Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Ancient India: Kinship, Caste and Class

Question:

Match List-I with List-II

List- I : Compositions

List- II : Relations

(A) Natyashastra

(I) Work on Medicine

(B) Arthashastra

(II) Lays down the minute details of administration

(C) Manusmriti

(III) A work on dramaturgy

(D) Charaka Samhita

(IV) One of the best legal texts of ancient India

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(III), (D)-(I)
(2) (A)-(III), (B)-(II), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)
(3) (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)
(4) (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)

Options:

1

2

3

4

Correct Answer:

2

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 2 - (A)-(III), (B)-(II), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)

The correct match is:

List- I : Compositions

List- II : Relations

(A) Natyashastra

(III) A work on dramaturgy

(B) Arthashastra

(II) Lays down the minute details of administration

(C) Manusmriti

(IV) One of the best legal texts of ancient India

(D) Charaka Samhita

(I) Work on Medicine

Explanation:

Natyashastra of Bharata, a work on dramaturgy, was composed in Sanskrit around c. 300 CE.

Arthashastra written by Kautilya lays down the minute details of administration of ancient India.

Manusmriti was composed and compiled between c. 200 BCE-200 CE. It is one of the best legal texts of ancient India.

The Charaka and Sushruta Samhitas, composed around 100 CE in Sanskrit, stand as remarkable milestones in the field of medicine, representing profound contributions to the ancient Indian healing tradition.