WorksheetsThe Vedas and Rig Veda
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
The word ‘veda’ has been derived from the word ‘vid’. What is the meaning of this word?
God
Knowledge
Wisdom
Religious
Which of the following vedas deals with magic spells and witchcraft?
Rig veda
Sama veda
Yajur veda
Atharva veda
The most significant divinity of Rigveda was
Rudra
Varuna
Surya
Thunder
What is the time bracket for the Rigvedic period?
2000 B.C -1500 B.C
2500 B.C - 2000 B.C
1500 B.C – 1000 B.C
1000 B.C – 600 B.C
The Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas and Dharmasutras are all written in which language?
Hindi
Prakrit
Pali
Sanskrit
(a) was composed about 3500 years ago.
WHAT IS VEDIC AGE ?
AN PERIOD WHERE RIG VEDA WAS WRITTEN
AN PERIOD WHERE THE VEDAS WERE WRITTEN
AN PERIOD WHERE INDO EUROPEAN LANGUAGES FLOURISHED
AN PERIOD WHERE THE CASTE SYSTEM ORIGINATED
THE VEDAS WERE WRITTEN BY VARIOUS--------------------------- , WHO WERE SAID TO HAVE RECIEVED IT DIRECTLY FROM GOD
MONKS
BRAHMINS
POETS
SAGES
HOW WAS THE VEDIC KNOWLWDGE WAS TRANSMITTED GENERATIONS TO ANOTHER GENERATIONS.
THROUGH ORALLY
THROUGH STUDYING
THROUGH PRESERVING
THROUGH HIDING
RIG VEDA CONTAINS ____________________ HYMNS AND ARE DIVIDED INTO ______________ MANDALS
1027,10
1028,12
1085,5
1026, 10
WHAT IS RIG VEDA ?
A COLLECTION OF PRAYERS OFFERED TO AGNI, INDRA, SURYA , VISHNU, BRAHMA GODS
A COLLECTION OF PRAYERS OFFERED TO AGNI, SHIV, INDRA, VARUNA GODS
A COLLECTIONS OF 13 MANDALS ANS 1030 HYMNS
A COLLECTIONS OF PRAYERS OFFERED TO AGNI, INDRA, VARUNA - SURYA GODS
VEDIC AGE TELLS US About ________________
archaelogical sources
written sources
orally sources
HOW MANY VEDAS ARE THERE ?
3
BOTH 3 AND 4
4
NONE OF THESE
The Early vedic age is also called as
Rigvedic age
Epic age
Sama age
Yajur age
Agni was the
fire god
rain god
earth god
wind god
_________ was the God of water.
Varuna
Prithvi
Usha
The vedas were orally handed over from generation to generation.
True
False
(a) is the hymn in praise of rivers in the Rigveda.
"First thou goest united with the Trishtama on this journey, with the Susartu, the Rasa, and the Sveti, 0 Sindhu with the Kubha (Kophen, Cabul river) to the Gomoti (Gomal), with the Mehatnu to the Krumu (Kurum) with whom thou proceedest together."
From this hymn of Veda , we know that the Vedic people lived in _______________.
Ganga and Yamuna doab
Karnataka
Punjab
Maharashtra
eastern Afghanisthan
"I am a poet, my father is a physician and my mother is a grinder. Earning livelihood through different means, we live together." The hymn from Rig Veda suggests that the Vedic society did not have (a) .
