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The Vedas and Rig Veda

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The word ‘veda’ has been derived from the word ‘vid’. What is the meaning of this word?

a)

God

b)

Knowledge

c)

Wisdom

d)

Religious

2.

Which of the following vedas deals with magic spells and witchcraft?

a)

Rig veda

b)

Sama veda

c)

Yajur veda

d)

Atharva veda

3.

The most significant divinity of Rigveda was

a)

Rudra

b)

Varuna

c)

Surya

d)

Thunder

4.

What is the time bracket for the Rigvedic period?

a)

2000 B.C -1500 B.C

b)

2500 B.C - 2000 B.C

c)

1500 B.C – 1000 B.C

d)

1000 B.C – 600 B.C

5.

The Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas and Dharmasutras are all written in which language?

a)

Hindi

b)

Prakrit

c)

Pali

d)

Sanskrit

6.

(a)   was composed about 3500 years ago.

7.

WHAT IS VEDIC AGE ?

a)

AN PERIOD WHERE RIG VEDA WAS WRITTEN

b)

AN PERIOD WHERE THE VEDAS WERE WRITTEN

c)

AN PERIOD WHERE INDO EUROPEAN LANGUAGES FLOURISHED

d)

AN PERIOD WHERE THE CASTE SYSTEM ORIGINATED

8.

THE VEDAS WERE WRITTEN BY VARIOUS--------------------------- , WHO WERE SAID TO HAVE RECIEVED IT DIRECTLY FROM GOD

a)

MONKS

b)

BRAHMINS

c)

POETS

d)

SAGES

9.

HOW WAS THE VEDIC KNOWLWDGE WAS TRANSMITTED GENERATIONS TO ANOTHER GENERATIONS.

a)

THROUGH ORALLY

b)

THROUGH STUDYING

c)

THROUGH PRESERVING

d)

THROUGH HIDING

10.

RIG VEDA CONTAINS ____________________ HYMNS AND ARE DIVIDED INTO ______________ MANDALS

a)

1027,10

b)

1028,12

c)

1085,5

d)

1026, 10

11.

WHAT IS RIG VEDA ?

a)

A COLLECTION OF PRAYERS OFFERED TO AGNI, INDRA, SURYA , VISHNU, BRAHMA GODS

b)

A COLLECTION OF PRAYERS OFFERED TO AGNI, SHIV, INDRA, VARUNA GODS

c)

A COLLECTIONS OF 13 MANDALS ANS 1030 HYMNS

d)

A COLLECTIONS OF PRAYERS OFFERED TO AGNI, INDRA, VARUNA - SURYA GODS

12.

VEDIC AGE TELLS US About ________________

a)

archaelogical sources

b)

written sources

c)

orally sources

13.

HOW MANY VEDAS ARE THERE ?

a)

3

b)

BOTH 3 AND 4

c)

4

d)

NONE OF THESE

14.

The Early vedic age is also called as

a)

Rigvedic age

b)

Epic age

c)

Sama age

d)

Yajur age

15.

Agni was the

a)

fire god

b)

rain god

c)

earth god

d)

wind god

16.

_________ was the God of water.

a)

Varuna

b)

Prithvi

c)

Usha

17.

The vedas were orally handed over from generation to generation.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

(a)   is the hymn in praise of rivers in the Rigveda.

19.

"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 _______________.

a)

Ganga and Yamuna doab

b)

Karnataka

c)

Punjab

d)

Maharashtra

e)

eastern Afghanisthan

20.

"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)   .