Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Ancient India: Kinship, Caste and Class

Question:

Mahabharata describes a feud over land and power between which two groups?

Options:

Kauravas and the Panchalas

Kshatriyas and the Pandavas

Kauravas and the Pandavas

Kurus and the Purus

Correct Answer:

Kauravas and the Pandavas

Explanation:

The Mahabharata is a story that describes a feud over land and power between two groups of cousins, the Kauravas and the Pandavas, who belonged to a single ruling family, that of the Kurus, a lineage dominating one of the janapada.