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Daily UKPSC / UKSSSC MCQs : Uttarakhand
11 November, 2025
Q1. Which custom among the Khasas was associated with the idea that a widow could keep any man in her house?
(A) Ghar Jamai custom
(B) Tikua custom
(C) Devadasi custom
(D) Jhatela custom
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Explanation: The Tikua custom was prevalent among the Khas community, under which a widow could keep any man in her house. This practice reflected social flexibility and a degree of independence for women, which was unusual for that period.
Q2. What did the Jhatela custom mean?
(A) Donating a son to a temple
(B) Calling the son born from a woman’s first husband a Jhatela if she remarried
(C) Widow remarriage
(D) Making the eldest son the heir
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Explanation: According to the Jhatela custom, if a woman remarried, her son from her first husband was called a Jhatela. This custom represented a distinct feature of the marital system of the Khas society.
Q3. What did the Khas people do under the Devadasi system?
(A) Sent their daughters for education
(B) Dedicated their eldest daughter to temples
(C) Appointed their sons as temple servants
(D) Gave their wives to priests
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Explanation: Under the Devadasi system, the Khas people would dedicate their eldest daughter to temples. This practice was connected with religious faith and social tradition and later became common in several other regions of India as well.
Q4. Which religion spread the most in Garhwal and Kumaon during the Khas period?
(A) Shaivism
(B) Buddhism
(C) Vaishnavism
(D) Jainism
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Explanation: During the Khas period, Buddhism spread widely in the regions of Garhwal and Kumaon. This indicates that society at the time was religiously tolerant and open to accepting different beliefs.
Q5. From which region is the Shaka tribe believed to have originated?
(A) Central Asia
(B) Western Asia
(C) Eastern Asia
(D) South India
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Explanation: The Shaka tribe is believed to have originated from Western Asia. They were a pastoral community whose livelihood depended mainly on cattle rearing. Their way of life shows that they were semi-nomadic people who gradually spread into different parts of northern India.
