1. the institute of Varna appeared in the —
A) Rig Vedic Period
B) Later Vedic Period
C) Period of the Manava Dharma Shastra
D) Period of the consolidation of the text of the Mahabharata.
Answer: Rig Vedic Period.
2. Which is the oldest Veda?
A) Sama Veda
B) Yajur Veda
C) Atharva Veda
D) Rig Veda
Answer: Rig Veda.
3. Which of the following Vedas is a collection spells and incarnation?
A) Rig Veda
B) Sama Veda
C) Yajur Veda
D) Atharva Veda
Answer: Atharva Veda.
4. Which, among the following, was the chief feature of Rig Vedic religion?
A) Performance of sacrifice
B) Belief in existence of life aftter death
C) Worship of Image
D) Predominance of female goddesses
Answer: Worship of images.
5. 800 B.C to 600 B.C is designated as the —
A) Period of Brahmanas
B) Period of Sutras
C) Period of Ramayana
D) Period of Mahabharata
Answer: Periods of Brahmanas.
6. Which one of the following was the main characteristic of the later Vedic Age?
A) Varna System
B) Tribal System
C) Caste system
D) food gathering practice
Answer: Caste System.
7. What is the main difference of the Indus Valley Civilization and Vedic Period?
A) Indus valley Civilization was Urban, whereas the Vedic Age was rural
B) Peepal tree was worshipped in Indus Valley Civilization whereas Burgad tree was worshipped in Vedic Age
C) The main emphasis in Indus Valley civilization was on trade whereas in Vedic age it was on religion
D) Indus Valley Civilization believed in non-violence whereas Vedic civilization had no hard and fast rules about it.
Answer: Indus valley Civilization was Urban, whereas the Vedic Age was rural.
8. Which of the following is an Upanishad?
A) Aitreya
B) Vijasena
C) Chandogya
D) Krishna Karnamruta
Answer: Aitreya.
9. the Vedic deity Indra was the Goddess of —
A) Wind
B) Eternity
c) Rain and Thunder
D) Fire
Answer: Rain and Thunder.
10. The Gayatri Mantra contained in the Rig Veda is dedicated to which deity?
A) Agni
B) Marut
C) Surya
D) Savitri
Answer: Savitri.
11. Which was the God of animal during the later Vedic age?
A) Indra
B) Rudra
C) Vishnu
D) Prajapati
Answer: Rudra.
12. Which God lost his importance as the first deity during the Rig Vedic period?
A) Varuna
B) Agni
C) Indra
D) Rudra
Answer: Varuna.
13. The salient feature of Rigvedic religion was the worship of —
A) Nature
B) Pashupati
C) Mother of Goddess
D) Trimurti
Answer: Nature.
14. which of the following Vedas is rendered musically —
A) Rig Veda
B) Sama Veda
C) Yajur Veda
D) Atharva Veda
15. Rigveda is divided into 10 books; which book is the oldest?
A) First
B) Second-eighth
C) Third-ninth
D) Second-seventh
Answer: Second-seventh.
16. Boghazkoi is important because —
A) Inscription found here mention the names of Vedic Gods and Goddess
B) It is known as significance trading centre between Central Asia and Tibet
C) The original text of the Vedas was composed there
D) None of these
Answer: Inscription found here mention the names of Vedic Gods and Goddess.
17. Rig Vedic Samhita denotes one fourth of its hymns to —
A) Agni
B) Indra
C) Rudra
D) Marut
Answer: Indra.
18. Which is the subject matter of Upanishad?
A) Law
B) Philosophy
C) Religion
D) Yoga
Answer: Religion.
19. The term Nishka, which meant an ornament in the Vedic Period, was used in the later times to denote a/an —
A) Coin
B) Weapon
C) Script
D) Agriculture Implement
Answer: Coin
20. The classical music has its origin in which of the following?
OR
Which of the following Vedas is rendered musically?
A) Samaveda
B) Atharvaveda
C) Yajurveda
D) Shiv Purana
Answer: Samaveda.
21. Which subject is not dealt with in the Puranas?
A) Primary creation
B) Secondary creation
C) Genealogies of Gods
D) Arithmetic
Answer: Arithmetic.
22. Ayurveda owes its origin to —
A) Rig Veda
B) Sama Veda
C) Yajur Veda
D) Atharva Veda
Answer: Yajur Veda.
23. which among the following is the source of information about early Vedic period?
A) Jakata stories
B) Rig Veda
C) Post-Vedic literature
D) Excavations
Answer: Rig Veda.
24. What was the basis of class differentiation among Aryans?
A) Economic conditions
B) Trade
C) Colour
D) None of the above
Answer: Colour.
25. Varna system of Aryans was based on —
A) Occupation
B) Caste
C) Colour
D) Sex
Answer: Colour
26. The chief characteristic of the Rig Vedic religion was —
A) Worship of Images
B) Belief in the existence of heaven
C) Performance of Sacrifice
D) Preponderance of female goddess
Answer: Performance of Sacrifice.
27. The Rig Veda consist of —
A) 512 hymns
B) 1024 hymns
C) 1028 hymns
D) 2000 hymns
Answer: 1028 hymns
28. The ‘ninth’ mandala of the Rig Vedic Samhita is devoted wholly to —
A) Urvashi and the Heaven
B) ‘Soma’ and the god who is named after the drink
C) Indra and his elephant
D) Gods related to plants and drugs
Answer: ‘Soma’ and the god who is named after the drink.
29. Which of the following animals was known to ancient Vedic People —
A) Elephant
B) Boar
C) Tiger
D) Lion
Answer: Lion
30. The chief impact of Vedic culture on Indian history was the —
A) growth of Sanskrit
B) progress of philosophy
C) consolidation of caste system
D) rise of other worldly outlook
Answer: consolidation of caste system.
31. Which of the following Vedas throws light on the belief and practice of the non-Aryans?
A) Rigveda
B) Samaveda
C) Yajurveda
D) Atharvaveda
Answer: Artharva Veda
32. The Puranas contains —
A) hymns of the favour of God
B) thoughts on the mystery of life and universe
C) mythology
D) laws of Manu and the history on various dynasties
Answer: thoughts on the mystery of life and universe.
33. Brahmanas are books that dealt with—
A) Bhakti
B) Ritualism
C) Yoga
D) Meditation
Answer: Ritualism
34. The Aryans came to India from —
A) Eastern Europe
B) Central Asia
C) South-east Asia
D) None of the above
Answer: Central Asia
35. In Rig Vedic society, which of the following was unknown?
A) Polygamy
B) Purdah system
C) Polyandry
D) Child marriage
Answer: Polyandry
36. The family of the Rig Vedic Aryans was —
A) Patrilineal
B) Patriarchal
C) Matriarchal
D) Matrilineal
Answer: Patriarchal
37. The Vishnu Purana gives an account of
A) Mauryan dynasty
B) the Andhras
C) the Vardhanas
D) life in Indua Valley
Answer: Mauryan Dynasty
38. The word ‘Vid’ from which ‘Veda’ has been derived means
A) God
B) Doctrine
C) Knowledge
D) Holy
Answer: Knowledge
39. Who was the first European to designated Aryan as a race?
A) William Jones
B) H.H Wilson
C) Max Muller
D) General Cunningham
Answer: Max Muller.
40. The staple food of the Vedic Aryan was —
A) Milk and its products
B) Barley and rice
C) Rice and pulse
D) Vegetables and fruits
Answer: Milk and its Products
41. The battle of Mahabharata is believed to have been fought at Kurukshetra for —
A)14 days
B) 16 days
C) 18 days
D) 20 days
Answer: 18 Days.
42. Which one of the following stages of the life of man in Aryan Society in ascending order of age, is correct —
A) Brahmacharya–Grihastha–Vanaprastha–Sanyasa
B) Grihastha –Brahmacharya–Vanaprastha–Sanyasa
C) Sanyasa – Grihastha –Brahmacharya–Vanaprastha
D) Vanaprastha–Brahmacharya–Grihastha–Sanyasa
Answer: Brahmacharya–Grihastha–Vanaprastha–Sanyasa
43. Who among the following wrote Sanskrit Grammar?
A) Kalidasa
B) Charaka
C) Panini
D) Aryabhatt
Answer: Panini.
44. Which river has no mention in Rigaveda?
A) Sindhu
B) Saraswati
C) Yamuna
D) Periyar
Answer: Periyar
45. Which of the following is the major impact of Vedic culture on Indian History?
A) Progress of Philosophy
B) Development of Culture
C) Rig identification of caste system
D) Perception of a new world
Answer: Rig identification of caste system
46. Which one of the following is the distinctive feature between a Nastika and Astika system in India?
A) Belief in the existence of God
B) Belief in the existence of heaven and hell
C) Belief in the authority of the Vedas
D) Belief in the doctrine of rebirth
Answer: Belief in the existence of God
47. The word Gotra occurs for the first time in —
A) Rigaveda
B) Samaveda
C) Yajurveda
D) Atharvaveda
Answer: Rigaveda
48. The great law giver of ancient times was —
A) Manu
B) Vatsyanaya
C) Ashoka
D) Aryabhatta
Answer: Manu
49. The expounder of Yoga philosophy was —
A) Patanjali
B) Gautam
C) Jamini
D) Sankaracharya
Answer: Patanjali
50. Upanishad are books on—
A) Religion
B) Yoga
C) Law
D) Philosophy
Answer: Philosophy
51. The words Satyameva Jayate in the state Emblem of India have been adopted from which one of the following?
A) Mundak Upanishad
B) Brahma Upanishad
C) Mudgala Upanishad
D) Maitreyi Upanishad
Answer: Mundak Upanishad
Panini, the first Grammarian of Sanskrit language in India, lived during the —
A) 2nd Century BC
B) 6th-5th Century BC
C) 2nd Century AD
D) 6th-5th Century AD
Answer: 6th-5th Century BC
52. Nivi, Paridhan and Adhivasa were the—
A) Different types of garments of the Aryan
B) Government officials of the Aryan Kings
C) Tribal people of Ancient Indians
D) Musical instrument of ancient Indians
Answer: Different types of garments of the Aryan
53. The Rigvedic God Varun was—
A) Harbinger of Peace
B) Destroyer of foes
C) Guardian of the cosmic order
D) God of prosperity
Answeer: Guardian of the cosmic order
54. The God who is the most prominent in ‘Rigaveda’ is—
A) Indra
B) Agni
C) Pasupati
D) Vishnu
Answer: Indra
55. Patanjali is well known for the compilation of—
A) Yoga sutra
B) Panchatantra
C) Brahma Sutra
D) Ayurveda
Answer: Yoga Sutra
56. In which language was the ‘Shrimad Bhagavad Gita’ originally written?
A) Sanskrit
B) Pali
C) Apabhramsa
D) Prakrit
57. Purushasukta is founded in the —
A) Bhagavad Gita
B) Rigaveda
C) Manusmriti
D) Atharvaveda
Answer: Rigaveda
57. The hymns of Rigaveda are the work of —
A) One author
B) Many author
C) Four author
D) Seven author
Answer: Many Author
58. The government of India has decidec to declare which of the following rivers as “National River”?
A) Ganga
B) Yamuna
C) Kaveri
D) Brahmaputra
Answer: Ganga
59. Sarga, Pratisavge, vansa, Manvantaraand and Vanshanucharit are the indicators of —
A) Vedas
B) Puranas
C) Upanishad
D) Sutras
Answer: Puranas
60. In the early rigvedic period, what was the considered to be the most valuable property —
A) Land
B) Cow
C) Woman
D) Water
Answer: Cow
61. Nyaya darshan was propagated by —
A) Gautama
B) Kapil
C) Kanada
D) Jaimini
Answer: Gautama
62. ‘Ashtadhyayi’ was written by —
A) Ved Vyas
B) Panini
C) Shukadeva
D) Balmiki
Answer: Panini
63. The earliest settlement of Aryan tribes were at —
A) U.P
B) Bengal
C) Sapta Sindhu
D) Delhi
Answer: Sapta Sindhu
64. The religion of early Vedic Aryans was primarily of —
A) Bhakti
B) Image worship and Yajnas
C) Image nature and Yajnas
D) Image worship and Bhakti
Answer: Image Nature and Yajnas
65. Which one of the following four Vedas contains an account of magical charms and spells?
A) Rigaveda
B) Samaveda
C) Yajurveda
D) Atharvaveda
Answer: Atharvaveda
66. The “Manu Smriti” mainly deals with —
A) Social order
B) Laws
C) Economics
D) State-craft
Answer: Laws
Purushmedha i.e. male sacrifice is reffered to in —
A) Krishna Yajurveda
B) Shukla Yajurveda
C) Shatapatha Brahman
D) Panchvisha Brahman
Answer: Shatapatha Brahman
67. Who composed the ‘Gayatri Mantra’?
A) Vishwamitra
B) Vasishtha
C) Indra
D) Parikshit
Answer: Vishwamitra
68. Author of the ‘Nayaya Sutra’ —
A) Gautam
B) Kanad
C) Kapil
D) Badrayan
Answer: Gautam
69. The word Aryan means —
A) Of good family
B) Cultivator
C) Pastoral society
D) Brahmachari
Answer: Brahmachari
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