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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