MCQ Question for Class 12 History Chapter 3 Kinship Caste and Class

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Question. Historians consider several elements when they analyse texts such as: 
(i) They examine the language of the texts whether they were written in Prakrit, Pali or Tamil, languages that were probably used by ordinary people, or in Sanskrit, a language
meant almost exclusively for priests and elites.
(ii) They also consider about the kind of texts like whether these were mantras, learnt and chanted by ritual specialists, or stories that people could have read, or heard.
(iii) They also consider author’s perspective about the text.
(iv) They try and ascertain the possible date of the composition of the texts as well as the place where they may have been composed.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
(A) Only (i)
(B) (i) and (ii)
(C) (i) and (iii)
(D) All of the above

Question. The word ‘Didactic’,means 
(A) something that is meant for purposes of instruction.
(B) The description of events in a story
(C) Noticeable or sudden and often surprising
(D) Extremely mournful, melancholy or pathetic.

Question. The original story of Mahabharata was probably composed by 
(A) Lord Ganesha
(B) Rishi Veda Vyasa
(C) Charioteer-bards known as sutas.
(D) Lord Brahama

Question. Identify the years span, when an archeologist B.B.Lal excavated at a village named Hastinapura in Meerut (Uttar Pradesh)? 
(A) 1951–52
(B) 1962–63
(C) 1970–71
(D) 1950–51

Question. Present-day historians suggest that the fact that the author(s) describe a polyandrous union indicates that polyandry may have been prevalent amongst ruling elites at some point of time. 
(i) Some historians note that while the practice of polyandry may have seemed unusual or even undesirable from the Brahmanical point of view, it was (and is) prevalent in the
Himalayan region. 
(ii) There may have been a shortage of women during times of warfare, and this led to polyandry. In other words, it was attributed to a situation of crisis.
(iii) The author(s) choose to associate this practice with the central characters of the Mahabharata because sometimes creative literature often has its own narrative requirements and does not always literally reflect social realities.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
(A) Only (i)
(B) (i) and (ii)
(C) (i) and (iii)
(D) All of the above

ASSERTION AND REASON BASED MCQs :

Question. Assertion (A): The Buddhists developed an alternative understanding of social inequalities, and of the institutions required to regulate social conflict.
Reason (R): In a myth found in a text known as the Sutta Pitaka Buddhists suggested that originally human beings did not have fully evolved bodily forms, nor was the world of plants fully developed. All beings lived in an idyllic state of peace, taking from nature only what they needed for each meal.
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false and R is true.

Question. Assertion (A): From the fifth century BCE, Brahmanas took over the story of Mahabharata and began to commit it to writing.
Reason (R): This was the time when chiefdoms such as those of the Kurus and around whom the story of the epic revolves, they were gradually becoming kingdoms. New kings want their itihasa to be recorded and preserved more systematically. 
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false and R is true.

CASE-BASED MCQs :

Question. Observe the picture and answer any three of the following questions by choosing the correct option.

Question. Where has this sculpture been found?
(A) Amravati
(B) Hastinapur
(C) Harappa
(D) Mohenjodaro

Question. To which century does the sculpture belong to?
(A) c. third century BCE
(B) c. second century CE
(C) c. eighth century CE
(D) c. fifteenth century CE

Question. How has the sculptor shown the difference between the chief and his follower?
(A) The chief has placed hand on head of the follower
(B) The chief is taller than the follower
(C) The chief is in the lead and the follower is behind him
(D) All of these

Question. From which Tamil literature has this been taken?
(A) Puranaruru
(B) Abhigyanam
(C) Kadambini
(D) None of these