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Revision: Vedic Period

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Write your full name

4 lines
2.

The Aryans were ____________ who had migrated to India

a)

Warriors

b)

Traders

c)

Travellers

d)

Pastoralists

3.

The Aryans had migrated from a region in Central Asia near the Caspian Sea

a)

True

b)

False

4.

The Vedas were composed by____________

a)

Sages or Rishis

b)

Craftsmen

c)

Authors & Poets

d)

Travellers

5.

The Vedas were written in Vedic Sanskrit

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Which is the oldest Veda?

a)

Yajur

b)

Atharva

c)

Rig

d)

Sama

7.

The Aryans used to worship ______________

a)

Idols of gods and goddesses

b)

In beautifully constructed temples

c)

5 elements of nature in an open place

8.

The Aryan tribes lived with each other peacefully

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The Aryans used to choose a leader from among themselves. This person was brave and the most skillful warrior from the tribe.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The Aryans used to believe in performing religious rituals and would offer ghee, fruits and milk to their deities

a)

True

b)

False

11.

_____________________ were the simple explanation of the Vedas

a)

Upanishadas

b)

Puranas

c)

Brahmanas

12.

Apart from the literary sources such as the Vedas; historians have studied the archaeological evidences to know about Aryans as well

a)

True

b)

False

13.

The Aryan Society was divided into sections known as Varnas

a)

True

b)

False

14.

There were 5 Varnas in Vedic society

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Brahmins were the learned men of society

a)

True

b)

False

16.

The basic unit of Vedic society was:

a)

Kula

b)

Jana

c)

Grama

17.

The title of the king during the Vedic period was:

a)

Adiraja

b)

Rajan

c)

Samrat

18.

The eldest male member was the head of the Aryan family also called:

a)

Guru

b)

Rajan

c)

Grihapati

19.

The Varna which engaged in trading or making handicrafts was:

a)

Vaishyas

b)

Shudras

c)

Kshatriyas

d)

Brahmins

20.

The Shudras and the dasas were treated equally and they had the right to study the Vedas

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Two popular assemblies of the Vedic period:

a)

Ur and kula

b)

Sabha and Samiti

c)

Rajasuya and Ashvamedha

22.

___________________ was the warrior class in Vedic society:

a)

Vaishyas

b)

Kshatriya

c)

Dasas

d)

Rishis

23.

In the Early Vedic Period the Varna of a person was entirely dependent on:

a)

Economic Status

b)

Bali

c)

Occupation

d)

Birth

24.

Vedic Society became and rigid and complex during the Later Vedic Period:

a)

True

b)

False