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  1. The Dasarajna war was mainly about
    1. Non-Aryans had seized Vedic cattle
    2. How the Ravi’s water was to be shared
    3. Panis had stolen Bharata cattle
    4. Tvastra refused to release the Ravi's water
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    Answer: (B) How the Ravi’s water was to be shared

    Fought on the Parushni (Ravi); priestly rivalry of Vashishtha and Vishvamitra lay behind it.

  2. Which is true of later Vedic kingship?
    1. It stopped being elective and became hereditary
    2. The king was always shown as a god
    3. An alliance of priests and warriors developed
    4. Only a Kshatriya could ever be king
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    Answer: (C) An alliance of priests and warriors developed

    Brahmana and Kshatriya supported each other; the other claims are too absolute.

  3. Which statement on early Vedic assemblies is wrong?
    1. Sabha and Samiti limited the king
    2. The Sabha was a council of elders, perhaps with women
    3. The Samiti was a wider general assembly
    4. They had only political functions
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    Answer: (D) They had only political functions

    They also had military and religious roles.

  4. The tax the Vedic king collected was called
    1. Bali
    2. Vidatha
    3. Varman
    4. Kara
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    Answer: (A) Bali

    Vidatha was an assembly, varman a coat of mail.

  5. Society’s four varnas are first named in
    1. Yajur Veda
    2. Purusha Sukta of the Rig Veda
    3. Hiranyagarbha Sukta
    4. Shatapatha Brahmana
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    Answer: (B) Purusha Sukta of the Rig Veda

    A late hymn of the 10th mandala.

  6. Which statement about Rig Vedic Aryans is wrong?
    1. There are hints of polyandry
    2. There is no trace of widow remarriage
    3. There is no example of child marriage
    4. Levirate (niyoga) was known
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    Answer: (B) There is no trace of widow remarriage

    Widow remarriage and niyoga were both known.

  7. Which statement about the Vedic family is wrong?
    1. The patriarchal family was the basic unit
    2. Sons were welcome as they were needed in war
    3. Marriage was regarded as sacred
    4. Child marriage was permitted
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    Answer: (D) Child marriage was permitted

    There was no child marriage in the Rig Vedic age.

  8. The c. 1400 BC inscription from Asia Minor naming Vedic gods was found at
    1. Cilicia
    2. Boghazkoi
    3. Hitti
    4. Euphrates
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    Answer: (B) Boghazkoi

    A Hittite–Mitanni treaty.

  9. "Aryan" or "Indo-European" primarily denotes (IAS 1999)
    1. an ethnic group
    2. a nomadic people
    3. a speech group
    4. a superior race
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    Answer: (C) a speech group

    It is a language family.

  10. On which river was the Dasarajna war fought?
    1. Asikni
    2. Parushni
    3. Shutudri
    4. Vitasta
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    Answer: (B) Parushni

    Parushni = Ravi.

  1. Dharma and Rita (IAS 2011): 1. Dharma — duties to oneself and others. 2. Rita — the moral law governing the universe. Correct?
    1. 1 only
    2. 2 only
    3. Both
    4. Neither
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    Answer: (C) Both

    Both describe the ideas correctly.

  2. The religion of the early Vedic Aryans was mainly (IAS 2012)
    1. bhakti
    2. image worship and yajnas
    3. worship of nature and yajnas
    4. worship of nature and bhakti
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    Answer: (C) worship of nature and yajnas

    No images or temples in the Rig Vedic age.

  3. Rig Vedic Aryans vs Indus people (IAS 2017): 1. Aryans used coat of mail and helmet; no such evidence from the Indus. 2. Aryans knew gold, silver, copper; Indus people only copper and iron. 3. Aryans had the horse; no evidence the Indus people knew it.
    1. 1 only
    2. 2 and 3
    3. 1 and 3
    4. 1, 2 and 3
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    Answer: (C) 1 and 3

    Official key: 1 and 3. Statement 2 fails — Harappans knew no iron.

  4. The Shulva Sutra, India's oldest work on geometry, is attached to the
    1. Grihya Sutra
    2. Dharma Sutra
    3. Shrauta Sutra
    4. Nirukta
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    Answer: (C) Shrauta Sutra

    It gives measurements for building fire-altars.

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