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Questions : Who among the following artisan classes were entitled to wear the sacred thread in the vedic period?

(a) Goldsmiths

(b) Blacksmiths

(c) Weavers

(d) Chariot-makers

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (d)

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Question : 1

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List I List II
A. Ajit Kesh Kamblin 1. Fatalism
B. Sanjay Vethalipulta 2. Atomist
C. Pakudh Kachayan 3. Materialism
D. Puran Kashyap 4. Materialism- Synicism
Codes: A B C D

a) 1 2 3 4

b) 2 1 3 4

c) 1 2 3 4

d) 3 4 1 2

Answer: (d)

Early Buddhist texts speak of six foremost opponents of Lord Buddha who were:

  1. Ajit Kesh Kamblin—Believed in Materialism
  2. Maskari Gosal—Founder of Ajivaka sect
  3. Puran Kasyap—Atomist
  4. Pakudh Katyayam—Believed in Fatalism
  5. Sanjay Vethaliputta—Believed in materialism synicism
  6. Niggantha Nathputta—He was Bhagvan Mahavir

Question : 2

To which Sakha does the published Rigveda Samhita belong?

a) Sakala

b) Sankhayana

c) Asvalayan

d) Sawnaka

Answer: (a)

Question : 3

The word Yava mentioned in Rigveda is used for which agricultural product?

a) Rice

b) Wheat

c) Gram

d) Barley

Answer: (d)

It is accepted that the word ‘yava’ in the oldest texts, including the Rigveda, applied to any type of grain that was grounded into flour. Yet, many Indologists treat the word as meaning specifically barley.

Question : 4

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:

List I List II
(Jain Tirthankars) (Cognizance)
A. Santi Natha 1. Antelope
B. Malli Natha 2. Lion
C. Parswa Natha 3. Serpent
D. Mahavira 4. Water jar
Codes: A B C D

a) 1 4 3 2

b) 2 3 1 4

c) 4 1 3 2

d) 1 2 4 3

Answer: (a)

Question : 5

The rivers Ganga and Yamuna are mentioned for the first time in :

a) Satapath Brahmana

b) Chhandogya Upanishad

c) Atharvaveda

d) Rigveda

Answer: (d)

The rivers Ganga and Yamuna are first time mentioned in the Rigveda. Vedic literature hymn that starts with the rivers as Ganga, Yamuna, Saraswati and then other rivers to the West.

Question : 6

Which of the following Samhitas of Yajurveda contains only hymns and no prose?

a) Taittriya

b) Vajasaney

c) Maitrayaviya

d) Katha

Answer: (b)

The Samhita of Yajurveda that contains only hymns and no prose is Vayasaneyi.

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