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The names Gotami and Vasithi are feminine forms of which two Vedic seers?Read the answer and worked solution →Many Satavahana queens kept names from which gotra?Read the answer and worked solution →Endogamy amongst kinfolk is still prevalent amongst several communities in which region?Read the answer and worked solution →What did marriages amongst kinfolk such as cousins ensure?Read the answer and worked solution →Names derived from a mother's name are called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Despite metronymics, how was Satavahana succession generally passed on?Read the answer and worked solution →Which varna was primarily to study and teach the Vedas and receive gifts?Read the answer and worked solution →Which varna was meant for warfare, protecting people and administering justice?Read the answer and worked solution →Which varna was expected to take up agriculture, pastoralism and trade?Read the answer and worked solution →What was the Shudras' prescribed role in the Dharmashastras?Read the answer and worked solution →In the Rigvedic hymn, what does the speaker say his mother does?Read the answer and worked solution →Ekalavya, who approached Drona to learn archery, belonged to which community?Read the answer and worked solution →What fee did Drona demand from Ekalavya?Read the answer and worked solution →What did Ekalavya shape from clay to treat as his teacher?Read the answer and worked solution →How did Brahmanical texts describe the origin of the Mauryas?Read the answer and worked solution →The Shungas and Kanvas, successors of the Mauryas, belonged to which varna?Read the answer and worked solution →How did Brahmanas regard the Shakas who came from Central Asia?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Shaka ruler rebuilt the Sudarshana lake?Read the answer and worked solution →Gotami-puta Siri-Satakani claimed to be a unique what?Read the answer and worked solution →How many varnas were there, compared with the number of jatis?Read the answer and worked solution →

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The names Gotami and Vasithi are feminine forms of which two Vedic seers?

  1. Kashyapa and Angiras
  2. Atri and Bharadvaja
  3. Gotama and Vasistha
  4. Vishvamitra and Jamadagni
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Correct answer: C. Gotama and Vasistha

Gotami and Vasithi derive from the seers Gotama and Vasistha, after whom gotras were named.

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Many Satavahana queens kept names from which gotra?

  1. Their son's
  2. Their father's
  3. Their guru's
  4. Their husband's
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Correct answer: B. Their father's

The queens kept gotra names from their fathers, against the rule to take the husband's gotra.

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Endogamy amongst kinfolk is still prevalent amongst several communities in which region?

  1. Kashmir
  2. South India
  3. Bengal
  4. Punjab
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Correct answer: B. South India

Marriage amongst kinfolk such as cousins was and is common among several south Indian communities.

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