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(a) Kasi
(b) Videha
(c) Panchalas
(d) Kurus
The correct answers to the above question in:
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.
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Question : 1
In which type of marriage, payment of bride-price was a condition?
a) Brahma
b) Daiva
c) Gandharva
d) Asura
Answer »Answer: (d)
Question : 2
Fire (Agni) was essential to the Vedic religious world because it had tremendous power. It –
- Transforms the physical, material goods offered into “food” for the gods.
- Purifies the offerings made to the gods.
- Represents both creative and destructive energy.
- Is the very basis of human domestic life (without heat and cooking, there can be no life).
a) 2, 3, and 4
b) 1, 2, and 3
c) 1, 2, 3 and 4
d) 1, 3, and 4
Answer »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.
Question : 3
The word Gotra occurs for the first time in :
a) Yajurveda
b) Atharveda
c) Samveda
d) Rigveda
Answer »Answer: (d)
The Gotra classification came into existence probably during the Rigvedic period. The concept of Gotra was first attempted among Brahmins to classify themselves among different groups. In present days, marriage is not allowed within the same Gotra in order to avoid impure matrimony. This thinking is in tune with the modern day genetic paradigms of hybrid vigour.
Question : 4
Match list ‘A’ with list ‘B’ and choose the correct answer from the codes given below :
List ‘A’ | List ‘B’ |
A. Hotri | 1. Atharvaveda |
B. Udgatri | 2. Rigveda |
C. Adhvaryu | 3. Samaveda |
D. Brahmana | 4. Yajurveda |
a) 2 3 4 1
b) 1 2 4 3
c) 2 3 1 4
d) 1 3 4 2
Answer »Answer: (a)
Vedic (Shrauta) yajnas are typically performed by four Vedic priests, the hota, the adhvaryu, the udgata and the brahman.
The Hotar, (priest), recites invocations and litanies drawn from the Rigveda. The adhvaryu is the priest's assistant and is in charge of the physical details of the ritual like measuring the ground, building the altar etc. mentioned in the Yajurveda.
The udgatar is the chanter of hymns set to melodies (saman) drawn from the Samaveda.
The brahman is the superintendent of the entire performance and is responsible for correcting mistakes by means of supplementary
Question : 5
The standard unit of value, used as medium of exchange during the Vedic period, was :
a) Pana
b) Both (d) and (c)
c) Necklet of gold (niska)
d) Cow
Answer »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.
Question : 6
The head of which of the following was supposed to be known as ganapati or jyeshtha?
a) Tribe
b) Tribal republic
c) Sabha
d) Family
Answer »Answer: (b)
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