History · Negotiating the Sources
UGC NET December 2011 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 early Aryan settlers were engaged in taking possession of the land of the seven rivers represented by the Indus and its tributaries.
Reason (R): We notice conflict between various Aryan tribes.
AA is true, but R is false
BA is false, but R is true
CBoth A and R are false
DBoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) 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.
★The early Rigvedic Aryans settled in the Sapta Sindhu, the land of the seven rivers of the Indus system.
★This region, including the Punjab and the upper Indus, was the heartland of early Vedic life.
★The Rigveda records frequent conflicts among Aryan tribes, the most famous being the Battle of the Ten Kings.
★Such tribal warfare was tied to the struggle to control land, cattle and river waters.
★The competition for the land of the seven rivers thus directly produced the inter-tribal conflict.
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