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According to iravati karve, which of the following States constitute the Northern Zone of Kinship Organisation in India?

  1. Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Orissa

  2. Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Bengal and Assam

  3. Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh

  4. Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Bengal
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Explanation

In her seminal work 'Kinship Organisation in India', Iravati Karve identified the Northern Zone as comprising the regions where Indo-Aryan languages are spoken, specifically listing Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Bengal, and Assam. These areas share similar kinship patterns such as village exogamy and the prohibition of cross-cousin marriage.

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