Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Ancient India: Kinship, Caste and Class

Question:
Which of the following is true about Gotras?
Options:
The people (specially Brahmanas) were classified on the basis of Gotras.
Each Gotras was named after a Vedic seer.
All those who belonged to the same Gotras were regarded as his descendants.
All of these
Correct Answer:
All of these
Explanation:
One Brahmanical practice, evident from c. 1000 BCE onwards, was to classify people (especially Brahmanas) in terms of gotras. Each gotra was named after a Vedic seer, and all those who belonged to the same gotra were regarded as his descendants. Two rules about gotra were particularly important: women were expected to give up their father’s gotra and adopt that of their husband on marriage and members of the same gotra could not marry.