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Question : 31

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

a) Leelavati

b) Savitri

c) Gargi

d) Lopamudra

Answer: (d)

Lopamudra was a Brahmavadini who composed some hymns of the Vedas. Many hymns of Rigveda were composed by women and they were called Brahmavadini. The prominents in them were Lopamudra, Vishwawara, Sikta, Nivavari, Ghosa, etc.

Question : 32

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

a) Rudra

b) Vishnu

c) Varuna

d) Indra

Answer: (d)

Indra was the Vedic deities bears resemblance with Avestan god Ahurmazda. In Zoroastrianism as reflected in the Avesta, Ahura Mazda is identified with the beneficent spirit and directly opposed to the destructive one. He is all-wise, liberal, undeceiving and the creator of everything good.

Question : 33

Which one of the following is described in Upanishad?

a) Philosophy

b) Law

c) Yoga

d) Dharma

Answer: (a)

The Upanishads form the core of Indian philosophy. They give us both spiritual vision and philosophical argument and it is by a strictly personal effort that one can reach the truth.

Question : 34

  • 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

Answer: (d)

Question : 35

The largest number of the Mantras in Rigveda belong to :

a) Vishnu

b) Rudra

c) Varuna

d) Agni

Answer: (d)

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