UPSC Prelims GS - 2022

Question 60
DIFFICULTCorrect: +2Incorrect: -2

According to Kautilya's Arthashastra, which of the following are correct?
1. A person could be a slave as a result of a judicial punishment.
2. If a female slave bore her master a son, she was legally free.
3. If a son born to a female slave was fathered by her master, the son was entitled to the legal status of the master's son.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

    a
    1 and 2 only
    b
    2 and 3 only
    c
    1 and 3 only
    d
    1, 2 and 3