Match List-I with List-II
| List-I | List-II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (Books) | (Authors) | ||
| (A) | Kinship Organisation in India | (I) | R. S. Sharma |
| (B) | Perspectives in Social and Economic History of Early India | (II) | V. S. Sukthankar |
| (C) | On the Meaning of the Mahabharata | (III) | Romila Thapar |
| (D) | Cultural Pasts: Essays in Early Indian History | (IV) | Iravati Karve |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)
All four are well-known works on early Indian society and history.
(A) Kinship Organisation in India — this matches (IV) Iravati Karve. The anthropologist’s 1953 study compares kinship and marriage rules across the regions of India.
(B) Perspectives in Social and Economic History of Early India — this matches (I) R. S. Sharma. The historian is known for his work on the social and economic history of ancient India.
(C) On the Meaning of the Mahabharata — this matches (II) V. S. Sukthankar. He was the first general editor of the Critical Edition of the Mahabharata at the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune.
(D) Cultural Pasts: Essays in Early Indian History — this matches (III) Romila Thapar. It is a collection of her essays on early Indian history, published in 2000.