Soc Sci Part-I Sec/Sr.Sec (Senior Teacher) MCQ Practice

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1Which one of the following is the characteristics of objective type test ?

A Economical

B Subjective

C Highly reliable

D Poor content coverage

2With reference to mansabdars and jagirs in the Mughal system, which statement is the most accurate?

A Most mansabdars personally resided in their jagirs and directly administered village affairs as local chiefs.

B A jagir was private property permanently owned by a mansabdar and transferable to his heirs without imperial approval.

C A jagir gave a mansabdar the right to collect revenue from an assigned area as remuneration for imperial service.

D A jagir was a religious endowment used only for maintaining mosques and madrasas.

3Which statement best reflects the evidence for social differentiation in Harappan society?

A Harappan cemeteries prove a rigid caste hierarchy identical to later varna rules

B Only written royal genealogies can show social difference, and none exist for Harappa

C All Harappan houses and burials were completely identical, proving absolute social equality

D Variation in houses, artefacts and access to rare materials suggests social differences, but the precise hierarchy is not fully clear

4The Purusha Sukta is often used in questions on Vedic social order. What is the best historical use of this evidence?

A It rejects the existence of Brahmana and Kshatriya ritual roles.

B It proves that hundreds of jatis had already become endogamous and hereditary in the earliest Vedic phase.

C It belongs to Buddhist monastic literature and criticises Vedic sacrifice.

D It is evidence for an ideological fourfold social classification, but by itself it should not be read as proof of a fully rigid caste system in the earliest Rigvedic society.

5In Vedic culture, which one of the following 'Panch-Mahayagyas' was not performed by a Grahastha' ?

A Pitra yagya

B Putri yagya

C Bhoot yagya

D Dev yagya

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