1. Which river was the most sacred river in Vedic period?
Saraswati
2. Which text mentions Sabha and Samiti as daughters of Prajapati?
Atharvaveda
3. Which text says that “wife is half her husband”?
Satapatha Brahmana
4. Which thing was used for medium of exchange in Rig Vedic period?
Cow
5. Which type of social structure was in Rig Vedic era?
Patriarchic
6. Which word was used for Mudra in Rig Vedic age?
Vrishabh
7. Who was called doctor or Vaidya in Rig Veda?
Mishak
8. Who was god Aditi?
Aditi was the god of eternity and mother of Surya
9. Who was the Lord of the Dead?
Yama
10. Who were the most bitter enemies of Rig Vedic people?
Dasyus
11. Who won the Battle of Ten Kings?
Bharatas led by Sudas
12. Why Vedas are called Apaurasheva and Nitya?
Apaurasheva- god gifted and not created by man, Nitya- exist in eternity
13. Which period is assigned to early Vedic phase?
1500 to 1000BC
14. In which language was Mahabharat written?
Sanskrit
15. According to Brandastine where is the origin of the Aryans?
South Russia
16. Which Veda gives the name “Bharat”?
Rig Veda
17. What was the main river of Aryans in Rig Vedic age?
Indus river
18. In which language were Vedas composed?
Sanskrit
19. Which god is prayed in gayatrimantra?
Savitri (sun)
20. What are the two Mahakavyas?
There are mainly two:
- Ramayana by Valmiki : Known as adi kavya (oldest epic in world) consist of 24000 slokas in 7 kandas (1st and 7th are latest additions)
- Mahabharata by Ved Vyasa : Longest epic in the world consist of 1,00,000 slokas in 18 parvas plus Harivamsa supplement. Bhagwad gita is extracted from Bhishma parva. Shanti parva is the largest parva. It is written in Sanskrit