12_Themes_CH3

Question 1

Patriliny means
Matriliny means

Answer 1

Tracing descent from Father to son grandson and so on
Descent treced through the mother

Question 2

First section of Mahabharata is

Answer 2

Adi parvan

Question 3

Endogamy refers to
Exogamy refer to
Polygyny refer to
Polyandry refer to

Answer 3

1.Marriage within a unit this could be a kid group cast or a group living in the same locality
2. Marriage outside the unit
3. Practice of a man having serval wives
4. Practice of a woman having several husband

Question 4

First 4th 5th and 6th form of marriage from the manusmriti

Answer 4

1. The gift of a daughter after dressing her in costly clothes and honouring her with presents of jewels to a man learned in the Veda home the father himself invites
2. The gift of a daughter by the father after he has addressed the couple with the text may both you perform your duty together and has shown on a to the bridegroom
3. When the pride groom receive a maiden after having given as much well as he can afford to the kingsman and to the bride herself according to his own will
4. The voluntary union of a maiden and her lover with springs from desire

Question 5

Manusmriti was written between
Dharm Sutra and dharmshastra recognised _____ weddings

Answer 5

200Bc to 200AD
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Question 6

_______one of the earliest of Nishad contain a list of successive generation of teacher and students menu of homework the dignited by metronymics

Answer 6

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

Question 7

Two rules of Gotra
Artha is

Answer 7

1.women were expected to give up their father’s gotra
and adopt that of their husband on marriage

2.members of the same gotra could not marry.
3.Profit

Question 8

Purusha Sukta is verse froma hymn in
and describe

Answer 8

Rigveda
1.Brahmin:Mouth
2.Arms:Kshatriya
3.Thighs:Vaishya
4.Feet:Shudra

Question 9

Nishada is

Answer 9

Hunting Community

Question 10

From caste Shungas and Kanvas were
Shakas were called as
Shaka rules built _______lake

Answer 10

Brahmins
1.mlechchhas or barbarians
2.Sudarshana

Question 11

the best-known ruler of
the Satavahana dynasty, ________________
claimed to be both a unique Brahmana (eka
bamhana) and a destroyer of the pride of Kshatriyas

Answer 11

Gotami-puta Siri-Satakani,

Question 12

claimed to have ensured that there was no
intermarriage amongst members of the four varnas.

Answer 12

gotami putra siri-satakani

Question 13

vanik is for
Mrichchhakatika is written by

Answer 13

1.Merchants
2.Shudraka(4th centuary)
Hero Charudatta was both brahmin and Mrichchhakatika

Question 14

Who dont speak sanskrit was called as

Answer 14

Mlechchhas(Foreigners)

Question 15

Fa-Xian came during which period
Book by him

Answer 15

1.Chandragupta 2
2.Fo-Kwo-Ki” (A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms),

Question 16

from _____, the wasys through which men acquire wealth
For women

Answer 16

1.there are seven means
of acquiring wealth: inheritance, finding, purchase,
conquest, investment, work, and acceptance of gifts from
good people.
2.what was given in front of the fire (marriage) or the bridal
procession, or as a token of affection, and what she got
from her brother, mother or father. She could also acquire
wealth through any subsequent gift and whatever her
“affectionate” husband might give her.

Question 17

____________________is part of a dialogue between a king
named Avantiputta and a disciple of the Buddha named
Kachchana

Answer 17

Majjhima Nikaya

Question 18

Anthologies are

Answer 18

a book contain stories text from many authors

Question 19

_____________ anthologies of poems of the Tamil Sangam literature

Answer 19

Puranaruru

Question 20

Mahasammata is

Answer 20

“The Great Elect”), also known as Khattiya and Rāja, was the first monarch of the world according to Buddhist tradition.

Question 21

didactic referes to

Answer 21

something that is meant for puroposes of instructions

Question 22

sutas are

Answer 22

who generally accompanied Kshatriya warriors
to the battlefield and composed poems celebrating
their victories and other achievements.

Question 23

BB Lal

Answer 23

Hastinapur

Question 24

Mahashweta Devi

Answer 24

A bengali writer known for raising her voice against all forms of exploitation and oppression.

Question 25

Ashtadhyayi of panini

Answer 25

Recently, a Cambridge scholar Dr Rishi Rajpopat’s has claimed to have solved Sanskrit’s biggest puzzle—a grammar problem found in the ‘Ashtadhyayi’.

Question 26

1.Charaka and sushruta samhitas work on
2.Natyashastra of bharata a work on

Answer 26

1.Medicine
2.Dramaturgy