1 ) Detailed social rules and regulations were laid down is the...?

Smritis Grihya-Sutras Ans:Both 1 and 2 2 ) From conception to cremation the number of samskaras each individual was supposed to perform was...? Ans:16 3 ) The smritis permit a man to marry a girl...? From his own varna From any of the varnas lower than his own Ans:Both 1 and 2 4 ) 'Punarbhu' was a...? Ans:Remained widow 5 ) Out of the eight forms of marriages prevalent in ancient India the most ideal form of marriage was...? Ans:Brahma 6 ) The term dvija i.e. twice-born was given to the...? Brahmins Kshatriyas Vaishyas Above all Ans:Above all

7 ) The term 'Sapinda' refered to...? Blood relations on the mother's side Persons of the same gotra .Ans:Both 1 and 2 8 ) The food or drink which was completely prohibited for the Brahmins was...? Ans:Liquor 9 ) The famous women ruler of the Gupta period was...? Ans:Prabhavathi-Gupta 10 ) The first epigraphyic reference of committing sati has been found from...? Ans:Eran 11 ) The caste avigned to a cross between a Brahmin male and Shudra female was...? Ans:Nishada 12 ) Which of the following sects gave women a important place in their cult and instituted orders of female axetics? Ans:Tantric sects 13 ) Stridhana was the personal property of a women in the from of her...? Ans:Property inherited from her mother 14 ) The system of 'Viyoga' approved of by early smriti writers like manu...? Ans:Marriage of a children widow with the brother or blood relationof a her decreased husband for the sake of progeny

15 ) With which of the following are the later foreign immigrants, who came after the fall of the imperial Guptas identified...? Ans:Rajputs 16 ) Illegitimate offspring of a Brahmin couple were counted as...? Ans:Shudras 17 ) The lowest place among the Shudras was asigned to...? Ans:Chandalas 18 ) The Buddhist and Jain works refer to the rich vaishya capitalist class as...? Ans:Grihapatis 19 ) The categories of persons temporarily enclaved were...? Enclavement by way of punishment Prisoners of war Enclavement of debtors All of the above Ans:All of the above 20 ) The ministers and royal counsellors were employed from amongst the...? Ans:Brahmins 21 ) The kavanas shakas and other foreigners were absorbed in the Indian society...? Ans:Kshatriyas 22 ) 'Kumara devi' gold coins introduced by...? Ans:Chandragupta-I

23 ) 'Amarasimha' was contemparyer of...? Ans:Kalidasa

24 ) The ganikas or courtesans were given respectable status in society because...? They were highly cultured and educated women They were well-versed in dance, music and etiquetters of the day Ans:Both 1 and 2 25 ) Megasthanes divides Indian society into seven classes, of which the second class was that of...? Ans:Farmers