In This Post we are providing CHAPTER 3 KINSHIP, CASTE AND CLASS EARLY SOCIETIES NCERT MCQ for Class 12 HISTORY which will be beneficial for students. These solutions are updated according to 2021-22 syllabus. These MCQS can be really helpful in the preparation of Board exams and will provide you with a brief knowledge of the chapter.
NCERT MCQ KINSHIP, CASTE AND CLASS EARLY SOCIETIES
Question 1 : Puranaruru is one of the anthologies of poems. To which literature does it belongs?
(a) Tamil Sangam literature.
(b) Buddhist literature
(c) Sanskrit literature
(d) Bengali literature
Answer : A
Question 2: Marriage within a unit, a kin group, caste or a group living in the same locality, is called
(a) endogamy.
(b) exogamy.
(c) polygyny.
(d) polyandry.
Answer : A
Question 3 : The janapada which was inhabited by the cousins Pandavas and Kauravas was that of
(a) Shurasenas.
(b) Mallas.
(c) Sakyas.
(d) Kurus.
Answer : D
Question 4 : Historians consider several elements when they analyse texts such as:
(a) They examine the language of the texts whether they were written in Prakrit, Pali or Tamil, languages that were probably used by ordinary people, or in Sanskrit, a language meant almost exclusively for priests and elites.
(b) They also consider about the kind of texts like whether these were mantras, learnt and chanted by ritual specialists, or stories that people could have read, or heard.
(c) They also consider author’s perspective about the text.
(d) They try and ascertain the possible date of the composition of the texts as well as the place where they may have been composed.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
(a) Only (a)
(b) (a) and (b)
(c) (a) and (c)
(d) All of the above
Answer : D
Question 5 : Shakas who came from Central Asia were regarded by the Brahmanas as
(a) Dasas
(b) Untouchables
(c) Mlechchhas
(d) Aryans
Answer : C
Question 6 : The word ‘Didactic’,means R
(a) something that is meant for purposes of instruction.
(b) The description of events in a story
(c) Noticeable or sudden and often surprising
(d) Extremely mournful, melancholy or pathetic.
Answer : A
Question 7 : The original story of Mahabharata was probably composed by
(a) Lord Ganesha
(b) Rishi Veda Vyasa
(c) Charioteer-bards known as sutas.
(d) Lord Brahama
Answer : C
Question 8 : The classification of people, in the name of gotras in Hindu religion, was practised from c. 1000 BCE onwards, by the
(a) Brahmanas.
(b) Kshatriyas.
(c) Vaishyas.
(d) Shudras.
Answer : A
Question 9 : Panini’s ‘Ashtadhyayi’ is a work on
(a) Sanskrit grammar.
(b) Sanskrit history.
(c) Sanskrit mantras.
(d) Sanskrit plays.
Answer : A
Question 10 : Identify the years span, when an archeologist B.B.Lal excavated at a village named Hastinapura in Meerut (Uttar Pradesh)?
(a) 1951–52
(b) 1962–63
(c) 1970–71
(d) 1950–51
Answer : A
Question 11 : Who wrote the short story,“Kunti O Nishadi”?
(a) Mahadevi Verma
(b) Mahashweta Devi
(c) Krishna Sobti
(d) Ashapurna Devi
Answer : B
Question 12 : What was the object of the team of V.S. Sukthankar?
(a) Prepare critical edition of Mahabharata
(b) Translate Mahabharata in the English language
(c) Prepare critical edition of Manusmriti
(d) Translate Manusmriti in Tamil
Answer : A
Question 13 : Present-day historians suggest that the fact that the author(s) describe a polyandrous union indicates that polyandry may have been prevalent amongst ruling elites at some point of time.
(a) Some historians note that while the practice of polyandry may have seemed unusual or even undesirable from the Brahmanical point of view, it was (and is) prevalent in the Himalayan region.
(b) There may have been a shortage of women during times of warfare, and this led to polyandry. In other words, it was attributed to a situation of crisis.
(c) The author(s) choose to associate this practice with the central characters of the Mahabharata because sometimes creative literature often has its own narrative requirements and does not always literally reflect social realities.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
(a) Only (a)
(b) (a) and (b)
(c) (a) and (c)
(d) All of the above
Answer : D
Question 14 : The Brahmanas considered some people as being outside the system by classifying certain social categories as _______.
(a) Kinfolk
(b) Varnas
(c) Untouchable
(d) Nishada
Answer : C
Question 15 : According to the ______, the paternal estate was to be divided equally amongst sons after the death of the parents.
(a) Varnas
(b) Varnas
(c) Manusmriti
(d) Mahabharata
Answer : C
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