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VEDIC AGE MCQs

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Question 41. Which of the following School challenges the authority of the Vedas as well as the hegemony the Brahman priests?
  1.    Vedanta
  2.    Ajivika School
  3.    Charvaka Philosophy of Materialism
  4.    Purva Mimamsa
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Charvaka Philosophy of Materialism
Question 42. The word 'Veda' has been derived from the root word 'Vid' which means
  1.    Knowledge
  2.    Divinity
  3.    Doctrine
  4.    Sacredness
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Knowledge
Question 43. Which of the following Vedas deals with magic spells and witchcraft?
  1.    Samaveda
  2.    Yajurveda
  3.    Rigveda
  4.    Atharvaveda
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Atharvaveda
Question 44. This Vedic God was 'a breaker of the forts' and also a 'war god'
  1.    Yama
  2.    Indra
  3.    Varuna
  4.    Marut
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Indra
Question 45. Which of the following Vedas is rendered musically?
  1.    Yajur Veda
  2.    Atharva Veda
  3.    Rig Veda
  4.    Sama Veda
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Sama Veda
Question 46. The family of the Rig Vedic Aryans was
  1.    Matriarchal
  2.    Patriarchal
  3.    Matrilineal
  4.    Patrilineal
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Patriarchal
Question 47. The words "Satyameva Jayate" in the State Emblem of India were taken from
  1.    Upanishads
  2.    Ramayana
  3.    Rig Veda
  4.    Sama Veda
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Upanishads
Question 48. The first one, among the following, to deal with music was
  1.    Yajur Veda
  2.    Sama Veda
  3.    Rig Veda
  4.    Atharva Veda
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Sama Veda
Question 49. The term used to denote a group of families in the vedic society was
  1.    Grama
  2.    Jana
  3.    Gotra
  4.    Vish
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Jana
Question 50. The famous poet Kalidasa lived in the court of
  1.    Kumaragupta
  2.    Chandragupta
  3.    Chandragupta-II
  4.    Samudragupta
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Chandragupta-II

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