Multiple choice

Directions: The following question consists of two statements, one labeled as assertion and the other labeled as reason. You are to examine these two statements carefully and decide if the assertion and the reason are individually true and if so, whether the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.

Assertion: The king, in the later Vedic period, used to be a despotic ruler, who was the head of the state and was above the law. Reason: The office of the king was strictly hereditary in nature.

Mark your answer as

  1. if both assertion and reason are true and statement 2 is the correct explanation for statement 1

  2. if both assertion and reason are true but statement 2 is not the correct explanation for statement 1

  3. if assertion is true but reason is wrong

  4. if both assertion and reason are wrong
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Explanation: Kingship was a normal feature of the society. Though most of the times the office was hereditary, but there were also the references about the election of the kings. The king was the head of the state and was above law but he was not a despotic ruler. He was dependent upon his ministers who were referred to as Ratnins.

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