Question

Match List - I with List - II.

List - I (Books)		List - II (Author)
A.	Ancient Indian Social History	I.	R.S. Sharma
B.	Material Culture and Social Formation in Ancient India	II.	Romila Thapar
C.	The Power of Gender and the Gender of Power	III.	Uma Chakravarti
D.	The Social Dimensions of Early Buddhism	IV.	Kumkum Roy

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

• A. \( \text{A-III, B-I, C-II, D-IV} \)
• B. \( \text{A-IV, B-I, C-III, D-II} \)
• C. \( \text{A-IV, B-II, C-I, D-III} \)
• D. \( \text{A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I} \)

Hint:

Important historians and works:
• R.S. Sharma \(\rightarrow\) Material Culture and Social Formation
• Romila Thapar \(\rightarrow\) Buddhist and political history
• Uma Chakravarti \(\rightarrow\) Gender studies
• Kumkum Roy \(\rightarrow\) Ancient Indian social history Modern historiography questions are extremely important for UGC-NET and history competitive examinations.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Concept: Modern historiography of Ancient India includes major contributions from historians such as R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar, Uma Chakravarti, and Kumkum Roy. Their works analyze social structure, gender relations, economy, Buddhism, and material culture. Questions matching books with authors are common in history examinations because these works are foundational texts in Ancient Indian historiography.

Step 1: Matching “Ancient Indian Social History”. The book Ancient Indian Social History was written by: \[ \boxed{\text{Kumkum Roy}} \] Therefore: \[ A \rightarrow IV \]

Step 2: Matching “Material Culture and Social Formation in Ancient India”. This famous Marxist historical work was written by: \[ \boxed{\text{R.S. Sharma}} \] Thus: \[ B \rightarrow I \]

Step 3: Matching “The Power of Gender and the Gender of Power”. This work examining gender relations in ancient India was authored by: \[ \boxed{\text{Uma Chakravarti}} \] Hence: \[ C \rightarrow III \]

Step 4: Matching “The Social Dimensions of Early Buddhism”. This work belongs to: \[ \boxed{\text{Romila Thapar}} \] Therefore: \[ D \rightarrow II \]

Step 5: Writing the final matching sequence. Combining all correct matches: \[ A-IV,\quad B-I,\quad C-III,\quad D-II \] Thus, the correct answer is: \[ \boxed{\text{Option (B)}} \]

Step 6: Why the remaining options are incorrect. The other options mismatch authors and books incorrectly:
• R.S. Sharma did not write The Power of Gender and the Gender of Power.
• Romila Thapar is not the author of Material Culture and Social Formation in Ancient India.
• Uma Chakravarti is associated with gender studies and social history. Hence, only Option (B) is fully correct.