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WorksheetsWhat books and burials tell us?
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of the following is correctly matched?
Agni- the god of fire
Indra- a warrior god
Varun -the god of sky
Agni- the god of water
Indra- a warrior god
Varun -the god of fire
Agni- the god of air
Indra- a warrior god
Varun -the god of sky
Agni- the god of fire
Indra- a god of veda
Varun -the god of water
Some of the hymns in the Rigveda are in the form of __________________
Dialogues
Poem
Prose
All of the above
Two words were used to describe the people or the community as a whole. One was the word jana, The other was ______________.
State
Vish
Kingdom
Democracy
Sometimes, the people who composed the hymns described themselves as Aryas. Who were the opponents of Arya?
Dasas
Rajas
Brahman
None of the above
These stone boulders are known as megaliths which means________________
Small stones
Big stones
Burial sites.
all of the above
In -------------------, a skeleton was buried with 33 gold beads, 2 stone beads, and one conch shell whereas other skeleton only had a pot
Inamgaon
Brahmagiri
Kurukshetra
None of theabove
The Rigveda is the oldest Veda,it was composed about ------------- years ago
5300 years ago
3300 years ago
3500 years ago
1500 years ago
Most prayers in the Rigveda are for cattle, children and horses
cattle, children and elephant
Tiger, children and horses
cattle, children and horses
cattle, old men and horses
The Rigveda includes more than a thousand hymns, called -----------------
Sukta or “well-said”
Sukta or “ill-said”
both are correct
both are wrong
The hymns in the Rig Veda were composed by ..............
Kings
Priest
Sages
Dasas
There were many prayers for?
Cattle
Children
Horses
All of these
Which of the following is not a Veda?
Yajurveda
Samveda
Rigveda
Saraswati
The Vedic people are generally refered as?
Aryans
Dasyu
Brahmin
Vaishyas
What is the language of the Vedas?
Pali
Urdu
Sanskrit
Prakrit
__________ is the assembly of selected people of the tribe
Sudha
Samiti
Somveda
Sabha
The two groups of people based on their work are _________
Jana and Vish
Brahmins and Rajas
Aryans and Dasas
Rajas and Aryans
What are megaliths?
A large pre-historic stone that has been used to construct a structure or monument.
It is used to describe people or the community as a whole. It is still used in Hindi and other languages.
A stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem river or a lake
An expression for the sunlight as it filters through the trees
Which of these is the common feature of burial sites found in India?
The dead bodies were missing from the spots
The dead were buried with their loved ones
The dead were wrapped in bandages
The dead were buried with distinctive pots
Which of the following is the oldest Veda?
Samaveda
Yajurveda
Rigveda
Atharvaveda
A special burial ground in Inamgaon is situated near river ___________
Ghod
Ganga
Bhramaputra
Kaveri
