KINSHIP, CASTE AND CLASS

Name the text where Brahmanical norms were codified

• Mahabharata

• Ramayana

• Dharmashastra

• Manusmriti

Exogamous marriages means

• Marriages within Gotra

• Marriages outside gotra

• polygamous marriage

• marriage within kinship relations

Who among the following rulers was a mleccha

• Ashoka

• Gautami putra Satakarni

• Rudradaman

• chandragupta MAurya

Ekalavya belonged to which social category

• Shudra

• Nishada

• Mleccha

• swarnakara

" Scavengers and executioners were forced to live outside the city"- Cite the source from where we get this information

• Manusmriti

• Fa-Xian's Account

• Dharmashastras

• Xuan Zang's Account

Find the odd one out

• Manusmriti

• Mahabharata

• Mahasammata

• Sutapitaka

On the issue of ownership,the Manusmriti says

• Paternal estate to be given to the eldest son

• Paternal estate to be divided equally amongst the sons

• Husband had no right over Stridhana

• Women had the sole right over gifts acquired in Marriage

Which among the following was a strategy adopted by Brahmanas to enforce varna order

• Assert that varna order was human creation

• adviced kings to punish those who violated these norms

• Persuaded people that their status was determined by birth

• Persuaded people that their status was determined by the occupation they practiced

Which of the following regarding the Satavahanas is incorrect

• Gautamiputra Satakarni was the greatest of the Satavahanas rulers

• The Satavahanas ruled over the Deccan region

• They were brahmanas and strictly followed the varna system

• They practiced endogamous marriages

Find the odd one out

• Shudra

• mlechha

• nishada

• swarnakara