vedic period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 26

Satpatha Brahmana is related to :

a) Samaveda

b) Atharvaveda

c) Yajurveda

d) Rigveda

Question : 27

Which of the following statements are correct with regard to the Rig Vedic period?

1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak argues that the Aryans came from the Arctic region on astronomical calculations.
2. B.C. Max Muller placed the beginning of the Vedic literature in the latter half of the second millennium B.C.
3. The Rigveda has been included by the UNESCO in the list of literature signifying World Human Heritage.

a) 2 and 3

b) 1 and 2

c) 1, 2 and 3

d) 1 and 3

Question : 28

• Assertion (A): In the later-Vedic age the kingship became hereditary.
• Reason (R): A formula from the Satapatha Brahmana is used to secure kingship for ten generations.

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

Question : 29

Which of the following Mandalas is completely devoted to the Vedic God Soma ?

a) 9

b) 10

c) 5

d) 1

Question : 30

The words “Satyameva Jayate” in the state emblem of India have been adopted from which one of the following?

a) Mandukya Upnishad

b) Chhandogya Upnishad

c) Katha Upnishad

d) Mundaka Upnishad