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  1. Which one of the following stages of the life of man in Aryan Society, in ascending order of age, is correct ?
    1. Brahmacharya – Grihastha –Vanaprastha – Sanyasa
    2. Grihastha – Brahmacharya –Vanaprastha – Sanyasa
    3. Brahmacharya – Vanaprastha– Sanyasa – Grihastha
    4. Grihastha – Sanyasa –Vanaprastha – Brahmacharya
Correct Option: A

An ashrama in Hinduism is one of four stages in an age-based social system as laid out in the Manu Smriti and later Classical Sanskrit texts. Those stages are: Brahmachari (student), Grihasta (Householder), Vanaprastha (forest dweller or Hermit in semi retirement) and Sannyasi (the renounced one in full retirement). The Ashram system is believed by the Hindus to lead to a fulfillment of the four aims of life namely, Dharma (righteousness), Artha (wealth), Kama (pleasure), and Moksha (liberation).


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