MCQ Chapter 4 History Class 11 Maharashtra Board Vedic Period 1. What is the primary source of information about Vedic culture?Harappan inscriptionsVedic literatureEuropean chroniclesArchaeological artifactsQuestion 1 of 202. What form does Vedic literature fundamentally take?Historical recordsFaith systems and eulogies of deitiesAgricultural manualsLegal codesQuestion 2 of 203. What aspect of Vedic culture is mentioned unintentionally in Vedic literature?Religious practicesMaterial cultureSocial hierarchyMilitary strategiesQuestion 3 of 204. Around what time is it generally agreed that the Vedic people composed the Rigveda?6000 B.C.E.1500 B.C.E.1000 B.C.E.500 B.C.E.Question 4 of 205. Who calculated the date of the Rigveda as 6000 B.C.E.based on astronomical events?Sir William JonesLokmanya TilakFillippo SassettiMax MüllerQuestion 5 of 206. Where did Lokmanya Tilak propose the original home of the Aryans was located?Central AsiaArctic regionGanga-Yamuna DoabSaptasindhuQuestion 6 of 207. When did the debate about the concept of the ‘Aryans’ begin?12th century16th century18th century19th centuryQuestion 7 of 208. What led to the notion of the ‘Indo-European’ language family?Discovery of Harappan sealsSimilarities between Sanskrit and Latin-Greek languagesTranslation of Vedic textsArchaeological excavationsQuestion 8 of 209. Who was the first European to observe similarities between Sanskrit and Latin?Sir William JonesFillippo SassettiMax MüllerLokmanya TilakQuestion 9 of 2010. What branch of linguistics traces the etymological history and meanings of words?PhoneticsSyntaxPhilologySemanticsQuestion 10 of 2011. When was the Asiatic Society of Bengal established?1583178418571900Question 11 of 2012. Who was believed to have superior warfare techniques compared to the Harappans?Vedic peopleDasyusPanisLate HarappansQuestion 12 of 2013. What term was used for the enemies of the Vedic people in Vedic literature?KrishtyaDasyuRathakaraVayyaQuestion 13 of 2014. Which river is NOT part of the Saptasindhu region mentioned in Vedic literature?ShatdruVitastaGomatiGangaQuestion 14 of 2015. What did the Vedic people call the Saptasindhu region?God’s CountryAryan LandHarappan TerritoryDevnirmit DeshQuestion 15 of 2016. What is the earliest literature of India according to the content?RamayanaMahabharataVedic literaturePuranasQuestion 16 of 2017. What is the language of Vedic literature?PrakritSanskritPaliTamilQuestion 17 of 2018. How many Vedas form the core of Vedic literature?TwoThreeFourFiveQuestion 18 of 2019. What are the texts of each Veda referred to as?SuktasSamhitasMandalasRuchasQuestion 19 of 2020. What does the Rigveda primarily contain?Sacrificial ritualsMusical notationsHymns to eulogize deitiesMedical remediesQuestion 20 of 20 Loading...
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