UPSC CAPF AC 2024 Paper 1 · Question 71

Question 71 of the UPSC CAPF (AC) 2024 Paper I (4 August 2024). Try it first, then open the answer and explanation.

1. CAPF 2024 · P-I · Q71 · History · Ancient India

   In Kautilya's Arthashastra, the conqueror king is expected to establish, in the conquered territories, a social order based on the

   1. varna system only
   2. dharma, varna and ashrama systems
   3. dharma only
   4. varna and ashrama systems

   कौटिल्य के अर्थशास्त्र में, विजेता राजा से अपेक्षित था कि वह जीते गए राज्य-क्षेत्र में विशेष सामाजिक व्यवस्था स्थापित करे। यह विशेष सामाजिक व्यवस्था किस पर आधारित थी?

   1. केवल वर्ण व्यवस्था पर
   2. धर्म, वर्ण और आश्रम व्यवस्था पर
   3. केवल धर्म पर
   4. वर्ण और आश्रम व्यवस्था पर
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   Answer: (2) dharma, varna and ashrama systems

   उत्तर: (2) धर्म, वर्ण और आश्रम व्यवस्था पर

   The Arthashastra makes the king the upholder of dharma, whose duty is to see that every subject follows the duties (svadharma) of his varna and ashrama. So the order a conqueror is to establish in newly won territory rests on dharma together with the varna and ashrama systems, not on any one of them alone.

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