History · Emergence of Regional Kingdoms
UGC NET June 2012 History
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes below.
Assertion (A): The majority of peasants in the Post-Gupta period were considered to belong to the Sudra varna.
Reason (R): A large-scale incorporation of tribes into the caste system started taking place from the Post-Gupta period.
ABoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A ✓ Correct
BA is true, but R is false
CA is false, but R is true
DBoth A and R are false
Correct answer: (A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A — Both statements are true and the reason explains the assertion, so the answer is both true with R explaining A.
Explanation
★Both statements are true and the reason explains the assertion, so the answer is both true with R explaining A.
★In the Post-Gupta age most cultivators were ranked within the Sudra varna of the caste order.
★This period saw many forest and tribal peoples drawn into settled agrarian society.
★As tribes took up farming, they were absorbed into the caste system as peasant Sudras.
★The spread of land grants and brahmanical settlements drove this integration.
★So the incorporation of tribes directly explains why most peasants were classed as Sudras.
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