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Ancient India Social Structure - 1

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Chhandogya Upanishad does not mention which of the four ashramas?

  1. Brahmacharya

  2. Grihastha

  3. Vanaprastha

  4. Sanyasa


Correct Option: C

What are not the exclusive occupations of the Brahmins not shared by the two other upper castes?

  1. Teaching.

  2. Sacrificing for others.

  3. Vedic study and sacrificing for himself.

  4. Accepting gifts


Correct Option: C

Which Upanishad mentions only 3 ashramas of life?

  1. Chhandogya Upanishad

  2. Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

  3. Jabala Upanishad

  4. Kenopanishad


Correct Option: A

If a man of low caste accepted the occupation of a higher caste due to greed, then the punishment for him was

  1. confiscation of property

  2. exhorbitant fine

  3. imprisonment

  4. both 1 and 3


Correct Option: D

The concept of Ashrama was applicable only to the

  1. Dvijas

  2. Sudras

  3. Foreigners

  4. Outcastes


Correct Option: A

Which castes according to Manu were slightly inferior to their fathers but entitled to all the rights belonging to the three upper castes?

  1. Anuloma castes

  2. Pratiloma castes

  3. Immigrant Brahmins

  4. the Mlecchas


Correct Option: A

According to the Smritis, Vaishyas were entitled to take up arms for

  1. self defence

  2. defence of cows and Brahmins

  3. preventing the mixture of castes

  4. all of the above


Correct Option: D

Which one of the following was not a prenatal samskara?

  1. Garbhadhana

  2. Jatakarman

  3. Pumsavana

  4. Simantonnayana


Correct Option: B

The first systematic description of the Samskaras is found in

  1. Manusmriti

  2. Narad Smriti

  3. Grihyasutra

  4. Digha Nikaya


Correct Option: C

Which of the following samskaras was known as the sacred thread ceremony?

  1. Vidyarambha

  2. Vedarambha

  3. Samavartana

  4. Upanayana


Correct Option: D

Which Sutra was first to mention the 8 forms of marriage?

  1. Asvalayana Grihyasutra

  2. Narad Smriti

  3. Yajnavalkya Smriti

  4. Gargi Samhita


Correct Option: A

Which of the following is not one of the three debts(Rnas) of life in ancient social structure?

  1. Rishi Rna

  2. Pitra Rna

  3. Deva Rna

  4. Gau Rna


Correct Option: D

According to Manu and Yajnavalkya, marriages could be performed

  1. in the same varna

  2. not in the same gotra

  3. among the men and women of the three upper varnas

  4. all of the above


Correct Option: D

The widow could inherit her husband's property after his death only if

  1. she was entitled to inherit it by the will left by her deceased husband in her favour.

  2. she was pregnant at the time of her husband's death.

  3. she had no son

  4. her husband did not marry another woman in his lifetime.


Correct Option: C

Assimilation of foreigners like the Yavanas, Sakas etc. in the Indian society led to the proliferation of which of the following castes?

  1. Brahmins

  2. Kshatriyas

  3. Vaishyas

  4. Sudras


Correct Option: B

In ancient Indian society, liquor consumption was totally forbidden for which caste?

  1. Brahmins

  2. Kshatriyas

  3. Vaishyas

  4. Sudras


Correct Option: A

After conquest of their native territories, the backwards and tribal people were absorbed into the Hindu society as

  1. Kshatriyas

  2. Vaishyas

  3. Sudras

  4. Outcastes


Correct Option: C

The mixed caste called Nishada was born out of the wedlock of

  1. Brahmin male and Shudra female

  2. Brahmin female and Shudra male

  3. Kshatriya male and Sudra female.

  4. Kshatriya female and Sudra male


Correct Option: A

What was the Panchmahapataka according to the ancient Indian law givers?

  1. Five samskaras

  2. Five duties of a householder

  3. Five virtues of an ideal woman

  4. Five great sins or crimes


Correct Option: D

According to the Skanda Purana,who were known as the Annada (givers of grain)?

  1. Brahmins

  2. Kshatriyas

  3. Vaishyas

  4. Sudras


Correct Option: D

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

  1. Persons of a particular varna could change their profession.

  2. The status assigned to the earlier foreign immigrants by Manu was that of Fallen Kshatriyas.

  3. The foreign immigrants who came to India after the decline of the Imperial Guptas were identifed with the Rajputs.

  4. The dominant class composition of South India was Kshatriyas, Sudras and Untouchables.


Correct Option: D

Which Mahapataka(sin) comes first in the list of mortal sins according to the ancient Indian law treatises?

  1. Committing adultery with Guru's wife

  2. Stealing of gold and valuables by a Sudra

  3. Drinking of liquor by a Brahmin

  4. Killing a Brahmin


Correct Option: D

According to Manu, the Pratiloma castes had the status of the

  1. Kshatriyas

  2. Vaishyas

  3. Sudras

  4. Untouchables


Correct Option: D

The illegitimate offspring of a Brahmin couple was accorded the status of a

  1. Brahmin

  2. Sudra

  3. Fallen Kshatriya

  4. Outcaste


Correct Option: B

The first epigraphic evidence of committing Sati from Eran (M.P.) dates back to

  1. 321 A.D.

  2. 471 A.D.

  3. 510 A.D.

  4. 650 A.D.


Correct Option: C
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