State and Society up to 1000 CE Class 9 Social Science [LATEST] Solutions MCQs in english - CBSE Study

Chapter 5. State and Society up to 1000 CE

MCQs

1. What was an important political and social unit in the early Vedic period?

A. Maṇḍalam

B. Jana

C. Nāḍu

D. Valanāḍu

Answer: B. Jana

2. Who was the chief protector of the jana?

A. Viśhapati

B. Amātya

C. Rājā

D. Senāpati

Answer: C. Rājā

3. Which two assemblies are mentioned in connection with early Vedic political organisation?

A. Sabha and Samiti

B. Nāḍu and Ūr

C. Varṇa and Jāti

D. Maṇḍalam and Valanāḍu

Answer: A. Sabha and Samiti

4. What did janapadas develop from?

A. Guilds

B. Jātis

C. Janas

D. Maṇḍalams

Answer: C. Janas

5. What were the larger states that emerged around the sixth century BCE called?

A. Mahājanapadas

B. Śhreṇīs

C. Grāmas

D. Kulās

Answer: A. Mahājanapadas

6. Which state emerged as a major political power in northern India?

A. Kāśhī

B. Magadha

C. Avanti

D. Vatsa

Answer: B. Magadha

7. What were gaṇas or saṁghas?

A. Religious texts

B. Agricultural settlements

C. Republican forms of political organisation

D. Trade routes

Answer: C. Republican forms of political organisation

8. Who founded the Mauryan Empire?

A. Aśoka

B. Chandragupta Maurya

C. Samudragupta

D. Harṣha

Answer: B. Chandragupta Maurya

9. Which text is particularly associated with the administration and governance of the state?

A. Arthaśāstra

B. Silappadikāram

C. Chhandaśāstra

D. Tirukkural

Answer: A. Arthaśāstra

10. How many elements are included in Kauṭilya's Saptāṅga theory of the state?

A. Four

B. Five

C. Seven

D. Ten

Answer: C. Seven

11. Which of the following is NOT one of the seven elements of Saptāṅga?

A. Svāmī

B. Koṣha

C. Durga

D. Varṇa

Answer: D. Varṇa

12. In the Saptāṅga theory, what does Koṣha mean?

A. Army

B. Treasury

C. Fort

D. Territory

Answer: B. Treasury

13. What was generally the smallest administrative unit?

A. Empire

B. Province

C. Village

D. Janapada

Answer: C. Village

14. Which three powers were involved in the Tripartite Struggle for Kannauj?

A. Mauryas, Guptas and Cholas

B. Pālas, Gurjara–Pratihāras and Rāṣhṭrakūṭas

C. Cheras, Cholas and Pāṇḍyas

D. Nandas, Mauryas and Śhuṅgas

Answer: B. Pālas, Gurjara–Pratihāras and Rāṣhṭrakūṭas

15. Which city was the centre of the Tripartite Struggle?

A. Pāṭaliputra

B. Mathurā

C. Kannauj

D. Nāśhik

Answer: C. Kannauj

16. Which dynasty was known for an efficient administrative and revenue system in southern India?

A. Cholas

B. Nandas

C. Mauryas

D. Śhuṅgas

Answer: A. Cholas

17. What was a maṇḍalam in the Chola administrative system?

A. Village

B. Group of villages

C. Province

D. Individual household

Answer: C. Province

18. What was a nāḍu in the Chola administration?

A. A group of villages

B. A province

C. A district

D. A kingdom

Answer: A. A group of villages

19. What was the Kudavolai system?

A. A taxation system

B. A method of selecting village representatives

C. A military system

D. A system of irrigation

Answer: B. A method of selecting village representatives

20. Which inscription provides information about the Kudavolai system?

A. Nāśhik inscription

B. Mandsaur inscription

C. Uttaramerur inscription

D. Junagadh inscription

Answer: C. Uttaramerur inscription

21. What does dharma refer to?

A. Only religious worship

B. Duty, righteousness and moral conduct

C. Military power

D. Trade regulations

Answer: B. Duty, righteousness and moral conduct

22. What does ṛita represent?

A. A trade guild

B. Cosmic order and harmony

C. A political assembly

D. A system of taxation

Answer: B. Cosmic order and harmony

23. What did Aśoka's dhamma emphasise?

A. Military expansion only

B. Moral conduct, compassion and non-violence

C. Trade monopolies

D. Agricultural taxation

Answer: B. Moral conduct, compassion and non-violence

24. What does samatva refer to?

A. Equality or sameness

B. Tax collection

C. Military organisation

D. Land measurement

Answer: A. Equality or sameness

25. How many broad varṇas are traditionally described?

A. Two

B. Three

C. Four

D. Six

Answer: C. Four

26. Which of the following is NOT one of the four varṇas?

A. Brāhmaṇa

B. Kṣhatriya

C. Vaiśhya

D. Śhreṇī

Answer: D. Śhreṇī

27. Which text contains the earliest reference to the four social categories associated with varṇa?

A. Arthaśāstra

B. Puruṣhasūkta of the Ṛigveda

C. Tirukkural

D. Kādambarī

Answer: B. Puruṣhasūkta of the Ṛigveda

28. What is a jāti?

A. A type of kingdom

B. A broad political territory

C. A social group that developed over time

D. A trade route

Answer: C. A social group that developed over time

29. What does endogamy mean?

A. Marriage outside one's community

B. Marriage within one's own social group

C. Migration to another region

D. Change of occupation

Answer: B. Marriage within one's own social group

30. Which inscription provides evidence about a guild of silk weavers?

A. Uttaramerur inscription

B. Mandsaur Stone Inscription

C. Nāśhik cave inscription

D. Junagadh inscription

Answer: B. Mandsaur Stone Inscription

31. What was a kula?

A. A basic family or household unit

B. A large empire

C. A trade guild

D. A religious centre

Answer: A. A basic family or household unit

32. What did gotra refer to?

A. A type of tax

B. A patrilineal lineage or clan

C. A trade route

D. A political office

Answer: B. A patrilineal lineage or clan

33. Which of the following is an āśhrama?

A. Brahmacharya

B. Janapada

C. Śhreṇī

D. Maṇḍalam

Answer: A. Brahmacharya

34. Which āśhrama refers to the householder stage?

A. Saṁnyāsa

B. Vānaprastha

C. Gṛihastha

D. Brahmacharya

Answer: C. Gṛihastha

35. Which of the following is NOT a puruṣhārtha?

A. Dharma

B. Artha

C. Kāma

D. Varṇa

Answer: D. Varṇa

36. What does mokṣha mean?

A. Material wealth

B. Liberation

C. Political power

D. Social status

Answer: B. Liberation

37. Which woman ruled as regent in the Vākāṭaka kingdom?

A. Avvaiyar

B. Prabhāvatī Gupta

C. Ghoṣhā

D. Vennikuyattiyar

Answer: B. Prabhāvatī Gupta

38. Who were the Āḻvārs?

A. Buddhist monks

B. Jain teachers

C. Tamil saint-poets devoted to Viṣhṇu

D. Chola administrators

Answer: C. Tamil saint-poets devoted to Viṣhṇu

39. The Nāyanmārs were devoted mainly to which deity?

A. Śhiva

B. Viṣhṇu

C. Indra

D. Sūrya

Answer: A. Śhiva

40. What is the main idea of Bhakti?

A. Direct personal connection with a deity

B. Expansion of an empire

C. Collection of taxes

D. Military training

Answer: A. Direct personal connection with a deity

41. What was the gurukula?

A. A political assembly

B. A centre of trade

C. A system of education centred around the teacher

D. A military camp

Answer: C. A system of education centred around the teacher

42. Which of the following was an important feature of early Indian education?

A. Only military training

B. Knowledge combined with moral values

C. Only religious rituals

D. Only commercial training

Answer: B. Knowledge combined with moral values

43. Which of the following was an important centre of learning?

A. Nālandā

B. Muziris

C. Sudarshana

D. Kannauj only

Answer: A. Nālandā

44. What was the backbone of the early Indian economy?

A. Mining

B. Agriculture

C. Shipbuilding

D. Banking

Answer: B. Agriculture

45. What was generally the basic land tax during the Mauryan period?

A. One-tenth of the produce

B. One-fourth of the produce

C. One-sixth of the produce

D. One-half of the produce

Answer: C. One-sixth of the produce

46. Who was associated with the construction of the dam on the Sudarshana Lake?

A. Puṣhyagupta

B. Karikala Chola

C. Rajendra Chola

D. Aśoka

Answer: A. Puṣhyagupta

47. Who is associated with the Grand Anicut (Kallanai)?

A. Chandragupta Maurya

B. Karikala Chola

C. Samudragupta

D. Rudradaman I

Answer: B. Karikala Chola

48. Which two major routes developed by around the sixth century BCE?

A. Uttarāpatha and Dakṣiṇāpatha

B. Maṇḍalam and Nāḍu

C. Sabhā and Samiti

D. Kula and Jana

Answer: A. Uttarāpatha and Dakṣiṇāpatha

49. Which of the following was an important port of early India?

A. Muziris

B. Pāṭaliputra

C. Rājagṛiha

D. Nālandā

Answer: A. Muziris

50. What were śhreṇīs?

A. Village assemblies

B. Trade and craft guilds

C. Royal armies

D. Religious scriptures

Answer: B. Trade and craft guilds

51. Which of the following was a function of guilds?

A. Maintaining professional standards

B. Choosing the king

C. Building only forts

D. Conducting yajñas

Answer: A. Maintaining professional standards

52. Guilds could also function as:

A. Banks and financiers

B. Royal families

C. Village priests only

D. Military camps

Answer: A. Banks and financiers

53. Which inscription records monetary deposits made with guilds?

A. Uttaramerur inscription

B. Nāśhik cave inscription

C. Mandsaur inscription

D. Uttaramerur copper plate

Answer: B. Nāśhik cave inscription

54. What was an important purpose of the money deposited with guilds in the Nāśhik inscription?

A. To fund military campaigns

B. To maintain Buddhist monasteries and caves

C. To build royal palaces

D. To pay village taxes

Answer: B. To maintain Buddhist monasteries and caves

55. Which of the following best describes the economy before 1000 CE?

A. It depended only on foreign trade.

B. Agriculture was important, while trade, crafts and guilds also developed.

C. Agriculture had no importance.

D. Only royal officials participated in economic activities.

Answer: B. Agriculture was important, while trade, crafts and guilds also developed.

56. Which statement best describes Indian society before 1000 CE?

A. It remained completely unchanged.

B. It experienced both continuity and change.

C. It had only one political system.

D. Trade and education were absent.

Answer: B. It experienced both continuity and change.

57. Which source describes the four āśhramas?

A. Early Indian social and religious traditions

B. Only trade guild records

C. Only Chola inscriptions

D. Only military records

Answer: A. Early Indian social and religious traditions

58. Which of the following was NOT a major subject studied in early Indian centres of learning?

A. Mathematics

B. Medicine

C. Astronomy

D. Modern computer programming

Answer: D. Modern computer programming

59. Which factor helped rulers govern large territories?

A. Only personal rule by the king

B. A combination of central authority and local administration

C. Absence of officials

D. Elimination of village institutions

Answer: B. A combination of central authority and local administration

60. What is one major conclusion from the study of State and Society up to 1000 CE?

A. Political changes completely destroyed older traditions.

B. Only religious life developed.

C. Political, social, economic, educational and religious traditions developed together over time.

D. Trade had no connection with cultural exchange.

Answer: C. Political, social, economic, educational and religious traditions developed together over time.

Answer Key

1-B, 2-C, 3-A, 4-C, 5-A, 6-B, 7-C, 8-B, 9-A, 10-C
11-D, 12-B, 13-C, 14-B, 15-C, 16-A, 17-C, 18-A, 19-B, 20-C
21-B, 22-B, 23-B, 24-A, 25-C, 26-D, 27-B, 28-C, 29-B, 30-B
31-A, 32-B, 33-A, 34-C, 35-D, 36-B, 37-B, 38-C, 39-A, 40-A
41-C, 42-B, 43-A, 44-B, 45-C, 46-A, 47-B, 48-A, 49-A, 50-B
51-A, 52-A, 53-B, 54-B, 55-B, 56-B, 57-A, 58-D, 59-B, 60-C