Indian History MCQ: General Studies Important for NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc. Part 28

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Q. Two highest gods in the Vedic religion were:

(a) Agni and Savitri

(b) Vishnu and Mitra

(c) Indra and Vicuna

(d) Surya and Pusan

Q. Division of the Vedic society into four classes is clearly mentioned in the:

(a) Ayurveda

(b) Porsha – suite of Rig-Veda

(c) Upanishads

(d) Satapatha Brahmans

Q. This Vedic God who was a breaker of the forts and also a ‘War God’ was:

(a) Indra

(b) Yama

(c) Marot

(d) Vicuna

Q. The Vedic economy was based on:

(a) Trade and commerce

(b) Crafts and industries

(c) Agriculture and cattle rearing

(d) All the above

Q. The normal form of government during the Vedic period was:

(a) Democracy

(b) Republican

(c) Oligarchy

(d) Monarchy

Q. The Dazes and the Dasios mentioned in the Rig-Veda refer to:

(a) Robbers

(b) Non – Aryans

(c) Nomadic tribes

(d) Mythical devils

Q. Two popular Assemblies of the Vedic period were:

(a) Sabha and Mahasabha

(b) Mahasabha and Ganasavbha

(c) Sabha and Samiti

(d) Ur and Kula

Q. Which of the following changes did not take place in the later Vedic period?

(a) The ideas of imperialism began to grow

(b) Kingship became absolute

(c) Social classes turned into heredity tarry casters

(d) Occupational group turned into castes

(e) Radar, Vishnu and Brahma became prominent among the gods.

Q. The Philosophy propounded in the Upanishad is known as:

(a) DaVita

(b) Vedanta

(c) Yoga

(d) Samkhya

Q. After the growth of the Vedic religion the most important development in the history of the so – called Hinduism was the development of:

(a) Saiuism

(b) Sikhism

(c) Bhagavatism

(d) Antiracism

Q. Bhagavatism refers to the worship of:

(a) Vasudeva

(b) Brahma

(c) Brahma – Vishnu – Shiva

(d) Durga as Shakti

Q. Vaishnavism, a later development of Bhagavatism, advocates the worship of:

(a) Vishnu

(b) Ram and Krishna

(c) Vishnu and his incarnations

(d) Vishnu and Lakshmi