Choose the incorrect statement for Mahmood's family that belongs to t…

The correct answer is Option (4) → Mahmood was the youngest brother and lived with other community

Option (1) All the 3 brothers were employed in various karkhanas as skilled workers — True. The case says that all the three brothers were employed in various karkhanas and factories as skilled workers.

Option (2) Mahmood successfully fabricated replica of a motor part the import of which had been banned — True. He did, and this success encouraged him to start his own karkhana.

Option (3) One complex household gave birth to a simple household as a result of new entrepreneurship opportunities — True. Two karkhanas were set up, and the youngest brother, Rasheed, set up a separate household with his wife and unmarried children. So the complex household of three married brothers gave birth to a simple household as a result of new entrepreneurial opportunities.

Option (4) Mahmood was the youngest brother and lived with other community — False. Mahmood, aged forty, was the head of the complex household and lived with his two younger brothers, so he was the eldest; the youngest was Rasheed. He lived with his own brothers in the Multani Lohar biradri, not with another community.

Note: The case study of the Multani Lohars (Box 3.2) was there in the chapter ‘Social Institutions: Continuity and Change’ of the pre-rationalised NCERT, which NTA followed in 2023. This box has been deleted from the NCERT book (2025-26), though the chapter is still there.