vedic period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions
vedic period PRACTICE TEST [9 - EXERCISES]
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Question : 6
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 : 7
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 : 8
The “Dharma” and “Rita” depict a central idea of ancient Vedic civilization of India. In this context, consider the following statements :
- Dharma was a conception of obligations and of the discharge of one’s duties to oneself and to others.
- Rita was the fundamental moral law governing the functioning of the universe and all it contained.
a) 2 only
b) Both 1 and 2
c) Neither 1 nor 2
d) 1 only
Answer »Answer: (b)
Question : 10
The expounder of Yoga philosophy was :
a) Jaimini
b) Gautam
c) Shankaracharya
d) Patanjali
Answer »Answer: (d)
The ancient Sage Patanjali was an expounder of the Yoga Sutras one of the most important text of yoga covering all aspects of life. Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras describe the working of the mind and emotions.
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