HISTORY 51-100 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

 51. The tax which the kings used to collect from the people in the Vedic period was called

Answer: Bali

52. In the Vedic Society, the term used to denote a group of families was".

Answer: Grama  

53. The Puranas are ........ in number.

Answer: 18   

54. Which of the following Vedangas contains the Srautra, the Grihya and the Dharma Sutras?

Answer: Kalpa  

55. Which one of the following is the earliest school of Indian philosophy?

Answer: Samkhya

56. The world is God and God is my soul is the philosophy contained in the

Answer: Upanishads 

57. The Upanishads are " prayers to God

Answer:a source of Hindu philosophy   

58. The term "Yavanapriya' mentioned in ancient Sanskrit texts denoted?

Answer: Pepper  

59. The number of Vedas is

Answer:Four  

60. The Vedic deity Indra was the God of

Answer:rain and thunder  

61. The term 'nishka' which meant an ornament in the Vedic period was used in later times to denote a/an

Answer:Coin 

62. What was the type of marriage in the Vedic period in which, in place of the dowry, there was a token bride price of a cow and a bull?

Answer:Arsa  

63. The oldest Veda is?

Answer:Rig Veda 

64. The earliest tribal assembly was?

Answer:Vidhata  

65. Name the Rig Vedic who is believed to be the upholder of the "Rita" or Cosmic order

Answer:Varuna

66. To whom is the Gayatri Mantra dedicated?

Answer: Savitri (A solar deity) 

67. The Rig Veda Samhita devotes one fourth of its hymns to:

Answer:Indra

69. Which School is originally called Sanatana Dharma?

Answer:Astika School  

70. The famous vedic saying "war begins in the minds of men ..... "is contained in the

Answer:Atharva Veda 

71. The philosophical essence, "The world is but God manifest and God is my own soul" may be traced to the

Answer:Upanishadas 

72. In the Rigveda the term Dasas and Dasyus refers to

Answer:non-Aryans 

73. The most important craftsman in the Vedic period was the

Answer:Carpenter 

74. Mahabharata was also known as

Answer:Jaya Samhita 

75. Which of the following preached by Adi Sankara?

Answer:Advaita 

76. Which of the following rivers does not find frequent mention in Rigvedic Hymns?

Answer:Brahmaputra 

77.The ritualistic precepts pertaining to the hymns of the Vedas are known as the

Answer:Brahmanas 

78. The god whose worship had not gained ground in the Rigvedic period was

Answer:Lord Shiva  

79. Two most important acts and rituals associated with the Vedic marriage system was/were

Answer: Pani-Grahana and Sapta-Pad 

80. The famous Vedic river which had long ago become extinct and now supposed to be flowing underground in Rajasthan is

Answer:Saraswati  

81. According to Ancient Indian legendary sources, Surabhi was a/an

Answer:treasure in the form of a cow, churned fromthe cosmic ocean 

82. The first one, among the following to deal with music was 

Answer:Sama Veda  

83. The staple food of the Vedic Aryan was:

Answer:Milk and its products  

84. Who among the following is regarded as War God in Rigveda?

Answer:Indra 

85. During the Rigvedic period, 'Niska' was an ornament of

Answer:Neck  

86. The famous 'Battle of Kings between Bharat and the host of ten kings was fought near the river

Answer:Parushni 

87. Satpatha Brahmana is related to

Answer:Yajurveda 

88. Who was the first European to designate Aryans as a race?"

Answer:Max Muller  

89. Which of the following Vedas is referred to as the starting source of the word Rudra?

Answer: Rigveda{ 

90. Which place is NOT associated with Gautama Buddha?

Answer:Pawapuri  

91. From which monument, Gautama Buddha propagated his divine knowledge of Buddhism to the world?

Answer:Sarnath Stupa   

92. Where did Lord Buddha deliver his first sermon?

Answer:Sarnath  

93. Oil paint was first used for Buddhist paintings by Indian and Chinese painters in western sometime between the fifth and tenth centuries.

Answer:Afghanistan  

94. Dhamek Stupa is located at which of the following places?

Answer:Sarnath  

95. Jain literature is also called as

Answer:Agam  

96. The edict which mentions the Ashoka faith Buddhism?

Answer:Bhabru  

97. What was the real name of Gautam Buddha?

Answer: Siddhartha 

98. In which language were the Buddhist literary works generally written?

Answer: Pali:"99. What did Mahavira Swami add in form of fifth vrata in the Four Mahavrata, which was compiled by Jain Tirthankar Parshvanath?

Answer:Brahmacharya 

100. The word Tirthankara is related to which religion?

Answer:Jainism