This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian History > Ancient > Rig Vedic Period – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Rig Vedic Period Quiz 1 (20 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) Women enjoyed an honorable position. B) The birth of the girl was looked down upon during the early Vedic period. C) Women took part in religious deliberation during the early Vedic period. D) The practice of 'Sati' was unknown during the early Vedic period. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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) Sautramani. B) Agnistoma. C) Rajasuya. D) Vajapeya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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) Maruta. B) Agni. C) Kartikeya. D) Indra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kartikeya. 8. The river Chenab was known during the Vedic period by the name : A) Parushni. B) Askini. C) Vitasta. D) Shutudri. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Askini. 9. In post Vedic period, the republics were known as A) Jana. B) Sabha. C) Ur. D) Samiti. 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) Euphratide. D) Cilicia. 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) Pythagoras theorem. B) Algebra. C) Arithmetic. D) Tables. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pythagoras theorem. 13. The conceusces among historians that the vedic age began earliest in A) 1000 BC. B) 1200-1000 B.C. C) 2500-800 B.C. D) 2500 B.C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1000 BC. 14. The language of the Vedic period was: A) Sanskrit. B) Tamil. C) Hindi. D) Dravidian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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) Coin. B) Weapon. C) Agricultural implement. D) Script. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coin. 17. Nilalohita, a type of earthenware mentioned in the Vedic texts, may be identified with A) Redware. B) Painted grey ware. C) Northern Black polished ware. D) Black & Redware. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Painted grey ware. 18. In the Vedic age, who was the head of "Grama" ? A) Kulapa. B) Gopati. C) Gramini. D) Vispati. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 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. 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