03. Early Rig Vedic Period

Question 1

Meaning of Veda

Answer 1

Knowledge Conscience

Question 2

Founders of Vedic Culture

Answer 2

Aryans

Question 3

Meaning of Aryans

Answer 3

Noble

Question 4

When did the Aryans first arrive in India?

Answer 4

2000 - 1500 BC

Question 5

What did Aryans speak?

Answer 5

Indo-European language European + Middle Asian + Indian Sanskrit

Question 6

What was the period of Early Vedic Civilization

Answer 6

1500 - 1000 BC

Question 7

Aryans: A race or incisive group?

Answer 7

Max Muller Initial: Race Later: Detracted ; Therefore a linguistic community

Question 8

Original Home of Aryans according to 1. Max Muller 2. Swami Dayanand Saraswati 3. Bal Gangadhar Tilak 4. J C Rod 5. Hurz Feld

Answer 8

1. Central Asia 2. Tibet 3. Polar Region - Arctic 4. Bactria 5. Turkistan

Question 9

What is the evidence that Aryans originated in central asia?

Answer 9

Boghazkoi Inscriptions Mentioned names of Vedic gods and goddesses

Question 10

Cradle of Rig Vedic Civilization is called

Answer 10

Sapt Saidhav Region

Question 11

Which River was rig Vedic civilization centered around

Answer 11

Saraswati River

Question 12

What is referred to as hapta Hindu and where?

Answer 12

Referred to Sapta Sindhu In Zend Avesta ( the oldest holy book of the Zoroastrians)

Question 13

What is Sapta Sindhu? Name them

Answer 13

The 7 rivers where the rig Vedic civilization centered around 1. Asikini (Chenab) 2. Parushni (Ravi) 3. Saraswati 4. Shutudri (Satluj) 5. Sindhu (Indus) 6. Vipash (Beas) 7. Vitasta (Jhelum)

Question 14

Four Vedas and what are they?

Answer 14

1. Rig Veda 2. Saman Veda 3. Yajur Veda 4. Atharva Veda

Question 15

Different categories of Vedic literature

Answer 15

Vedas Brahmanas Aranyakas Upanishads

Question 16

Where did the Aryans enter India through?

Answer 16

Khyber Pass Bolan Pass

Question 17

Highly literate women of the Early rig vedic period are known as

Answer 17

Brahmavadini

Question 18

Great literate and scholar of rig vedic phase

Answer 18

Yagnavalkya

Question 19

Name the famous Brahmavadinis of the Rig Vedic Period

Answer 19

Gargi Mytreyi Viswavara Lopamudra

Question 20

Who wrote Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

Answer 20

Yagnavalkya

Question 21

What is the name of the Upanishad Yagnavalkya wrote

Answer 21

Brihad - aranyaka Upanishad

Question 22

What does Brihad-aranyaka talk about

Answer 22

Transmigration of the soul

Question 23

Who adopted Brihadaranyaka?

Answer 23

T. S. Eliot Waste Land Noble Prize in 1948

Question 24

Who challenged Yagnavalkya

Answer 24

Gargi

Question 25

Non-Aryancattle businessmen called

Answer 25

Pani

Question 26

Gold as part of the barter system in the Rig Vedic period called

Answer 26

Niska

Question 27

Small tribal kingdoms

Answer 27

Jana or Gana

Question 28

Head of Jana/Gana

Answer 28

Ganapati/Rajan/Gopa

Question 29

Assembly of the head of families (Kulapathis)

Answer 29

Sabha

Question 30

Assembly of the entire tribe including woman and children

Answer 30

Samithi

Question 31

The King who lost his power for going against the Sabha and Samiti

Answer 31

Dustarethu

Question 32

Village head known as

Answer 32

Gramani

Question 33

Group of Villages known as

Answer 33

Vis (Block)

Question 34

Head of the group of villages

Answer 34

Viyapathi

Question 35

Sabha for a vis

Answer 35

Vidhata

Question 36

What are the two types of taxes collected

Answer 36

Bagha : Obligatory Tax Bali : Voluntary tax

Question 37

Religious beliefs of the early rig Vedic civilization

Answer 37

Monoism Henotheism : One God many forms

Question 38

How much percentage of the income was being taxed under bhaga?

Answer 38

10%

Question 39

Rig Vedic civilization believed that nature originated from (called in rig Veda as?)

Answer 39

Yagna Hiranyagarbha

Question 40

Ancient God's according to Rig Veda is

Answer 40

Dayyus - father - hear of swarga lok Prithvi - Mother earth

Question 41

How did nature origin according to Rig Veda

Answer 41

Dayyus and Prithvi performed a yagam called hiranyagarbha which lead to the origin of nature

Question 42

What are the three phases as a result of Hiranyagarbha

Answer 42

Phase 1: Celestial (Anthariksha) Phase 2: Ariel Weather and Climate Phase 3: Terrestrial Fire

Question 43

Who was the anthariksha god

Answer 43

Indra

Question 44

Anthariksha God's names

Answer 44

Indra God of wars and weapons

Question 45

Celestial God's weapons

Answer 45

Vajrayudha Lighting and thunderbolt

Question 46

Name of the evil one the celestial god destroyed

Answer 46

Vrithra: The Giant Snake

Question 47

Name of the second phase and God of the second phase

Answer 47

Arial: Weather and climate Varuna

Question 48

Who protects the nature's law/regulations

Answer 48

Varuna

Question 49

What is nature's law called

Answer 49

Vritha

Question 50

Name of the III phase god

Answer 50

Agni

Question 51

Which is the second most important god of rig veda

Answer 51

Agni

Question 52

how many shlokas in rig veda are dedicated for agni

Answer 52

220

Question 53

What are the four different names of Agni

Answer 53

1. Messenger of gods and people 2. Hotri 3. Havya-Vahana 4. Huthasana

Question 54

Male god with a female name in rig Veda

Answer 54

Savitri

Question 55

Most powerful and holy mantra of rig veda

Answer 55

Gayathri manthra

Question 56

Which mandal is the most powerful manthra in

Answer 56

3rd mandal

Question 57

Who is the god of cosmic energy

Answer 57

Savitri

Question 58

Which God is the most powerful manthra for

Answer 58

Savitri

Question 59

Who composed the gayatri manthra

Answer 59

Vishwamitra

Question 60

What is the 9th mandal completely dedicated for

Answer 60

Soma

Question 61

Who are the gods of ayurveda

Answer 61

Aswini gods - vanamulikas

Question 62

who is the non aryan god

Answer 62

Rudra aka pasupathi

Question 63

one and only female god

Answer 63

saraswathi

Question 64

name three female deities mentioned in the rig veda

Answer 64

usha: early morning rays eela: god of unsatisfied souls aranyayani: goddess of wild animals

Question 65

what does rig Veda predominantly mention about? prayers or yagas

Answer 65

Prayers

Question 66

/what does it imply when the priority of yagas are not given

Answer 66

It implies that the purohits were not prioritized and hence there was no brahminical upper hand in the Early rig Vedic phase