UPSC Ancient India – Chapter 5: The Early Vedic (Rigvedic) Age (21 MCQs)
UPSC Ancient India – Chapter 5: The Early Vedic (Rigvedic) Age (21 MCQs) – 20 questions, subject: History. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.
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The Rigvedic river Parushni is the modern:
Correct Answer: B [Ravi]
Explanation:
Parushni is the Rigvedic name of the Ravi, on whose banks the Battle of Ten Kings was fought.
The Rigveda contains:
Correct Answer: B [10 mandalas and 1,028 hymns]
Explanation:
The Rigveda is a collection of 1,028 hymns (suktas) arranged in ten books (mandalas).
The Gayatri mantra is found in which mandala of the Rigveda?
Correct Answer: A [Third]
Explanation:
The Gayatri mantra, addressed to Savitri, is in Mandala III, the family book of the seer Vishvamitra.
The fourfold division of society is first mentioned in the:
Correct Answer: A [Purusha Sukta]
Explanation:
The Purusha Sukta, a late hymn of Mandala X, first names Brahmana, Rajanya, Vaishya and Shudra.
The Rigvedic god regarded as the upholder of rita, the cosmic order, was:
Correct Answer: C [Varuna]
Explanation:
Varuna, god of water and cosmic order, was the upholder of rita, the natural and moral order.
The Battle of Ten Kings was won by:
Correct Answer: A [Sudas]
Explanation:
Sudas, chief of the Bharatas, defeated a confederacy of ten chiefs on the Parushni (Ravi), as Mandala VII records.
Which of the following was the oldest Rigvedic assembly, with religious, military and folk functions?
Correct Answer: C [Vidatha]
Explanation:
The vidatha is considered the oldest Rigvedic folk assembly, combining religious, military and social functions; women took part.
In the Rigvedic period, bali was:
Correct Answer: D [a voluntary offering to the chief]
Explanation:
Bali was a voluntary gift or offering to the rajan; the Rigvedic chief had no regular tax.
The Rigvedic term gavishti literally means:
Correct Answer: D [search for cows]
Explanation:
it also meant war.
Consider the following statements about the Rigvedic age:
1. Cattle were the main form of wealth.
2. Women could attend the sabha and the vidatha.
3. Iron tools were widely used in agriculture.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct Answer: B [1 and 2 only]
Explanation:
Cattle were the chief wealth and women attended the sabha and vidatha; iron was unknown in the Rigvedic age.
Assertion (A): The Ganga is mentioned only rarely in the Rigveda.
Reason (R): The early Vedic people lived mainly in the north-west, in the land of the seven rivers.
Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A]
Explanation:
The Ganga is mentioned only once because Vedic life centred on the north-western land of the seven rivers.
The Boghazkoi inscription, which names Vedic gods, was found in:
Correct Answer: D [Turkey]
Explanation:
Boghazkoi, ancient Hattusa, the Hittite capital, is in central Turkey; its c. 1400 BCE treaty names Indra, Varuna, Mitra, Nasatyas.
"The Arctic Home in the Vedas" was written by:
Correct Answer: B [Bal Gangadhar Tilak]
Explanation:
Bal Gangadhar Tilak argued in 'The Arctic Home in the Vedas' (1903) that the Aryans' original home was the Arctic.
The Rigvedic god with the largest number of hymns is:
Correct Answer: C [Indra]
Explanation:
Indra, god of war and rain called Purandara, has about 250 hymns, the most of any Rigvedic god.
Which of the following was a woman composer of Rigvedic hymns?
Correct Answer: C [Apala]
Explanation:
Apala is one of the women seers credited with Rigvedic hymns, along with Ghosha, Lopamudra and Vishvavara.
The entire ninth mandala of the Rigveda is devoted to:
Correct Answer: A [Soma]
Explanation:
All the hymns of Mandala IX are addressed to Soma, the god of the ritual drink and its plant.
Arrange the following in chronological order:
1. Tilak's "The Arctic Home in the Vedas"
2. William Jones's discourse linking Sanskrit and Greek
3. Rigveda manuscripts inscribed in the Memory of the World Register
4. Founding of the Arya Samaj
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct Answer: C [2-4-1-3]
Explanation:
1786, 1875, 1903, 2007.
The Rigvedic officer who commanded the army under the chief was the:
Correct Answer: B [senani]
Explanation:
The senani was the leader in war who commanded the fighting forces under the rajan.
The Vedic name Vitasta refers to the:
Correct Answer: C [Jhelum]
Explanation:
Vitasta is the Rigvedic name of the Jhelum, the westernmost of the five Punjab rivers.
With reference to the difference between the culture of Rigvedic Aryans and Indus Valley people, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. Rigvedic Aryans used the coat of mail and helmet in warfare whereas the people of Indus Valley Civilization did not leave any evidence of using them.
2. Rigvedic Aryans knew gold, silver and copper whereas Indus Valley people knew only copper and iron.
3. Rigvedic Aryans had domesticated the horse whereas there is no evidence of Indus Valley people having been aware of this animal.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct Answer: C [1 and 3 only]
Explanation:
statements 1 and 3 match the evidence (official UPSC key: c). Statement 3 is contested: horse remains have been claimed at Surkotada and elsewhere, and standard texts treat the evidence as inconclusive.
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