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Which of the following best describes a Gotra?
a) Practice of classifying people according to Brahmin seers.
b) Practice of dividing people into Varnas.
c) Practice of classifying people according to their professions.
d) Practice of categorizing people according to economic status.

Which of the following reveals most clearly that women did not enjoy equal status?
a) Daughters were groomed for marriage.
b) Daughters were taught household work.
c) There was no education for girls.
d) Daughters had no claim to household resources.

How is the Mahabharata a good example of patriliny?
a) The central theme is about honour.
b) The central theme is about conflict among brothers.
c) The central theme is about revenge and honour.
d) All the above

Which of the following would best define a family?
a) People who share food and resources.
b) Belonging to a larger group called kinfolk.
c) People with shared common interests.
d) Both 1 and 2

Under whose leadership was the Critical Edition of the Mahabharata prepared?
a) V.S Laxman
b) V.S Subramaniyam
c) V.S Sukthankar
d) V.P Singh

Which of the following factors makes you think Satavahana women had higher status?
a) Women could succeed their father's throne.
b) Many retained their father's gotra after marriage.
c) Satavahana kings often adopted their father's name.
d) Both 2 and 3.

Which of the following kings may have belonged to a low origin?
a) Gotamiputra Siri Satakarni
b) Chandragupta Maurya
c) Ashoka
d) Bindusara

Why do you think the Nishadas were regarded with suspicion?
a) They were barbaric.
b) They had no social norms.
c) They lived in forests.
d) They were outside the Brahmanical structure.

Which of the following was considered a polluting caste?
a) Nishadas
b) Kayastas
c) Kshatriyas
d) Chandalas

If a woman received gold jewels during her marriage, what would it be considered as?
a) Stridhana
b) Pitridhana
c) Dowry
d) None of the above

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