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Answer: Option C. -> Samiti
Answer: (c) Sabha and Samiti were the two popular assemblies existed in Vedic period. The most important work of the Samiti was to elect the king.
Answer: (c) Sabha and Samiti were the two popular assemblies existed in Vedic period. The most important work of the Samiti was to elect the king.
Answer: Option B. -> Tribal republic
Answer: (b)
Answer: (b)
Answer: Option C. -> Panchalas
Answer: (c)
One important development during the later Vedic period is the growth of large kingdoms.
Kuru and Panchala kingdoms flourished in the beginning. Parikshat and Janamejaya were the famous rulers of Kuru kingdom. Pravahana Jaivali was a popular king of the Panchalas. He was a patron of learning.
After the fall of Kurus and Panchalas, other kingdoms like Kosala, Kasi and Videha came into prominence. The famous ruler of Kasi was Ajatasatru. Janaka was the king of Videha with its capital at Mithila. His court was adorned by scholar Yajnavalkya.
Magadha, Anga and Vanga seem to be the easternmost tribal kingdoms.
Answer: (c)
One important development during the later Vedic period is the growth of large kingdoms.
Kuru and Panchala kingdoms flourished in the beginning. Parikshat and Janamejaya were the famous rulers of Kuru kingdom. Pravahana Jaivali was a popular king of the Panchalas. He was a patron of learning.
After the fall of Kurus and Panchalas, other kingdoms like Kosala, Kasi and Videha came into prominence. The famous ruler of Kasi was Ajatasatru. Janaka was the king of Videha with its capital at Mithila. His court was adorned by scholar Yajnavalkya.
Magadha, Anga and Vanga seem to be the easternmost tribal kingdoms.
Answer: Option A. -> 2 3 4 1
Answer: (a)
Vedic (Shrauta) yajnas are typically performed by four Vedic priests, the hota, the adhvaryu, the udgata and the brahman.
The Hotar, (priest), recites invocations and litanies drawn from the Rigveda. The adhvaryu is the priest's assistant and is in charge of the physical details of the ritual like measuring the ground, building the altar etc. mentioned in the Yajurveda.
The udgatar is the chanter of hymns set to melodies (saman) drawn from the Samaveda.
The brahman is the superintendent of the entire performance and is responsible for correcting mistakes by means of supplementary
Answer: (a)
Vedic (Shrauta) yajnas are typically performed by four Vedic priests, the hota, the adhvaryu, the udgata and the brahman.
The Hotar, (priest), recites invocations and litanies drawn from the Rigveda. The adhvaryu is the priest's assistant and is in charge of the physical details of the ritual like measuring the ground, building the altar etc. mentioned in the Yajurveda.
The udgatar is the chanter of hymns set to melodies (saman) drawn from the Samaveda.
The brahman is the superintendent of the entire performance and is responsible for correcting mistakes by means of supplementary
Answer: Option B. -> Both (d) and (c)
Answer: (b)The Vedic period shows that the vedic people used cows as a medium of exchange. Niska and hiranyapinda, perhaps, were two types I of metallic medium of exchange prevalent in Vedic India. Rigvedic niskas and hiranyapindas, in this period, stood as a link between the money and currency stages of the development of the economy.
Answer: (b)The Vedic period shows that the vedic people used cows as a medium of exchange. Niska and hiranyapinda, perhaps, were two types I of metallic medium of exchange prevalent in Vedic India. Rigvedic niskas and hiranyapindas, in this period, stood as a link between the money and currency stages of the development of the economy.
Answer: Option D. -> Asura
Answer: (d)
Answer: (d)
Answer: Option D. -> Indra
Answer: (d) Maximum number of Shlokas in Rigveda are written in the memory of Indra. Indra was the most popular God in Vedic period.
Answer: (d) Maximum number of Shlokas in Rigveda are written in the memory of Indra. Indra was the most popular God in Vedic period.
Answer: Option D. -> Rigveda
Answer: (d) The Gotra classification came into existence probably during the Rigvedic period. The concept of Gotra was first attempted among Brahmins to classify themselves among different groups. In present days, marriage is not allowed within the same Gotra in order to avoid impure matrimony. This thinking is in tune with the modern day genetic paradigms of hybrid vigour.
Answer: (d) The Gotra classification came into existence probably during the Rigvedic period. The concept of Gotra was first attempted among Brahmins to classify themselves among different groups. In present days, marriage is not allowed within the same Gotra in order to avoid impure matrimony. This thinking is in tune with the modern day genetic paradigms of hybrid vigour.
Question 289. The “Dharma” and “Rita” depict a central idea of ancient Vedic civilization of India. In this context, consider the following statements :
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- Dharma was a conception of obligations and of the discharge of one’s duties to oneself and to others.
- Rita was the fundamental moral law governing the functioning of the universe and all it contained.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: Option B. -> Both 1 and 2
Answer: (b)
Answer: (b)
Question 290. Fire (Agni) was essential to the Vedic religious world because it had tremendous power. It –
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
- Transforms the physical, material goods offered into “food” for the gods.
- Purifies the offerings made to the gods.
- Represents both creative and destructive energy.
- Is the very basis of human domestic life (without heat and cooking, there can be no life).
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Answer: Option C. -> 1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer: (c)
The hymns of the Vedas were chiefly composed for chanting at sacrifices, where animals, grains, milk, and clarified butter (ghee) were offered to the gods.
On the most basic level, the sacrifice was conceived of as a meal offered to the devas by the humans. The medium of these offerings was fire or Agni - both in an earthly sense (the word “Agni” is related to the English word “ignite”) and in a divine sense (Agni was considered the god of fire).
Thus Agni was one of the most prominent gods in all of the Vedas, the messenger between the human and the divine realm, the transporter of the dead, and, in some verses, the embodiment of all gods. Furthermore, Agni was sometimes conceived of as heat, or tapas, which was also the purifying ascetic energy necessary for the proper performance of the ritual; the priests would prepare themselves for the ritual by generating tapas—created through various purification rituals and intense meditation— that burned off their spiritual impurities.
Answer: (c)
The hymns of the Vedas were chiefly composed for chanting at sacrifices, where animals, grains, milk, and clarified butter (ghee) were offered to the gods.
On the most basic level, the sacrifice was conceived of as a meal offered to the devas by the humans. The medium of these offerings was fire or Agni - both in an earthly sense (the word “Agni” is related to the English word “ignite”) and in a divine sense (Agni was considered the god of fire).
Thus Agni was one of the most prominent gods in all of the Vedas, the messenger between the human and the divine realm, the transporter of the dead, and, in some verses, the embodiment of all gods. Furthermore, Agni was sometimes conceived of as heat, or tapas, which was also the purifying ascetic energy necessary for the proper performance of the ritual; the priests would prepare themselves for the ritual by generating tapas—created through various purification rituals and intense meditation— that burned off their spiritual impurities.
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