vedic period Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 36 [UPPCS (Mains) 2010]

The largest number of the Mantras in Rig Veda belongs to

a) Agni

b) Vishnu

c) Varuna

d) Yama

Question : 37 [IAS (Pre) 2004]

From where the word ‘Satyameva Jayate’ taken?

a) Manusmriti

b) Rig Veda

c) Bhagavad Gita

d) Mundakopanishad

Question : 38 [UPPCS (Pre) 1998]

The earliest evidence of the use of iron in India has been discovered from

a) Taxila

b) Kaushambi

c) Atranjikhera

d) Hastinapur

Question : 39

Which one of the following vedic texts makes the first and nearest attempt at the classification of the types of governments of the later Vedic period?

a) Kaushitaki Upanishad

b) Bnhadaranyaka Upanishad

c) Aitareya Brahmana

d) Satapatha Brahmana

Question : 40 [UPPSC (GIC) 2010]

‘Trayi’ is a name for

a) Three Vedas

b) Three Gods in Hindu Pantheon

c) Dharma, Sangha and Buddha

d) Three seasons