Important GK Question about Vedic Period
- Who is considered to be the period of pre-Vedic or Rigvedic culture – 1500 BC From 1000 BC
- Who is believed to be the period of post-Vedic culture – 1000 BC From 600 BC
- The word ‘Arya’ literally means – best or noble
- Which crop was not known to the people of Vedic period – tobacco
- By what name were the anti-Vedic and anti-Brahmin religious teachers of the post-Vedic period – Shramana
- An important part of Vedic mathematics is the Shul Sutra.
- In which Vedas is there information about the culture of ancient Vedic age – Rigveda
- What is the number of Vedas – four
- The words ‘Satyameva Jayate’ which are used in the royal emblem of India are derived from which Upanishads – Mundaka Upanishad
- What was the main occupation of the Rigvedic Aryans – animal husbandry
- Adi Granth of Indian music is called – Samaveda
- Who is the first law maker – Manu
- The first and main text of Krishna devotion is – Srimad Bhagwat Gita
- What is the main form of property in Rigveda – Godhan
- In which division of the Rigveda is the Shudra mentioned for the first time – in the 10th
- What is the number of Puranas – 18
- Whose worship was the main feature of Vedic religion – nature
- For which deity is the word ‘Purandar’ used in the Rigveda – Indra
- ‘Shulva Sutra’ is a book related to which subject – Geometry
- Where is ‘Asato Ma Sadgamay’ derived from – Rigveda
- Arya came from outside India and settled first – in Punjab
- Which mandal of Rigveda is completely dedicated to Mon – ninth mandal
- The famous ten kings war ‘Dasraj war’ was fought on the banks of which river – Parupani
- What is the rate of land revenue in the scriptures – 1/6
- What era is associated with the era of 800 BCE to 600 BCE – Brahmin era
- The most described river in early Vedic literature is – Indus.
- Where was the ruler Ashwapati of the Upanishad period – Kekay’s
- In which Upanishads do Nachiketa and Yama communicate about spiritual knowledge – in Kathopanishad
- Where should the location of the Vedic river Kubha (Kabul) be determined – in Afghanistan
- The philosophical system propounded by Kapil Muni is – Sankhya Darshan
- The excavation of which place of India has found the oldest evidence of the prevalence of ferrous metal – Atranjikhera
- In which period the concept of untouchables clearly emerged – in the period of theology
- Which book is found in the Gayatri Mantra (addressed to Goddess Savitri) – Rigveda
- Justice was promoted – Gautam
- Were known in ancient India from ‘Nishk’ – gold jewelery
- Yoga is an exponent of philosophy – Patanjali
- Upanishads are books – on philosophy
- The religion of pre-Vedic Aryans was predominantly – nature-worship and yajna
- The book ‘Charaka Samhita’ is related to which subject – medical
- The rituals related to Yajna are revealed – from Yajurveda
- What was the Vedic era ‘Sabha’ – was the Council of Ministers
- Popular governance system prevalent in the Vedic era was – Republic
- Which is the oldest Veda – Rigveda
- Who is the initial ideology of Indian philosophy – Statistics
- Sankhya, Yoga, Justice, Vaiseshika, Mimamsa, and Vedanta – these six different Indian
- philosophies were clearly expressed – in the Vedic age
- Which is the handiwork that was not brought into practice by the Aryans – Luhar (Lohargiri)
- The oldest grammar is the creator of ‘Ashtadhyayi’ – Panini
- Which memory is the oldest – Manusmriti
- Who is given the noun of ‘Adi Kavya’ – Ramayana
- The oldest Purana is – Matsya Purana
- Which is considered the holiest river in Rigveda – Saraswati
- The basic unit of Vedic society was – Kaal / Kutumb
- Which was the oldest institution of the Rigvedic era – Vida
- Who is the oldest among the Brahma texts – Shatapatha Brahmin
- When did the ‘gotra’ system come into vogue – North-Vedic period
- Manusmriti is mainly related to social order
- Who composed the Gayatri Mantra – Vishwamitra
- There is a similarity between ‘Avesta’ and ‘Rigveda’. Which region is related to ‘Avesta’ – Iran
- How many verses are there in the Rigveda – 1028
- Whose compilation is based on Rigveda – Samaveda
- Kis Veda describes the magical Maya and spells – Atharva Veda
- The term ‘Arya’ indicates – to the ethnic group
- In the Rigveda, which is found in ‘Vivah Sukta’, which describes the oldest marriage ceremony?
- In the Rigveda, the word ‘aghanya’ (not slaughter) was used for – cow
- Which rivers are mentioned in the Rigveda indicate the relationship of Aryans with
- Afghanistan – Kubha, Kramu
- Who favored the Arctic home theory of Aryans – B.G. Tilak
- ‘Atharva’ means sacred magic
- Which Veda is also composed partly in prose form – Yajurveda
- Which god had the highest position in the post-Vedic period – Prajapati
- What is the total number of verses – 16
- The theory of karma is related to – epistemology
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