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A woman with several husbands, as Draupadi had, illustrates what?
AMonogamy
BEndogamy
CPolygyny
DPolyandry
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Polyandry
Polyandry is a woman having more than one husband, as Draupadi had in the epic.
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