Vedic Civilization - MCQs with answers - Part I

Vedic Civilization - MCQs with answers - Part I


1. Who among the following was worshipped during Early Vedic Civilization?

a) Varuna
b) Indra
c) Surya
d) All the above

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ANSWER: d) All the above

They worshipped nature - Varuna, the god of wind and sky; Indra, the god of rain and thunder; Surya, the sun god.



2. Where were the hymns of Rigveda compose?

a) Punjab
b) Gujarat
c) Rajasthan
d) Uttar Pradesh

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ANSWER: a) Punjab

Aryans were nomadic pastoral people who originally inhabited the Caspian Sea region of Central Asia. In the middle of the third millennium BC, they started a great migration towards Europe and Asia. In search of pastures a section of this migratory population reached the frontiers of the Indian subcontinent around 2000 BC. They settled down in Punjab.



3. What was the language of Aryans?

a) Hindi
b) Bengali
c) Punjabi
d) Sanskrit


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ANSWER: d) Sanskrit
The Aryans lived in tribes and spoke Sanskrit which belongs to the Indo-European group of languages.


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