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called - Upanayana sanskar - 18 chapters (Parvas)

Vedic ⬥ The veda which deals with the

rituals is
⬥ The famous epic Mahabharata
was

Age known as - Yajurveda

⬥ Rigveda, Samaveda, and

written by - Ved Vyasa

⬥ The most discussed river in the

Yajurveda are Rig

jointly called - Vedatryi Veda is - Saraswati

⬥ Asikni river, a part of Sapta - ⬥ The Atharvaveda is a collection ⬥ The details of coronation cere-
Sindhu, is of mony are

ancient name of - Chenab river - 20 khandas narrated in which scripture

⬥Veda that depicts the life of early ⬥ The term 'Ayas' in Rigveda - Aitareya Brahmana
Vedic refers to - Metal
⬥Gopatha Brahmana is associated
people of India - Rigveda with the
⬥ The total number of Vedangas
are - 6
⬥The Rigveda is a collection of - Atharvaveda
1,028
⬥ The Mimamsa-sutra was written
by ⬥ The Vedic Aryans lived in the
hymns divided into - 10 mandalas area called
- Rishi Jaimini
⬥ Black (krishna) and white - Sapt - Sindhu
(Shukla), were
⬥ Vedic religion was also known
as ⬥ Ancient name of Jhelum is -
the two categories of - Yajurveda Vitasta
- Brahmanism
⬥ ‘Lord of the Plough’ in the later ⬥ A wealthy person in the early
Vedic Vedic
⬥ Love marriage during the Vedic
Period is
period - Indra period was known as - Gomat
known as - Gandharva Vivah
⬥ The Manusmriti is written in - ⬥ Dasarajna war is mentioned in -
Sanskrit Rigveda
⬥ Marriage with the same varna
with Vedic
⬥ The oldest vedas is - Rigveda ⬥The varna primarily engaged in
rituals - Brahma Vivaha cultivation
⬥ The shortest among the four
⬥ The number of types of mar- animal husbandry, and trade dur-
Vedas is - Samaveda riages during ing the

⬥ Hymns of the Rigveda are the Vedic Period - 8 later Vedic period - vaishya
known as
⬥ Marriage done by purchase dur- ⬥ The main (chief) social unit of
- Sukta ing the the Aryans

⬥ River, named only once in Vedic Period was called - Asura - Jana
Rigveda Vivah
⬥ Veda includes magic spells and
- Ganga River ⬥ Marriage by abduction during charms
the Vedic
⬥ The sanskara initiating a boy into for warding off evil spirits and
Period was known as - Rakshasa Diseases
spiritual student (brahmachari) life Vivah
is -Atharva Veda
⬥The epic Mahabharata consists of
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⬥ The Purva Mimansa school of denote - Nearness ⬥ Protecting people and adminis-
tering
philosophy was founded by - ⬥ The Oldest Upanishad - Bri-
Jaimini hadaranyaka justice was the responsibility of -
Kshatriya
⬥ The Bharat clan is first men- ⬥ The Aitareya Upanishad belongs
tioned in to the ⬥ Brahmana, Kshatriya, Vaishya
and
- Rig Veda fourth, fifth and sixth chapters of
the Shudra were - Four varnas
⬥ Brahmacharya,
Grihastha,Vanaprastha, second book of Aitareya Aranyaka ⬥ Veda dealt with music - Sama
of the Veda
and Sanyasa are the four ashrams
- Rig Veda ⬥ To rescue the earth, which sunk
recognised by - Brahmins into the
⬥ Upanishads, Brahmanas and
⬥ Sanskrit is a part of a family of Aranyakas water. Lord Vishnu took the shape
of
languages known as - Indo - are part of - Vedic literature
European - Boar
⬥ Rigveda consists of 10 chapters
⬥ The ancient name of Beas river (called ⬥ The third of the 10 incarnations
of the
- Vipasha Mandalas) that consists of - 1028
hymns
⬥Total number of Vedas in Indian
literature ⬥ In Hinduism, God Brahma is
considered
are - Four
⬥ The language of the Aryan texts
⬥Oldest Veda which has ten Man- was
dalas
- Sanskrit
- Rigveda Hindu god Vishnu is -
Boar ⬥ The iron implement site of Hast-
inapur
⬥ According to 'The Ramayana',
Ratnakar was found in - Uttar Pradesh

was the other name of - Valmiki ⬥ As per the Rigvedic or Early

Vedic Period,
⬥ Collections of Vedic hymns are
called River Goddess was - Sindhu

- Samhita ⬥ A hymn in the Rig Veda presents

a
⬥ ‘Purusha Sukta’ is a hymn from -
Rigveda dialogue between Sage
Vishvamitra and
⬥ Shiksha, Kalpa, Vyakaran,
Nirukta, the rivers - Beas and Sutlej

chhanda and Jyotisha are - Vedan- ⬥ Atri, Bharadvaja, Gotama,

gas Kashyapa,

Railway Exams Bhrigu, Vasishtha, and

Vishvamitra are

⬥The term 'Upa' in the term Upan- - Seven Gotra

ishad
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