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Question Answer Set - 6 for WBCS/Group D/Rail/WBP/WBPSC Exam

39. The flood Legend in which a divine fish has been

described as rescuing Manu occurs in detail in :

(a) Rigveda samhita

(b) Vajasaneyi samhita

(d) Aitareya Brahmana

40. Which of the following is the Samhita of the

Shukla Yajurveda?

(a) Kathaka Samhita

(b) Maitrayaniya Samhita

(d) Vajasaneyi Samhita

41. Who was the priest of the Bharatas in the battle of

ten kings?

(a) Visvamitra (b) Vasishtha

42. To which Sakha does the published Rigveda

Samhita belong?

(a) Sawnaka (b) Asvalayan

43. Satpatha Brahmana is related to :

(a) Rigveda (b) Yajurveda

44. King Asvapati of the Upanishadic Age was the

ruler of :

(a) Kekaya (b) Matsya

45. Which of the following Upnishads is written in

prose?

(a) Isa (b) Katha

46. Who among the following Vedic deities bears

resemblance with Avestan God ‘Ahurmazda’ ?

(a) Indra (b) Varuna

47. Who among the following was a commentator of

the Manusmriti ?

(a) Asahaya (b) Visvarupa

48. Which of the following is also called

Adharvayuveda ?

(a) Rigveda (b) Yajurveda

49. Which of the following Mandalas is completely

devoted to the Vedic God Soma ?

(a) 1 (b) 5

50. With whom is the Yadu tribe mostly paired in the

Rigveda?

(a) Anu (b) Druhyu

51. The earliest reference to Devakiputra Krishna

occurs in :

(a) Rigveda

(b) Atharvaveda

(d) Chhandogya Upnishad

52. Which one of the following primarily deals with

the construction of sacrificial altars?

(a) Brahmasutra (b) Dharmasutra

53. In the Rigveda, the first hymn of a Mandala is

often addressed to :

(a) Agni (b) Indra

54. Who is the propounder of the theory that the

Rigvedic Aryans and the Harappans might have

been the same people?

(a) R.S. Sharma (b) Romila Thapar

55. Who was the most celebrated craftsman in the

Vedic Age?

(a) Carpenter (b) Coppersmith

56. A story of Sunahsesha, in which his father Ajigarta

is stated to have sold him to Harishchandra,

occurs in :

(a) Aitareya Brahmana

(b) Gopatha Brahmana

(d) Brihadaranyaka Upnishad

57. Which of the following Upnisads includes

Itihasa-Purana in the list of subjects to be taught

to disciples?

(a) Mundaka Upnishad

(b) Chhandogya Upnishad

(d) Katha Upnishad

58. Which of the following Mandalas of Rigveda is

described the battle of ten kings?

(a) Second Mandala (b) Fifth Mandala

59. Who among the following wrote Sanskrit

grammar?

(a) Panini (b) Manu

60. Who wrote the first textbook on Jyotis?

(a) Panini (b) Patanjali

61. Ashtadhyayi was written by :

(a) Panini (b) Katyayan

62. The words “Satyameva Jayate” in the state

emblem of India have been adopted from which

one of the following?

(a) Mundaka Upnishad

(b) Katha Upnishad

(d) Chhandogya Upnishad

63. The great law given of ancient time was :

(a) Vatsyayana (b) Ashoka

64. Which of the following Upnishad is the earliest?

(a) Chhandogya Upanishad

(b) Mundakopnishad

(d) Taitariya Upanishad

65. The largest number of Rigvedic hymns are

devoted to :

(a) Agni (b) Indra

66. During the Rigvedic period, ‘Niska’ was an

ornament of :

(a) Ear (b) Neck

67. Which of the following were regarded as the hub

of Aryan culture during the later Vedic period?

(a) Anga and Magadh

(b) Kosal and Videha

(d) Matsya and Surasena

68. Which of the following inscriptions tells about

the Aryan’s movement from Iran to India?

(a) Mansehra (b) Shahbajgarhi

69. Name the tribe which does not belong to the

Panchajana of Rigvedic Aryans?

(a) Yadu (b) Puru

70. In which of the Vedas, Sabha and Samiti are

called as two daughters of Prajapati?

(a) Rigveda (b) Samveda

71. The largest number of the Mantras in Rigveda

belong to :

(a) Agni (b) Varuna

72. Which of the following Upanishad is the smallest?

(a) Mundaka (b) Mandukya

73. Which of the following Puranaa is the earliest?

(a) Matsya (b) Vishnu

74. The economy of Rigvedic time was :

(a) Urban (b) Rural

75. Who among the following is regarded as War

God in Rigveda?

(a) Agni (b) Indra

76. Sayana the famous commentator of the Vedic

texts, was patronised by :

(a) Parmara rulers (b) Satvahana rulers

77. Which of the following rivers is referred to

as Matetama, Devitama and Naditama in the

Rigveda?

(a) Sindhu (b) Saraswati

78. The word Yava mentioned in Rigveda is used for

which agricultural product?

(a) Barley (b) Gram

Answer Key :

39. (c) Hindu flood myth from the Satapatha

Brahmana, the Matsya Avatar saves the pious and

the first man, Manu, and advises him to build a

giant boat.

40. (d) Yajurveda has two main branches called

Shukla Yajurveda and Krishna Yajurveda.

Shukla Yajurveda is also called as “Vajasameyi

Samhita” and it was brought to this world by Sage

Yaajnavalkya after learning from the God Sun.

41. (b) In the battle of ten kings, Vashistha was the

priest of Bharata tribes. Vashistha and his family

are glorified in their role in the Battle of the Ten

Kings, making him the only mortal besides Bhava

to have a Rigvedic hymn dedicated to him.

43. (b) The Satapatha Brahmana is a Hindu

sacred text which describes details of Vedic

rituals, including philosophical and mythological

background, is related to Yajurveda.

44. (a) The Kekaya kingdom was situated on the

bank of river Beas, east of Gandhar kingdom. King

Aswapati ruled Kekaya when Janak was the king

of Videha.

45. (c) Brihadaranyaka Upanishad is written in

the prose. It is contained within the Shatapatha

Brahmana, and its status as an independent

Upanishad may be considered a secondary

extraction of a portion of the Brahmana text. It

consists of three sections or Khandas: the Madhu

Khanda, the Yajnavalkya or the Muni Khanda and

the Khila Khanda.

46. (a) Indra was the Vedic deities bears resemblance

with Avestan god Ahurmazda. In Zoroastrianism as

reflected in the Avesta, Ahura Mazda is identified

with the beneficent spirit and directly opposed

to the destructive one. He is all-wise, liberal,

undeceiving and the creator of everything good.

47. (d) Medhatithi was first Sanskritscholar who did

commentary on Manusmriti a Dhramashastra. The

exact date of Medhatithi’s writing is unclear, and

he has been placed anywhere between about 820

and 1050 AD.

49. (c) Soma was one of the more important gods in

the Rigveda. The ninth Mandala of the Rigveda,

also called the Soma Mandala, has 114 hymns,

entirely devoted to Soma Pavamana, ‘Purifying

Soma’, the sacred potion of the Vedic religion.

50. (c) Yadu tribe is one of the Indo-Aryan tribes

mentioned in the Rigveda. They are mostly paired

with Turvasu in Rigveda.

51. (d) The first reference to Krishna occurs in the

Chhandogya Upanishad of perhaps the sixth

century B.C.

52. (d) The Sulvasutra are sutra texts belonging to

the Srauta ritual and deal with complex fire altars

of various shapes constructed with bricks of

specific shapes and area. This proves that despite

no existence of algebra, there was an awareness

of precise purely geometrical calculations.

53. (a) The first hymn of each Mandala has

addressed to Agni and his name is the first word

of the Rigveda. The remaining hymns are mainly

addressed to Indra, Varuna, Mitra, the Ashvins,

the Maruts, Usas, Surya, Rbhus, Rudra, Vayu,

Brhaspati, Visnu, Heaven and Earth, and all the

Gods.

54. (c) “Rigvedic Aryans and the Harappans might

have been same people”. The theory was given by

B.B. Lal.

55. (a) Rigveda mentions artisans as the carpenter,

the chariot-maker, the weaver, the leather worker,

the potter, etc. This indicates that they practised

all these crafts. Carpenter was the most celebrated

craftsman in the Vedic age.

56. (a) The story of Sunahsesha in which his

father Ajigarta is stated to have sold him to

Harishchandra, occurs in Aitareya Brahmana.

57. (b) Chhandogya Upanishad belongs Puranas,

together with Itihas, had acquired the high status

of a fifth or Panchama Veda.

58. (c) Battle of the Ten Kings is a battle alluded to

in Mandala 7 of the Rigveda. It is a battle between

Aryans allied with other tribes of the north-west

India and guided by the royal sage Vishvamitra,

oppose the Trtsu (Bharata) king Sudas in battle,

but are defeated.

59. (a) Panini was a Sanskrit grammarian who gave a

comprehensive and scientific theory of phonetics,

phonology and morphology of Sanskrit language.

60. (d) Maharishi Bhrigu was the first compiler of

predictive astrology, Jyotisha. He is credited as the

father of Hindu astrology and the first astrological

treatise Bhrigu Samhita is attributed to his

authorship.The Bhrigu Samhita is an astrological

(Jyotish) classic attributed to Maharishi Bhrigu

during the Vedic period.

61. (a) Ashtadhyayi is a Sanskrit treatise on grammar

written in the 6th to 5th century BC by the Indian

grammarian Panini. This is one of the earliest

known grammars of Sanskrit language.

62. (a) ‘Satyameva Jayate’ is a mantra from the

ancient Indian scripture Mundaka Upanishad.

Upon independence of India, it was adopted as

the national motto of India.

63. (c) Manu-smriti (Laws of Manu), traditionally,

the most authoritative of the books of the Hindu

code (Dharmashastra) in India. It is attributed to

the legendary first man and lawgiver, Manu. In its

present form, it dates from the 1st century BCE.

65. (b) The Rigvedic hymns are dedicated to various

deities, chief of whom are Indra, a heroic god

praised for having slain his enemy Vrtra; Agni,

the sacrificial fire; and Soma, the sacred potion or

the plant it is made from.

66. (b) In Rigvedic period, Niska was a gold necklace

in the beginning but later it was also used as a coin

for giving as a reward to a poet.

67. (c) The Aryans further moved towards east in the

later Vedic period. The Satapatha Brahmana refers

to the expansion of Aryans to the eastern Gangetic

plains. Several tribal groups and kingdoms are

mentioned in the later Vedic literature. One

important development during this period is the

growth of large kingdoms Kuru and Panchala

kingdoms and they were regarded as the hub of

Aryan culture.

68. (c) One of the Boghazkoi inscriptions proves

that the Aryans are from Central Asia and their

movements from Iran to India.

69. (d) Panchjanya is the common name given to

five most ancient vedic tribes. It is supposed that

they are all descendants of the Five Folks and are

known by that name, e.g. Yadav for descendants

of Yadu, Paurav for descendants of Puru and so on.

Kikat tribe does not belong to the Panchajahya of

Rigvedic aryans.

70. (d) During the Vedic period Sabha was a body of

village elders and Samiti was a general assembly

in which all the members of the community

participated. Sabha and Samiti are depicted

as the two daughters of Prajapati mentioned in

Atharvaveda.

72. (b) Mandukya Upanishad is the smallest among

the ten principal Upanishads. Though being

smallest in size, it is highest in philosophy and

deals with the subject of Pure Consciousness

directly.

73. (a) Matsya Purana is one of the oldest of the 18

post-Vedic Hindu scriptures called the Puranas. It

narrates the story of Matsya, the first of ten major

Avatars of the Hindu god Vishnu.

77. (b) The river Sarswati is referred to as Matetama,

Devitama and Naditama in Rigveda. The Saraswati

is praised lavishly in the Rigveda as the best of all

the rivers, especially in the Nadistuti Sukta.

78. (a) It is accepted that the word ‘yava’ in the oldest

texts, including the Rigveda, applied to any type

of grain that was grounded into flour. Yet, many

Indologists treat the word as meaning specifically

barley.

Question Answer Set - 6 for WBCS/Group D/Rail/WBP/WBPSC Exam

Question Answer Set - 6 for WBCS/Group D/Rail/WBP/WBPSC Exam

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