Vedic Age – GK Question Quiz
Vedic Age: The Aryans – Objective Question Answer MCQ: Dear Aspirant, here we included the important objective questions and answers as an MCQ format from Vedic age. Out of them some already come in various competitive examinations. These top selected MCQs are very important for the upcoming CGL, MTS, CHSL, Railway, UPSC, IAS preliminary, etc.
Q.1 Main different between Indus and Vedic civilization was –
a: Indus: Urban and Vedic: Rural
b: Indus worship: Piple tree and Vedic worship: Burgad tree
c: Indus: Trade and Vedic: Religion
d: Indus: belief: Nonviolence and Vedic: No particular rule;
Answer:
a
Q.2 Gayatri Mantra contained in
A: Rigveda
B: Samaveda
C: Ramayana
D: Mahabharata
Answer
Rigveda
Q.3 Gayatri Mantra dedicated to ________ deity?
A: Varuna
B: Savitri
C: Samaveda
D: Indra
Answer:
Savitri
Q.4 The most significant divinity of Rigveda was
A: Rudra
B: Varuna
C: Surya
D: Thunder
Answer:
Varuna
Q.5 In the Rigvedic period, Indra was the God of which deity?
A: Thunder
B: Energy
C: Sprit
D: Fire
Answer
Thunder
Q.6 Aryans in the Rigvedic period, which God was not worshipped?
A: Indra
B: Vasudeva
C: Suryadeva
D: Shiva
Answer:
Shiva
Q.7 Which is the principal element of Rigvedic religion?
A: Sacrifices
B: Worship of fire
C: Life after death
D: Female goddesses
Answer:
Sacrifices
Q.8 Which famous lady was found in the Rigvedic period?
A: Savitri
B: Gargi
C: Suvadra
D: Sarasvati
Answer:
Gargi
Q.9 Who was the promoter of yoga philosophy in Vedic age?
A: Gargi
B: rishi
C: Patanjali
D: Vasumitra
Answer:
Patanjali
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Q.10 Who was the arbiter between man and God in the Rigvedic age?
A: Asvins
B: Shiva
C: Brahma
D: Priest
Answer
Asvins
Q.11 Which scholar believed that the Mauryan has come from ‘Artic Region’?
A: D.R. Sahani
B: R. D. Banerjee
C: B.G Tilak
D: V. Smith
Answer;
B.G. Tilak
Q.12 Main feature in the later Vedic period was,
[NDA 1990]
A: Worship of god
B: the rise of Brahmans
C: Cultivation
D: Cast System
Answer;
Cast System
Q.13 How many hymns included in Rigveda?
A: 1028
B: 1030
C: 1048
D: 1018
Answer:
1028
Q.14 Which was forbidden in Rigvedic society?
[IES 1992]
A: Widow Marriage
B: Child Marriage
C: Polygamy
D: Pordha system
Answer:
Child Marriage
Q.15 In which region Aryans first settled?
[CBI 1990]
A: Punjab
B: Sindh Providence
C: Uttar Pradesh
D: Rajasthan
Answer:
Punjab
Q. 16 ‘Vid’ derived from ‘Veda’ refers to
A: knowledge
B: Energy
C: Truth
D: Karma
Answer
Knowledge
Q.17 Which dynasty is indicated in ‘Vishnu Purana’
A: Mughal
B: Gupta dynasty
C: Maurya Dynasty
D: Chalukya Dynasty
Answer:
Maurya dynasty
Q.18 The ritualistic precept in hymns of Veda referred to
A: Brahman
B: Kshatriya
C: Vaisha
D: Sudra
Answer:
Brahman
Q.19 From where the Aryans came to India?
A China
B: North Asia
C: Central Asia
D: Europe
Answer:
Central Asia
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Q.20 Among 10 book of Veda the oldest one is
A; First Book
B: Third-Seventh
C: fourth-fifth
D: Second-Seventh
Answer:
Second-Seventh
Q.21 ‘War begins in the mind of men’ – stated in
A: Rigveda
B: Upanishads
C: Atharvaveda
D: Yajurveda
Answer:
Atharvaveda
Q.22 ‘Vedantas” another name of
A: Upanishads
B: Veda
C: Samaveda
D: Gita
Answer
Upanishads
Q.23 Upanishads are ________ in number?
A: 108
B: 107
C: 106
D: 109
Answer:
108
Q.24 Which taxation system is used in Vedic society?
A: Khajna
B: Dhar
C: toll
D: Bali
Answer:
Bali
Q.25 Which of the following contained in Rigveda?
A: Purushsukta
B: Purushmukta
C: Tirushukta
D: Munishukta
Answer
purushukta
Q.26 According to dharma sashtra, the rate of land revenue is
[PSC 1995]
A: 1/2
B: 1/3
C: 1/5
D: 1/6
Answer
1/6
Q.27 According to Rigveda, the “Battle of Ten Kings” was due to
[IAS 2003]
A: Cattle and Land disputes
B: Tension arose between kings
C: To show their own power
D: to prove themselves supreme
Answer
Cattle and Land disputes
Q.28 Which king of marriage ‘Anuloma‘ referred?
[NDA 1994]
A: Man from a higher cast with women from the lower cast;
B: Man from a lower cast with women from the higher cast;
C: With the same cast
D: with a different cast
Answer
The man from a higher cast with women from the lower cast;
Q.29 According to historical geography ‘Ratnakara‘ refers to
[IAS 1994]
A: Indian Ocean
B: peninsular India
C: The whole of India
D: the Ganga river
Answer
Indian Ocean
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Q.30 The common things in Harappa and Rigvedic society was
[IFS 1990]
A: Use of bronze
B: Horse
C: Iron
D: Female goddess
Answer
Horse