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Answer: Option B. -> Tapti
Answer: (b)The Sapta Sindhu (seven rivers) plays a prominent part in the hymns of the Rigveda. The Rigveda mentions rivers Kabul, Swat, Kurram, Gumal, Indus, Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas, Sutlej, etc. which proves that the settlements were in Afghanistan and Punjab as well. The river Tapti is not mentioned in Rigveda.
Answer: (b)The Sapta Sindhu (seven rivers) plays a prominent part in the hymns of the Rigveda. The Rigveda mentions rivers Kabul, Swat, Kurram, Gumal, Indus, Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas, Sutlej, etc. which proves that the settlements were in Afghanistan and Punjab as well. The river Tapti is not mentioned in Rigveda.
Answer: Option A. -> Boghaz-Koi
Answer: (a)
Answer: (a)
Answer: Option A. -> 4 3 2 1
Answer: (a)
Answer: (a)
Answer: Option C. -> Vedanga
Answer: (c) Vedanga does not come under Shruti literature. It comes from post-Vedic literature. The Vedanga (limbs of the Veda) are six auxiliary disciplines traditionally associated with the study and understanding of the Vedas. They are Shiksha, Kalpa, Vyakarana, Nirukta, Chandas and Jyotisha.
Answer: (c) Vedanga does not come under Shruti literature. It comes from post-Vedic literature. The Vedanga (limbs of the Veda) are six auxiliary disciplines traditionally associated with the study and understanding of the Vedas. They are Shiksha, Kalpa, Vyakarana, Nirukta, Chandas and Jyotisha.
Answer: Option C. -> The birth of girl was looked down upon during the early vedic period
Answer: (c)
Answer: (c)
Answer: Option C. -> Yajurveda
Answer: (c) The Satapatha Brahmana is a Hindu sacred text which describes details of Vedic rituals, including philosophical and mythological background, is related to Yajurveda.
Answer: (c) The Satapatha Brahmana is a Hindu sacred text which describes details of Vedic rituals, including philosophical and mythological background, is related to Yajurveda.
Answer: Option A. -> 9
Answer: (a) Soma was one of the more important gods in the Rigveda. The ninth Mandala of the Rigveda, also called the Soma Mandala, has 114 hymns, entirely devoted to Soma Pavamana, ‘Purifying Soma’, the sacred potion of the Vedic religion.
Answer: (a) Soma was one of the more important gods in the Rigveda. The ninth Mandala of the Rigveda, also called the Soma Mandala, has 114 hymns, entirely devoted to Soma Pavamana, ‘Purifying Soma’, the sacred potion of the Vedic religion.
Answer: Option D. -> If both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Answer: (d)
Answer: (d)
Answer: Option D. -> Mundaka Upnishad
Answer: (d) ‘Satyameva Jayate’ is a mantra from the ancient Indian scripture Mundaka Upanishad. Upon independence of India, it was adopted as the national motto of India.
Answer: (d) ‘Satyameva Jayate’ is a mantra from the ancient Indian scripture Mundaka Upanishad. Upon independence of India, it was adopted as the national motto of India.
Question 60. Which of the following statements are correct with regard to the Rig Vedic period?
Select the answer from the codes given below –
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak argues that the Aryans came from the Arctic region on astronomical calculations.
- B.C. Max Muller placed the beginning of the Vedic literature in the latter half of the second millennium B.C.
- The Rigveda has been included by the UNESCO in the list of literature signifying World Human Heritage.
Select the answer from the codes given below –
Answer: Option C. -> 1, 2 and 3
Answer: (c)
The age of the Early Vedic period corresponds with the date of the composition of the Rig Vedic hymns. This date has been fixed between 1500 BC and 1000 BC. The later Vedic period is placed between 1000 BC and 600 BC. The original home of the Aryans is a debatable question and there are several views. Different scholars have identified different regions as the original home of the Aryans.
They include the Arctic region, Germany, Central Asia and southern Russia. However, the theory of southern Russia appears to be more probable and widely accepted by historians.
From there, the Aryans moved to different parts of Asia and Europe. They entered India in about 1500 B.C. and came to be known as Indo-Aryans. They spoke the Indo-Aryan language, Sanskrit.
Answer: (c)
The age of the Early Vedic period corresponds with the date of the composition of the Rig Vedic hymns. This date has been fixed between 1500 BC and 1000 BC. The later Vedic period is placed between 1000 BC and 600 BC. The original home of the Aryans is a debatable question and there are several views. Different scholars have identified different regions as the original home of the Aryans.
They include the Arctic region, Germany, Central Asia and southern Russia. However, the theory of southern Russia appears to be more probable and widely accepted by historians.
From there, the Aryans moved to different parts of Asia and Europe. They entered India in about 1500 B.C. and came to be known as Indo-Aryans. They spoke the Indo-Aryan language, Sanskrit.
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