MCQ Chapter 1 Sociology Class 12 Maharashtra Board Introduction to Indian Society 1. What is the Punjabi term for the community kitchen in Sikhism?GurdwaraLangarSanghaSewaQuestion 1 of 202. Who was a prominent figure in the Bhakti Movement in Maharashtra?Guru NanakKabirDnyaneshwarRahimQuestion 2 of 203. What access did women have to education during the Early Vedic period?Limited to household dutiesAccess to Vedic educationDenied all educationOnly for upper castesQuestion 3 of 204. What replaced the upanayana ceremony for women in the Later Vedic period?Property rightsSocial assembliesChild marriageMonastic lifeQuestion 4 of 205. Which Jain sect believes nudity is essential for liberation?MahayanaShvetambaraDigambaraHinayanaQuestion 5 of 206. What role did Buddha emphasize for women in family affairs?Exclusion from business mattersComplete dependence on menSubstitute for husband if indisposedLimited to religious dutiesQuestion 6 of 207. What indicates literacy in the Harappan civilization?Temple recordsOral traditionsInscriptions on sealsVedasQuestion 7 of 208. What was the medium of instruction during the Early Vedic period?PaliTamilSanskritPersianQuestion 8 of 209. Which group was denied access to the upanayana ceremony in the Later Vedic period?KshatriyasWomenBrahminsVaishyasQuestion 9 of 2010. What was the focus of education in Buddhist monasteries?Vedic ritualsMilitary trainingReligious instructionAgricultural skillsQuestion 10 of 2011. What marked the decline of an organized system of education in India?Rise of Vedic schoolsDecline of Buddhist viharasEstablishment of madrasasIntroduction of English educationQuestion 11 of 2012. What was the primary text studied in Islamic maktabs during the medieval period?VedasQuranAvestaTripitakasQuestion 12 of 2013. What feature distinguished the social structure of the Harappan civilization?Rigid caste hierarchyHorizontal division based on skillsPatriarchal joint familiesFeudal aristocracyQuestion 13 of 2014. What concept became rigid by the end of the Vedic period?Varna systemAshramvyavasthaJati hierarchyPurusharthasQuestion 14 of 2015. Which period is referred to as the ‘Golden Age’ in Indian history?Vedic periodClassical periodMedieval periodColonial periodQuestion 15 of 2016. What language became the medium of instruction in high schools during the Colonial period?SanskritHindiEnglishPersianQuestion 16 of 2017. What term did M.N.Srinivas use for the imitation of British lifestyle by Indian elites?ModernizationWesternizationGlobalizationSecularizationQuestion 17 of 2018. What was a significant economic change during the Colonial period?Introduction of subsistence farmingCommercialization of agricultureDecline of cash cropsElimination of market systemsQuestion 18 of 2019. Who headed the Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution?Jawaharlal NehruDr.B.R.AmbedkarMahatma GandhiSardar PatelQuestion 19 of 2020. What major policy change occurred in India in 1991?DemonetisationIntroduction of GSTOnset of globalizationSwachh Bharat campaignQuestion 20 of 20 Loading...
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