TEST
1) Vedic literature is also known as:
a) Shruti b) Smriti
c) Sanhita c) Vedanga
Ans:-a
2) Who wrote a book 'Return of the Aryans'?
a) Bhagwan S. Gidwani b) L.D. Kalla
c) Avinash Chandra Das d) D.S. Trivedi
Ans:-a
3) Which river has not been mentioned in Rigveda?
a) Sindhu b) Saraswati
c) Narmada d) Tapti
Ans:- d
4) Who of the following was the God of morality during the Rigvedic times?
a) Indra b) Rudra
c) Agni d) Varuna
Ans:-d
5) Which one of the following assemblies was also called Narishta meaning a resolution that cannot be broken ?
a) Gana c) Vidhata
c) Sabha d) Samiti
Ans:-c
6) Which of the following does not come under Shruti literature ?
a) Brahmana b) Vedanga
c) Aranyaka d) Upanishad
Ans;-b
7)Who of the following led the confederacy of ten kings against Sudasa?
a) Vishwamitra b) Bharadwaj
c) Vashistha d) Atri
Ans:- a
8) Which part of Rigveda gives an account of the origin of the Universe?
a) Second Mandala b) Fourth Mandala
c) Ninth Mandala d) Tenth Mandala
Ans:-d
9) Which of the following is concerned with origine of Indian medicine?
a) Rigveda b) Samveda
c) Yajurveda d) Athrveda
Ans:- d
10)Which of the following purusarthas is not a part of Trivarga?
a) Artha b) Dharma
c) Moksha d) Kama
Ans:-a
11) How many times does the word 'Jana' occur in the Rigveda?
a) 75 Times b) 175 times
c) 275 times d) 375 times
Ans:-c
12)Which of the following assemblies was normally involved in the election of king ?
a) Sabha b) Samiti
c) Gana d) Vidatha
Ans:- b
13) The word gotra occurs for the first time in:
a) Rigveda b) Samveda
c) Yajurveda d) Athrveda
Ans:-a
14) The word Visamatta was used in the latter Vedic Age for:
a) |The king b) The priest
c) The trader d) The tax collector
Ans:-a
15) The game of "dice " was part of the ritual of:
a) Agnistoma b) Aswamegha
c) Rajasuya d) Vajapeya
Ans:-c
16) The river most mentioned in Rigveda is:
a) Sindhu b) Sutudri
c) Saraswati d) Gandaki
Ans:- a
18) The flood Legend in which a divine fish has been described as rescuing Manu occurs in detail in:
a) Rigveda samhita b) Vajasaneyi samhita
c) Satapath Brahmana d) Aitareya Brahmana
Ans:-c
19) Who was the priest of the Bharats in the battle of ten kngs ?
a) Visvamitra b) Vasishtha
c) Atri d) Bhrigu
Ans:-b
20) Shatapatha Brahmana is related to :
a) Rigveda b) Yajurveda
c) Samaveda d) Atharvaveda
Ans:-b
21) Which of the following upnishads is written in prose?
a) Isa b) Katha
c) Brihadaranyaka c) Svetasvatara
Ans:- c
22) Who among the following was a commentator of the Manusmriti ?
a) Asahaya b) Visvarupa
c) Bhattasvami d)Medhatithi
Ans:- d
23) In the Rigveda, the first hymn of a Mandala is often addressed to:
a) Agni b) Indra
c) Mitra d) None ofthese
Ans:-a
24) Who was the propounder of the theory that the Rigvedic Aryans and the Harappans might have been the same people ?
a) R.S Sharma b) Romila Thapar
c) B.B . Lal d) H.D. Sankalia
Ans:-c
25) Who was the most celebrated craftsman in the Vedic Age?
a) Carpenter b) Goldsmith
c) Coppersmith d) Weaver
Ans:-a
26) Who wrote the first textbook on Jyotish?
a) Panini b) Patanjali
c) Katyayan d)Bhrigtu
Ans;-d
27)Which of the following Upnishads is the earliest
a) Chandogya Upnishads b)Mundakopnishad
c) Brihadaranyak Upanishad d)Taitariya Upanishad
Ans:- c
28) During the Rigvedic period, 'Niska' was an ornament of :
a)Ear b) Neck
c) Arm d) Wrist
Ans:- b
29) Which of the following inscriptions tells about the Aryan's movement from Iran to India?
a) Manshera b) Shahbajgarhi
c) Boghzkoi d) Junagarh
Ans:-c
30) The largest number of the Mantras in Rigveda belongs to:
a) Agni b) Varuna
c) Vishnu d) Rudra
Ans:-a
31) Which of the following rivers is referred Matetma, Devitama and Naditama in the Rigveda?
a) Sindhu b) Saraswati
c) Ganga d) Yamuna
Ans:- b
32) The word Yava mentioned in Rigveda is used for which agricultural product ?
a) Barley b) Gram
c)Rice d) Wheat
Ans:-a
33) Which is the upavedas related to Regveda
a) Ayurveda b) Gandharveda
c) Dhanurveda d) Shilpveda
Ans:-a
34) How many hymns are dedicated to surya in Rig-Veda.
a) 5 b) 7
c) 8 d) 9
Ans:-c
35) Regarding women in the Vedic period, which of the following are correct?
1;They were allowed to study
2. They held good positions
3. They did not practice Purdah system
4. They attended Sabha and Samiti
codes:
a) 1 and2 b) 3 and 4
c) 2 and 3 d) all of these
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