Choose the correct answer:
Question 1.
Which of the following is the oldest Veda?
(a) Samaveda
(b) Yajurveda
(c) Rigveda
(d) Atharvaveda
Answer
Answer: (c) Rigveda
Question 2.
Who is the ‘god of fire’ according to Rigveda?
(a) Agni
(b) Indra
(c) Soma
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Agni
Question 3.
In which language is ‘The Rigveda’ written?
(a) Vedic Sanskrit
(b) Vedic Hindi
(c) Vedic Tamil
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Vedic Sanskrit
Question 4.
Which of the two rivers are studied in the Rigveda?
(a) Ganga and Yamuna
(b) Beas and Sutlej
(c) Saraswati and Brahmaputra
(d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (b) Beas and Sutlej
Question 5.
When was the Rigveda written?
(a) About 3500 years ago
(b) About 1000 years ago
(c) About 500 years ago
(d) About 1500 years ago
Answer
Answer: (a) About 3500 years ago
Question 6.
On which bark was the Rigveda written?
(a) Neem Bark
(b) Cinkona Bark
(c) Tulsi Bark
(d) Birch Bark
Answer
Answer: (d) Birch Bark
Question 7.
Where is birch bark found? In.
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Pune
(c) Delhi
(d) Kashmir
Answer
Answer: (d) Kashmir
Question 8.
Who were the Priests in the ancient time?
(a) Brahmins
(b) Sikhs
(c) Muslims
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Brahmins
Question 9.
Which were the two words used to describe the people or the community as a whole?
(a) Jana and Vish
(b) Aryas and Dasas
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Jana and Vish
Question 10.
In which region was the Rigveda composed?
(a) North-east
(b) North-west
(c) North-south
(d) Western-east
Answer
Answer: (b) North-west
Question 11.
When the dead body was buried with gold beads it means that the dead man was Fill in the blank with suitable word chosen from the following:
(a) rich man
(b) poor man
(c) chief
(d) follower
Answer
Answer: (a) rich man
Question 12.
The evidence of which fruits were found?
(a) Ber, Amla, Jamun
(b) Mango
(c) Apple
(d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Ber, Amla, Jamun