This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Ancient > Rig Vedic Period – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rig Vedic Period Quiz 1 (37 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following was the center of Aryan activity in the later Vedic period? A) From the Yamuna to the western border of Bengal. B) The Aryavarta. C) The Punjab and Delhi region. D) Uttarapatha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Uttarapatha. 2. With regard to the position of woman during the Vedic age, which one of the following statements is not true? A) The birth of the girl was looked down upon during the early Vedic period. B) The practice of 'Sati' was unknown during the early Vedic period. C) Women enjoyed an honorable position. D) Women took part in religious deliberation during the early Vedic period. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The birth of the girl was looked down upon during the early Vedic period. 3. With which of the following vedic sacrifices was the drink of Sura associated? A) Rajasuya. B) Sautramani. C) Agnistoma. D) Vajapeya. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sautramani. 4. Which work provider detail information about political, social and family life in later vedic period? A) Upanishads. B) Brahman. C) Atharvana veda. D) All the three mentioned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atharvana veda. 5. The staple food of the Vedic Aryan was A) Vegetables and fruits. B) Milk and its products. C) Rice and pulses. D) Barley and rice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Milk and its products. 6. Like the Vedic Aryans the custom of sacrificial fire was also followed by the ancient A) Romans. B) Greeks. C) Iranians. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iranians. 7. The Vedic Aryans did not worship A) Kartikeya. B) Maruta. C) Agni. D) Indra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kartikeya. 8. The river Chenab was known during the Vedic period by the name : A) Askini. B) Shutudri. C) Parushni. D) Vitasta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Askini. 9. In post Vedic period, the republics were known as A) Jana. B) Ur. C) Samiti. D) Sabha. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jana. 10. An inscription of 1400 B.C. which describes the Vedic Gods was found in Asia Minor at ..... A) Boghaz-Koi. B) Hitti. C) Cilicia. D) Euphratide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boghaz-Koi. 11. Which of the following was not one of the reasons for the gradual weakening of the tribal assemblies in the Later Vedic Period? A) Increase in the royal power. B) In large territorial states ordinary people could not travel long distances to attend their meetings. C) The assemblies acquired an aristocratic character which took away most of their effectiveness. D) They also surrendered some of their activities to the new officials called ratnins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increase in the royal power. 12. Vedic Math was highly developed and had the knowledge of an important theorem A) Arithmetic. B) Tables. C) Pythagoras theorem. D) Algebra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pythagoras theorem. 13. The conceusces among historians that the vedic age began earliest in A) 2500-800 B.C. B) 2500 B.C. C) 1200-1000 B.C. D) 1000 BC. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1000 BC. 14. The language of the Vedic period was: A) Dravidian. B) Tamil. C) Sanskrit. D) Hindi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sanskrit. 15. There was no regular tax from land in the early Vedic period, because A) The expenditure of the government was low. B) The people were not settled permanently in one locality. C) The people were not accustomed to paying land tax. D) The king was not considered as the proprietor of the land. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The people were not settled permanently in one locality. 16. The term 'nishka' which meant an ornament in the Vedic period was used in later times to denote a/an- A) Script. B) Weapon. C) Agricultural implement. D) Coin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coin. 17. Nilalohita, a type of earthenware mentioned in the Vedic texts, may be identified with A) Redware. B) Black & Redware. C) Painted grey ware. D) Northern Black polished ware. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Painted grey ware. 18. In the Vedic age, who was the head of "Grama" ? A) Gopati. B) Gramini. C) Kulapa. D) Vispati. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gramini. 19. Which of the following statements regarding Vedic woman is not correct? A) Woman attended assemblies. B) Woman participated in sacrifices. C) Woman was allowed to have Vedic education. D) The family was matriarchal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The family was matriarchal. 20. The word "Godhume" used in the vedic period denoted A) Rice. B) Wheat. C) Cereals. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wheat. 21. Who among the following artisan classes were entitled to wear the sacred thread in the Vedic period? A) Blacksmiths. B) Chariot-makers. C) Goldsmiths. D) Weavers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chariot-makers. 22. Which of the following was not one of the distinguished tribes of the later Vedic period? ' A) Panchalas. B) Videhas. C) Bharatas. D) Kurus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bharatas. 23. The term used to refer to barren land in the Vedic text is A) Vraja. B) Khiva. C) Kulya. D) Suyavas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kulya. 24. In Rig Vedic period, the most important functionary after the king was A) Tax Collector. B) Purohita. C) Senani. D) Law Officer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Purohita. 25. Which of the following descriptions of the Later Vedic officials is not correct? A) Bhagadugha-Collector of taxes. B) Akshavapa-Superintendent of gambling. C) Kshttri-Chamberlain. D) Adhikari-Suuperintendent of Police. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Akshavapa-Superintendent of gambling. 26. Who among the following was worshipped during Early Vedic Civilization? A) Varuna. B) Indra. C) Surya. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 27. Codes of conduct of the Vedic Society are laid down in A) Smritis. B) Brahmanas. C) Puranas. D) Vedas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smritis. 28. Which book of the later Vedic age divides the country into five parts? A) Atharva Veda. B) Satapatha Brahmana. C) Isa Upanishad. D) Aitreya Brahmana. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aitreya Brahmana. 29. During the later Vedic age the centre of Aryan civilization was A) Afghanistan. B) Maharashtra. C) The territory between the rivers Saraswati & Ganga. D) Rajasthan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The territory between the rivers Saraswati & Ganga. 30. Which of the following statements about the administrative system of the Early Vedic period is not correct? A) Forts and strongholds were under purapati. B) The king was assisted by a number of functionaries of whom the two most important were purohita and the senani. C) To provide organization in society. D) Gramani was the head of the village only for civic purposes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gramani was the head of the village only for civic purposes. 31. During the early Vedic period, the society was based on A) Religion. B) Occupation. C) Birth. D) Wealth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Occupation. 32. Vedic term 'Sita' denoted A) Battle field. B) Paddy field. C) Ploughed field. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ploughed field. 33. Who among the following Vedic deities bears resemblance with Avestan God 'Ahurmazda'? A) Vishnu. B) Rudra. C) Varuna. D) Indra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indra. 34. The religion of early Vedic Aryans was primarily of A) Worship of nature and Yajnas. B) Image worship and Yajnas. C) Worship of nature and Bhakti. D) Bhakti. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Worship of nature and Yajnas. 35. The tax which the kings used to collect from the people in the Vedic period was called A) Bali. B) Vidatha. C) Kara. D) Varman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bali. 36. The theory of the origin of the state not mentioned in the Vedic literature is A) The force theory. B) The evolutionary theory. C) The divine theory. D) The contract theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The evolutionary theory. 37. The river most mentioned in early Vedic literature is? A) Sindhu. B) Sutudri. C) Ganga. D) Sarasvati. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sindhu. Related QuizzesIndian History QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesAncient India QuizAncient Indian History QuizBuddhism QuizChandragupta QuizGupta Period QuizHarrapan Civilization QuizIndus QuizJainism Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books