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