Match List I with List II.
| List I | List II | ||
| (A) | Uma Chakravarti | (I) | Kinship Organisation in India |
| (B) | Irawati Karve | (II) | Cultural Pasts: Essays in Early Indian History |
| (C) | Romila Thapar | (III) | Everyday Lives, Everyday Histories |
| (D) | V.S. Sukthankar | (IV) | On the Meaning of the Mahabharata |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)
(A) Uma Chakravarti — this matches (III) Everyday Lives, Everyday Histories. Uma Chakravarti wrote Everyday Lives, Everyday Histories (2006).
(B) Irawati Karve — this matches (I) Kinship Organisation in India. Irawati Karve wrote Kinship Organisation in India (1968).
(C) Romila Thapar — this matches (II) Cultural Pasts: Essays in Early Indian History. Romila Thapar wrote Cultural Pasts: Essays in Early Indian History (2000).
(D) V.S. Sukthankar — this matches (IV) On the Meaning of the Mahabharata. V.S. Sukthankar, the Sanskritist who led the project of the critical edition of the Mahabharata, wrote On the Meaning of the Mahabharata (1957).
Tip: All four books come from the reading list at the end of the chapter, and nine questions of this paper are answered from such end-of-chapter boxes and timelines. Do not skip the ‘If you would like to know more’ lists and the timelines when you revise a chapter.
NCERT: Themes in Indian History Part I — Chapter 3: Kinship, Caste and Class (2026-27)
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