vedic period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Answer: (d)

The Upavedas (the auxiliary vedas) were traditionally associated with vedas:

1. Ayurveda (medicine): Rigveda
2. Gandharveda (music): Samaveda
3. Dhanurveda (archery): Yajurveda
4. Shilpveda (craft): Atharvaveda

Answer: (d)

Answer: (c)

In the battle of ten kings, Vashistha was the priest of Bharata tribes. Vashistha and his family are glorified in their role in the Battle of the Ten Kings, making him the only mortal besides Bhava to have a Rigvedic hymn dedicated to him.

Answer: (b)

The Sulvasutra are sutra texts belonging to the Srauta ritual and deal with complex fire altars of various shapes constructed with bricks of specific shapes and area. This proves that despite no existence of algebra, there was an awareness of precise purely geometrical calculations.

Answer: (b)

Panchjanya is the common name given to five most ancient vedic tribes. It is supposed that they are all descendants of the Five Folks and are known by that name, e.g. Yadav for descendants of Yadu, Paurav for descendants of Puru and so on. Kikat tribe does not belong to the Panchajahya of Rigvedic aryans.