vedic period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 31 [UPPCS (Pre) 2017]

The name ‘Aghanya’ mentioned in many passages of the Rig Veda refers to

a) Priest

b) Cow

c) Women

d) Brahmanas

Question : 32 [UP Lower Sub. (Pre) 1998]

The main theme of Upanishads is

a) Social structure

b) Law

c) Philosophy

d) State

Question : 33

The game of ‘dice’ was part of the ritual of :

a) Aswamedha

b) Agnistoma

c) Rajasuya

d) Vajapeya

Question : 34 [UPPCS (Pre) 2002]

800 B.C. to 600 B.C. is related to which era?

a) Brahmin

b) Ramayana

c) Sutra

d) Mahabharata

Question : 35

Assertion (A):
During the early Vedic Age, cattle seem to have been tended by common herdsman.
Reactions (R):
Probably they were under the common ownership of the members of the tribe. In the context of the above two statements, which of the following is correct?

a) (A) is false but (R) is true

b) (A) is true but (R) is false

c) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) explains (A)

d) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) does not explain (A)