1. The famous Vedic saying “War begins in the minds of men”, is stated in
2) Atharva Veda
3) Sama Veda
4) Mundaka Upnishad
1) The Rig Vedic people worshipped nature.
2) The Rig Vedic Aryans were by and large urban people.
3) The Rig Vedic family comprised parents and other kith and kin apart from husband and wife.
4) The Rig Vedic women were highly; respected and that most of the religious ceremonies’ were considered incomplete unless wives joined their husbands
3. Codes of conduct of the Vedic Society are laid down in
1) Puranas
2) Vedas
3) Brahmanas
4) Smritis
4. Which of the following was not one of the distinguished tribes of the later Vedic period?’
1) Videhas
2) Bharatas
3) Panchalas
4) Kurus
5. In Rig Vedic period, the most important functionary after the king was
1) Purohita
2) Senani
3) Law Officer
4) Tax Collector
6. The tax which the kings used to collect from the people in the Vedic period was called
1) Kara
2) Varman
3) Bali
4) Vidatha
7. In the Vedic Society, the term used to denote a group of families was
1) gotra
2) jana
3) vish
4) grama
8. The Puranas are ........ in number.
1) 18
2) 25
3) 52
4) 108
9. Which of the following Vedangas contains the Srautra, the Grihya and the Dharma Sutras?
1) Nirukta
2) Shiksha
3) Chhandas
4) Kalpa
10. Which one of the following is the earliest school of Indian philosophy?
1) Vaisesika
2) Samkhya
3) Yoga
4) Karma mimamsa
11. Taxila was a famous site of
1) Mauryan Art
2) Gupta Art
3) Gandhara Art
4) Early Vedic Art
12. The world is God and God is my soul is the philosophy contained in the
1) Vedas
2) Puranas
3) Brahamanas
4) Upanishads
13. Which of the following was one of the ingredients of ‘Middle Path’ advocated by Buddha?
1) Abandonment of killing
2) Right effort
3) Speak no falsehood
4) Giving up hankering for wealth
14. The Granary at Harappa was made of
1) bricks only
2) bricks and timber
3) bricks and stones
4) None of these
15. Which colour was commonly used in Harappan pottery?
1) Blue
2) Red
3) Blue-green
4) Buff
16. Svetambaras and Digambaras were two sects of
1) Jainism
2) Buddhism
3) Saivism
4) Vaishnavism
17. The distinguishing feature of Upnishadic thought is
1) faith in idol worship
2) belief in karma and rebirth
3) belief in practising Veda for attaining moksha
4) All the above
18. The great Indian philospher Sankara advocated
1) Advaita
2) Dvaita
3) Vishistadvaita
4) None of these
19. During the Neolithic age in India, the only metal known to the people was
1) iron
2) copper
3) gold
4) silver
20. Which of the following is the correct statement regarding the Buddha’s attitude on the subject of entry of women into the Buddhist Sangha?
1) He was indifferent on this subject
2) He gladly accepted women into the Sangha.
3) He did not allow women into the Sangha.
4) None of these
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