vedic period MCQ set 4 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

One important development during the later Vedic period is the growth of large kingdoms.

Kuru and Panchala kingdoms flourished in the beginning. Parikshat and Janamejaya were the famous rulers of Kuru kingdom. Pravahana Jaivali was a popular king of the Panchalas. He was a patron of learning.

After the fall of Kurus and Panchalas, other kingdoms like Kosala, Kasi and Videha came into prominence. The famous ruler of Kasi was Ajatasatru. Janaka was the king of Videha with its capital at Mithila. His court was adorned by scholar Yajnavalkya.

Magadha, Anga and Vanga seem to be the easternmost tribal kingdoms.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (c)

The hymns of the Vedas were chiefly composed for chanting at sacrifices, where animals, grains, milk, and clarified butter (ghee) were offered to the gods.

On the most basic level, the sacrifice was conceived of as a meal offered to the devas by the humans. The medium of these offerings was fire or Agni - both in an earthly sense (the word “Agni” is related to the English word “ignite”) and in a divine sense (Agni was considered the god of fire).

Thus Agni was one of the most prominent gods in all of the Vedas, the messenger between the human and the divine realm, the transporter of the dead, and, in some verses, the embodiment of all gods. Furthermore, Agni was sometimes conceived of as heat, or tapas, which was also the purifying ascetic energy necessary for the proper performance of the ritual; the priests would prepare themselves for the ritual by generating tapas—created through various purification rituals and intense meditation— that burned off their spiritual impurities.

Answer: (b)

The Vedic period shows that the vedic people used cows as a medium of exchange. Niska and hiranyapinda, perhaps, were two types I of metallic medium of exchange prevalent in Vedic India. Rigvedic niskas and hiranyapindas, in this period, stood as a link between the money and currency stages of the development of the economy.

Answer: (b)