuja Hall. 8. What are the common elements of architecture?
Ans: Kadaikal, Asthivaram, Wall, Roof. 9. Who is commier?
Ans: People who build ships were called commiers
10. What are the products made using bone fragments in sangam age?
Ans: Flute, Axe, Chiming Beads, Garlands, Combs. 11. What is tide? What are its types?
Ans: The movement of water in the sea. Types: Kazhi tide(sea water move towards
the shore), Sea tide(sea water moves towards the ocean). 12. What is beta bronze?
Ans: Beta Bronze is cast with copper and silver at very high temperature. Among
these, especially the highest grade Beta Bronze made with 23% silver has greater
strength. 13. What is sluice(mathagu)?
Ans: A mathagu is constructed like a madai. But, its door can be opened and closed
to increase or decrease the amount of water coming out. It is made of wood or stone. 14. Mention the differences between sluice(madhagu) and kumizhi?
Ans: The sluices do the job of draining the water. The Kumizhi, in addition to draining
water, also remove sediments from lakes and ponds. 15. What is Neerodi, Serodi?
Ans: Neerodi: Large hole for the water to flow (80% good water). Serodi: 3 small holes for the pulp water to flow (20% pulp water). 16. What are the substances dissolved in sea water?
Ans: Sodium chloride, Magnesium, Calcium,Potassium, Salts of mercury and many
other elements are dissolved in water. 17. Write notes on keyboard. Ans: It is a peripheral device, enables the user to enter text, one of the first
technologies to use tamil on computers. 18. Define bilingual code.
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Ans: Tamil bilingual (TAB) is developed to use the same font for both tamil and
English. 19. State any three objectives of sorkuvai project. Ans: 1. Safe guarding the enrichment of words in Tamil language. 2. Expanding the vocabulary of tamil language. 3. Supporting to avoid the intrusion of foreign language in tamil language. 20. What is the function of Encoding?
Ans: Encoding is the process of converting data into a format required for many
information processing needs.