Chapter 3: Kinship, Caste and Class

Important Questions

1. What was the caste system and its framework ?

2. Discuss the types of marriages?

3. What was Buddhists alternative understanding of social inequalities ?

4. Differentiate between Endogamy and Exogamy. [CBSE 2021]

5. Identify any two occupations to be performed by Kshatriyas as per Varna Order. [CBSE 2017]

Sample Questions

1. What is in Brihadaranyaka Upanishad? [CBSE 2016]

2. State whether gender differences were really important in the early societies. from c. 600 BCE to 600 CE.[CBSE 2018]

3. Explain how you will prove that the text of Mahabharata was a dynamic one. [CBSE 2018]

4. Explain the language and content of Mahabharata. [CBSE 2017]

5. What do you know about the authors and the period when Mahabharata was compiled ? Explain. [CBSE 2017]