vedic period MCQ set 2 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

• Assertion (A): The later-Vedic people gradually left their pastoralist and semi-nomadic subsistence strategies.
• Reason (R): The importance of agriculture as a means of livelihood grew rapidly during the later Vedic phase.

a) A is false but R is true

b) A is true but R is false

c) If both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A

d) If both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

Question : 2

The largest number of the Mantras in Rigveda belong to :

a) Vishnu

b) Rudra

c) Varuna

d) Agni

Question : 3

The great law given of ancient time was :

a) Manu

b) Panini

c) Ashoka

d) Vatsyayana

Question : 4

Who among the following Vedic deities bears resemblance with Avestan God ‘Ahurmazda’ ?

a) Rudra

b) Vishnu

c) Varuna

d) Indra

Question : 5

Who among the following was a Brahmavadini that composed some hymns of the Vedas?

a) Leelavati

b) Savitri

c) Gargi

d) Lopamudra

Question : 6

Who among the following was a commentator of the Manusmriti ?

a) Bhattasvami

b) Medhatithi

c) Visvarupa

d) Asahaya