{"id":2478,"date":"2025-05-02T14:04:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T08:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2478"},"modified":"2025-05-02T14:04:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T08:34:23","slug":"q-with-reference-to-the-history-of-ancient-india-which-of-the-following-statements-is-are-correct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-with-reference-to-the-history-of-ancient-india-which-of-the-following-statements-is-are-correct","title":{"rendered":"Q. With reference to the history of ancient India, which of the following statements is\/are correct?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  1. Mitakshara<\/strong>\u00a0was the civil law for upper castes and Dayabhaga was the civil law for lower\u00a0castes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. In the Mitakshara system, the sons can claim right to the property during the lifetime of the father, whereas in the Dayabhaga system, it is only after the death of the father that the sons can claim right to the property.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. The\u00a0Mitakshara system<\/strong>\u00a0deals with the matters related to the property held by male members only of a family, whereas the Dayabhaga system deals with the matters related to the property held by both male and female members of a family.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Select the correct answer using the code given below.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • 1 and 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 1 and 3<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 3 only<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      Answer:<\/strong> (b) 2 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

      Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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      • Dayabhaga and Mitakshara are\u00a0two schools of Hindu law that differ in their views on property ownership, inheritance<\/strong>,\u00a0and succession practices<\/strong>\u00a0in India. Mitakshara and Dayabhaga terms were used to denote\u00a0regions<\/strong>. It is not related to the caste system.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The\u00a0Mitakshara Law applies to the whole of India except Bengal and Assam<\/strong>. The\u00a0Dayabhaga Law applies to the communities living in the states of Bengal and Assam<\/strong>\u00a0and other parts of the world.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The difference between Dayabhaga and Mitakshara is in the basic idea of them.\u00a0Dayabhaga does not give anyone the right to property before the death of their forefathers<\/strong>\u00a0whereas\u00a0Mitakshara gives anyone the right to property just after their birth.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Dayabhaga system prevails in West Bengal and allows both the male and female members of the family to be coparceners. Mitakshara system, on the other hand, prevails all over India except West Bengal and allows only the male members to be coparceners.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
        Mitakshara Law School<\/th>Dayabhaga Law School<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
        The term Mitakshara<\/strong> is derived from the name of a commentary written by Vijnaneswara<\/strong>, on the Yajnavalkya Smriti.<\/td>The term Dayabhaga is derived from a similarly named text written by Jimutavahana<\/strong>.<\/td><\/tr>
        It is observed in all parts of India<\/strong> and subdivided into the Benares, the Mithila, the Maharashtra, and the Dravida schools.<\/td>It is observed in Bengal and Assam.<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
        A son, by birth, acquires an interest in the ancestral property of the joint family.<\/td>A son has no automatic ownership right by birth but acquires it on the death of his father.<\/td><\/tr>
        All the members enjoy coparcenary rights during the father\u2019s lifetime.<\/strong><\/td>Sons do not enjoy coparcenary rights when the father is alive.<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
        A coparcener\u2019s share is not defined and cannot be disposed of.<\/td>The share of each coparcener is defined and can be disposed of.<\/td><\/tr>
        A wife cannot demand partition but has the right to a share in any partition between her husband and her sons.<\/td>Here, the same right does not exist for the women because the sons cannot demand partition as the father is the absolute owner.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Select the correct answer using the code given below. Answer: (b) 2 only Notes: Mitakshara Law School Dayabhaga Law School The term Mitakshara is derived from the name of a commentary written by Vijnaneswara, on the Yajnavalkya Smriti. The term Dayabhaga is derived from a similarly named text written by Jimutavahana. It is observed in all parts of India and subdivided…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[40],"years":[52],"class_list":["post-2478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-ancient-history","years-52"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":40,"label":"Ancient History"}],"years":[{"value":52,"label":"2021"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":40,"name":"Ancient History","slug":"ancient-history","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":40,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":108,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2478"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}