Assertion [A] : The term Dravidian was first used in the middle ages by Caldwell. Reason [R] : He has written a book titled “A comparative grammar of the Dravidian or South-Indian family of languages”
[A] is false but [R] is true
The word Dravida is old: the seventh-century philosopher Kumarila Bhatta used it in his Tantravarttika to denote the language of the south, and it appears in other early Sanskrit works.
Assertion [A] is false: Robert Caldwell was a nineteenth-century Christian missionary, not a figure of the middle ages, and he was not the first to use the term; he adopted Dravida from Kumarila Bhatta and gave Dravidian its modern meaning as the name of a language family.
Reason [R] is true: Caldwell published A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian or South-Indian Family of Languages in 1856, proving that Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam form a family distinct from Indo-Aryan.
Since [A] is false while [R] is a correct statement of fact, the pair is false and true respectively.
[A] is false but [R] is true option is correct.
Similar Questions
Whom does Valluvar refer to as the one who lives with folded hands and prays to all beings?
(i) Meat refuser
(ii) Meat eater
(iii) Murderer
(iv) Loving person
Choose the right answer / answers :
(i) Thirukkural says :
Unclaimed wealth, wealth acquired by taxes and wealth got by conquest of foes are the wealth of king.
(ii) The unclaimed wealth means the wealth by conquest of foes.
(iii) The wealth acquired by taxes is called as ulgu porul.
Assertion [A] : Not to kill the animals in incomparable virtue than not to speak untrue words.
Reason [R] : It is highly dangerous one to kill the animals than not to speak untrue words.
Choose the wrong matches :
(1) Viralkavar Periyazh Paanar – Kurunthogai
(2) Meen Seevum Pancheri Yodu – Madurai Kanchi
(3) Mullai Nalyazh Paanar – Ayngurunooru
(4) Paanar Padumalai Panniya Yelaalin – Pathitrupaththu
In the phrase “Everyone will despise the needy”, Valluvam points out to those who are?
Match the following type :
(a) Food mixed by little fingers of children's hands 1. Speaking sweet words (b) One's hand is to make to choice of unripe to ripe fruit 2. The wealth of self control (c) It is not good to forget the good done 3. Gratitude (d) The tongue's caustic reproach will never heal 4. The Begetting of children What message does Naladiyar conveys through this line “Neeroliya Palun Kurukin therinthu”?
(Like the swan that leaving the water drinks the milk)
Important Questions from Language and Literature
With reference to India, the terms ‘Halbi, Ho and Kui’ pertain to
R K Laxman is famous for ________
Which of the following languages does NOT belong to the Indo-Aryan language family?
In which of the following area the Dhundhari language is spoken prominently?
Who is commonly referred to as the ‘Father of Modern Hindi Literature’?
