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This set of Early Societies in India Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Early Societies In India Set 1
Q1 | A ………………society is characterised as a formal organized group ofpeople who trace their ancestry from a common ancestor.
- socialist
- lineage
- capitalist
- dalit
Q2 | A …………………. society in its early stage of development wouldmainly be pastoral.
- later vedic
- harappan
- lineage
- capitalist
Q3 | The merger of different ……………. societies in due course may lead tothe emergence of a land-bonded society.
- lineage
- vedic
- socialist
- mercantalist
Q4 | In the course of its growth, ……………… society become de-stabilizedand marks the transition from the stage of pre-state to the stage of state.
- lineage
- medieval
- modern
- post-modern
Q5 | A …………. society could be considered as a pre-state society, but nota tribal one as common ancestry is not a binding factor in a tribal society.
- lineage
- harappan
- aryan
- vaisya
Q6 | The …………….. pre-state society in ancient India is generallyconsidered as a lineage society, which was mainly pastoral and mobile.
- rig vedic
- capitalistic
- socialistic
- utopian
Q7 | The concept of the ……………. society in the ancient Indian subcontinent is derived from the historical reading of the Itihasas and puranas.
- mercantalist
- brahmin
- lineage
- socialist
Q8 | The ……………… war was fought between the two major segments ofthe lineage on the plains of Kurukshetra and most of the segments were destroyed in the battle.
- first world
- second world
- mahabharata
- ramayana
Q9 | Like elsewhere, in ancient India the myth related to the origin of the world is related with the great flood as depicted in the …………tradition.
- itihasa-purana
- lineage
- buddhist
- jain
Q10 | According to the tradition, ………….. the primeval man was the onlyone to survive the deluge, who returns to Jambu dweep (Indian sub continent), where he laments on his loneliness.
- manu
- ikshaku
- ila
- druhyu
Q11 | Due to his loneliness Manu performs a sacrifice, which resulted in thebirth of his eldest son, ……………. with whom started the Suryavamsa or Solar Lineage and daughter Ila with whom started the Chandravamsa or the Lunar Lineage.
- ila
- ikshaku
- druhyu
- turvasa
Q12 | Due to his loneliness Manu performs a sacrifice, which resulted in thebirth of his eldest son, Ikshaku with whom started the ………….. and daughter Ila with whom started the Chandravamsa or the Lunar Lineage.
- suryavamsa
- ikshaku
- ila
- druhyu
Q13 | The ……………… tradition traces the lineage of all kings and royalfamilies of ancient India either to the Suryvamsa or to the Chandravamsa.
- itihasa – purana
- ikshaku
- ila
- turvasa
Q14 | The descent groups of ………….. described in the geneaological sectionof the early Indian historical tradition.
- yadu
- turvasa
- puru
- manu
Q15 | The various Puranic texts have this geneaological section orVamsaaucharita.
- turvasa
- manu
- puru
- yadu
Q16 | ………………… had three sons whose lineages are given in the form oflisting only the eldest son of the eldest son.
- ikshaku
- manu
- puru
- yadu
Q17 | The two main groups tracing their ancestry to …………. are the eldestYadu and the youngest Puru.
- ikshaku
- druhyu
- turvasa
- ila
Q18 | Ila given birth to ………….., whose great grand son is Yayati who hadfive sons.
- pururavan
- yadu
- puru
- anu
Q19 | The descents of ……………. line is geographically concentrated and related to the Indo-Gangetic divide and the Ganga-Yamuna doab andits environs.
- ikshaku
- ila
- puru
- yadu
Q20 | According to the texts, the line of …………. had merged with Purus atan ealy stage.
- turvasa
- ila
- ikshaku
- yadu
Q21 | The line of …………. is said to have become Mlechas after fewgenerations.
- ila
- ikshaku
- druhyu
- yadu
Q22 | The descendents of …………. survived in Central Punjab and Sind andone branch of it is said to have been migrated to the extreme East.
- yadu
- ikshaku
- anu
- zailsing
Q23 | Only the lineages of Puru and Yadu are listed in detail and at greatlength in the ………………….
- vamsacharitas
- ikshaku
- yadu
- zailsing